A Rainy Day
Blood raged through my veins and my dusty brown hair waved about as the warm summer wind blew through the drive-in and the black clouds grew nearer. I watched as my best friend Matt collapsed to the dry brown grass. My world turned black and white and I could hear the movie in the background as I forced my short stubby legs towards him.
"It's only a scratch," Matt laughed. "Jake, it's only a scratch"
I heard the grass crunching and looked up to see Riley slowly approaching. His dark blue eyes looked pale and his cheeks were flushed.
"I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to Jake," Riley pleaded. "I didn't mean to." He fell to the ground and began to sob, his blonde hair blowing as drops of rain began to fall.
I looked into Matt's blood struck eyes as I carefully placed him on the dead grass.
"YOU!" I yelled, pointing my frail finger towards him. "You killed him. My best mate, my brother. And you killed him." I trembled, as I lurched towards him pulling out my blood struck knife.
"You'll pay for this Riley," I shouted, stabbing my knife at him.
"Jake, No," He spat.
Couples glared from their cars and thought nothing of the scene. Annoyed they turned back to watch the movie on the large theatre screen.
My face was burning with hate, as I forced my trembling foot towards him.
"Why?" I asked. "Why did you have to kill him? Why couldn't you just leave us alone?" I cried, as the rain became heavier.
I forced another foot forward and tripped on something. I turned to look at what I had tripped on and saw Matt lying there, his body not moving an inch and his eyes gazing at mine.
As he gazed into my eyes, I remembered how it had all started. I had met Riley's brother Nathan last night at the town party and things had kicked off quickly. I went to find Matt and Luke and tell them the news but as I arrived at the drive-in I saw Riley approach their car.
"Where is Jake?" He questioned, as I edged closer to them.
It all went quickly from there and all I remember was Matt getting into a fight with Riley. I remember Riley going in for a quick jab and Matt accidently tripping over those stupid rocks.
A sharp pain brought me back. I looked around and spotted Riley dash behind a car.
"Riley come out, come out where ever you are," I teased, as I crept closer. I leapt forward with my knife readily in front of me. Nothing was there. It must of been the wind, I thought to myself.
"Come on, Riley. I'm not going to hurt you," I joked, as I crept around the car. Another hustle caught my attention and again I raised my knife in front of myself. As I rushed around the car I collided with a tall figure.
I looked into the pale glassy eyes.
"Riley!" I gushed, as his lifeless body collapsed in front of me.
As I knelt down beside him, a tough muscular body knocked me down. A pair of watering green eyes locked onto mine.
"Jake, you have to get out of here," the figure whispered, pulling me up from the wet, muddy ground.
"Who are you?" I asked, as I stood there flashing back to memories of this horrible day.
The rain started to sting a cut on my cheek and I walked to the shelter of Matt's car, the muscular figure following closely behind me.
"I asked you who you are," I shot, raising my voice ever so slightly.
"Jake. It's me, man. Luke," he replied, throwing a towel over my shivering body.
"Jake, you have to go to the priest and hide," Luke told me.
I thought about Nathan and his devastating face when he found out about what had happened. I could not go through that again. I hoped into the car and turned up the heat. I glanced over my shoulder and looked at their lifeless bodies. They looked as dead as the summer grass and as cold as the winter snow. It sent a shiver through my body and with one last glance, I turned away.