Ruby Gray and Cole Price used to be very close friends ever since Cole's family moved in next to Ruby.
However, everything changes when everyone in the neighbourhood finds out that Ruby's father was having an affair with his colleague and left home...
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Painful memories replayed in my mind every second of every day as I tried to lessen the pain and guilt. I swallowed the lump in my throat, knowing that if I didn't keep my emotions away, I would start weeping.
The thought of that day makes me wish that I could have taken her place. I regretted the words that said as they were imprinted forever in our lives.
'I wish you were dead' implanted in my mind ever since the car accident was something that I would regret until my death.
6 years ago
Ever since my mom and I moved to New York with the help from her previous boss, I felt like things got even worse for me. In school, I would hardly talk because I just didn't feel like talking to anyone so I would just distance myself from everyone who wanted to make friends with the new student in class, that is, me. I was constantly having my ups and downs; I couldn't even remember a single moment in which I was actually happy.
I felt broken inside which is why I had started to cut myself on my wrist and stomach; all the emotions were too overwhelming for me. I just wanted to put it to an end but I could not do so because I didn't want to leave my mom all by herself.
I hid my scars from everyone by putting a plaster over it. Whenever she ever questioned me, I would lie to her, saying that I had accidentally cut myself in school during an art lesson.
"Honey, are you ready for school?" My mom shouted from the kitchen.
"Give me another 5 minutes." I quickly grabbed my school bag, took out the unnecessary books and hid my home clothes underneath it.
I walked out of my room and smelled eggs and bacon. Hmm... Couldn't wait to try it.
After breakfast, I went into mom's car as she attended to a phone call.
I was engrossed looking at my Instagram, seeing posts stating that Zayn Malik had officially left One Direction to pursue his own solo career that I did not realize that mom was next to me with a furious look on her face. One look and I knew that I was in deep shit.
