A/n I hope and pray someone is actually reading this story. It means so much to me, to write this story about a person who means so much to me. One of these days I may actually be able to inform the person how much they mean to me, but you don't wanna hear my whining. I know that this is probably the worst story you've ever read, and you hate my writing, but please review tell me what I can fix. I wanna become a good author. I'm going to start this chapter explaining more about the visions William had last chapter. Thank you all who have actually been reading this story, it means a lot -Bandie24x7 (Yes that means I have feelings :P)
As I was laying there watching the images of my past with Adela float through my mind, I began thinking deeper into how much she meant to me. I thought more about the time I scrapped my knee, the memory flooded into my mind it wasn't simple pictures anymore. It was a full memory.
We were about 7 years old at the time, I was trying to impress her by doing all kinds of stupid things while we were walking back from school one day. Her house was on the way to mine, so I walked her home almost everyday.
"Haha, silly. That's what you deserve," Adela said laughing at me falling.
"It's not funny Adela, that kinda hurt," I said rubbing my knee.
"Quit being so silly and it won't happen," She laughed walking over to help me up.
"Haha, yeah it might help, eh?" I joked as she reached her hand out.
I reached for her hand, she moved it back jokingly. "Jeez, your gullible."
"And your just cruel," I said trying to stand. The pain in my leg caused me to stumble.
"Your good at acting," She laughed reaching out again.
"That's not nice Adela," I said smiling.
"Neither is this," She said jokingly pushing me back down.
I fell to the ground and just laughed, "I'll remember this when your hurt."
"Come on, my mom will bandage that up for ya. She may even give you a ride home." Adela said grabbing my hand and helping me up.
"Okay, lead the way," I said standing.
"Can you walk?" She asked kindly
"I should be able to, it doesn't hurt as bad as I made it seem."
"Yeah, I figured. If it starts to hurt again just tell me, I'll help ya."
"Okay, thanks." I said smiling.
"I never said I'd do anything about it," She said laughing.
"Jeez, how did you become my best friend?"
"Destiny."
"Haha, maybe so."
"Well at least you fell decently close to my house."
"Yeah, could've been a lot worse. I could've already made it past your house and fell, in which case it wouldn't be that far from my house, so that wouldn't really be that bad... ya know what never mind. I never said anything."
"Your such an idiot," She said sticking her tongue out at me.
"Hey, I'm in pain," I exclaimed.
Something about those times made everything seem simple. I wouldn't trade my time with her for anything, she truly means the world to me. I hope she's okay, stupid train hurry up. My friend needs me, I can feel it. I opened my eyes to see that barely any time had passed. I looked around disappointed to see many of the passengers in the car talking amongst themselves, quietly. I decided it was none of my business. I looked down at my legs, and yawned. I took a deep breath and looked up again, this time to see another passenger sitting closer to me than anyone was before.
"Hello," The man said sitting on the seat across from me.
"Hi," I said looking out the window.
"The name's Michael, yours?" The man asked, I could tell he was a kind fellow.
"William," I replied trying to make it obvious I wasn't in the mood to talk.
The man didn't catch the clue and continued talking, I zoned him out as much as possible. That was until he spoke a sentence that caught my attention, "So, I hear you need to get to Rapture?"
"Yeah," I said turning to face the man.
"Well, between you me and this bus seat. Rapture's dead kid."
"No. I'm not going there to live in the city, I'm going for a friend."
"Odds are, your friends dead."
"Look, keep your opinion to yourself. My friend is strong she'll pull through this, whatever happened at Rapture isn't enough to break her." I said turning to face the window, "Now if you'll excuse me, I want to be alone."
"I didn't mean to anger you sir, I was just..."
I motioned for the man to leave cutting him off mid-sentence, "I wish to be alone, thank you though"
The man stood and walked away, I couldn't stop thinking about what the man said. I tried everything I could to think of something else, when for some odd reason another memory of Adela flooded through my memory. It was a simple time, we were about 13. I had developed a strong crush for her, but she didn't seem to have the same feelings for me. It may have been what I had done the year before, but that was in the past as she had said. We were walking back from school, she wasn't exactly having a good day. She had a rough time fitting in, sorta like me. She was made fun of, people called her names and done things that just simply weren't right. I hated those people, I still do. I could tell that it was getting to her, by the look on her face. She seemed as though she was about to cry. I turned to her and stopped walking.
"Adela, no matter what those idiots say about you, I think your an amazing person," I said bluntly.
"Silly," She said laughing.
"Would you quit calling me that?" I asked laughing.
"Yeah, if you ever smart up. I don't care what those people think, it's something else," She said sadly.
"Wanna talk about it?" I asked
"Nah, maybe some other time in the future."
"Okay," After that we continued walking, she seemed happier.
"Ya know, something about you... just makes me happy William. Thank you for being a great friend," She said smiling.
"Same to you Adela, I don't know what I'd do without you," I said smiling back.
We were both looking at each other smiling, when Adela tripped and hurt her leg, "You gotta be kidding me," She laughed as she realized the irony in the situation.
"Haha, sucks doesn't it?" I laughed helping her up, "Can you walk?"
"First, yeah... I see what you meant what was it, 8 years ago?" She laughed, "And yeah, I should be able to."
"Haha, can't believe you still remember that. Nah, you really shouldn't walk on that. I'll give you a piggy-back ride back to your house."
"Jeez, you really are silly."
"Just trying to be kinder than someone was."
"Touche."
I gave her a piggy-back ride all the way to her house. She rested her head on my shoulder, I knew then that this was a time I'd never forget. Everything seemed to be going great, my life was actually enjoyable now, compared to last year. I don't even wanna remember what happened, all I knew was that this was the happiest I'd been. All thanks to her, maybe I truly was silly, doesn't matter to me. I was happy. When we arrived at her house she got down, gave me a hug and asked if I was thirsty. I told her no, that I needed to get home and said thank you for the offer. She walked inside and slowly closed the door smiling.
"Thank you," She said before the door was closed, "It's nice knowing there's someone who cares about me."
"What do you mean?" I asked but it was too late, the door was closed and she was already gone.
I awoke to the sounds of the conductor telling us the train ride was almost up. I felt tears crawling softly down my cheeks. Remembering that story made me feel sad, but made me want to find Rapture and save Adela even more than before.
"Hang in there Adela, I'm on my way!" I said stepping off the train.
A/n hope you enjoyed this chapter, I know it wasn't that great. I just wanted to explain more about their childhood, and what caused them to become such good friends. I'm really excited to write the next chapter. It's going to bring about a change in the way I write my stories. Hoping it works right. Thank you for reading, and please review. Send me a PM if you want, if you see things I should fix inform me. I love getting criticism makes me understand what I did wrong, and how I could fix it. -Bandie24x7 :D
