'Black Eyes And Bleeding Lips', chapter 1
Bleep, bleep, bleep. 'That damn alarm clock,' I thought to myself. I hit it with my fist and it fell to the floor and landed with a thud. 'Thank god for that'.
It was Monday, "God I hate Mondays," I said to myself. Mind you I hated every day, ever since I moved to Valley Secondary School. At that school I was constantly beat up and taunted about, well, everything. I moved to that hellhole three years ago. 'Well, better get up' I walked into the bathroom to get dressed. I looked in the mirror. 'Am I really that ugly?' I asked myself. I mean, I don't look like the bride of Frankenstein, do I?
I walked down the stairs. All I saw was my mum at the kitchen table. I walked past to the fridge.
"What are you doing?" she questioned me. What's it to her? I continued and opened the fridge. I pulled out the butter, some ham and the loaf of bread. I began to make a sandwich when she asked again.
"I said what the hell do you think you're doing?" mum snapped.
"What's it to you?" I answered back. She stood up and smashed a cup onto the floor.
"This is my house, that is my bread and you are my daughter, you will answer me when I tell you to, and you will do as you're told!" she screamed at me. I didn't have to take this crap any longer. Ever since dad died she had been a total bitch to me.
"I need lunch don't I?!" I screamed back at her. She advanced forward and punched me. I staggered back and ran out of the house crying. I had my bag over my shoulder and my hand over my left eye. It hurt like hell. As I approached the end of my street I slowed down into a hurried walk. I hated the long walk to school, It took me through places where the gang's of the 'Cool Kids' hang around. Well, that's what they like to call themselves. I much prefer the term 'Townie Jerks'. I came to Seldon Street. Kate, Megan and Chris were there. Chris was Kate's boyfriend.
"Oh look, here comes the tramp now," Kate taunted. 'I wish she would just drop dead' That was the thought buzzing through my mind at the time.
"Get lost Kate," I mumbled under my breath, although I know she heard it.
"Oh, the goth's in a strop!" Megan teased me. I ignored them. I couldn't let them get to me, it would make them think they could win. I'd never want them to think they've won. Although at the time I didn't care, I was thinking more about what my mum had done to me. I knew I was going to have a black eye. I finally reached the school and after first period, I decided enough was enough.
I went into the girls bathroom and sat behind the last cubicle. No one could see me from there. I slumped to floor. I couldn't take any more. I pulled out shards of a broken mirror and held it against my wrists. By then I was sobbing loudly. I didn't think anyone could hear me. I heard footsteps but carried on holding the shard onto my wrist. I closed my eyes.
"To end it once and for all."
It was Monday, "God I hate Mondays," I said to myself. Mind you I hated every day, ever since I moved to Valley Secondary School. At that school I was constantly beat up and taunted about, well, everything. I moved to that hellhole three years ago. 'Well, better get up' I walked into the bathroom to get dressed. I looked in the mirror. 'Am I really that ugly?' I asked myself. I mean, I don't look like the bride of Frankenstein, do I?
I walked down the stairs. All I saw was my mum at the kitchen table. I walked past to the fridge.
"What are you doing?" she questioned me. What's it to her? I continued and opened the fridge. I pulled out the butter, some ham and the loaf of bread. I began to make a sandwich when she asked again.
"I said what the hell do you think you're doing?" mum snapped.
"What's it to you?" I answered back. She stood up and smashed a cup onto the floor.
"This is my house, that is my bread and you are my daughter, you will answer me when I tell you to, and you will do as you're told!" she screamed at me. I didn't have to take this crap any longer. Ever since dad died she had been a total bitch to me.
"I need lunch don't I?!" I screamed back at her. She advanced forward and punched me. I staggered back and ran out of the house crying. I had my bag over my shoulder and my hand over my left eye. It hurt like hell. As I approached the end of my street I slowed down into a hurried walk. I hated the long walk to school, It took me through places where the gang's of the 'Cool Kids' hang around. Well, that's what they like to call themselves. I much prefer the term 'Townie Jerks'. I came to Seldon Street. Kate, Megan and Chris were there. Chris was Kate's boyfriend.
"Oh look, here comes the tramp now," Kate taunted. 'I wish she would just drop dead' That was the thought buzzing through my mind at the time.
"Get lost Kate," I mumbled under my breath, although I know she heard it.
"Oh, the goth's in a strop!" Megan teased me. I ignored them. I couldn't let them get to me, it would make them think they could win. I'd never want them to think they've won. Although at the time I didn't care, I was thinking more about what my mum had done to me. I knew I was going to have a black eye. I finally reached the school and after first period, I decided enough was enough.
I went into the girls bathroom and sat behind the last cubicle. No one could see me from there. I slumped to floor. I couldn't take any more. I pulled out shards of a broken mirror and held it against my wrists. By then I was sobbing loudly. I didn't think anyone could hear me. I heard footsteps but carried on holding the shard onto my wrist. I closed my eyes.
"To end it once and for all."
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