Chapter 11
The next morning she woke up with a massive headache. She noticed that she was in her bed, still dressed but her shoes were off. She also had the nasty taste of bile in her mouth. 'Oh no. What happened last night?' Joey asked herself.
She got out of bed and walked into the bathroom to find some aspirin. She took a couple with some water, then brushed her teeth and washed her face. Joey's tummy rumbled. She felt hungry.
As Joey was walking down the stairs, she could hear voices in the kitchen. She peeked around the corner and she saw Heero, Duo, Angel, Quatra, Trowa, and Wufei were all sitting at the kitchen table talking in low voices.
"Something is up with Joey. Something very wrong with her." Quatra said.
"Yeah. I've never seen her like this. She seems so...different." Angel added.
"Look guys, she just had a lot to drink. You also got to remember about what happened to her awhile ago too. I don't think you can get over that." Duo spoke up.
"When I grabbed her wrist last night, she kept saying ow. Do you think....?" asked Heero.
"No! No way. Joey wouldn't even think of doing that!" Duo said.
"Yeah. Duo's right. I know Joey wouldn't do that stupid shit." Angel added.
Joey held her breath. 'Oh no. They know. But they cant know. I gotta get outta here.' Joey thought to herself. She tip-toed to the front door and quietly slipped out.
It was a sunny day. It was also warm. Joey walked down the driveway and into town. She was still hungry and had enough money for a sandwich and a bottle of juice. She went into the near by café and got herself something.
As she pulled out her wallet to pay for her food, something glisten in her wallet. The razor. Joey quickly paid and sat down. As she was eating her food, she kept thinking of the razor. She got up and walked to the bathroom. It was a single washroom. She went in and locked the door behind her.
Joey sat in the corner and rolled up her sleeve. She grabbed the razor out of the wallet, found a spot on her arm, and let the razor slice her skin. Immediately, her blood came through. She sucked on it, trying not to let any of it drip.
She then went to the sink and ran the paper towel under water and wiped the remaining blood off her arm, but the blood continued. 'Oh fuck.' she said to herself. She cut herself too deeply. There was a nock on the door. "What?" Joey said annoyed.
"I just need to use the toilet."
"Can't you see that I'm in here?"
"Yeah...I know, but you've been in there for a while and I really need to pee!"
"Fine." Joey said annoyed as she grabbed her things and walked passed the lady.
"Thank you." said the lady sarcastically.
"Whatever!" Joey mumbled under her breath.
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Angel knocked on Joey's door. There was no answer.
"Hey...Joey. Its me. I just wanted to grab you laundry cause Im going to do a load." Angel shouted through the door.
Still no answer, so Angel tried the door knob. 'Good. Its not locked.' Angel thought. She walked into the room and found it empty. 'Oh...she must have gone for a walk Oh well, Ill just grab her clothes.'
She grabbed Joey's clothes and shut the door behind her. In the laundry room, Angel was separating the clothes into two piles. Light and dark. She picked up one of Joey's shirt that was at the bottom of the basket, and looked at the sleeve. On it was a dark stain and to her it looked like blood.
Angel ran out of the room. "Duo? Heero?" she called.
"In the livingroom." Duo called back.
Angel ran into the livingroom and threw the shirt at Duo.
"Hey....what's the big idea?" Duo said with a grin.
"Look at the shirt and tell me what you see!" Angel demanded.
"All right, all right. Don't get your nickers in a knot." Duo said still grinning.
He picked up the shirt and saw the blood. "Your worried about this blood stain?"
"Yes I am Duo! I told you that something was up with Joey and this is the prof!"
"Im sure its just an accident. She probley cut herself on something Angel. Nothing to worry about." Duo said handing the shirt back to Angel.
Angel looked at Heero and saw that he had a worry look in his face, but she didn't say anything. She turned and walked back to the laundry room to finish the laundry.
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Joey walked back into the house. She could hear Heero and Duo talking in the livingroom and she had to pass the livingroom to get to the stairs and she didn't want anyone to know that she was out.
She quickly ran past but Duo saw her.
"Hey sis! Where have you been?"
