Suffer In Silence

*Dakota's POV*

*****Time Lapse*****

I can't believe how well today went, Sandra and her friends are really nice. They actually seem to want to be my friends, not just pretending, or feel sorry for me, I can sense these things almost immediately now. I'm still in shock... I can't believe that the beautiful boy from the forrest not only goes to my school, but is friends with Sandra!. I really hope that this time they decide I'm worthy of friendship, and don't give me hope than leave me like all the others did, I don't think I could take that again. That's why I don't let anyone past my walls, no one can get through them. And no one ever will...

After school I had decided that the perfect end to a day of no bullying, and possible friendship-making, is up here in my tree. So here I am, humming almost... happily...to the tune of Caraphernelia by Pierce the Veil, and sketching the design for my next tattoo, a small pentagram that will go on my stomach next to my hipbone. I know what you're thinking, in Australia you're not allowed tattoo's while you're underage and still in school, well you know what? I. Don't. Give. A. Fuck. I love them, I need them and my piercer/tattooist dosnt care how old I am, he's cool.

I'm so engrossed in what I am doing that I don't notice a figure heading down the path. And when he calls out "hello? Is someone there?", I am so shocked that I panic... big mistake... suddenly I'm falling... falling... I hit branches on the way down, which slows my fall, but hurts like hell... OOF!!... for a second everything's black and I'm winded. But I quickly come-to, and push my upper half up with my arms to see what I landed on... eyes... piercing blu- oh my god I landed on the beautifu- I mean Andy!. "Oh my god I'm so fucking sorry!" I say over and over again, he look's at me dazed, shocked, but with a hint of amusement in his eyes... his eyes wander to my right arm, I look and see that my long white sleeve has ridden up to my elbow, I hurriedly pull it down before he gets a good look.

"I better get home and tend to those scratches, falling from a tree sure is a bitch! Haha" I say nervously, trying to laugh it off. I get off of him and help him up. "By the way are you ok?" I ask, suddenly realising he could be hurt, I did fall on him after all, and I'm not exactly thin... "are you fucking kidding me?!" he exclaims, "you fall from a tree, from quite high up, by what I saw, and you ask me if I'm ok?!" he finishes, an incredulous smirk marking his beautiful face.

"You haven't answered my question..." I say, my head down, suddenly feeling shy and embarrassed. To my utter shock, I feel a hand cup my left cheek, while another hand acts as a guide, lifting my chin up, and suddenly I'm looking into those piercing blue eyes once more... our faces are so close, I can feel his warm breath on my lips, smelling of smoke and coffee, oh god I want those lips on mine... he leans closer, our lips almost touching now... but he continues past and on to my ear... "I'm fine... if you are... and by the look of you... you're just perfect..." he practically breathes into my ear, I shiver.

*Andy's POV*

I lean away... oh my god, I can't believe I just did that, she looks shocked, fuck did I scare her? oh god I'm such an idiot... I'm broken from my thoughts when her eyes widen and she suddenly yells "shit! What time is it?!", as she picks up her fallen things and packs them away in her backpack. "Um... it's 6... why? are you ok?" I ask, starting to panic now myself... "I need to get home!" she yells and starts running down the trail, back the way I had just come. I run after her, easily catching up. "Wait! I have a car, I can get you home faster if it's that urgent!", she stops suddenly, I can see her fighting to hold back tears...

"Oh my god would you?!" she asks, a look of hope growing in her eyes... "of course! anything to help" I say, all in a caring tone, to show her that I really do meant it. What she does next surprises me... she engulfs me in a tight hug, whispering "thank you so much... you have no idea..." over and over again...

*Dakota's POV*

On the drive home we're mostly silent, sometimes he tries to ask me questions, but I'm so nervous, and anxious about getting home, that I answer only in short, choppy sentences. Bad move, because now, he's looking at me funny every now and then from the corner of his eye. Shit, start acting normal... "um... so... nice car..." I say, fucking lame question, idiot... "Thanks! she's my baby..." he strokes his car's dash lovingly. I plaster a fake smile on my face. "Aaahhh, so you're one of those..." I smirk. "And just what is that supposed to mean?" he asks with faux offence. "You're one of those guys who treats his car like it's a living, breathing creature..." I tease, this fake confidence is starting to come in handy...

After two more minutes of teasing back and forth, in between me pointing out where to go, we arrive at my house, that can't have been more than a five minute drive, he really went all out for me... suddenly, I see my mums car heading this way from the end of the street... "I gotta go thank you so much bye!" I say in a rush, kiss him on the cheek and sprint off into the house, I have to make it look like I was home ages ago....

Notes

Well here's the 6th chapter FINALLY haha sorry I took so long it's been a hectic few days :p

sadly when I went to the AWL's pound and their rehoming section, I didn't find my cat, I've pretty much given up all hope of ever seeing her again now, what hurts even more is i thought I found her in the pound section, this cat looked so much like her... I just hope she's happy wherever she is...

on a brighter note, I would love to thank secretely_quotes_lyrics for her (or his) ideas, i used one of them already in this chapter and I plan to use the other :)

soooooooo... Dakota wants another tattoo! a pentagram... could it be bvb's future pentagram perhaps? ;)

haha hope you liked this chapter

chapter title credit: Paramore: Only Exception