Simon's POV-The Next Day
It was 6:30 am. I'd woken up at least 20 minutes ago, but I daren't move. She'd woken up 3 times last night with nightmares. But she seemed to be sleeping quite peacefully, so I didn't want to wake her up. My plans were cut short when the door burst open. Ethan and a guy I'd never seen before burst through her bedroom door. She shot up, gasping.
"Josh called me this morning," Ethan said, sounding like he'd ran the whole way here,
"And he called me," The other guy said,
As soon as she heard his voice she crawled out of bed and ran towards him, instantly sobbing into his arms.
"Hey, hey, Star it's okay," He whispered into her ear,
"I thought it was going to happen again Jamie, I was so scared,"
"Again?!" Me and Ethan both said at the same time,
She covered her mouth with her hand and buried her head into 'Jamie's' neck.
"She, uhm, she was raped by her old foster dad," He said, and she broke down in tears, slumping to the floor, still in Jamie's arms. He tried to pull her back up by her forearms, but she just hissed out in pain.
"Have they not healed yet?" He asked, she shook her head in response, "Can I see them?" She shook her head,
"I need to make sure they're not infected Star," She hesitantly nodded her head, "Can Simon and Ethan see or no?" He asked,
"It's fine," She whispered in response,
"Okay" He slowly rolled up her sleeve, but stopped when he saw dark bruises on her wrist, he lifted her other sleeve and there were the same marks on her other wrists, "I'm gunna kill him," He hissed,
"Jamie," She whispered, "Calm down," She slid one of her hands out of his grasp and put it on his cheek, he relaxed into it and pulled it from his face, I felt a pang of jealousy, as she could trust him and Ethan so much, but realised I was being childish, after all, she had known them a lot longer than me, or the others. Me and Ethan stood there, not saying a word, as he gradually rolled up her sleeve further, revealing a bandage coated in blood.
He slowly took it off and underneath lay cuts on top of dozens of scars. I knew she had a past of self harm after her case file, but I thought past meant past, and that she wasn't doing it anymore, I heard a sigh from next to me and Ethan say, "I knew it," then he walked out,
"Star, when did you do these? Because there wasn't this many the other day?" He asked, she dropped her head, "Star, tell me, please," I saw a few tears drop from her face, as he held her arm in his large hands.
"Yesterday," My heart dropped to my feet,
"Yesterday? When?" I rushed out,
"After it happened,"
"But I was with you the whole time," I said,
"It was when you went to get me a water bottle Simon," She sighed "I know it's pathetic, and I know that I'm pathetic, it's the only way I can comfort myself, it's my release,"
How couldn't I have noticed? She was crying for fuck's sake.
"Simon, I know exactly what you're thinking, but you can't have known, I've hidden this for years, you couldn't have figured it out,"
I nodded, but I was still blaming myself.
Scarlett's POV
"These are deeper than normal Scarlett, this has only ever happened when, ya know, you're not? Are you?" Jamie asked,
"I know, and no," I replied,
"Okay," He sighed out in relief,
"Where's Ethan?" I asked Simon,
"He walked out when he saw,"
"No I didn't," I heard him call from the bathroom,
"What are you doing then Ethan," I shouted back,
"Come and see," He replied, as I walked past my closet I saw that all my clothes had been pulled onto the floor, and where I kept my kit had been pulled open, my heart race sped up a little bit as I raced to my bathroom door to see Ethan holding it above the toilet, "I'm sorry, but this has to be done," He said a frown on his face,
"Ethan, don't," I yelled and leapt over to him, but I was too late, and he tipped the contents into the toilet, "No!" I shouted and dove for the toilet, but again, I was too late as he flushed away the contents, I stood up and hit him hard in the chest, "You prick, I hate you, you left me and now you've taken away my only relief, stop destroying my life, I wish you hadn't of come back into my life!" I screamed, I hit him one last time before running out the room, I ran down the stairs and swung the door open. Only to have Tobi stood there about to knock, I ducked under his arm and started to run again, "Tobi grab her!" I heard Ethan shout, followed by a hand around my waist,
"Let me go!" I shouted and tried to struggle out of his arms, "Please!"
"I can't do that Scarlett, I'm sorry," He said and dragged me back inside,
Jamie's arms were around me straight away, "Calm down Star, c'mon" He said, but for the first time ever, I pushed him away, "No, this is your fault, you could've just let me be, but no," I said, running straight up to my room, and slamming the door shut, then walking into my closet, and locking the door, I walked to the sliding door and shut myself in, enjoying the darkness, but hating the loneliness. And for what seemed like the 100th time in a week, I started sobbing. I completely wore myself out and fell to sleep on the floor.
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Adopted By The Sidemen
FanfictionScarlett is a 17 year old, dark haired, 'emo fag'. Or, at least that's what she's been called her whole life, and she doesn't remember when she started to believe it. She's never met her parents, she was put in an orphanage after she was abandoned o...
