How To Cope
Chapter 2
But before she fainted from shock, her hand was grabbed.
"Let me go." Ami screamed before even looking at her savior.
"I'm not letting you go, Ami. You're my friend, I'll never let you go." It was Makoto. Makoto had come from the Game Crown Arcade, just to comfort her…and save her.
"Makoto!?" Tears form in the corners of her eyes as she's hoisted back up and over the railing. Right into Makoto's loving arms. She just held her, letting Ami cry on her shoulder.
At least 20 minutes later, Makoto had helped Ami into her apartment and onto the sofa. She went into the kitchen and made some tea for them both.
"Tell me about it." Makoto hands Ami a cup of hot tea and sips her own. "And don't pull that 'It's nothing' bullshit. I just saw what you tried to do. Why did…why do you wanna kill yourself?" She tried to stay calm.
Ami continued to let her tears flow. She was able to spit out. "I can't tell you." she ran into her bedroom and locked the door behind her.
"There's a window in there." Makoto frantically tried to break down the door. "Ami, just talk to me, I wanna help. Tell me what's wrong." She rams the door. She moves back to ram it again when she hears a click.
When she opened the door, Ami was staring out the window. "Tell me. I'm here to listen." She lightly puts her hands on Ami's shoulders.
"I can't take it anymore. I hate being picked on. Harassed. They never leave me alone." She started.
"They? Who are 'they'?" She wonders, helping her over to the bed to sit down.
"The people at school. They make fun of me. For being at the top of our class. They never leave me alone for just getting a 99 on a test."
"Well that's no reason-"
"-I'm not done. They make fun of me for simply being friends with Usagi. They call me homo. Usagi bared full witness to it today. People at school saw us walking together and started with the 'homos'. I heard it today in calculus, I was looking outside when the teacher embarrassed me in front of the whole class."
"He shouldn't have done that, that's not right." Makoto stepped in.
"I heard quite a few 'homos' and 'bastards'. I forgot how it got out that my father had died before I was born. He was in an accident. People started rumors about him killing himself because of me. I can't take it anymore Makoto. Nobody likes me. Mom's never home. I haven't seen her in the past week."
"Ami, how long has this been going on?"
"Since the beginning of the school year."
"That's been five months. How come you didn't share with us? Usagi and Yuurichirou may not have been good choices, but there was still Mamoru, Minako, Rei and of course myself. All you had to do was ask. You know that we would and will help."
"I tried talking with my mother once. I brought up the subject of depression to her. She laughed at me and called me crazy, saying I'm to young to be diagnosed with depression. I wanted to just hit her and tell her I hated her. I couldn't think. I can't stand to be around her. She doesn't let me do anything. She refuses to let me have a love like." she holds her hands up to her face. "God look at me, I'm shaking."
Makoto takes Ami's hands in her own. "It'll be ok." She gets an idea. "Ami, may I use your phone?" Ami nodded and she went out and made a quick call to Rei at the temple. "Hey Rei. Can you get a hold of everyone and get them at the temple for an emergency meeting. I'm at Ami's now and we just had a major situation. I'm about to take her on a walk, she needs to calm down."
"But what is it?"
"I can't talk now. Her and I will be over there in a half hour or so. However long it takes to get over there. Bye Rei." She hangs up the phone. She enters the bedroom. "You're coming with me. We're going on a walk. I think you need it after this little episode with the balcony."
With little force needed, Ami got up and followed Makoto out of her apartment on the 10th floor.
Chapter 2
But before she fainted from shock, her hand was grabbed.
"Let me go." Ami screamed before even looking at her savior.
"I'm not letting you go, Ami. You're my friend, I'll never let you go." It was Makoto. Makoto had come from the Game Crown Arcade, just to comfort her…and save her.
"Makoto!?" Tears form in the corners of her eyes as she's hoisted back up and over the railing. Right into Makoto's loving arms. She just held her, letting Ami cry on her shoulder.
At least 20 minutes later, Makoto had helped Ami into her apartment and onto the sofa. She went into the kitchen and made some tea for them both.
"Tell me about it." Makoto hands Ami a cup of hot tea and sips her own. "And don't pull that 'It's nothing' bullshit. I just saw what you tried to do. Why did…why do you wanna kill yourself?" She tried to stay calm.
Ami continued to let her tears flow. She was able to spit out. "I can't tell you." she ran into her bedroom and locked the door behind her.
"There's a window in there." Makoto frantically tried to break down the door. "Ami, just talk to me, I wanna help. Tell me what's wrong." She rams the door. She moves back to ram it again when she hears a click.
When she opened the door, Ami was staring out the window. "Tell me. I'm here to listen." She lightly puts her hands on Ami's shoulders.
"I can't take it anymore. I hate being picked on. Harassed. They never leave me alone." She started.
"They? Who are 'they'?" She wonders, helping her over to the bed to sit down.
"The people at school. They make fun of me. For being at the top of our class. They never leave me alone for just getting a 99 on a test."
"Well that's no reason-"
"-I'm not done. They make fun of me for simply being friends with Usagi. They call me homo. Usagi bared full witness to it today. People at school saw us walking together and started with the 'homos'. I heard it today in calculus, I was looking outside when the teacher embarrassed me in front of the whole class."
"He shouldn't have done that, that's not right." Makoto stepped in.
"I heard quite a few 'homos' and 'bastards'. I forgot how it got out that my father had died before I was born. He was in an accident. People started rumors about him killing himself because of me. I can't take it anymore Makoto. Nobody likes me. Mom's never home. I haven't seen her in the past week."
"Ami, how long has this been going on?"
"Since the beginning of the school year."
"That's been five months. How come you didn't share with us? Usagi and Yuurichirou may not have been good choices, but there was still Mamoru, Minako, Rei and of course myself. All you had to do was ask. You know that we would and will help."
"I tried talking with my mother once. I brought up the subject of depression to her. She laughed at me and called me crazy, saying I'm to young to be diagnosed with depression. I wanted to just hit her and tell her I hated her. I couldn't think. I can't stand to be around her. She doesn't let me do anything. She refuses to let me have a love like." she holds her hands up to her face. "God look at me, I'm shaking."
Makoto takes Ami's hands in her own. "It'll be ok." She gets an idea. "Ami, may I use your phone?" Ami nodded and she went out and made a quick call to Rei at the temple. "Hey Rei. Can you get a hold of everyone and get them at the temple for an emergency meeting. I'm at Ami's now and we just had a major situation. I'm about to take her on a walk, she needs to calm down."
"But what is it?"
"I can't talk now. Her and I will be over there in a half hour or so. However long it takes to get over there. Bye Rei." She hangs up the phone. She enters the bedroom. "You're coming with me. We're going on a walk. I think you need it after this little episode with the balcony."
With little force needed, Ami got up and followed Makoto out of her apartment on the 10th floor.