Sorry for any spelling mistakes but I have to go!All I have are shout-outs and have the reply things always been there?
ThaliaSandy - I'm not a huge Blake/Tori fan either but I put them in my stories anyway so shrugs.
BiccaBoo - I part of this chapter written already and I finished it this morning and here it is!
the real vampire - Of course I you weren't forgotten - I just couldn't say that you were right cuz then that would spoil it!
Jnr Cpl Scarlett - Yeah, any kind of drug can ruin your life but Hunter won't be learning that for a while and don't fall off your seat!
princess moon shadow - Ok, just making sure and did you get the email I sent you about fictionpress?
Match Made In Outcast Heaven
Chapter 7 My Burden On Your Shoulders Part 2
By Sound Of Raindrops On Water
Warning: contain self- mutilation.
Kira knew she was late but she ran anyway.
"I need a late slip, please", Kira said to the lady at the front desk.
"Your name?" she asked.
"Kira Ford", Kira said, Dr. O is going to be so mad.
"Kira Ford…you have four slips left for this semester. Today's your first time late?"
"Yes, please can I go to class?" Kira asked, the woman handed her the slip and Kira went off to her locker to get her books.
"Never thought I'd see the day…Kira Ford late", said a too familiar Cassidy Cornell from behind Kira.
"What do you want, Cassidy", Kira said still searching for the right books.
"Oh nothing…how's lover boy, Hunter?"
The books in Kira's hand slipped and fell to the floor, "What did you say?"
"How's your relationship with the darker and brooding side of the Bradley duo?" Cassidy said describing Hunter with fake fascination.
"I – I don't know what you're talking about", Kira managed to say.
"You know what I'm talking about. I may seem like a dumb blond, but I'm not clueless", said Cassidy.
"If you think that Hunter's my boyfriend you really are slow", Kira said.
"Honey, you know who says 'slow' and not 'stupid'…" Kira looked at Cassidy, "Not Kira Ford but Hunter Bradley. You've been with him so much you two are starting to share the same jargon."
"That's…not true and me and Hunter aren't together", Kira said.
"It's 'Hunter and I' not 'me and Hunter'…even I know that. And if he's not your boyfriend then why is there a picture of him in your locker?" Cassidy said raising her eye brows knowing that she had hit the Jack pot.
"Oh…what? I'm not allowed to keep pictures of my guy friends in my locker?" Kira asked in irritation.
"Guy friends, huh?" Kira gave her a 'duh' look, "Funny thing, I don't see any pictures of Conner, Ethan, Shane, Blake, Cam, Dustin or even of Trent in there", Cassidy said smugly.
"Don't you have to get to class", Kira said picking up her books.
"Yeah, but this is more fun, you're in love!" Cassidy shrieked.
"No I'm not. I just have a boyfriend…no big deal", Kira said rolling her eyes, "I gotta get to class. If you tell anyone about me and Hunter…ARH! I mean Hunter and I I'll hurt your ass!"
"My lips are sealed", Cassidy promised and they both went to their classes'.
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"Kira, wait I want to talk to you", said Dr. O after school.
"Yeah, can you make it quick? I have to get home", said Kira.
"Yes, the guidance consoler called your house twice and you never picked up", he said wanting explanation.
"Oh…well I'm always upstairs in my room and the phone is downstairs", said Kira.
"What about your mom?"
"She never answers the – I mean she might have been asleep. Why was the consoler calling my house?"
"She says you haven't been doing well –"
"She doesn't know that", Kira interrupted.
"Does she?" he said raising his eyebrows.
"No, I'm fine. I've been frustrated that for some reason I can't seem to be able to write a good song", she said and it wasn't all a lie.
"Now, why would that be?"
"I don't know…writer's block maybe", Kira said hoping she could go.
"Ok, we have training with the Ninja Ranger all this week and next week so make sure you're on time", he said.
"Yeah, ok I have to go."
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When Kira got home she walked in on her dad slapping her mom.
"You tell me where she is right now!" he growled.
"Let her go!" said Kira.
"The princess finally decides to arrive", said John.
"What do you want?"
"Who is that boy you've been hanging around with?" he demanded, "That blond boy?"
"He's my friend…why do you care?"
"I care because he's a God damn drug dealer! Do you have any idea how much you are risking my reputation? Could you be more self-centered? Do you ever think about anyone besides yourself?"
Kira couldn't believe a word she was hearing just five minutes after school, "That God damn drug dealer happens to be the person that keeps me from sticking a knife through your throat! And your reputation? Come on, people don't even know that I'm your daughter because you're too damn ashamed to have anyone know you have a screwed-up daughter like me!"
"I forbid you to see him again! And people know because Yolanda let it slip! So you better start getting your act together! Get your hair back to it's natural color, get rid of the piercing and buy yourself lady clothes, you look like you go to a funeral everyday! People are already questioning my ability to hold-up the company because I hid that I had a fourth daughter! I don't need them to know that she's a piece of worthless dirt!" He walked out and slammed the front door.
Breathe, Kira Breathe, she told herself but she couldn't.
