A.N.: my goal is to make this story unisex. So it can be read by both boy (obviously bi or gay) and girl readers. For the chance it comes down to the lemon I will write two separate ones for boy or girl readers. :3 I want all fan types to be able to enjoy my x Readers.

On a second note Skull boy is not my character. Skull boy was created by Saviour-Of-The-Fate on deviant art. She gave me permission to write an x reader with her character so no need to get any tails in a bushel. ;3 If you do have to check my name is TheStrawberryWitch on dA. Go watch me regardless haha.

The artwork of the cover was done by me! :3

(F/n)=First name, (L/n)=Last name, (H/c)=Hair color, (H/l)=Hair length, (E/c)=Eye color, (F/c)=Favoirte color

(F/n)'s Age: 17
Beka's Age: 18
Kaylee's Age: 17
Skull's Age: 19

You grumbled as the sound of a song started waking you up from your sweet dreams. You already can't remember what the dream was, you just knew that your favorite song suddenly became very annoying for waking you up. You cursed a little under your breath as you reached for your cell and saw that it was Beka calling you. You answered the call "Beka! Do you know what time it is! Its seven in the morning!" You hissed as you rubbed your head.

"Yeah, and did dummy know school started today! You're going-" You didn't even here the rest of her words as you hung up and sprung out of bed. You had completely forgotten. Summer break was over and it was your junior year of high school. How could you forget?

You started the water to your shower and began brushing your teeth while the water warmed up. You frowned as you realized you wouldn't have time to style your hair and it made you even more irritated. Why didn't mom- oh yeah, mom is at a conference. You had to remind yourself of your mother's being out of town as you hopped into the shower and quickly bathed yourself. You didn't even bother with the conditioner because you knew it took ages to wash it all out and you would rather your hair be dry that greasy looking.

Once you were clean enough you turned off the water and rapped a towel around your head so it would start dying your (h/l), (h/c) hair. After dressing in your lucky shirt and dark skinny jeans you quickly laced up your converses. In one swift motion you pulled the towel off your head and grabbed your messenger bag and rushed out of your room and into the kitchen where you grabbed your favorite flavor of yogurt and gulped it down.

Finally you were able to head out the door and into the morning. It was damp and humid in the air from last nights rain. God, muggy weather sucks, you thought as you jogged down the sidewalk to your school.

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You burst into your first class right when the bell rang. Your hair was a complete mess and the fits of laughter from your biggest bully made you growl. Surprisingly it silenced her and made her look away. That's right. Buzz off, Amanda. You smile smugly as you walked to your seat that was right up front. Sadly neither of your two besties was in this class, but thankfully Kaylee would be in the next one.

The teacher came in and began the droning lecture, but like a good student you listened intently and took detailed notes. You did your best to ignore the random paper balls that would smack you in the back of the head and the snickers from your attackers as you clenched your hand. They were really annoying. Why did this have to be the first class for the rest of the semester? You couldn't help but drop your head into your desk, causing a small thud. School officially sucked like always.

The bell rung, dismissing you from your third class and telling you it was time for lunch. You skipped through the crowds, excited to meet your friends. They were waiting for you by the entrance and you tackled them in a hug. Beka laughed out and hugged you back while Kaylee shrunk into your grasp, looking to the floor shyly. Beka's waist length brown hair swayed while she pulled you and the other girl to the line. "Its been so long!" Beka cried while her green eyes sparkled with excitement.

The blonde haired girl shook her head, her blue eyes showing concern. "Beka, it has only been two days since we last saw each other." You laughed as she let out a deep sigh. She was always the logical one of the group, never too excited. You wondered why she still hung out with the two of you. Both you and Beka were nut cases.

"It has felt like a long while." You admitted while you rubbed your head and smiled at her. This made Kaylee smile and nod. "I suppose." She said as the three of you finally made it to the front of the line and grabbed your plates. You all settled on pizza like every day at school for the past two years. You realized this year would be no different, but that wasn't a bad thing, was it?

You thought on this while you walked behind your two besties and let them find a seat in the already crowded lunchroom. You had been wishing for something to change recently. Your life wasn't really horrible… but it was boring except for when you were with your friends, which was rare besides school and the occasional day on the weekends when you could meet up.

Both Kaylee and Beka had a lot of things they're parents let them do. Beka was on the swimming team and the track team. She had a tall and lean build, so it fit her perfectly. Your shorter friend, Kaylee, was smart and cunning. She was in several clubs such as math, debate and science. She also took vocal lessons.

You were the odd one out even in your group of friends. You didn't really have any talents and you weren't really athletic. You weren't a genus but you managed to keep your B average throughout your schooling. Even your own mother admitted to you that you weren't important and wouldn't go far in life. It made you angry, to say the least. But not at them, it wasn't their fault you sucked so much.

