Love is beautiful...
And painful...


Seth eyed the girl he had had a crush on since 6th grade, Alexis. Her
white-blond hair was fashioned in a way that would make any male want to have
her. Seth couldn't help feeling that her violet eyes stared into his soul,
which made him too nervous to even attempt talking to her. He knew that he was
way out of his league with her. Taking his eyes off of her, Seth ducked into
the broom closet, took out his knife, and dug deep into his ankle. He nearly
cried out, but stopped himself in time. He examined the wound and realized
that it was deeper than usual.
Alexis was talking with her friends. After a moment her friends left
and she leaned against her locker a bit sadly. Her boyfriend had cheated on her
the day before and all her "so called friends" knew and didn't tell her. She
didn't know what to do about. She finally confronted her boyfriend and they
broke up. She finally put her books up and went to her first period class,
Gym. Alexis sat on the top of the bleachers alone. Seth limped out of the closet
and saw Alexis sitting by herself. She looked so vulnerable without her
friends or her boyfriend. Seth started to go over to her when Alexis' boyfriend
came over to him and shoved Seth to the ground and kicked him.
"Don't mess with my girl, emo freak," Eric said.
With that, he ripped up Seth's journal and spread it all over the gym. Alexis
heard Eric and got angry at him.
She stormed over to Eric and said ," I am not your girl anymore!"
Alexis kicked her ex and went over Seth. "Are you okay ?"
When she saw his wound on his ankle she took her jacket off and ripped a piece
of it off and wrapped it around his ankle.
Seth starred at her and nodded. "Yeah, I'll be okay. Did he break up
with you?"
"No... I broke up with him..."Alexis said Slightly frowning."He...
Cheated..." She added looking down.
"Oh," he started,"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have asked. Speaking of
shoulds, I should get going...to... that one place I have to go..." he finished nervously.
Seth felt like a dummy and he even blushed.
"It's okay..."She smiled at him after speaking. She
then helped him and blushed letting going his hand.
"Thanks, Alexis," he said as he ran off.
Seth decided to go to roof. Not many people go up there. He decided that
he should do his ritual while he was up there.
After he ran off her ex grabbed her arm and said,"Who said I allowed
you to talked to that emo freak?" Alexis turned around smacking him.
"He's not a freak! And let go or you'll regret it!!"She yelled at him
and yanked her arm away from him and ran off and sat back down.
Finally outside, he grabbed his knife once more.This time, he sliced
his wrists and muttered to himself a song that he had made up
when he was a kid.
"Cut in softly, watch the blood go away. As it fades so do your tears
and your sorrows wash away. Melting into the pain, masking the sadness. I'll
say goodbye for a while."
Seth looked down at the ground, three stories below him. He wondered if
anyone would care if he jumped and died. Seth walked to the edge and sat there,
wondering why Alexis had been so kind to him. His brain ached with all the
possibilities. His favorite was the idea of that she liked him as in the way he
liked her. Seth quickly rid of the preposturous idea.
"Most likely, it was either she pitied me or she wanted to show her
independence from her ex-?" Seth whispered to himself.
He realized that the weather was changing for the worse. He went inside
the now empty school and went to his locker. As Seth turned the combo, he
noticed a shodow pass by. Seth turned around and saw Eric and his gang. They
were obviously drunk, with slurred speech and strange movements.
"Well, well, well. Isn't it the emo freak...?" Eric said, taking
another swig from his green, football bottle, which smelled a lot like whisky.
"Hey, Eric. Let's beat 'em up!" one of his many minions proposed.
"Na. I've got a better idea. Let's push him off the school and make
look like suicide," Eric laughed. "Get 'em!"
Suddenly, Seth felt many punches and kicks land on his body. Except
for the involuntary movements, he didn't resist. Finally, they picked him up.
Seth saw the stairs leading to the roof again.
"If it must end, then, don't try to change fate," Seth thought.
But, just at the last step, Eric and his followers trip and drop him. He takes
his moment to run to the mirror in Mr. Agger's Math room. He didn't mean to look
But, he did, and what he saw was just greusome. His nose and mouth were bleeding.
His glasses were horribly broken and both eyes had dark circles underneath them. Seth
looked at himself and cried.
Alexis was sitting on a desk in the math room thinking when Seth ran in.All
her thoughts stopped when she saw him. She frowned and walked over to him."Come.."
She said ever so sweetly. Alexis then sat him down and got a wet washcloth and
gently cleaned his face not saying a word. Finally , she got her make-up and covered
his bruises. Alexis kissed his cheek and said," I know boys aren't suppose to wear
make-up but I don't wanna see you all bruised up, Seth." She blushed lightly
kissing his cheek but, her voice sounded serious yet sweet.After a moment, she heard
steps so, she got her gun and pointed at the teen."What are you going to do.. Shoot
me?" Eric asked with a chuckle."If you try to hurt Seth or me i will.. It's called
self-defense, retard !"Alexis replied calmly , standing in front of Seth not wanting him
to get hurt even more.Eric took a step closer to Alexis and brushed her cheek with his
index finger.Alexis kept a tight grip on the gun and kelt it pointed straight at Eric's
heart."Ugh.. You reak of whiskey.."She complained. Eric finally made his move and
punched Alexis.She fell to the ground and gun slid away from her."Kill me .. Not him..
Please.."She cried out."You'd really give your life for .. The emo freak ?" Eric asked
her laughing."He's not a freak!!" She yelled getting up and punch him with all her force
then, watched as he fell to the ground."Good.. He's knocked out."Alexis told herself
and called the police.
"Why are you being so nice to me all of a sudden, Alexis? Ever since 6th
grade, you've ignored me." Seth asked as she got off the phone.
"I was sucked up in the popular world , Not realizing who I really am..."Alexis
told him looking at her red knuckles."I was stupid to think he actualy loved me..."
She added quietly.
"It's not your fault. It's his for giving up on you and going with someone else."
Seth replied blushing.
Alexis sat beside him putting her head on his shoulder as the police walked
in.
Seth wrapped his arm around Alexis' shoulders and nodded to the police.