Alice opened the window and sat on the bed, looking at the rain. When is the last time it rained here? Alice thought. It never rains here. But I am so happy it is now, it fits my mood perfectly. Alice looked at her wrist. She remembered when she saw the scars on Jenny’s thigh- it was unbelievable. And then two weeks later, Alice felt like *****. She remembered Jenny’s scars- and wanted to see if it really killed the pain. She took out a razor and pressed it to her skin.. she hurt herself on the outside to try to dull the pain on the inside. And it worked… somewhat.

She looked at her guitar, and picked it up.. she hadn’t played in a long time, but she felt like it now. She strummed the top string and then added a little tune to it. She started to play, but then she stopped. Why can’t I stop thinking about Dana? She knew Dana was in the other room with Shane, Tina and Kit, but she didn’t want to face her. She never wanted to face her. Alice put the guitar down.

Why did you do this, Dana? Why did you hurt me like this? I loved you with all my soul, everything- you threw it all away.

Alice began to cry softly. She couldn’t take anymore of this pain. She couldn’t do it anymore. She walked into the bathroom, and Tina saw her, but didn’t say anything.

Alice locked the bathroom door, and opened up the cupboard.

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Blood soaked the side of the bathtub, the tile floor, and the bottom of the bathroom sink. Alice lay in the crimson pool, the razor on the side of the bathtub. Kit broke into the bathroom and found her like that- she screamed Alice’s name and Shane, Tina, and Dana came running in. Kit screamed to get the phone. Shane ran and called 911- Tina and Kit were trying to see if Alice was okay. And Dana stood there, her hand over her mouth, hysterical. She may have broken up with Alice, but she still cared for her.

“She has a really weak pulse,” Tina said.

Shane ran in and looked down at them, “They’re coming.” Then she looked over at Dana, and put her arms around her. “Come on, you shouldn’t be in here.”

Shane led Dana out of the bathroom and on the couch, comforting her.

Back in the bathroom, Tina had blood all over her white blouse. She pulled Alice’s upper body up and laid her by the tub. She then heard Angelica crying.

“I got her,” Kit said, and walked out of the bathroom.

EMT workers rushed into the front door, and Shane pointed towards the bathroom. They walked in and Dana rushed after them. Shane and Kit comforted Dana while the EMT bandaged Alice’s wrist.