Part Two

It was cold out as she was walking toward her school. ~Almost there,~ she thought. ~Almost to Hell.~ And her thoughts drifted away as rock music filled her ears and mind and she turned the volume to the max. She didn't want to hear the voices anymore. 1

She walked through the front doors of her high school and bumped into a group of pretty blonde girls. She muttered something about being sorry then drifted off. Hearing their stupid mocking voices over her music. She quickly Clicked off her Walkman then entered the cafeteria. She hadn't done any homework in the past week. ~I've been so spaced lately.. I need to wake up...~ She shook her head then dropping her bag on a table walked off to get herself a coffee.2

~Fucking people, I hate them all... FUCK FUCK FUCK!!!~ He thought, cussing under his breath. And at that moment he stomped in through the door slamming it behind him. She glanced his way and he smiled warmly at her, she glared. Walking over with caution he nodded and before she could hand the person the fine dollar bill for her coffee, he paid. Then grinning wildly at her John said hello. 3

"Ummm Hey.." She said a smile pulling at the corners of her lips.4

"So Crystal how was your ni-" Her eyes shot up after hearing her name, and then look she gave him allowed him to lose all his strength. His knees turned to jelly and he clinged to the wall.5

" My night was shit. Like you care." And with that she stomped off to ward an empty table other than a black backpack.6

He followed her and sat down beside her. "Thank you by the way." She muttered, hoping that was what he wanted and he would soon leave.7

"You're welcome, so why was your night so terrible?"8

"What the fuck do you care?" She spat the words like ice at him. And his face froze.9

"I want to get to know you..." he shot her an awkward smile and blushed looking down at the floor.10

"Well ask me something else. That doesn't mean Iw ill answer though."11

The next question made that smile finally come... "So you got a boyfriend??" He smiled and she laughed. That made him smile even more. He had made her laugh...perfect. " I love your giggle," he said, then winked and she laughed again. 12

He was grinning wildly and uncontrollably, again, by this point. There was this warmth between them they could both feel.13

~He's so cute..~ Crystal thought then giggled and looked down at the floor, having noticed he was staring at her. His face flushed and he ask what she was working on. 14

"Uh.... homework, haven't done it in a while." She ripped open her bag and pulled out about half a dozen textbooks and such, along with two pencil cases, and a crimson art folder. It had a piece of paper sticking out and John grabbed it. She squealed and begged him to give it back. 15

He smiled at her and stood up, he was at least a foot and a half taller than her and when he lifted his arms above his head with the pic, there was noting she could do.16

"Fine, just look for a sec. Then give it back!" She smiled a bit then started pulling out papers and notes. 17

His expression then turned to pure shock. "Is it that bad!?" She exclaimed.18

"It's... it's...wow." She snatched the pic from him and her eyes grew wide. 19

"No one was suppose to see that!" She said loudly then turned away gathering up her books quickly in her arms and ran off. 20

"Wait!" But she was gone.21

~Fuck I knew I couldn't trust him or anyone else.~ she though to herself as she walked toward homeroom, still tired as hell. ~I need to get more sleep. I'll go to bed early tomorrow.. Heh like that's gonna happen.~22

It was almost lunch and he had been carrying around the art folder she had forgotten in the cafeteria, all day. He had thought about looking but did not want to get even more so onto her bad side.23

Then he saw her. He glanced at his watch and there was about 5 minutes til lunch. She was out on the track running.24

At first he was going to run outside and see her but...then John noticed it was raining... And he grabbed his coat out of his bag then ran towards her. He had her folder covered with his jacket and he grinned as she stopped abruptly. "Why are YOU here?!"25

He frowned and showed her the art folder. "You forgot it... I didn't look."26

"Right." she muttered, "Well you may as well now."27

So he opened it and found more pics like the one he had seen before class. A young woman, fifteen? Hung, her wrists slit, drowning, various methods of suicide. He then found one with a girl looking exactly like her, standing at the edge of a tall building, fear in her eyes. ~ She doesn't want to jump.~ He thought. ~she just wants someone who cares enough to try and stop her...~ 28

"I love them." He smiled at her and hugged her drenched body for a minute. After he pulled away he handed her his coat and smiled.29

"Thanks..." She grinned and slipped on his jacket. She looked cute wearing pink pajama pants and a blue top. All he had ever seen her in before was black and dark blue.30

He decided against telling her how cute she looked and just smiled at her. He looked her up and down and she blushed. "Wanna go inside?" She said her voice less cold than usual. 31

He smiled and hooked her elbow with his, pulling her along with him inside the school. With that she giggled and smiled.32

"Can you not just fuck off and mind your own buisness?!?!" She screamed at her Aunt. Who did she think she was? Her mother?! NO Her mother was dead! And a good thing... But that brought tears to her eyes.33

"We care about you! We just wanted to make sure you were okay!" Her aunt screeched back at her.34

"Well I am just fucking fine! My friends cat scratched me yesterday, remember? I went over t my friends house?! That's why I was late!!!!" She lied. She knew she had just hung around town til 2:AM. Her uncle had told her grand parents that he thought his "Dear Crissy," was not social enough. Well now they thought she had friends. She would make up a sleepover fo rthis weekend just to get them off her back.35