She went inside, ran up to her room and locked the door. She grabbed her rubbing alcohol, some cloths, band-aids and then grabbed her pocket book and turned it upside down. A bunch of things came out of it, papers, pens, pencils, make-up, hair clips, but most importantly, scissors. Kira snatched them of off the floor and pulled her sweater off. Tears were still prickling at her eyes, but hadn't dared to come out. She pressed the cold metal of the scissors to her arm and rubbed it back and forth until a cut was made. She let out a shuddering sigh. Kira looked at the blood coming out of the cut. She cleaned it off with the rubbing alcohol and cloth and lastly put a band-aid over it.
"I'm going out for a walk at Black Point woods", Kira said.
"Black Point Woods? Hey can you…" Cecile ran and Kira rolled her eyes; it was pointless telling her anything.
Kira went upstairs and grabbed a pocket knife, a towel, band-aids, and a small bottle of rubbing alcohol.
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Kira got to the same cave Hunter had brought her to around the time the sun had begun to settle. She had gone there several times since then abut had never gone during the night. She sat down on the opening of the other side of the cave and pulled out the small towel and the pocket knife.
She could still feel a heavy burden on her chest. She breathed slowly hoping it would help…but it didn't. She new what she needed, so she pulled out the alcohol and band-aids. She rolled up the sleeve on her left arm a bit and carved the cold metal into her arm once more. The knife hissed and burned as it slit her flesh beneath. One cut was made. Then two…three…four…and right when she was about to make the fifth one she heard someone say, "Kira?"
Kira quickly put up everything and covered her bleeding and throbbing arm, "Oh…hey Hunter. W-What are you doing here?"
"Walk what are you doing here?" he asked having a feeling she was going to say something that wasn't true.
"Oh…I just wanted to see the view again", she said uneasily. Hunter grabbed her arm right where she had a cut and made it sting with his tight grip, "Ow!"
"What? Something wrong with your arm?" then the blood started to glide down to her hand. Hunter made an attempt to roll up the sleeve but she pulled her arm away.
"How many cut did you make?" Hunter said bluntly.
"A few", she mumbled.
"Come on…I'll help you clean your arm", Hunter said once again trying to lift her sleeve.
"No that ok, I'll do it", Kira said but she kept her sleeve down.
"You know I would usually say 'What happened' but I know I'd be wasting my breath so can I ask to try and talk to me? "
"Oh…just like you talk to me? I talk to you when I get the nerve to say what goes up in there…but you don't. I should go home and so should you, we have training tomorrow."
"No, I have the apartment to myself now you can spend the night with me…that is if you want to. Wouldn't you prefer that over cutting yourself again?"
"Did I freak you out?"
"A little…yeah, I'll be honest about that", Hunter said and Kira smiled.
"Me cutting…I don't do it just because I'm afraid to talk to people. I do it because…I like it. And I know that sounds freaky but it's really is like a drug, almost. Once you start you can't seem to stop and I can't control it anymore. If you want me to say something here: The first time I cut was when I was thirteen. Mainly because I saw people doing it and back then, after I did it, I thought it was stupid and that it hurt. I didn't do it again until I was fifteen and from then on I've been like this and it's not something that is going to go away."
And they went off to his apartment.
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Kira woke-up at six-thirty. Hunter was still sleeping so she set his alarm to seven so he could sleep. She hadn't found sleeping on the floor on top of a blanket so uncomfortable. She kissed Hunter on the forehead and left. She got to school and hour later.
"Kira how are you today?"
"Cassidy, what do you want", Kira exasperated.
"Nothing, it's just I'm kind of tired of hanging around Devon all the time; all he talks about are video games…"Cassidy said sitting down at the table in side the cafeteria that Kira was at.
Kira put her book bag and keys on the table and took out her notebook to finish a song she hand been working on.
"What this?" Cassidy asked who was now playing with Kira's keys.
"Keys to my house…"
"How about this?"
"Picture of my baby niece…"
"Aw…she's cute…what about this?"
"Key to the basement…"
"How about this one…" Kira looked up once more.
"That's the key to Hunter's place –"
"Whoa! Stop rewind and play and do it five times! He gave you a key to his apartment?" Cassidy asked dumbfounded.
"Yeah, he gave it to me yesterday, it's really no big deal", Kira said taking her keys back from her.
"Kira, key to his place, that's huge", Cassidy said raising her eyebrows.
"It is?" Kira didn't know any of this after all Hunter was her only second boyfriend.
"Uh…yeah! You really have no clue how serious you two are getting…"she said.
"No, we're not", Kira said.
"Kira you're wearing one of his shirts", she said raising her eyebrows in a 'duh' way. Kira was wearing one of his long-sleeved shirts because the one she had been wearing the previous night had been drenched with blood.
"Serious? Cassidy, I'm about to be eighteen…and he's only my second boyfriend."
"SO?"
"SOooo, that doesn't mean anything. And I can't believe I'm having this conversation with you, I gotta go before you make me barf", Kira said and left the table while Cassidy grunted.
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