"Normal" teenage lif3

Preganté and crying in the school bathroom

POV: Chris

Why am I even here anymore? I hate this place so much. I hate everyone here. Especially Nickolai and Jake and everyone here. Actually no. I don't hate everyone here. I don't hate my best friend, Aiden. We've been best friends since preschool. We care about each other like we are brothers. But other than Aiden, I hate everyone. I don't know why I hate everyone, but I do. I don't always hate everyone, but today I do. Today is the saddest and most depressing day I've had in a long time. I try not to cry and put my hood up as I walk down the school hallway trying to find Aiden. I need to talk to him. The pain and sadness I feel right now is unbearable. Usually I don't self harm, but this morning I did. I couldn't find him anywhere, and the bell rang so I had to go to class. I text Aiden to meet me in the bathroom in 5 minutes. He texts back and says that he'll be there. I raise my hand and the teacher says "yEs ChRiS."

I am automatically in a bad mood hearing her voice. She's such an annoying teacher.

"Can I use the bathroom?" I say.

"I dOn'T kNoW, cAn YoU?"

Fuck you bitch.

"MAY I use the bathroom?" I say.

"SiGn OuT." She says.

I sign out and take the pass. I get there and Aiden walks in a few seconds later. Before he can even say anything, I hug him so tight and start crying my eyes out.

"Chris? What happened?" Says Aiden.

"I don't even know." I say in between sobs. "Usually there is a reason that I'm upset." I say.

"There might be." He says. "Try to remember anything that could have upset you this much."

I think back and remember what it was. I start crying more uncontrollably. "I think it's..." I say. "My family. They keep arguing. And I'm always in the middle of it."

Aiden hugs me. "What are they arguing about?" I sit down and he sits next to me.

"My mom and step dad keep fighting about...everything." I say.

"Me and my brothers are always dragged into it because they just expect us to join in. They're in nursing school so they aren't really making any money and They Can barely Pay bills and Christian cant even work because of his Cancer."

Christian is my older brother that has lymphoma. My younger brother, Abel, is not old enough to get a job. I also have a job as a host at a restaurant.

"I think he might die." I say. "What do his doctors say?" Asks Aiden.

"It's only stage two." I say. "He isn't getting Chemo yet, but he's getting radiation." I cry again. "I don't want him to die." I say. "He's one of the only people that truly understands me."

Aiden was about to say something when my science teacher walked inside. "WHAT ARE YOU TWO DOING HERE?" She said clearly agitated.

"Nothing." Said Aiden trying to hide that I was crying. "GET TO CLASS OR ELSE YOU BOTH HAVE DETENTION!" He says.

We both get up and go back to our classes. I sit back down and continue to listen to that annoying bitch.

POV: Darwin

What the fuck did I just eavesdrop on? I probably should not have been there. I was just in a stall because I didn't wanna be in class and the two guys come into the room. One started crying hysterically, and a familiar voice started comforting them. I thought that it was Aiden, but I couldn't tell who that other person was. I thought maybe it was that weird guy he hangs out with that no one knows. I stayed in the stall and kept listening. The weird guy started telling Aiden about his home life. His mom and step dad are fighting and some guy named Christian has cancer or something? I don't know but he seemed pretty upset that this Christian guy has cancer. I don't blame him, my aunt has cancer and I can relate. All of a sudden, a teacher came in and told them to go back to class. He was probably looking for me because I had been In here for like 10 minutes. He left because she sucks at looking for me and I decided to go back to class too. I have Literature first period with my friend, Layna. We sit next to each other and pretty much talk all period. I decided to ask her if she knew who that guy was because she knows a lot of people. I sat down and decided to ask.