"Hurts you?!" I cried, throwing a small stone at him as I crumpled again. "And yet you go. You're going to your death and leaving me here. Do you know what they'll do to me now? Do you know what they did to me while you were dying in the forest?!"
I was screaming at him, but I didn't care. I grabbed him again and turned him around, suprised by my own strength in that moment. I rolled up my own sleeves. Red lines laced them both, criss-crossing in a haphazard pattern back and forth. "See those! Those are from me!"
I gave him a good look at my legs and thighs. More cuts. "I can't take what they do to me, what they say!"
I pulled the collar of my shirt down, revealing an amount of bruises, dark and purple. "These are from them. They're eveywhere. My chest, my stomach, my back, the tops of mt thighs, my shoulders. They beat me in the halls and no one stops them. They're all afraid of them, and with you gone, no one has any reason to stop them because you were the only thing standing in their way!"
I was sobbing again. I couldn't help it. "I thought there was compassion in you! I thought you cared! I thought, maybe, I had found my way out!"
I shoved him roughly. "But you're nothing. You're horrible. Vile. Enjoy saving your sister. I hope you do, and I hope you live. Don't expect much out of me, either, Leito. Even if you live through this, I won't."
With that, I turned and started my walk back to the school, my face still streamed with fresh tears.
I was screaming at him, but I didn't care. I grabbed him again and turned him around, suprised by my own strength in that moment. I rolled up my own sleeves. Red lines laced them both, criss-crossing in a haphazard pattern back and forth. "See those! Those are from me!"
I gave him a good look at my legs and thighs. More cuts. "I can't take what they do to me, what they say!"
I pulled the collar of my shirt down, revealing an amount of bruises, dark and purple. "These are from them. They're eveywhere. My chest, my stomach, my back, the tops of mt thighs, my shoulders. They beat me in the halls and no one stops them. They're all afraid of them, and with you gone, no one has any reason to stop them because you were the only thing standing in their way!"
I was sobbing again. I couldn't help it. "I thought there was compassion in you! I thought you cared! I thought, maybe, I had found my way out!"
I shoved him roughly. "But you're nothing. You're horrible. Vile. Enjoy saving your sister. I hope you do, and I hope you live. Don't expect much out of me, either, Leito. Even if you live through this, I won't."
With that, I turned and started my walk back to the school, my face still streamed with fresh tears.