Chapter Song; Face Down by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. By Request of haless.
What did I do so wrong that I deserved this? I came to Vanderbilt Prep, hoping to find a new life. A new, drama free, life. After a rocky junior year at Degrassi, I wanted to make sure summer was going to be amazing. But as always, drama found its way back into my life. But, I was hoping my year at Vanderbilt would be better. And for a while, it was.
Coming to Vanderbilt, I didn't expect to get a new boyfriend but he just appeared there. Bobby Beckonridge was his name. At first, every thing was perfect. He even got me permission to design my own uniforms for our school. Then, that same day it started to change. We went back to my house so I could work on my designs. Bobby wanted to 'hook up' but I didn't, I only met the guy a few days ago, what would it look like if I hooked up with him now?
I started to leave. It would uncomfortable with that question and my answer dangling between us the whole night. Then, Bobby grabbed my arm pulling me back towards him. It wasn't just a grab; it was more like a pull, a hurtful pull. I yelped out loud and he immediately apologized, though I didn't fully believe it. But I let it slide, it was only a pull right?
The next day, I had him over again believing nothing like yesterday would happen again. I showed him my designs, and he didn't seem to care about them. Instead, he cared about hurting me. Today's incident was worse than yesterdays, way worse. Instead of asking me, he pushed me on the couch, and tried to kiss me. I refused to kiss him, or do anything of that nature with him, we had only just met! I tried to get up and without thinking, I slapped him. And as, I did, I saw the anger forming up in his eyes.
He slapped me back, harder than I slapped him, leaving me with a bruise on my eye. A bruise that not only represented being hit, but being hurt inside too. But it was only anger, right? Everyone had it, not just Bobby. And he did love me, right?
The next day, I showed my designs to the school board, thanks to Bobby. But then, not even an hour later, he's making out with Tinsley. So, finally, I realized he didn't love me. I wasn't going to stick around and be cheated on, and there was only one way to solve this problem.
And that was, break up with him. But that problem solver only brought more problems, like being thrown down the stairs. When I told Declan, he didn't believe me but once I showed him the bruise on my leg, his mind changed.
But I wasn't going to stay around here, and hurt because of Bobby and his anger issues. There was only one thing to do, and I was going to do it. And that was going back to Toronto and attending Degrassi again. Degrassi wasn't the best school, but it was definitely better than Vanderbilt, and even though I didn't have that many friends, I had one. Holly J. We had our differences and our hard times but we surprising got through them, and that was why are friends.
So now I'm out of Vanderbilt and an abusive relationship and back in Degrassi with one close friend. That's all I ever wanted, a friend. Even if it was just one, that's all I needed and now, I finally have it.
So, maybe I, Fiona Coyne, have found my happy place and I would stay there as long as I possibly could.
Someday, I would be bound to find my permanent happy place, though.