Valentina’s P.O.V I stood at the edge of the pool staring hard into the water, I stood at the end with the thought of jumping in and ending it all. Would they be happy if I turned out dead? Or would they be sad? I bet no one would care about me... Mother… Ron…. Norah… Nathan…. I doubt they would even think about me, they probably wouldn’t notice I was gone, I didn’t know how to swim, so jumping from her would do it, but the water scares me. It wouldn’t take long for me to die but what about the pain… It would hurt. I wiped my tears away and sighed in frustration, I was so cowardly that I couldn’t even commit suicide properly. I didn’t even know what I was doing, I didn’t want to live but I was too scared to die… I was standing in the middle like a freaking ghost. I knew that I didn’t deserve the life I was living, but I was still selfish enough to want to keep it, even if my existence was at the expense of someone else, I was still trying my best to survive. I have always wond

Valentina’s P.O.V“Yes, please,” Mr. Lords said into the phone after a long pause, a short laugh escaped his lips as he pulled the blinds on the other side of the room. “Valentina Chandler, that’s her name I guess, do we have such a student?”Despite the AC I was covered in sweat, and it was becoming even more difficult to breathe, I’m going to get expelled right here and right now. I shouldn’t have come here, I sniffed back desperately trying to contain the tears that had now well-up in my eyes.“Ohh…” He muttered again and the tears finally fell from my eyes, even though I tried to hold them back I couldn’t. “Please work on it, thank you.”He ended the phone call and turned towards me, the look on his face softened as he approached his desk.“Why are you crying?” He asked and I shook my head, he pulled his chair and sat down again, scrolling through his phone with a slight nod, I wiped my face trying to compose myself again. “You’re pretty good in your academics, you had the highes

Valentina’s P.O.VWhat are the hell were they doing here? Table fourteen is the biggest table our restaurant has, and it can contain sixteen people at once, it wasn’t the size of the table that was my problem, but the people that were sitting at it.“Isn’t this Valentina?” Scott asked with a small laugh, there was a huge streak of amusement on his face. “Oh my God, she looks so different in the apron?”“We got insulted by a beggar who waits tables?” Jasmine asked in surprise and they all started laughing, my heart “That’s tragic indeed.”This isn’t school. I told myself repeatedly, that I wouldn’t allow them to bully me, I was not going to be so pathetic even at my work.I bent down slightly, ignoring the banter and I picked up my jotter that had previously fallen and forced a small smile at them.“What would you like to order?” I asked them getting ready to take their order, from the corner of my eyes I saw Gabrielle take out his phone and start taking pictures.“Ethan needs to see t

Travis’s P.O.VThe Math teacher kept on rambling, the lecture had been ongoing for about thirty minutes now, yet Valentina’s seat was empty, I couldn’t help but wonder where she was. She isn’t the type to be absent during classes, something has to be wrong.“Why do you keep looking at the empty desk?” Scott’s irritating voice came in a small tease, and only then did Ethan’s head reel in my direction.His eyes shot toward Valentina’s desk and he scoffed slightly, I didn’t know what prompted the reaction but it felt like something happened between them.Ethan has been acting all weird today, he hasn’t spoken a word to anyone, I thought he fought with his father since he slept in my house last night. He refused to talk about it, but it seemed like he woke up on the wrong side of the bed, he was all cold and grumpy. “Valentina isn’t in class,” Scott said jokingly but this time I was unable to control myself, I rolled my eyes and focused the rest of my strength on ignoring him.I wonder

Ethan’s P.O.VHer eyes widened at my command, and she hesitated, with a small smirk on my face I leaned forward to pull her hands and she fell unto the steel chair.“Why are you being quiet?” I asked curiously, but she still remained silent. “You don’t want to do it?”“Why are you being like this?” She asked me innocently, unlike before she wasn’t making any attempt to free herself. “Why are you doing this to me? If it’s because of what happened with your father, I already apologized to him, and if you want I can apologize to you.”“Did I mention it anywhere that I needed an apology?” I asked yanking her forward toward myself, and her face distorted a bit, probably from pain and I wasn’t even holding her so tightly. “Feed me the rest of this ice cream.”“B-But you are not sick, you have your two hands and I’m sure you can help yourself.” She was being defiant, it’s rare to get her like this but it was amusing to watch. “It would seem you want to go back in the water.” I concluded dro