"(F/n)? Heeeyyy~" You shook your head and looked up to see Beka's hand in your face as she waived at you. "Oh sorry, what's up?" You asked as you tilted your head. Both your friends sighed before Kaylee piped up, "You were out of it for a long while. Everything okay?" She asked you and you quickly nodded and smiled big. "Yeah its just that my mother's out of town and I was hoping she was okay. I haven't heard from her in a few days."

"Oh! We should spend the night!" Beka shouted and looked too excited. Kaylee looked at her with skeptical blue eyes. "Oh? It's a school night, baka". The blonde girl chopped her hand over the other's head and it made her flitch. "Oww… Kaylee~" She pouted and the other only crossed her arms and huffed.

You smiled gently at the two. Kaylee may be smaller but she could pack quite a punch. You always wondered if they might have a thing for each other but you couldn't be too sure and you didn't want to intrude. They're bickering was interrupted when a boy came up to the table.

"Hey, are one of you (F/n)?" Your friends looked at you, and you looked at them before the three looked back at the boy. You hadn't seen him before and you all wondered who he was. "T-that's me." You said a little unsurely as your (E/c) eyes examined him with curiosity. He had shaggy black hair that looked puffy and soft. And his eyes were a deep brown that looked oddly like chocolate. Chocolate. Oh it would be good to have some chocolate about now.

He looked down at you with a teethy smile. "Well hey, I'm Joshua. I was wondering if you wanted to hang out sometime?" Your two friends nearly squealed and jumped out of their seats, which made you jump yourself. You felt your face turn a light pink as you avoided eye contact with the boy. "Uh… Sure? I guess." You nodded your head. "Yeah that could work." You fumbled your two index fingers together, which was a nervous habit you started since you were young.

Joshua's smile grew and he leaned over to hug you in your seat, making your body go ridged as a wonderful smell of cologne filled your nostrils. You had to keep yourself from swooning. He pulled up but kept his hands on your shoulders. "Great. Then here's my number. Text me sometime." He handed you a piece of paper as if he had been planning to do this. He walked away, waiving. You slowly waived back but before you could look at the paper, Kaylee snatched it from your hand and looked at it.

"I… It looks legit." She mumbled as she stared in disbelief. You were just asked out on your first day of school. Oh wow, could life get anymore interesting? You smiled giddily and took the paper back from your friend and put the number in your cell.

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It was the end of the day and you were standing outside of the school talking with your friends. You saw Kaylee look at her phone and gasped. "I need to go, I have practice." You watched as Beka checked the time herself. "Yeah same here. I'll see you guys around" You smiled at the two, a little jealous that they actually had somewhere to be. All you had to do was go home and laze around. You said your byes and turned to head home.

You walked with your messenger back rested at your side. You started to get bored listening to only the cars going by and so you decided to plug in your headphones and listen to your favorite songs on your phone. You were so engulfed in your music you didn't even notice that you were being followed…

Not really feeling like going home just yet your turned at a corner that would take you to the local park. You didn't notice many people around while you walked down the street so your ipod landed on Secondhand Serenade's song "World Turns". It had been a while since you heard this song.

You smiled as you started to sing out, not really caring if anyone heard you.

"Turn slowly, you change so fast, and I don't have the strength... All I see is broken glass with tiny shards of pain… and change is coming my way, but I still feel the same, I still feel the same~"

Something about it spoke to you, as you felt your life was changing. Amanda didn't bother you as much today and a boy possibly asked you out. Maybe life would start to look up? You weren't sure because you still felt the same. Just like the song. You smiled gently to yourself as you entered the park and saw that it was surprisingly pretty empty. You shrugged it off and sat on a swing and started pushing yourself with your legs, still singing the song.

"It's quiet, it's calm now. I'm waiting to fall down. You showed me that I need hope, that I need change. To know how it feels to be alone. How does it feel to be alone?"

You started to trail off in the last chorus, as you looked down, barely even swinging as you started to wonder if your life really could change. You were so deep in thought that you barely noticed that the swing had completely stopped, let alone the looming figure that towered behind you.

Arms suddenly consumed you as you were pulled back off the swing, causing you to squeak. One arm held you firmly around your waist while the other cupped your mouth to keep your noises muffled. Your breath quickened as you were pulled back into the shadows of a playground set and out of the sight of any prying eyes that may have been around the already near abandoned park. You felt yourself begin to blush as the arm around your waist tightened and pulled you into a rock hard body. A quiet shushing in your ear made your body shiver but it started to calm you down and you began to notice the musky and metallic scent that was definitely masculine, coming from whoever it was that took you captive.

