Invisible
Chapter Twenty Eight
*Third Person POV*
Anna sighed as her converse squeaked on the locker room floors. She readjusted the backpack on her shoulder as she walked towards the PE teacher's office. Being a freshman, she was not looking forward to high school PE. Too much running. She got to said office and knocked quietly on the door.
"Come in," she heard the teacher say from inside. Anna opened the office door and slipped in.
"Your the first here," the PE teacher said, turning in her chair. "Your early."
"Yeah, well, my first period is just down the hall," Anna said quietly.
"Okay, so what do you need, er..."
"Anna," Anna gave her name. "And I need a PE uniform."
"Oh, okay, one sec," the teacher said, then turned to rummage through a box next to her desk, against the wall. "I assume your a small?" she asked while looking, and Anna nodded.
"Here you go," she said, holding out a PE uniform. Anna thanked her and headed for the door of the office. A couple girls were waiting outside the office door, probably to get uniforms as well. Anna put her hand on the handle, but then turned to look at the PE teacher. She looked exhausted, and it was only second period.
"Are you okay?" Anna asked, concerned. The teacher looked up for a second, shocked.
"Yeah," she replied. "Yeah, I'm fine, there was just quite an incident with a couple of the students in my Junior class last period." Anna could have sworn she had added "Poor things," but she must be imagining things. She swung open the door and headed for the empty locker room.
Anna's locker was farthest from the bathrooms, and in a corner. it looked like most of the freshman lockers where over here. She put in the combination after a couple tries an changed quickly. Finally, when Anna was about to go to the bathroom, one other girl entered the locker area. Anna rolled her eyes. She never understood why people took so long to just get to class. Anna grabbed her hairbrush and headed towards the bathroom to somehow get her curly brown hair into an acceptable ponytail. If she was going to have to run, why have hair in her face?
As she walked to the bathroom, she saw a huddled figure against the lockers. Finding this odd, Anna took slow steps towards the figure. She seemed to have bright blue hair, something Anna envied. But then as she got closer, Anna saw a sight that made her stomach do flips. She dropped her hairbrush and a scream found its way out of her throat.
It was the girl she saw this morning. The one with the skunk haired boy, hand in hand. She had thought they had made a cute couple. The sight of two people making each other so happy had warmed her heart. Usually couples kind of grossed her out, but those two weren't grossly making out, they were just so obviously in love.
And there she sat, bloodied and unconscious.
Anna heard other freshmen running in her direction, brought by her scream. They all stopped short at the sight of the girl slumped against the lockers. Anna heard many mutters of 'who is she?', 'what happened?' etc., etc. Then, one of the girls next to Anna scoffed, "Look at the ugly scars on her arms. What an emo." Anna turned to glare at her.
"So what if she has scars?!" she shouted, surprising everyone, even herself with her sudden outburst. "She is beautiful, can't you see that?" And with that, Anna scrambled towards the older girl, examining her injuries. It was then that she saw what critical condition she was in. There was a large amount of blood coming from her head. "Go get the teacher!" Anna shouted at the other girls. Luckily a couple of them scrambled off to do so.
Suddenly, the blue-haired girl let out a pained gasp. Anna realized then that her eyes where slightly open, and that she had her arm over her ribs. "Can I see?" Anna asked quietly, still holding one of her hands to the girls head, trying to slow some of the bleeding. The girl vigorously shook her head no, then groaned and moved her arm to her head. Anna felt a twang in her heart when she saw the hundreds of marks on her arm. "Pleased?" she whispered. The blue-haired girl didn't protest, so Anna lifted her shirt slightly to see the girl's ribs. There were many more scars on the girl's stomach, along with many already very dark bruises. Anna's stomach did flips and she lowered the shirt. The older girl's ribs were definitely broken.
Just then, the PE teacher rushed her way to where Anna and the girl where. Anna looked down to see the girl was unconscious once again. The teacher called an ambulance and asked Anna to help carry the girl out into the hallway so the paramedics could get to her easier. Anna complied, and the other freshman made way for the PE teacher, the blue-haired girl, and Anna.
They were in the hallway for about five minutes before the ambulance arrived and paramedics rushed into the school. The hallways were flooded with people trying to see what was going on, and Anna saw the skunk haired boy and his friend with the caramel hair shoved their way through the crowd, towards the girl, who was already being loaded into the ambulance.
"EMMA!" the skunk-haired one shouted, as his friend patted his shoulder reassuringly. Anna could tell a few of the freshman girls were trying to get the attractive Junior boys' attention, fluttering their eyelashes and such. Anna looked away in disgust. Yes, the boys were attractive, very attractive, but was this really the time to flirt? They were obviously devastated. So Anna leaned towards them and told them some helpful advice.
"The skunk-haired one has a girlfriend, in fact, she just rode away in that ambulance, and his friend is gay." Anna whispered, then smirked as she saw their faces drop. The hallways were now thinning out, action over, kids getting back to class.
Anna walked over to the two boys still standing in the hall. she put a comforting hand on the skunk-haired boy's arm, which she now noticed had a rather large gash, wrist to elbow, on it. She ignored it and said quietly, "She'll be okay."
Suddenly, the boy broke down in sobs, muttering nonsense, into the small freshman's shoulder. Anna awkwardly patted him on the back. The sight may have looked comical to some, considering the boy was about a foot taller than the 5' 2" girl, but for Anna, it just made her heart practically break in two.
"It'll be okay," she repeated.
Anna sighed as her converse squeaked on the locker room floors. She readjusted the backpack on her shoulder as she walked towards the PE teacher's office. Being a freshman, she was not looking forward to high school PE. Too much running. She got to said office and knocked quietly on the door.
