Chapter 4. Short, but don't worry. the chapters get longer along the way.

*WARNING: THIS STORY IS VERY TRIGGERING. INVOLVES SELF HARM, DEPRESSION, AND SUICIDE. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK (Sorry if I keep putting this up. I just really need to warn people.)

"Blossom, answer your damn phone."

"This can't go on much longer. It's Friday, let's do something."

"Stop ignoring me, just pick up or call me back, okay?"

Bric sighed and hung up the phone again after recording yet another voicemail. His friend hadn't spoken to him since the incident; she avoided him in school, hiding in the girls bathrooms, leaving him to sit with his old friends.

"Just leave it, man. You've had your fun." Brick turned to face his best friend, Mitch, who had spoken up. "I know we made you mess with her, but you didn't have to get so... invested in it."

Hearing the words made his stomach turn, remembering the horrible joke he had planned with his friends. The school year only had a few months left and everyone was thinking up pranks they could play before the end of the semester, but none of them were half as cruel as what Brick had thought up.

The prank was about choosing a girl, a broken girl to be exact, pretend to be friends with her, and break her apart. It seemed to be going well, but over time, Brick had become closer to Blossom. He didn't want to leave her. Not like this.

"She's a freak," Mitch reassured him. "She doesn't deserve friends. That's exactly what you told us the night before it started."

The other boy who were sat at the table, Mike, was quiet but had put his phone away. It seemed that none of his friends had come to regret or feel guilty about what they've done to Blossom, but Brick was struggling to go to school each day knowing how horrible it was.

'I lied to her,' he thought. 'She trusted me, I know everything about her and I never even... God, I'm a terrible person. Who pretends to be friends with someone just for fun?'

"How long is it until term finishes, two weeks?" Mike questioned and Mitch nodded. "Just string her on until then, it's not long."

From there, the group began to talk about more casual affairs; what was on TV last night, chow bad the cafeteria food was and which of the cheerleaders they would bang first. Regular boy stuff.

Brick swore he heard a quiet voice somewhere; a quiet 'forget it' sounding like it came from the poor girl he had used, but he pushed the thoughts aside as she was still hiding from him after their argument and joined in chatting to his friends.

However, nobody knew that Blossom had finally answered the phone, staying silent while her best friend left his final voicemail. Curious as to what he spoke about with his friends, she didn't hang up but after hearing the truth about their friendship she couldn't help but wish she had ignored his calls again.

Just like everyone else, Brick had hurt her, and this time it was too late for him to take it back.

Chapter 5 is coming up! Hold your horses! Updates fast.