VIMH

Chapter 1 ~ Intro

A loud ringing echoed through the otherwise quite room. Skylar awoke with a start, she used her arms to push herself up. She picked up her glasses than adjusted them on her face. She reached for her phone to shut the loud, annoying alarm off. Realizing she slept in her clothes, Skylar sighed and took off her sweater, setting it down on the bed. She swing her legs over the side of the bed. She opened her dresser drawer than reached under the piles of clothes. Pulling out a roll of white bandages, Skylar grabbed four pins that where sitting neatly beside her phone. She wrapped the bandages around her bloody arms, scared from years of self hate. She picked up her sweater and walked to the bathroom to wash the blood off. After washing her sweater, Skylar changed into a long sleeve shirt and shorts. She finished the look with a pair of black and white fingerless gloves, with faded red hearts on the back of her hand.

"Sky? Your going to be late for school!" Skylar's mom called from upstairs as she turned around.

"On my way, mom," Skylar answered. She walked up the stairs to the kitchen and opened the cupboard. She sighed before grabbing a piece of gum. Chewing the gum, Skylar grabbed her bag and left for school.

"Have a good day at school!" Skylar's mom called from her room  as Skylar walked out the front door.

It was a hot day out, a few thin clouds stretched across the sky. There was no wind, not even a breeze, made the whole place feel dry. Sweat dripped down Skylar's forehead as she made her way to the bus stop. She stood awkwardly beside a nerdy looking girl with a book in her hand and round glasses with a thin frame. After a minute or so a ripped, brown haired guy in a mussel-t walked up, Skylar knew this guy well. He was a well known around school as a playboy, had an IQ of about 50 and was an all around asshole. His name is Jason. He was a jerk to everyone but felt an overwhelming desire to pick on Skylar more than the rest. This was probably due to the fact that Skylar is genderfluid and pansexual. Skylar was very open about these things. When they she first came out she was back at her old school, she had to move to this one due to the bullying. Most where accepting but she was picked on mercilessly by those who believed they are above the rest.

The bus arrived and the trio boarded. They began there journey to the infamous High School, St. Patrick High, aka. Hell. Skylar is in her fourth year of high school, that's four years of no friends, long painful school days, and endless homework. At least she would be out soon. Skylar boarded the bus and went to the back, as far away from anyone els as she could get.

The bus finally arrived at school after a painfully long ride down the seemingly endless road. Skylar got up from her seat. She began walking to the front of the bus when her foot hit something hard, she began plummeting towards the ground. Skylar's arms went in front of her in a futile attempt to catch
herself so she could save her face from a world of pain. Unfortunately her actions where to no avail as her arms went above her head and hit the ground in a cartoonish manner. Mocking laughter echoed through the bus as the same hard object Skylar tripped on a moment ago collided with her side. She groaned in pain and looked up at Jason, who was laughing at her.

"Very funny. Tripping someone on a bus?" Skylar said to him, annoyed. "What a cliché"

"Loser" Jason began walking forwards, stepped on Skylar and continued to the front of the bus. He got off and walked away.

Skylar got up and brushed the dirt off her shirt than walked towards the exit.

"You should fight back, you know," Tim, the bus driver, told Skylar as she walked up. Tim is also the janitor and friends with most of the students at this school. Everyone knows who he is and he knows who everyone is. He's been working at the same place for years so he knows his way around the school like it's his own house.

"It'll only make things worse, besides I'm fine like this," Skylar replied as she walked out of the bus. Tim sighed before closing the door and driving off to pick up the next round of kids.

Skylar's day was fairly normal, same boring classes, same crowded hallways, same thunderous lunch break, and the same stupid bully's. The only thing different was a new student that happened to have all the same classes as Skylar. They didn't seem to be very outgoing, worked hard in class and didn't talk to anyone. Skylar thought that they where just a regular nerd, until PE class that is. In PE the new student, Tanner, showed that they are very active and enjoys sports. Skylar was in the opposing team from Tanner in dodgeball, being a really competitive person Sky enjoyed finally having a challenge. After the game she went to talk to Tanner but he left before she got the chance. Skylar didn't think anything of it and went on with her day.

At the end of the day Skylar was about to get on the bus when a police man approached her.

"Are you Skylar?" The asked cop asked.

"Yes," she answered, worried that she might have done something wrong.

"Come with me please," at this the cop began to walk back towards the school. Skylar hesitates but reluctantly followed him. They walked inside the school and Skylar was led to the office where a chair was set up.

"You might want to sit down," The cop said. Earlier Skylar was afraid she had done something wrong but from the look in the cops eyes she now knew that that wasn't so. Skylar sat in the chair and looked up, the principal was also in the trim with them.

"I'm afraid to inform you that earlier today your parents passed away in a car crash," The cop began. "Your older brother is on his way to pick you up, you will be staying with him. You will be given the chance to go home and pack anything that you need."

Skylar was shaken by this. Leaning back in the chair she took everything in, suddenly she felt sick to her stomach. The west of the day went by as a blur, her brother picked her up, she grabbed stuff from the house than went to where her brother lived. Skylar hasn't seen her brother in years, having homophobic parents he moved away and lost contact when they found out he was gay. Skylar has been keeping her gender identity and sexual preference hidden from her parents, they didn't care about anything that happened at school so they never found out through that. Despite there homophobia ways Skylar stilled loved her parents. Skylar didn't stay and talk with her brother and his boyfriend as she was tired so she went straight to bed in her new room.

'The walls are to plain in here, I'll need to decorate tomorrow.' Skylar thought as she drifted of to sleep