***Fair warning: this chapter is gonna be just as heavy as the last, but it'll get better, I promise. It'll also be shorter, but that's not quite as prominent as the earlier message. Anyways, the cool things belong to Tim Burton, the other things belong to me, and let's get to it!
Chapter Two: The Remainder
The funerals had been within twenty-four hours of each other. At this point in time, they had both been two weeks in the past. Sam, however, was still quite affected. She was the one who'd taunted Lakin into coming onto the ice. She was the one who had yelled for Brayden to come out there as well. And all she had done in the vain effort to save her friends was yell at the people around to call for help. Then, she stood there and did nothing.
The guilt and thoughts of what she could've done differently to save her friends were becoming more and more unbearable with each passing day. She was losing sleep. Losing weight. Losing her absolute mind. At last, she just gave up. There was no way she could've on like this. Not with this level of guilt.
Every day after school, she was left alone for about two hours before one of both of her parents came home from work. Naturally, that was the perfect time to do it.
Sam had just finished writing a note to explain what she'd done and why she'd done it. Once she was done, she read it back to herself aloud:
Mom and Dad,
I have been overcome by guilt. Lakin and Brayden's deaths were my fault and no one else's. They're idiots, but they're my idiots. And I'm going after them.
-Sam
That was good enough. She put the note on the nearby counter. Time to do what she'd planned to do.
"Three of a kind," she recalled, grabbing a fork from the drawer nearby.
"Birds of a feather." She went over to a power outlet.
It took a moment to aim properly and brace herself. After she had prepared, she thrust the fork into the electric socket. Thousands of volts of electricity violently coursed through her system all at once.
Now and forever!
***I warned you. But, like I said, things won't be so depressing in the next few chapters. Anyways, be sure to leave a review on the way out, and I'll see you in the next one! Bye!