By The Way

Chapter One

~Ana’s Point Of View~

Today is like any school day. I really didn’t want to deal with all the losers that are in my school. And by the way am one of the most popular girls in this school so everybody but my group of friends are losers to me. So you will see why I call those other people losers.

“Ana! Over here babe!” my boyfriend Jim says.

I walk over there and see them holding one of the losers by his arms I start to feel really bad. I know I know I said that I hate all the losers here but something seems different about this kid.

“Ana do you want to do the honors and but him to sleep?” Alexaia asks smirking.

“No thanks,” I say. I think I am starting to fall for that guy. I need to get a grip on myself before I reck myself. I am the most popular girl in the school and have a great boyfriend. So I need to stop feeling what I am feeling for that loser.

After four more hours I am at home with me drunk as always pile of s**t father how decided to strike me.

That night I went to bed around ten pm and then I woke up at three am when I had to pee back I did not want to wake up because having a really good dream and it was about the losers from yesterday at school.

Weird thing is it is not like anything I have ever felt before. Be was just the best at what he did to me in that dream. Sadly that will never become a reality I am propably that kids biggest bully.

~Ben’s Point Of View~

I closed my eyes and braced myself for impact from the hit I slowly opened my eyes when I did not feel the hit connect. She just walked away that is not like the bully I knew her to be. I wonder what is wrong with her but anyway I think that I am going to make my mission to become friends with her.

After she walked off her group of friends continued the beat down and by the end of it. I was laying on the floor of the lunchroom probably bleeding from all the injurys. Just before I faded from consciousness I saw her walk over to me. Just as she got over to me I lost consciousness.

I wake up in the hospital with Ana right beside me. She is sleeping in one of the uncomfortable hospital chairs. She slowly starts to wake up and she see that I am awake.

“Hey Benjamin right?” She asks unsure that is my name.

“Yeah that is me,” I say with my voice very hoarse.

“You okay I know you took quite the beating at the hands of my friends,” She says with a sorry look on her face.

“It is just fine I am used to it,” I say.

She nods and we fall into an awkward silence. My eyes start to get heavy and she can tell that I am tired.

“Go to sleep I will be here when you wake up,” She says putting a hand on my arm.

With that I fall asleep. When I woke she was still sitting right beside me.

“Hey,” I say.

She looked up at me.

“Hey, I was wodering if when you return to school you don’t tell anyone who saved your life, or that I stayed in the hospital with you just for now please,” She pleaded.

“Hey, hey it is okay don’t worry I won’t tell a soul about this until you give me the okay,” I say comforting her.

She nods and say that she has to leave or her friends will start to suspect something. She tells me that she will be back tonight.

Later that night.

“Hey, Benjamin,” Ana says knocking on the door.

“Hey Anastasia,” I say as she walks in.

She sits down and I start to sing

“Dead star shine

Light up the sky

I'm all out of breath

My walls are closing in

Days go by

Give me a sign

Come back to the end

The shepherd of the damned

I can feel you falling away

No longer the lost

No longer the same

And I can see you starting to break

I'll keep you alive

If you show me the way

Forever and ever

The scars will remain

I'm falling apart

Leave me here forever in the dark

Daylight dies

Blackout the sky

Does anyone care?

Is anybody there?

Take this life

Empty inside

I'm already dead

I'll rise to fall again

I can feel you falling away

No longer the lost

No longer the same

And I can see you starting to break

I'll keep you alive

If you show me the way

Forever and ever

The scars will remain

I'm falling apart

Leave me here forever in the dark

God help me I've come undone

Out of the light of the sun

God help me I've come undone

Out of the light of the sun

I can feel you falling away

No longer the lost

No longer the same

And I can see you starting to break

I'll keep you alive

If you show me the way

Forever and ever

The scars will remain

Give me a sign

There's something buried in the words

Give me a sign

Your tears are adding to the flood

Just give me a sign

There's something buried in the words

Give me a sign

Your tears are adding to the flood

Just give me a sign

There's something buried in the words

Give me a sign

Your tears are adding to the flood

Forever and ever

The scars will remain”

“You sing very beautifully,” She says.

“Thanks,” I say blushing like f*****g s**t.

“You know you aren’t as bad as most of the other at school I could see us hanging out,” She says smiling.

We sat there fro the next 5 hour just talking. I was starting to get sleepy and she could tell.

“Hey how about you get some rest and we will talk more when you wake up in the morning,” she says smiling at me.

Sometime later. It has been two weeks since I was in the hospital. And me and Ana have not really spoken to one another. But she never laid hands on me again.

~Ana’s Point Of View~

Ben is finally able to go back to school. I was kinds excited that he was coming back. But I have to mask that so that my friends don’t find out that I care about him.

I walk into the school with nothing but getting through the day on my mind. I see Ben Walking beind me and it is taking all my strength not to talk to him. He walks right beside me and his scent is like a motherfucking drug to me. And I want to talk to him even worse than before.

I don’t know how I am going to get through the day. I think and walk off to my first period and thank god we don’t have the same class together this period at least.

I got through the day but not without some struggles. The bright side is that Ben and I get to work together on this project.

I walk out and around the side of the building and find Ben and we walk over to my house I just pray that my dad is not home and if he is that he is not black out drunk.

We walk into my house and just my luck my dad is home and f*****g balckout drunk.

“What are you doing you little w***e!!” my dad screamswhen he sees Ben standign right next to me.

“I am about to work on a school project we my partner in this project. Why?” I ask snapping back at him.

“I never said you could bring anybody over here!!” he screams and strikes me hard across the face.

I fall to the ground amd Ben crouchs right down beside me. This pisses off my dad and he went to strike Ben but he missed when Ben moved out of the way and he picked me up and carried me out of the house and had his car parked out front he had beought it over before school just in case. He palces me in the passangers side and grabs all my stuff and take me to his house and he helps me settle in.

My dad was pissed but I could care less he never once cared about me. So this is just a little packback and I ain’t ever going back home again. The only isssus is that I have to try an hide this from my friends.

But that should be the easiest thing that I have to deal with.

I walk into Ben and I's room and hear him singing a song I have never heard of.

“Take this love!

I will make you

I will starve the pain within

I will crave you

I will learn to hate again

I will drain you

I will make you whole again

I will blame you

I will lay beside the dead

Cause I don't want to live inside this hell

Take the fire from within

You won't break me

Love will tie the tourniquet

And suffocate me

I won't save you

I won't starve the hope within

I won't change you

I won't fight the pain within

I won't fail you

I won't let your light descend

I won't play you

I won't face your fate again

Cause I am born to live inside this hell

Take the fire from within

You won't break me

Love will tie the tourniquet

And suffocate me

Take the fire from within

You won't take me

Love will tie the tourniquet

And suffocate me

Let the calm rise up

So graceful

Every wasted word

So faithful

Take the fire from within

You won't break me

Love will tie the tourniquet

And suffocate me

Take the fire from within

You won't take me

Love will tie the tourniquet

And suffocate me

Suffocate me

Suffocate me”

“That is beautiful and very violent Ben you okay?” I ask him after he stops singing.

“Yeah I am fine,” he says and with that we fall asleep.