*Lithium* by Shyenne Kirkwood (great reads .TXT) 📕

CHAPTER 1

(Singing) "Lithium, The sound that your heart makes when it,
Beats..." Mercy sang this melody over and over again until it was lodged in her brain for good. She loved writing new songs, Mercy was an undiscovered Artist and Vocalist, technically she was an undiscovered superstar at 15 years old. She was good at almost
everything she did.
Like getting her heart trampled by boys because she wouldn't sleep with them. Everyone would always call her a whore and if they didn't say it, they were thinking it!
Mercy was a virgin, she didn't plan on having sex or doing many sexual activities because she thought everything, or just about everything, that was sexual was disgusting!!
"Mercy! Jace is here." Maddison, Mercys mother, called up the stairs.
"Send him up please." Mercy yelled out the door.
Jace. Oh Jace. He was so gorgeous with his shoulder-length bleach blonde hair and his dazzling bright blue eyes. He hypnotized her every chance he got with those eyes. Of corse, Jace being an 18-year old boy, would want some sexual things but Mercy never gave in. She was determined to keep her ground, even if he threatened to dump her. 'Oh well, if he dumps me because I wont have sex with him then bye bye.' she would always tell herself.
"Hey beautiful." Jace said as he entered her bedroom. "Happy six months."
"Aww! you too baby!" Mercy squealed.
"Here." he said and handed her a small golden box. "Open it." he told her. Mercy opened the box and inside was silver locket necklace.
"Now open the locket.." he instructed. She did and there was a picture of him on one side and her on the other.
"AW! I love you Jace! It's so beautiful!!" she exclaimed.
"Kinda like you?" he asked her a (funny) notorical question.
"Mhmm, sure." she said and they laughed.
"I have to go because you know how my mom is...but I'll see you At school tomorrow right?" he asked and then kissed her.
"Duh." she said and laughed, "I love you."
"I love you too."

CHAPTER 2
Mercy got to school *finally* and put her stuff in her locker. She was walking around a corner and turned around. She caught a glimpse of Jace and Sabrina..she turned back around. Mercy couldn't
believe her eyes. Was Jace groping her?! Was he taunting her lips with his? Just as he went in to kiss the little backstabbing harlet, she walked up to him.
"What the fuck is going on here?!" she yelled which startled Sabrina.
"What the fuck does it look like?!" Sabrina yelled back.
"It's not what you think Mercy..." Jace said in a panic.
"Well then you wanna explain it?" Mercy snapped at him. Jace was silent, so she turned her attention to her "best friend".
"What do you think your doing?" Mercy asked in a heartbroken tone.
"Well I thought I was getting ready to kiss Jace but then you interupted.." Sabrina said in a -throw it back in your face- way.
"Oh is that what you thought?!" Mercy asked her even though she wasn't counting on a reply. She grabbed Sabrina by her hair and smashed her face into the locker. Sabrina screamed "Get this bitch off me!" Jace went up and grabbed Mercy, so she punched
him too. Then she picked Sabrina up by her throat and held her high in the air.
"Is that what you fucking thought BITCH?!" and slammed her face into the locker again. Just then, the Principle came and grabbed Mercy and started to drag her down the hallway.
"What the fuck is your excuse Jace?!" She screamed.
"...I love you..." he said sort of quietly. Mercy grabbed the silver locket and threw it at him.
"Oh yeah?! Well then I hope her lips and A-cup boobs were worth it you asshole! Happy six months!"
Mercy paced the office, crying furious tears. 'what is wrong with him?!' she kept repeating in her head. Her mom came and picked her up.
"What happened?" she asked when they left the school parking lot. Mercy didn't say anything. She just starred out of the window crying silent, heartbroken tears. After a while, Mercy found
her voice..
"He lied..."

