Cleaning up
"D-Deb?" Alice called from their room.
Deb could tell Alice was crying just by the tone and shakiness in her voice, so she practically ran to the room. "What's wrong baby?" She asked, immediately concerned.
"I did something…… B-bad…." Her girlfriend responded. Deb walked closer to her and saw a pocket knife with blood on it.
"Oh no….. Allie you didn't…." she said in denial. She knew Alice's depression was getting worse since her Mom's death, but she never thought it was going to come to this. Alice just started crying even more. "Show me how bad it is." Alice moved to face her and showed her the multiple deep cuts on her left wrist. Deb sighed. "Oh angel.. Come here." She responded. Alice nodded and hugged her girlfriend. Deb held her tightly.
"I'm sorry…" Alice whispered through sobs. Deb rubbed her back softly.
"Don't apologize. It's okay baby. You're going to be okay. Come on, let's get you cleaned up" she assured her girlfriend, wiping her tears. They walked to the bathroom and Alice sat down on the edge of the bathtub.
Deb ran a cloth under cold water and handed it to the girl. "Ok so this is really cold. But it will help stop the bleeding. First rinse your arm though because there's a lot of blood. After that, apply a shit ton of pressure on the cuts while I try and find the Rubbing Alc okay?" She asked. Alice nodded and did all of that while Deb looked for the gauze and rubbing alcohol.
Eventually she found the items and went back to Alice. "Ok now, this is going to sting a lot. Try your best not to scream." she knew how bad Allie was with pain, so she knew the girl wasn't going to be able to be quiet. Alice moved back a bit, scared.
"Allie bear, come on. We need to disinfect them." Deb said. Alice whimpered. "But it's going to hurt."
The shorter haired girl rolled her eyes. "It won't be that bad. It'll only be a couple seconds." Alice wasn't in a mood to argue, so she held her arm out. "Thank you." Deb responded. She looked at Alice, looked at her wrist and carefully poured the liquid onto it. Alice did in fact scream and started to cry. Deb jumped back a bit. "Shhhh sh sh baby it'll stop in a minute I promise. Just breathe." Deb assured her, caressing her cheek. Alice nodded and took deep breaths until the pain went away. "Better?" Her girlfriend asked.
"I hate you for that." Alice stated.
Deb laughed. "I'll make it up to you then." she said as she kissed the brunette's cheek.
Alice smirked and looked at her. "Oh really? How are you going to do that?" She asked.
"I know exactly what you're hinting at. I'm not giving it to you right now. I will how ever, give you a kiss" she smiled as she kissed her. "Anyway, sit still while I wrap you up." Alice nodded and watched Deb wrap the gauze around her cuts. "There you go Al."
Alice smiled. "Thank you babe."
"You're welcome. Now just to be safe, I'm hiding all of the sharp objects in the house and I'm keeping a close eye on you because I don't want you to hurt yourself anymore. Losing you is the last thing I want. Is that fair?" Deb asked.
"Yeah that's fine. Can we go lay down? It's late and I'm tired." Alice responded.
Deb smiled. "Of course pumpkin"
"I love you babe." The brunette said
"I love you too beautiful." Her girlfriend responded. Deb held Alice's hand and walked to their room to lay down.