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Annika's P.O.V. 

 

"What would you do if I told them?" It was a simple question, one his soft Irish accent had brushed past my ears multiple times as I sobbed into his shoulder, wincing as his delicate touch worked to gently clean and then wrap my still bleeding wrists. But for some reason I was never able to answer it…. I would just shrug my shoulders, continuing to watch as he cleaned the deep marks. "Thats not an answer," His pale blue eyes met my brighter ones, concern filling this as tears slipped down my face. 

"Well I don't have one," I whispered, getting up, leaving Niall dazed on the floor. "I still need to get dressed for school," He stood up, brushing his dark jeans with his hands. 

"Then get dressed," He mumbled kissing the top of my head. "I'm going to home to get Ash, I'll go pick Bella up and then come get you," I nodded gently as Niall disappeared out of my room. This was how most morning started. I woke up a sudden thought in my head as I started to slice up my wrists, and text Niall. It was normally the loud three A.M. thud of my brother coming home from whatever party he blew off school for that day. 

I walked into my bathroom, showering quickly before sliding a head band in, keeping my long bangs out of my eyes. I found a pair of skinny jeans, wriggling into them before I pulled on a white tank top and a lacy long sleeve shirt, zipping up my boots before I put my arrow ring on my finger and stacking my bracelets up my wrist. (http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=79600619) I walked down the stairs, hoping my father was still unconscious as I jogged into the kitchen snatching an apple before I walked outside to sit on the front steps, waiting for Niall. He pulled in a few minutes later. A tall blonde girl hoping out of the car, her pink shirt saying something about Paris, his hair curled and bouncy as she walked on her Keds. (http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=79602476)I smiled slightly, standing up off the stoop before a smaller girl in a red varsity jacket got out too, a red snap back on her straight brow hair, DC's on her feet. (http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=79601775) 

"Ready to go short one?" Bella whispered, her taller stature making it rather easy for midget jokes to be made. I didn't really mind them, it reminded me she cared. Which in turn just made me feel worse about all I was hiding from her. I nodded lightly, not exactly sure how my voice would hold as I hugged her. 

"Sup Freak?" I glanced over to Ash, looking at her straight in the eyes, being ruffly the same height. I smiled again, hugging her quickly before the three of us jumped in the car to go to school, the one place I feared more then my home. 
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