"Come in," she heard the teacher say from inside. Anna opened the office door and slipped in.
"Your the first here," the PE teacher said, turning in her chair. "Your early."
"Yeah, well, my first period is just down the hall," Anna said quietly.
"Okay, so what do you need, er..."
"Anna," Anna gave her name. "And I need a PE uniform."
"Oh, okay, one sec," the teacher said, then turned to rummage through a box next to her desk, against the wall. "I assume your a small?" she asked while looking, and Anna nodded.
"Here you go," she said, holding out a PE uniform. Anna thanked her and headed for the door of the office. A couple girls were waiting outside the office door, probably to get uniforms as well. Anna put her hand on the handle, but then turned to look at the PE teacher. She looked exhausted, and it was only second period.
"Are you okay?" Anna asked, concerned. The teacher looked up for a second, shocked.
"Yeah," she replied. "Yeah, I'm fine, there was just quite an incident with a couple of the students in my Junior class last period." Anna could have sworn she had added "Poor things," but she must be imagining things. She swung open the door and headed for the empty locker room.
Anna's locker was farthest from the bathrooms, and in a corner. it looked like most of the freshman lockers where over here. She put in the combination after a couple tries an changed quickly. Finally, when Anna was about to go to the bathroom, one other girl entered the locker area. Anna rolled her eyes. She never understood why people took so long to just get to class. Anna grabbed her hairbrush and headed towards the bathroom to somehow get her curly brown hair into an acceptable ponytail. If she was going to have to run, why have hair in her face?
As she walked to the bathroom, she saw a huddled figure against the lockers. Finding this odd, Anna took slow steps towards the figure. She seemed to have bright blue hair, something Anna envied. But then as she got closer, Anna saw a sight that made her stomach do flips. She dropped her hairbrush and a scream found its way out of her throat.
It was the girl she saw this morning. The one with the skunk haired boy, hand in hand. She had thought they had made a cute couple. The sight of two people making each other so happy had warmed her heart. Usually couples kind of grossed her out, but those two weren't grossly making out, they were just so obviously in love.
And there she sat, bloodied and unconscious.
Anna heard other freshmen running in her direction, brought by her scream. They all stopped short at the sight of the girl slumped against the lockers. Anna heard many mutters of 'who is she?', 'what happened?' etc., etc. Then, one of the girls next to Anna scoffed, "Look at the ugly scars on her arms. What an emo." Anna turned to glare at her.
"So what if she has scars?!" she shouted, surprising everyone, even herself with her sudden outburst. "She is beautiful, can't you see that?" And with that, Anna scrambled towards the older girl, examining her injuries. It was then that she saw what critical condition she was in. There was a large amount of blood coming from her head. "Go get the teacher!" Anna shouted at the other girls. Luckily a couple of them scrambled off to do so.
Suddenly, the blue-haired girl let out a pained gasp. Anna realized then that her eyes where slightly open, and that she had her arm over her ribs. "Can I see?" Anna asked quietly, still holding one of her hands to the girls head, trying to slow some of the bleeding. The girl vigorously shook her head no, then groaned and moved her arm to her head. Anna felt a twang in her heart when she saw the hundreds of marks on her arm. "Pleased?" she whispered. The blue-haired girl didn't protest, so Anna lifted her shirt slightly to see the girl's ribs. There were many more scars on the girl's stomach, along with many already very dark bruises. Anna's stomach did flips and she lowered the shirt. The older girl's ribs were definitely broken.
Just then, the PE teacher rushed her way to where Anna and the girl where. Anna looked down to see the girl was unconscious once again. The teacher called an ambulance and asked Anna to help carry the girl out into the hallway so the paramedics could get to her easier. Anna complied, and the other freshman made way for the PE teacher, the blue-haired girl, and Anna.
They were in the hallway for about five minutes before the ambulance arrived and paramedics rushed into the school. The hallways were flooded with people trying to see what was going on, and Anna saw the skunk haired boy and his friend with the caramel hair shoved their way through the crowd, towards the girl, who was already being loaded into the ambulance.
"EMMA!" the skunk-haired one shouted, as his friend patted his shoulder reassuringly. Anna could tell a few of the freshman girls were trying to get the attractive Junior boys' attention, fluttering their eyelashes and such. Anna looked away in disgust. Yes, the boys were attractive, very attractive, but was this really the time to flirt? They were obviously devastated. So Anna leaned towards them and told them some helpful advice.
"The skunk-haired one has a girlfriend, in fact, she just rode away in that ambulance, and his friend is gay." Anna whispered, then smirked as she saw their faces drop. The hallways were now thinning out, action over, kids getting back to class.
Anna walked over to the two boys still standing in the hall. she put a comforting hand on the skunk-haired boy's arm, which she now noticed had a rather large gash, wrist to elbow, on it. She ignored it and said quietly, "She'll be okay."
Suddenly, the boy broke down in sobs, muttering nonsense, into the small freshman's shoulder. Anna awkwardly patted him on the back. The sight may have looked comical to some, considering the boy was about a foot taller than the 5' 2" girl, but for Anna, it just made her heart practically break in two.
"It'll be okay," she repeated.
Notes
Thank you to @Bara-Kitten for letting me use her (Anna) in this chapter. I felt like I should've done third person because I didn't want jack or alex to find her, and duh, she's unconscious.
Thanks for reading, fuckers! c:
@Jagk Skellington
Aw, well staying clean is hard to do, & I'm still proud of you even if it's only four days! If you were strong enough to last that long, then you could do it again c: & It's okay, I like what you've started so far on the sequel! <3
9/28/14