(A/N: Yes, I even admit that the first chapter was blah. I wanted to get to the point of Ellie and Sean's introduction so sorry if it was all out of character. Thank you guys for not completely flaming me about it. I appreciate ALL of the reviews. I will make the story a whole lot better than the first chapter.)
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Ellie stared down at the pair of scissors gripped in her hands. They were by far addicting, almost calling out to her. She jerked upright to avoid not slitting her wrists with them. It was hopeless she couldn't stop the addiction. Ellie punctured her skin with the pair of scissors, lightly, but firmly. She winced in pain, but continued to cut into her skin. Ellie's hand then slipped and created a cut near her wrists.
Ellie wiped up the few splotches of blood she possessed and got ready for school.
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"So Sean, I'll meet you after school?"
"Yeah, sure." Sean silently groaned, what Jay really meant when he asked to meet him after school was, "Want to steal something?" After stealing one junky item after the next, Sean had found it quite annoying meeting Jay after school. It wasn't as if he had gotten a profitable item after a day's work.
He usually got erasers, pencils, and occasional test answers, but rarely, he found an electronic, and that time only occurred when Jay was in a rebellious mood. Sean walked to the water fountain and saw Ellie Nash, whom seemed to me appearing up everywhere! He shrugged the thought off and patiently waited in line.
Sean then saw something that caught his glance, a red cut gleaming near Ellie's wrist, it looked new, like she had just received it. "You okay? Your arm looked like it has been hurt pretty badly." Ellie's ears perked at the comment. "Um, yeah, I just…" she paused for a moment, thinking of yet another excuse to tell to anyone who caught a glimpse of her arm. "I scraped it while riding my bike." She replied lamely. "Ellie Nash riding a bike? Do my ears deceive me?" Sean questioned.
He had crossed the line, as calm as Ellie could be, she just couldn't stand it when people questioned her about her cuts and scrapes, it wasn't their business, if she wanted to tell someone she could just waltz right up to some stranger and tell them that she cut. Ellie rolled her eyes and walked away. Sean grabbed her arm, attempting to apologize for making her mad.
Ellie groaned in pain as Sean's grip suffocated her bruised cuts. Sean backed away, surprised that he had hurt her so much. "Uh, sorry…" Sean watched as Ellie rolled up her sleeves, not thinking because of the searing pain on her arm. "Um, Ellie, that's not a scrape." Sean exclaimed, recognizing the cuts as self-made ones. Ellie froze, silently.
"Look, it's okay, I understand about pain, my family comes from a long line of alcoholics." He added, trying to comfort her. Ellie continued to stay silent as she looked at the ground. "Why do you, ya know, do what you do?" asked the puzzled Sean. "It's stress, okay? Now if you'll excuse me…" Ellie's voice trailed off as she turned the corner. Ellie was a little bit angry. There was something about Sean that had made her spill her secret, she just couldn't put her finger on it.
He had made her feel just a little bit comfortable with talking about her predicament. She fiercely opened her locker door, almost banging Marco in the head. "Okay, I'm guessing you're not in a good mood today." He commented. Ellie sighed, "I don't know, I guess I just haven't been having the best days of my life lately." Marco shrugged and walked away to catch up with Dylan. Ellie's heart sank, she hadn't completely gotten over Marco, and hearing him gush over Dylan didn't make her feel any better.
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After school, Sean approached Ellie. The whole day he had been thinking about her problem, and felt bad that he made her feel worse. "Hey." He greeted cheerfully.
"What?" Ellie groaned, not even putting effort into being polite.
He handed her some strings woven together, a lanyard. "This might keep your mind of, you-know-what." Sean explained, spotting Jay in the crowd and then walking off.
'I didn't think anyone cared' Ellie thought, touched that someone had taken action. Ellie smiled genuinely, Sean had made her day, for once.
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(A/N: Thanks for reviewing you guys! It has encouraged me to write better. Sorry if this chapter is lame, I wanted to have Sean and Ellie develop a friendship, and when I was depressed, someone gave me a lanyard and it made me feel good.)