"Don't scream" A dark voice whispered and you felt the arm loosen from around your waist before something sharp poked into your back. You felt hot tears form in your (E/c) eyes as you viscously shook your head in agreement, not wanting to be stabbed. Slowly, the hand left your mouth and you were able to breathe fully, though it was shaky as the male's free hand went to grip your neck. It held on tightly to you and took your breath away. You clawed at his arm trying to get him to let go but it only made him squeeze your neck tighter, making it harder and harder to breathe.

Fear consumed you and you didn't know what to do as you struggled to fight. "So… is this the change you wanted?" He whispered in your ear, causing you to shiver again as the husky voice made you feel like you were melting. Who knew you could get so fired up over a complete stranger that was currently strangling you. You shook your head, tears streaking down your cheeks. You wanted to say you didn't want to die, this was not what you wanted, but you couldn't even pull in a breath.

Suddenly the male let you go and you fell to the wood chip ground, gasping for air and trying to get as much oxygen into your body that you could. You coughed and choked on the breaths you eagerly took in. You could tell whoever was doing this was still behind you and you slowly turned around to take a look at who was toying with you.

Your eyes widened as you took in a boy that looked a little older than you. He had messy brown hair, almost copper tented. From the right half of his face that was normal you could tell he used to be a handsome boy and his stunning green eye captured your attention. Though not as much as the other half of his face, it looked like there was no skin the ink was so perfected. The other half of his face was a skull, even the eye looked hollow, and you couldn't help but wonder if that was ink or if it really was an empty socket.

You didn't have too much time to dwell on the question though as he suddenly dragged you up and glared at you, bringing the knife to your throat. You gasped and held onto the arm that held the collar of your shirt and you looked at him with nothing but fear in your eyes. "You don't like what you see?" He questioned, chuckling a little. He sounded like he was insane.

You shook your head 'no' and glanced down to the metal that was pressed against your flesh, the blade pushing in further and making you whimper as you felt a warm liquid roll down your neck. "No?" He questioned and he pushed harder with the knife. "No?" He asked again, seemingly unsure. Were you the first person to not find his appearance disturbing? You actually thought he looked pretty cool.

"I-it's the k-knife that s-scares me…" you admitted quietly and you looked up into his eye under your lashes, hoping he would just let you go. You really didn't want to die. He glared at you before glaring down at the knife. He opened his mouth to speak but then there was shouting. The two of you looked to see a group of men running your way, clearly noticing that you were being held with a blade against your neck.

The boy that had been about to kill you cursed and pushed you away. "I'll be back for you." He mumbled before running off and disappearing into the trees that lined the playground. You held your neck where you felt blood was still dripping. The men checked to see if you were all right and you nodded. They offered to call the cops but you just said you wanted to go home and forget about the whole thing. They hesitantly agreed and let you go. You grabbed your messenger bag that was still by the swing set and ran all the way home, afraid to stop in fear that the skull faced boy may have been following you.

Once you made it home you made sure to lock all the doors and windows. The sun was just setting and you already felt exhausted. You hurried and cleaned up the small cut on your neck before you looked in the fridge and pulled out some left overs from the night before. It was just you so usually when you cooked you ate the same thing for the next three to four days.

You settled on the couch with you plate of food and turned on the TV to the channel where your favorite show would be airing in a few minutes. At least you made it home in time to watch your show. You sighed as you thought about the skull boy from earlier and remembering him made you shiver unwillingly. But you couldn't really point out why you were shaking in your seat. Was it fear? Or something else? You let it go as your show came on. You screamed at the screen like you always did when something happened that you didn't expect or would wine in frustration when someone did something stupid. TV always made you so mad.

Half way through you started feeling really sleepy and before you knew it you had fallen over and passed out on the sofa, the TV still going in the background of your dreams.

You dreamed about the boy, but this time he successfully got his knife in you. He was stabbing away at your chest and stomach but you couldn't find your voice to scream or beg him to stop.

You sat up breathing heavy, holding your chest as it rose and fell. You looked around to see that you were in complete darkness. The TV wasn't on and the only light that filled the living room was the moon light that seeped through the windows. You mumbled as you looked down, seeing that a blanket was covering you.

"What the…" You moved the cover off of your legs and you stood, stretching as your bones cracked. You slowly drug yourself to you bedroom and opened the door, closing it behind you. You didn't bother with the lights, as you knew where everything was. Once you bumped into your bed you fell on it and curled up under the sheets, pulling yourself against your body pillow and snuggling into its warmth.

You let out a happy sigh and dozed off back into a peaceful sleep.