Chibi-Kari: This came to me when I was upset about my grades. I'm not so sure about
any pairings or how it will even go. This is truly a fic based on my mood.
Max: I'm glad you don't own.
Chibi-Kari: I wish I did, then I wouldn't need school.
Max: On with the fic…
Life As I Know It
Chapter 1-A Broken Girl
Hilary's House
"You are nothing but a disappointment!" A tall woman yelled as she smacked the
girl once again, causing her nose to pour blood.
"I'm sorry, Mama. I'll try harder, I'll be better." The girl said meekly, her brown
hair falling limply into her face, matted down with fresh blood.
"No you won't, you'll slack off and hang out with your friends. Since when is that
trying harder?" She yelled as she slammed the girl into the wall.
Hilary slipped into unconsciousness as her mother delivered one more sound
kick to her head. The older woman walked away as a picture fell to the floor. A picture
that now mirrored the life lived everyday, a broken family shattered over the face of the
man.
Tyson's Dojo
"Where is she?" A blue haired boy yelled punching his fist into his hand to make
a point.
"Don't worry, Tys. She'll be here in a minute I'm sure." Kenny said looking over
his laptop.
"If she's not here in twenty minutes, I'm gunna go down there and drag her
skinny butt out of her house. It shouldn't take this long to show her mom her report
card. I mean she got five 'A's and two 'B's. She should be skipping here by now."
Tyson said waving his hands wildly in the air.
"Fine, we'll go check on her now. It's not like you're get any training do
otherwise. Kai said as they started walking through the dojo.
Hilary's House
Hilary woke to an empty house. She assumed her mother went out drinking
again. This time, this time she couldn't take it. She walked up to her room calmly
ignoring the warm stinging in the back of her head, where the open wound was meeting
the air. She walked into a small pink room. Upon entering, she tore a picture off the
wall.
Holding it lightly in her hands, she sunk to the ground. It was a picture of a
brown haired man with a little brown haired girl on his shoulders. Their eyes only held
only happiness and love.
"Why Daddy? Why did you leave us? Me?" She sobbed quietly holding the
picture close to her chest.
In a sudden movement of rage she threw the picture across the room. She got
up quickly and threw things about. Then she broke down again. After a moment, she
walked over to a disheveled desk and picked up a Sharpie. Quickly she climbed up on
her bed and tore the posters off the walls. Clicking the Sharpie, she wrote in wild
letters, "I tried to be perfect, but I can't. I'm not strong enough. I'm sorry." With that
she stormed into the adjoining bathroom and pulled the razor out of her shaver. With
one swift slash she cut through the soft skin on the inside of her arm.
"I'm sorry." She whispered, before repeating on the other arm. Sinking against
the wall, she let the darkness consume her.
With Tyson
The group walked slowly up to the house. Rei ran the doorbell several times,
"Maybe she can't hear the bell." He said as he moved his hand to knock. When he did
so the door pushed open.
"Weird." Kenny said, "Let's go in."
"Hilary." Tyson called.
Max spotted some stairs, "I'll check upstairs." He then proceeded to climb the
stairs slowly.
The rest walked farther into the house, "What happened here?" Tyson asked
looking at the furniture thrown about. "Is that blood?" He asked as his eyes widened.
Then their calls for her became frantic, as they searched the house faster. This
action was interrupted by Max's call for an ambulance. Rei quickly ran for the phone
and dialed the number. After a minute, which seemed like eternity he hung up. He
looked to the others and then ran up the stairs, the others following close behind.
When they reached the upper floor they saw four rooms, not knowing which one
to go in they called for help, "Max, which room are you in?"
"The first one on the left!" Came a quiet reply, they could tell that it was shielding
tears, "Hurry!"
Kai took the lead as they entered a destroyed pink room, "Perfect?" He said
motioning to the wall as his eyes widened in horror, he ran to the connecting room,
"Oh," was the reply that came from his lips as he looked on the scene.
Max was holding Hilary in his arms. He was now covered in blood and had tied
her once white towels around her wrists in hope of stopping the bleeding. She was
looking deathly pale.
He looked up at the newcomers with tears streaming down his pale cheeks, "Get
down here and put pressure on her wrists." This was his friend, practically his sister, he
wouldn't let her die.
Kai and Kenny quickly took their posts, one on each side of her. Tyson ran down
the stairs and waited out front for the ambulance. Rei could only stand in shock. Hilary
started to rouse. When she opened her ruby eyes she saw her three friends.
Weakly she tried to push the two, holding her life in their hands, "No."
Tears filled Kenny's eyes as he looked at his friend's pale face, "Why?"
She looked at him. Her pain, hate, abandonment, and fear showing through her
eyes, "I wanna go. Leave me."
"No." Came the stern voice of Kai, "Nothing is this bad. We are here for you and
you will be alright."
Hilary looked at him, her head swimming with the voices of her friends and the
sound of the medics coming up the stairs. Clutching her hands Kenny and Kai watched
as she slipped back into unconsciousness.
"Don't leave us." Was the sound that finally came from Rei's throat as he moved
out of the way for the medics to enter.
Tyson stood behind them watching as they moved Kai and Kenny out of the way.
Max refused to budge. Tyson just closed his eyes and whispered, "Please."
TBC
Chibi-Kari: That was it…Sad and depressing I know.
Max: It was.
Chibi-Kari: It wasn't very good and I probably won't keep it, unless my mood directs
me too.
Max: But then you'll be leaving her to die.
Chibi-Kari: No then I'd be leaving it to the reader's imagination.
Max: Please Read and Review!