CHAPTER 3
Mercy layed on her bed all day and could think of nothing else but the stupid "She doesn't know" look on his face, or the "idgaf" look on hers. She got up and punched her solid oak door over 20 times. She felt nothing. Her whole body had become numb a while ago.
"Are you alright?" Angelina, her younger sister, asked as she rushed into Mercy's room, just to find her on her bed again. "Are you okay?" she asked again.
"I'm fine!" she yelled.
"Your bleeding..." Angel said. Her tone pointed out that she was concerned.
"I'll live," Mercy said irritated.
"Mom!" Angel yelled. Maddison came running in.
"What? Is she okay?" she asked.
"Her hand is bleeding," Angel said and pointed to Mercy's right hand.
"Now that you mention it, it kinda really hurts..." Mercy said meekly.
"Get in the car. We need to get X-rays." her mother said.

Mercy layed there under the X-ray machine. The doctor tryed to read just her hand.
"Ouch!!" Mercy exclaimed, "Don't!" she said and glared at her.
"Sorry." she said.
They took the X-rays and asked them to wait in the waiting room. After 30 minutes passed, she came out and told Maddison that Mercy shattered all the bones in her hand. That night Mercy was careful with her cast covered hand. She layed down slowly. As soon as she was relaxed and comfortable, she cried. She let out small shrieks.
A couple of months past and everyday at school was a nightmare, everything was about it, including Sabrina's face. (: Mercy walked down the hall and after every class, she saw Jace and Sabrina either kissing, holding hands, or hugging. She couldn't handle it anymore. Every night she cried herslef to sleep.
"Mercy," she heard someone say behind her when she left second hour to go to the bathroom. As soon as she heard it, she dreaded leaving class. He had a lisp. It was Jace.
"What?" she said without turning around.
"Are you okay?" he asked.
"Really?! Am I okay?!" she yelled. "I'm fucking perfect! Couldn't be better, and it helps seeing you two being retartedly sexual after every
class!"
"I'm sorry." he said.
"No your not, but it's okay, your hers now so I don't care." she said. Just then the bell rang and the first person she seen was Sabrina.
Mercy rolled her eyes as Sabrina walked towards them. She kissed Jace and then turned to face Mercy.
"Oh! Your daring!" Mercy said and looked at the shining thing aroung her neck. It was the locket!
"Really Jace?!" she snapped at him, and held up her fist at him. He flinched so instead of hitting him, she ripped the locket off of Sabrina and dropped it on the floor. She stomped on it 5-7 times, then picked up the broken locket and gave it back to her and walked away.

CHAPTER 4
Mercy was sitting on her bed with the knife to her wrist. She cut deep. Suddenly, her door opened. She hid the knife quickly and grabbed her wrist. The blood leaked through her fingers. She looked to see who came in, as if it would've made a difference. She was in big trouble. Standing there with his gorgeous dirty blonde emo styled hair and his beautiful eyes was Jacobi.
"What are you doing?" he asked as he ran to her.
"Nothing, don't worry about it, I'm fine." she said and looked into his eyes. Her eyes watered and tears poured out. Mascara ran down her cheek. His tan muscular arms slipped around her waist. He held her, and she cried on his chest.
After she had quit crying for the moment, she told him everything.
"Well I came here to tell you I moved down the street for you and I'm going to be going to your school now and I got my first car today AND to ask you a question..."
"Whats your question?" she replied and giggled.
"Do you wanna be my girlfriend?" he asked sheepishly. "I would never hurt you like Jace did. I love you so much. I'll do anything to prove it. I'll stick up for you, stand by you through thick and thin." he added and grabbed her wrist to apply pressure.
Mercy needed no time to think, "Yes."
"Yes!!!!!!" he said. "Sorry, I'm a little excited."
"When do you start at Windsy High?" Mercy giggled.
"Tomorrow." he said and smiled.
"Sweet! But stay AWAY from Sabrina!" She warned.
"Of course. I only have eyes for you." he replied and kissed her.
Oh what it felt like to kiss him again! She had went out with him before but broke up with him for Jace eight months ago. They never talked after that until today.
"Here, I made you something." he said and handed her a bracelet.
The bracelet was purple, her favorite color, Black, her other favorite color, and red. It had two purple hearts too. It goes without saying that she loved it.
"Can I pick you up tomorrow after school, and maybe you can help me unpack...?" he asked.
"Sure. See you tomorrow."

Publication Date: 09-21-2011

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