(A/N: Chappy by He0524! Hope you enjoy! R&R!)
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Patricia's POV
A few weeks later
I was screaming for mercy, yet the man wouldn't stop.
"P-p-please j-j-just l-let me g-go!" I stuttered. Then the man kneelt down next to me.
"Why would we do that when this is so much more fun?" He whispered eerily. I felt tears streaming down my face. I was scared... and they knew it. The man then grabbed me by my wrists and pinned me down.
"Ahhh!" I woke with a start.
"Patricia? Are you okay?" I hear Joy come up to my bed. Yea, summer was over and I was back at Anubis.
"Yea Joy, I'm fine," I say, and walk off to the bathroom.
I get out my blade that I hide under the bathroom carpet. I sit on the floor and slowly bring it up to my arm. I steady it, and press down, dragging it across my wrist.
Drip
Drip
Drip
That's my blood falling on the tiles of the floor. But no. It's not enough. Once again, I steady it onto my wrist, and pull it across, much, much deeper than before. By now, you can't tell that it's someone's wrist. But I feel so much better. See, ever since that took place, the only way I felt worth living was by self-harm. Without it, I felt useless – like a piece of rubbish that was left behind to rot. I've told no-one. That day, has been planted into my brain – its roots, so deep that I can never pull it out. It has scarred me for life. Not that anyone knows… That day, when I got home, I tried to end it. To end it all, and just be emotionless. But I was too scared to – I realised it was the pain that I wanted to end, not my life. I hear a soft knock at the door.
"Patricia?" Joy's voice calls out.
"What?" I snap.
"What are you doing? I need the bathroom," she said, with a hint of desperation in her voice.
"I'm…" I started. I had to think of a lie, and fast.
"I'm… Taking a shower?" It came out more as a question than an answer.
"What? At 3:30 in the morning?" she half whispered half shouted it.
"Uh, yea. I guess I sweated lot today, unpacking and everything… And I smelt bad, so surprise! I'm taking a shower!" I said. Please buy it, please buy it… My head was pounding.
"Um… Okay, then… But make it quick please!" she said, and I heard her footsteps leave.
Damn, that was close… I'd better clean up this mess and have a quick shower…
At the breakfast table the next morning
All of us were running quite late. Trudy was trying to get us to eat faster, so we wouldn't be late for class.
"P-p-please j-j-just l-let me g-go!" I stuttered. Then the man kneelt down next to me.
"Why would we do that when this is so much more fun?" He whispered eerily. I felt tears streaming down my face. I was scared... and they knew it. The man then grabbed me by my wrists and pinned me down.
It just kept on replaying in my head. I tried to shake myself out of it. I looked up from my plate and saw Eddie. He smiled at me. My eyes widen and I run out of the house, grabbing my things on the way.
His smile looked WAY too familiar…
Eddie's POV
I smile at Yacker. I've missed her so much… Next chance we get alone together… Eddie, snap out of it! I scream at myself and chuckle lightly. Suddenly, Patricia's out the door. I groan. What could I have possibly done wrong this time? We were barely alone… I decided that I'd have to catch up with her right now.
"See you guys in class," I say, before running out too.
Patricia's POV
An arm grabs me from behind. I scream.
"Yacker?" It was Eddie. Damn, now he's gonna know something was up, and I didn't, no, couldn't bear to tell him.
"Hi," I smile my fake smile, kissing his cheek.
"What was that?" he asked me.
"A kiss on the cheek…" I say, like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"No, Patricia, why did you scream like that when I grabbed your arm? And yea, you've never kissed my cheek like that before… What's up?" he asks, suspiciously. I groan.
"Nothing's wrong, Eddie. Nothing…" I say. "So how was holiday?" I ask, trying to change the subject. Luckily, my boyfriend is a doofus, so he answered my question.
"Oh it was great thanks," he smiled. "How was yours?" he asked, grinning. "Miss me?" he asks.
"Of course!" I say, sarcastically. "Who wouldn't miss this adorable face?" I say, more sarcastically than before. He gives me a weird look, but the bell goes.
Saved by the bell, as they say…