"I...ummm...I went out for a bite to eat." Joey said. "I j-just want to go have a nap. I-Im ok Duo. Don't worry about me." she added with a laugh. "Oh....Im sorry about last night guys." And she ran up the stairs to her room.
Joey shut the door and sat on the bed. She grabbed her wallet and went to take the blade out, but it wasn't there. 'Oh shit.' she thought, for she had left the razor in the corner of the bathroom where she was sitting and was disturbed.
She felt stupid and went to her dresser to grab another one. She grabbed the package with trembling fingers for she had the urge to cut again. Joey tore opened the package, and 5 of the razors fell to the floor. She bent over and picked one up and went back to the bed.
Joey examined the razor. The small metal, the sharpness of the blade...oh how she wanted to cut. She took of her stockings and started cutting her thighs over and over again. Then she rolled up her sleeve and cut her arms. She even cut over the first ones she did awhile ago. She was going to do another cut when Heero barged in. Joey froze, with the blade still in hand, and she looked up at Heero, who had the coldest look on his face.
"What the fuck do you think your doing?" Joey asked him coldly. "You just can't barged into someone's room you know. That's why there is a door. Its to keep people out. NOW GO AWAY!"
Heero walked up to the bed and grabbed Joeys arm and looked at the dozen or more cuts. He looked at her in discuss, but also in a worried looked as he grabbed the blade away from her.
"Give that back! Its mine and you have no right to take it away!" Joey yelled. Heero ignored her as he picked up all the other blades off the floor.
"So Angels predictions were right. How could you do something like this? You could have talked to us...not do something like...like this." Heero said. Joey couldn't take this. She needed to get out, so she jumped of the bed and headed to the door, but Heero was too quick for her.
"Move Heero! Get out of my way."
"No Joey. You need help and we'll get you all the help that you need."
"I don't need help. I can handle this on my own. Now move!" Joey said coldly.
When Heero didn't move, Joey got frustrated that she slapped Heero hard across the face. Heero turned away and left, then Joey ran down the stairs and out the door. She didn't know where she was going, but she knew that she had to get away from here.
The next morning she woke up with a massive headache. She noticed that she was in her bed, still dressed but her shoes were off. She also had the nasty taste of bile in her mouth. 'Oh no. What happened last night?' Joey asked herself.
She got out of bed and walked into the bathroom to find some aspirin. She took a couple with some water, then brushed her teeth and washed her face. Joey's tummy rumbled. She felt hungry.
As Joey was walking down the stairs, she could hear voices in the kitchen. She peeked around the corner and she saw Heero, Duo, Angel, Quatra, Trowa, and Wufei were all sitting at the kitchen table talking in low voices.
"Something is up with Joey. Something very wrong with her." Quatra said.
"Yeah. I've never seen her like this. She seems so...different." Angel added.
"Look guys, she just had a lot to drink. You also got to remember about what happened to her awhile ago too. I don't think you can get over that." Duo spoke up.
"When I grabbed her wrist last night, she kept saying ow. Do you think....?" asked Heero.
"No! No way. Joey wouldn't even think of doing that!" Duo said.
"Yeah. Duo's right. I know Joey wouldn't do that stupid shit." Angel added.
Joey held her breath. 'Oh no. They know. But they cant know. I gotta get outta here.' Joey thought to herself. She tip-toed to the front door and quietly slipped out.
It was a sunny day. It was also warm. Joey walked down the driveway and into town. She was still hungry and had enough money for a sandwich and a bottle of juice. She went into the near by café and got herself something.
As she pulled out her wallet to pay for her food, something glisten in her wallet. The razor. Joey quickly paid and sat down. As she was eating her food, she kept thinking of the razor. She got up and walked to the bathroom. It was a single washroom. She went in and locked the door behind her.
Joey sat in the corner and rolled up her sleeve. She grabbed the razor out of the wallet, found a spot on her arm, and let the razor slice her skin. Immediately, her blood came through. She sucked on it, trying not to let any of it drip.
She then went to the sink and ran the paper towel under water and wiped the remaining blood off her arm, but the blood continued. 'Oh fuck.' she said to herself. She cut herself too deeply. There was a nock on the door. "What?" Joey said annoyed.
