The Gangleader and Me(ON HOLD)

•Chapter 24•

"Perdóname, abuela." (Forgive me, grandma) I whispered before I pressed the blade against my skin, hissing at the immediate sting I got from creating a wound and the hot water that was falling on me.

The blood mixed with the water as it quickly trailed down my arm making me feel satisfied for a second. I pressed the blade once again on my skin, going over one of the healing scars, more blood dripping down my arm along with the water.

By the time I've made a total of 6 cuts, going to my 7th one, there was a knock on the bathroom door before I could hear Abby yelling from behind the door, "Ashley! Are you okay?! I'm gonna come in so be covered!"

My mind didn't register what she said as if I heard what she said but I didn't really hear what she said. I finished the 7th, going to my 8th one, my ears picking up the noise of the doorknob being wiggled. I heard a click and the door was opened.

I did a 9th, starting my 1oth when Abby spotted me through the glass door, yanking it open, catching me in the act. "Ashley what are you doing?! Stop it!" She said. Stepping into the shower, not caring that she was getting soaked.

She snatched the blade away from me when I was halfway done with the 1oth and I looked up at her with a blank expression. She turned around to throw it away so I grabbed one from the two leftover ones and finished the 10th cut.

"ASHLEY!" Abby screamed, carefully snatching that one too and spotted the final third one before grabbing that one too and threw it away. I sat there, not moving, my wounded arm limp against my leg, blood mingling from each cut with the water.

Abby quickly turned off the water and grabbed the clean towel behind her and helped me up before she wrapped the towel around me, tucking it the corner so it wouldn't fall down. "Ashley..." Abby says, my eyes dart towards her but I said nothing, keeping an emotionless face, my eyes showing no emotions.

She made me sit down on the toilet before she searched for something. I looked ahead of me, letting my mind overflow with negative thoughts of myself, knowing they were all true. I felt Abby grab my arm before wiping it with a cotton that was doused in rubbing alcohol.

The feeling stung but I showed no emotion, letting her quietly tend to my wounds. When she finished up wrapping my arm she grabbed my phone, my thumb, and pressed it against the home button.

I lazily looked at her before looking down at my arm, the blood starting to show through the gauze-like last time. "Uh yeah hello is this Tyler's sister?... Yeah... No, I'm a friend of Ashley's and on her phone, the memo section on your contact said you were his sister... Yeah...

You see I think she had a mental breakdown... Well we were going to go to the mall and she went to take a shower first since I was still eating but she was taking a long time so I wanted to check on her and since the bathroom is soundproof I can't hear anything so I unlock the door and through the glass shower door.

She was sitting on the floor but what caught my eye was her pressing a razor blade against her arm and slowly cutting herself and the blood that was dripping from her arm... Yeah, I just wrapped her arm up... I heard from a friend that he helped her last time...

Exactly...Thank you...  Hey is this Tyler?... Listen there's no time for your sarcasm, Ashley isn't stable right now... She cut herself... She was in the shower, how was I supposed to know!!... I don't care who the fuck you are, I'll raise my voice to you if I want to... No, she's sitting next to me on the toilet...

Her expression? She looks like she isn't even here like her body is stiff and she doesn't move. Her face is just void of any emotion and so are her eyes. Mentally she isn't here... Yeah no, I know... Yeah... Uh, 1413 South East Neverland Street... Okay... Yeah, hurry up...  Alright bye." She hung up but I stayed how I was, not registering what she said.