Melodee's POV

"Do you plan on going to school?" I heard from besides me. I groaned. LEAVE ME ALONE EM!! i grabbed a small pillow and aimed randomly, failing to make contact with her face.

a sharp ray of sunlight struck my face, causing my eyes to get teary.

I shot up from bed and got ready as fast as i could. I slipped my clothes off and hopped into the shower. as the soap made contact with my wrist, i felt pain shoot up and down my arm, i washed it gently, outlining the scars and (not so) fresh ones. after rinsing my arms carefully ,i scrubed the rest of my body and thought about all the possible things that could happen today.

i was ready for the worst.

i put on my bra and underwear. As looked up to the restroom mirror, i noticed my belly sticking out and poked it gently. No wonder no one likes me. I'm fat and ugly and have emotional problems. The only part i liked about me were the various tattoos i had scattered on various parts of my body, my turquoise eyes, and my snake bites.

after looking through my collection of tattoos, i slipped on a pair of black ripped jeans, a white All Time Low tee and a pair of white vans. After putting on a thick line of eye liner, making my eyes resault, and a thick appliance of mascara,I tied my hair up in a messy bun, took my padawan braid out, clipped it to the back, and left my bangs out how they were, not caring how i looked and got my stuff together.
Today was my first day of high school (i had skipped a month or so due to my deppression kicking in again) and i didn't care about first impressions, i never was the sociable type of girl anyways, i never had many friends in my other schools in new jersey. I had problems. nobody really wanted to hang out with a girl who had to take a pill a day or she'd go into a huge deppression.
I checked my phone realizing i still had a pair minutes to spare due to my annoying bestfriend waking me up before time. I walked downstairs to meet the pleasant smell of pancake batter cooking,

"and this, best friend, is why i love you." i sat down next to the island,ready to shove pancakes down my throat.

"Just because i cook for you?little brat,oh and before i forget ,did you take your meds already?" she licked the batter off the spoon and smiled widely, revealing her smiley, slapping her shoulder playfully i reached into my pocket and took a pill out. i put it to my mouth and swallowed it with orange juice.

After helping her put breakfast on the table, I shoved a fork full of pancakes into my mouth and spoke, "why aren't you getting ready? aren't you going to school too?"

"If you don't remember mel, i already graduated from high school, and have a well paying job. And this happens to be my day off" crap. I forgot i lived with my amazing 19 year old bestfriend in her small SD appartment.

i had moved from new jersey to San Diego due to my parents abandoning me for being 'different'.they didn't like the way i was, they didn't like that their daughter ( i) listens to post hardcore music all day,and has an addiction of smoking, all at the age of 17 . they didn't like my appearance, they said 'having so many body modifications (tattoos and pierceings) was unacceptable' wich i thought was foolish.

they said they couldn't handle having such a disturbed daughter and left me in a park away from home, leaving me to 'deal with my problems' alone.

I had no where to go, i couldn't bare think about what type of parents abandon their children, i had no one to go to, nothing was going right at that moment, so i turned to the blade and stoped taking my meds, wich made me fall into a deep depression.

that's where Emily alexandra comes in, she saw my struggling and brought me with her to san diego, letting me live with her.

she helped me through my deporession and made me quit cutting. since then we've been unseparable friends. (More like sisters.)

I finished my breakfast and approached the sink to wash the dishes.

" it's 8:38! Go before you are late! Don't worry about the dishes i got'em! Don't forget to take your meds at school and call me if anything goes wrong" Em yelled from the other side of the kitchen. She was more like a mom, taking care of her daughter, instead of a girl looking after her disturbed friend.

I grabbed my stuff and headed to school. I didn't own a car, and the bus left me,so i ran to school with only 5 minutes to get there. When i arrived i checked my phone. 8:52. Damn it.

I took my palm and swiped the sweat off my face and fixed my bun.

Here goes nothing.

As i stepped into the school, i felt the nerves take over my body. I looked around, trying to find the office but it seemed impossible, since the school was practically packed. I was still looking around the crowded school when someone suddenly bumped into me, causing my school materials to fall off my hands scrambling on the floor.

just what i needed.

I knelt down, gathering all of my stuff, when i heard someone right in front of me "i am so sorry!" I looked up from from the floor to find a tall, skinny boy with ear-length hair bending down to help me.

"I-it's ok-kay"

"You're new here aren't you? You look lost" i got up and got a better view of him.

He had ear-length hair, a pair of snake bites (just like me!!) , and chocolate brown eyes that made my knees go weak. He was wearing a key street hoodie and jeans with small rips. He was quite attractive.

"Y-yeah, i'm looking for the office"

"Oh, i'll take you, if you want?" He looked at me waiting for my response. I lightly nodded.
"My name's tony, tony perry, and your name is?"

"melodee, ashton"

"okay mel, well lets take you to the office" He took my hand, making me tense up,"oh sorry..i didn't-" he let my hand go.

I interrupted."it's oka-y"

we continued walking, and he lead me through a pair of hallways.We went inside a small room.

"i'll be right back okay?"he talked to some lady and pointed at me.

"What's your name sweetie?" The lady came up to me and asked with a gentle smile.

"Melodee Ashton."

after typing something into a computer and printing a paper out, she handed tony a paper and walked away. "Here's your schedule, looks like we have all periods together except for 7th and 8th, you have those with jaime preciado, he's really sweet, i think you'll make good friends." We got out of the office and headed to 1st period.

Tony and i sat together through the first 4 periods, talking about the band he was in and got to know eachother better.