Aarmau High School Story

Chapter 7

<<<APHMAU'S POV>>>

I did get a beating when I got back from the hospital. It was horrible...I got whipped on my back and chest. It was just so painful...I couldn't cope with the pain and I passed out again. I haven't stopped crying since yesterday after that message from FC. He still hasn't answered, I'm scared! I don't know what he has done to himself! I'm just so so so scared...he better not have done anything extreme!

"Aphmau, get my breakfast on." My Dad shouted grumpily from his bedroom.

"Yes, Dad..." I replied.

I went down the stairs and I cooked breakfast. Scrambled egg, sausages, bacon and beans. My Dad is going to have a heart attack one of these days, I'd be happy for that...I wouldn't get beaten anymore.

"He doesn't care about you, no one does."

"No one cares unless you're beautiful or dead."

The voice in my head is starting up again. I hate it so much! In a very weird way, it is very manipulative and controlling. I hate how it can just take my happiness away within seconds! My phone went off. My eyes widened and I ran for my phone. It's Katelyn! I sighed, no offence to Katelyn but I was hoping it was FC...

'Hey, Aph!' - Katelyn

I smiled. No one has ever called me Aph before, I don't think. I don't have many friends as I'm always alone; I don't think people even know my first name to be honest...

'Hey, Katelyn.' - Aphmau

I made Dad's breakfast on a plate and left it on the kitchen island. I went upstairs and changed into my jogging outfit, grabbed my earphones and went out for my jog. My phone went off.

'How are you? You doing better?' - Katelyn

I smiled. Not many people ask if I'm okay very often and if they do I always lie...I fake a smile, force a laugh and let the depression kill me inside.

'Well, I'm not exactly in the best place at the minute...my best friend sent me a text last night as if he were saying his final goodbye and he hasn't answered me back...' - Aphmau

Tears were streaming down my face again. He better not have done anything to himself that extreme! I can't lose my best friend! He has been my best friend for ages! I don't want to lose him!

'Oh my Irene, Aph! Have you called someone about it? Did you send an ambulance out to his address?!' - Katelyn

I sighed as more tears fell. I'm now at the lake, just staring into the water as my tears created ripples in the water.

'That's the thing, he is my online friend...I don't know his name actual, where he lives, what country or anything...' - Aphmau

I feel so helpless, I want him to message me back! I don't want to stand around any longer. He won't be online and I can't go online myself anyway.

"You're so pathetic and weak. Why don't you help your friend?"

I shook my head; refusing to be sucked into the manipulative voice. I don't want to listen to any more from it today! It just poisons my mind further and further every time it speaks.

'Oh my Irene, that's even worse...' - Katelyn

I watched the fish as they swam with their family and friends. If I wanted to come back as something else in my next life, it definitely would be a fish; traveling around with friends and family.