"I just need to use the toilet."
"Can't you see that I'm in here?"
"Yeah...I know, but you've been in there for a while and I really need to pee!"
"Fine." Joey said annoyed as she grabbed her things and walked passed the lady.
"Thank you." said the lady sarcastically.
"Whatever!" Joey mumbled under her breath.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Angel knocked on Joey's door. There was no answer.
"Hey...Joey. Its me. I just wanted to grab you laundry cause Im going to do a load." Angel shouted through the door.
Still no answer, so Angel tried the door knob. 'Good. Its not locked.' Angel thought. She walked into the room and found it empty. 'Oh...she must have gone for a walk Oh well, Ill just grab her clothes.'
She grabbed Joey's clothes and shut the door behind her. In the laundry room, Angel was separating the clothes into two piles. Light and dark. She picked up one of Joey's shirt that was at the bottom of the basket, and looked at the sleeve. On it was a dark stain and to her it looked like blood.
Angel ran out of the room. "Duo? Heero?" she called.
"In the livingroom." Duo called back.
Angel ran into the livingroom and threw the shirt at Duo.
"Hey....what's the big idea?" Duo said with a grin.
"Look at the shirt and tell me what you see!" Angel demanded.
"All right, all right. Don't get your nickers in a knot." Duo said still grinning.
He picked up the shirt and saw the blood. "Your worried about this blood stain?"
"Yes I am Duo! I told you that something was up with Joey and this is the prof!"
"Im sure its just an accident. She probley cut herself on something Angel. Nothing to worry about." Duo said handing the shirt back to Angel.
Angel looked at Heero and saw that he had a worry look in his face, but she didn't say anything. She turned and walked back to the laundry room to finish the laundry.
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Joey walked back into the house. She could hear Heero and Duo talking in the livingroom and she had to pass the livingroom to get to the stairs and she didn't want anyone to know that she was out.
She quickly ran past but Duo saw her.
"Hey sis! Where have you been?"
"I...ummm...I went out for a bite to eat." Joey said. "I j-just want to go have a nap. I-Im ok Duo. Don't worry about me." she added with a laugh. "Oh....Im sorry about last night guys." And she ran up the stairs to her room.
Joey shut the door and sat on the bed. She grabbed her wallet and went to take the blade out, but it wasn't there. 'Oh shit.' she thought, for she had left the razor in the corner of the bathroom where she was sitting and was disturbed.
She felt stupid and went to her dresser to grab another one. She grabbed the package with trembling fingers for she had the urge to cut again. Joey tore opened the package, and 5 of the razors fell to the floor. She bent over and picked one up and went back to the bed.
Joey examined the razor. The small metal, the sharpness of the blade...oh how she wanted to cut. She took of her stockings and started cutting her thighs over and over again. Then she rolled up her sleeve and cut her arms. She even cut over the first ones she did awhile ago. She was going to do another cut when Heero barged in. Joey froze, with the blade still in hand, and she looked up at Heero, who had the coldest look on his face.
"What the fuck do you think your doing?" Joey asked him coldly. "You just can't barged into someone's room you know. That's why there is a door. Its to keep people out. NOW GO AWAY!"
Heero walked up to the bed and grabbed Joeys arm and looked at the dozen or more cuts. He looked at her in discuss, but also in a worried looked as he grabbed the blade away from her.
"Give that back! Its mine and you have no right to take it away!" Joey yelled. Heero ignored her as he picked up all the other blades off the floor.
"So Angels predictions were right. How could you do something like this? You could have talked to us...not do something like...like this." Heero said. Joey couldn't take this. She needed to get out, so she jumped of the bed and headed to the door, but Heero was too quick for her.
"Move Heero! Get out of my way."
"No Joey. You need help and we'll get you all the help that you need."
"I don't need help. I can handle this on my own. Now move!" Joey said coldly.
When Heero didn't move, Joey got frustrated that she slapped Heero hard across the face. Heero turned away and left, then Joey ran down the stairs and out the door. She didn't know where she was going, but she knew that she had to get away from here.