Chapter 4-Robbie story
Ruthie wrapped her wrist in a bit of toilet paper and she walked down the hall to go to class, she didn't know why she wanted to go to class with that, just knowing anyone could see. I guess I'm trying to prove a point, Ruthie thought. But as she got to the door, pain was blinding her. She didn't want to die anymore, she screamed. Her sleeve was soaked in blood. The teacher took one look at her and told some kid named Josh to tell the principal to call 911. That was the last thing Ruthie could remember, because she fainted.
When she woke up later, she was in the hospital. All of her family surrounded her. They all looked so worried and upset, especially Robbie. Annie was sobbing "why Ruthie? Why did you do this to yourself??" Ruthie couldn't even answer, she had no clue why she did this. Just as Eric was about to speak Robbie just started to cry and ran out, Eric ran after him. "Robbie! Wait!" He called out, his voiced echoed through the hallway. Robbie stopped, looked at him and said "this is all my fault, I knew, I knew" and then he slid down the wall, looking terribly upset. "you, you knew that she was going to do this, you knew and you never told us, I can't believe you. Robbie she could have died. And you knew, why didn't you say anything" Eric yelled. "I didn't know she was going to try and kill herself, I just knew that she was, that she was" he started crying. In a quieter voice he said "I knew she was cutting herself. I wanted to talk to her about it, to make sure. I was going to do it this morning but I couldn't bring myself to do it.." Eric looked sort of shocked, he stared at Robbie and said "she, she's, she's cutting? Are you sure? How do you know". Robbie looked up, "I know, I never saw her or anything, but I could tell, because, well, because I used to do it."