Broken

Chapter 21

Luke's Pov

The days that Emily has been in the hospital seriously got to me. I know what I said to her was a little harsh, but it was true, and the fact that she actually tried to commit suicide proved that she really was an attention whore.

News about her spread like wildfire. Everyone knows about her little attempt. All of them are taking it as a joke, whereas I am just listening without saying anything.

Today Emily was supposed to go back to school. I left the house early this morning to avoid her. I've been doing that a lot lately.

At this moment, I'm standing at Mike's locker just 'listening' to whatever he has to say.

I was brought back into reality when the front door opened and closed. My head snapped towards it, and there she was. With her jacket cap covering her head and I could slightly see the headphones as she walked over to her locker.

I watched her every move. From letting out a sigh to putting in her combination. Just when she slowly opened her locker, a bunch of white things fell onto the ground. It looks like a bunch of pills.

I looked at her face to see her reaction, but to my surprise, her expression was blank. She didn't show a hint of any emotion.

Emily's Pov

I felt like crying when I saw all the pills laying on the ground. Do people really think this is funny? I didn't even try to kill myself. It was an accident, nothing more.

I slowly got my books from my locker and placed them into my backpack. As I closed the locker door, I almost jumped out of my skin when I saw a girl standing there.

I could see her lips moving, but since the music was blasting into my ear, I couldn't hear a thing.

I finally decided to pull off my jacket's cap and took off the headphones.

"Hi, I'm Elizabeth," she said while holding out her hand for me to shake, but I didn't, so she let it hang at her side again.

I was about to walk away when she suddenly grabbed my wrist. "Emily, I know what happened to you at the party," she whispered, making me widened my eyes.

"I know what Mike did to you. Emily, you have to tell the cops. I told them, but they didn't believe me, they said that you have to testify," she said while looking me in my eyes.

I shook my head vigorously and tried walking away from her, but she pulled me back again.

"Come on, Emily. Mike has been torturing you, and then he did that. You have to tell the police," she said, almost sounding like she cared, but right now, I don't think there is anyone who cares about me.

I looked at her and just shook my head, yanking my wrist away from her and headed towards the class.

Luke's Pov

I watch as the girl Emily was talking to walk over to me. I was a little confused when she just stood in front of me while looking at me.

"Could you move. You're blocking my locker," she said, and I did as asked.

I couldn't help but hear the loud sigh she gave, and I suddenly grew curious as to why she was talking to Emily.

"Why were you talking to Emily?" I suddenly blurted out, making her turn around and furrowed her eyebrows at me.

"Why are you asking?" She asked while facing her locker again.

"Just curious," I answered.

"Well, maybe you should ask her yourself," she huffed.

"Do you think she'll tell me?" I asked, and she just sighed.

"I was just telling her that I know what happened at the party," she said slowly as she closed her locker.

"Oh, so you know about her and Mike?" I asked, and she just nodded her head.

"Yeah," she spoke softly. "But it's not what you think," she expressed.

"Oh, so you mean it's not like they were fucking each other?" I asked, and she just furrowed her eyebrows at me.

"Do you think she would sleep with him after everything that he's done to her?" She spoke, raising her voice a little.

"What are you talking about?" I asked, confused.

"You live with her, right?" She asked, and I just nodded my head. "Have you ever maybe seen a bruise or such on her?" She asked, and I nodded again.

"Who do you think caused that?" She asked, and I furrowed my eyebrows together and gave her an I-am-lost face.

"For someone who lives with her, you sure are stupid," she mumbled under her breath, but I could still hear her.

" Okay, listen to me. Mike has been bullying Emily for a year now, and it keeps getting worse every day. What you think happened at the party wasn't out of the heat of the moment. It was something else," she said.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Let me start at the beginning. Last year, Emily was seriously the most popular girl in this school. She was a total bitch to everyone who wasn't in their group. One day the populars had a party of their own, and rumor has it that Mike and Emily broke up when she didn't want to sleep with him. The whole populars turned on her afterward. "

"She has been bullied ever since then, and I know that what happened at that party wasn't something that Emily wanted," she said.

"And why should I believe anything you say. I've never even seen Mike do anything to her except kiss her once, but that was it," I stated.

She groaned as if she was annoyed right now.

"Why don't you just watch them from a distance because every time you are near them, absolutely nothing happens," she said and walked away.

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The rest of the day, I've been thinking about what that girl had said. I've been distant today. Every time someone would come up to me, I would either send them away or ignore them.

The bell finally rang, and it was time for lunch, and I'm starved.

When I finally reached the cafeteria, I immediately went to the line to get my food. Since there were only a few people in front of me, I started scanning the cafeteria.

I looked over at the table I sat at. Everyone was there except for Mike. I furrowed my eyebrows at that.

I turned back to the front, and it was finally my turn. I quickly grabbed two slices of pizza and paid for it.

As I walked out of the cafeteria, I notice all the people still whispering about Emily's suicidal attempt. I guess she got the attention she wanted.

I walked over to the tree. I always see Emily at, and to my surprise, she wasn't there.