Escape from breaking

Chapter 5

Time skip

I was finally in my last class today. Andy was beside me though I had succeeded in avoiding him in the previous classes. The tiredness of the previous night hit me, and my head started hurting, making it difficult to concentrate.

Andy poked my ribs, making me flinch. Pain raked through my body as I glared at him.

"Answer the damn question, April." Mr. Reid, our psychology teacher, hissed.

That was when I came back to my senses.

"Huh," I didn't even catch his question, and he knew it.

I don't like attention, which I am getting right now.

Andy tried saving me by writing on a small note, "intimacy and isolation in early childhood."

I tried answering, but my mouth could not form words.

The pain was extreme to the point that I felt like I was going to vomit. I rushed to the washroom ignoring Mr. Reid's glare. As soon as I opened the washroom door, I started heaving. If there could have been contents in my stomach, it could have hurt less. The pain in my ribs, my head and my stomach made me scream internally.

I saw black spots in my vision as I steadied myself using the sink. Soon I heard footsteps coming towards the washroom, and it finally burst open.

Andy rushed inside with a panicked expression. If I could not be in pain, this could have been laughable.

What is he doing in the girl's washroom?

He cares for you, i***t.

My subconscious answered.

My legs gave out on me as I fell, but before I hit the ground, warm hands held me by my waist.

The most unbelievable thing was how I felt safe in his hands as butterflies erupted in my stomach. I felt like no one could hurt me right now. Not even Dave.

He looked concerned as he mumbled some words, but nothing could register in my head. The pain had increased tenfold. My eyelids became heavy to lift, and I blacked out.

ANDY'S POV

I observed her as she tried to concentrate. She has been occupying my mind since I set my eyes on her. She is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. Her plump pink lips that I felt like kissing, brown shoulder-length hair, tanned smooth skin, and slim body.

She had bags under her eyes like someone who had not gotten any sleep the past few days. Her slightly swollen face was covered with a s**t tone of makeup. I made out an outline of a bruise below her ear.

I was about to ask her about it when I heard the teacher ask her a question. I guess he had discovered, too, that she was not concentrating

I poked her ribs to get her attention when she slightly flinched. She masked it quickly with an expressionless face as she glared at me.

I wrote her a note to save her poor ass, but she just glanced at it before standing up and rushing out of the lecture room.

I felt something was wrong with her and strutted out of the classroom after her.

Mr. Reid stopped me, but I ignored him. I better go for detention than leave April alone after I heard that sad song.

My heart yearned for her. I wanted to take away all the pain she was going through. I wonder what is going on in her life. I tried looking for her on all online platforms but even with my good computer skills I found nothing. It was like she did not exist, which was very strange.

She entered the girl's washroom, making me stop in my tracks.

Why do I even care?

I have never cared for anyone.

I am a monster, and she is an angel.

We are opposites.

My heart felt restless, making me enter the girl's washroom.

She was about to fall off when I held her. I stared at her gorgeous silver eyes, getting lost in them.

"I think you are sick because you are burning up."

She just stared at me like she was not listening as her body went limp in my arms. I panicked as I lifted her and rushed out of the washroom to my car. She was very light.

I placed her frail body on the shotgun and rushed her to my house. I called our family doctor daniel, who had been working with my family since I was born. He was the only experienced person I trusted.

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Right now, I felt guilty. Since I lost my best friend Sandra due to depression, I promised to focus on little details for people around me. So here I am, ready to help April before it gets too late.

The doctor left hours ago after informing me April had three broken ribs, internal bleeding, and alot of bruises on her skin. She was underweight and had fainted due to hunger. Tubes were attached to his hands to provide her with the necessary nutrients.

I paced around the room, wondering how I could help her despite her not wanting anything to do with me.

She is malnourished. But why?

I had alot of questions running through my head.

I felt a strange feeling in my heart. It beat faster as I stared at her sleep peacefully. Her plump lips slightly parted, making me want to run my thumb across them. I brought my hand to her face and pushed the hair that had covered her nose and eyes behind her ear.

I wanted to kill that fucker who did this to her. Some human beings do not deserve to live.

They don't belong to this world because they don't even have a heart.

"Am very sorry pretty," I whispered before kissing her forehead and exiting the room.