Come Save (A Cut for Me, A Cut for You)

This is for my NEHS application! Reviews needed! *Inspired by the song Come Save by Sarah Reeves*

Adriel lay in her bed, the satin sheets tangled between her legs. Salty tears slid down the sides of her face as she cried. Depression hurt. The feeling of agony was like a knife twisting in her gut as she tried to push the thoughts away; thoughts that could ruin her. She'd promised herself that she wouldn't slip up adn that she wouldn't let anybody find out that anything was wrong. But, the new boy in her AP Calculas class had noticed. Adriel had left class early to escape his calculating eyes and probing questions.

And that was the end of her secret.

 

"Listen... I was wondering. Are you busy Thursday night?" he asked, catching her at the end of class. Adriel hesitated, looking around him at the other students leaving the classroom.

"I have work from three to eight." she answered.

"I was thinking that maybe we could go get some dinner? At the diner?" he said it as if he wasn't sure if that was where he wanted to go. She tried a small smile, and pushed a stray auburn curl away from her eyes.

"I'd like that." she said feebly. He smiled, and walked to his next class. Adriel sighed and grabbed her books for her British Literature class.

   

Later in the afternoon, she looked him up on Facebook, typing in the name Hadley Jergons. He was a popular kid, having almost two hundred friends. She requested him as a friend, and quickly logged off. Adriel glanced over her room, the black bedding and blankets tangled on the floor. A box of tissues sat beside her low bed, about three fourths gone. The trash bin on the other side was full of used Kleenexes; wet from wiping away late night tears. She bent over, picking up the sheets and carrying them to the laundry room. The trash can was emptied, and the tissues placed back in the kitchen. Adriel had to try her best to go back to how she was before the problems with her parents started and the rejection letters from all the Ivy League collees she had applied for. Well, she didn't know for sure about the one from Harvard, for after the first few, she left the rest unopened in fear of more rejection and disappointment.

The unopened letters sat on the desk by her laptop, and they were threatening. She moved them, hiding them inside of a book that she never read, and that she would soon have to return to the school library.

 

Reviews

[Last Lying Look]

This is an amazing story!
At first I thought it was going to be quite a sad, upsetting story
yet it was actually quite uplifting.
Excellent write!
-Elissa :)

[Zissors]

Good story, a short story with an uplifting moral. I liked it.

Thanks for posting.

[Jake Mancini]

I really enjoyed this story.
It is very uplifting and written well.

[XxToxicAngelxX]

That was a really good story. I could really relate to it. Great job!

[LivingHope.]

I finally finished it! The time and date is:: 17.31pm on 4/23/09! YAY! Now for the editing portion!