Chapter 10
Rochelle
Well, that was... surprising. I never would have thought Isabel would react that way. I felt really guilty as she kept yelling.
"That could have gone better," yes, thankyou Dillon for saying the obvious. Sometimes he has absolutely no tact.
I watched as Arkarian caught Isabel as she fell, and I watched as he cradled her and took her through a door which I later saw was a bedroom. I watched and I felt tears at the back of my eyes. I didn't know why I was crying, but suddenly I just felt like bawling, I felt like forgetting my worries and just cry into Ethan's arms… so that was exactly what I did.
"Shh, its o.k. Rochelle, don't worry, Isabel will come around. I think it was just too much for her." Ethan's so sweet. Really he is, but he can't change the fact that I heard everything that Isabel just said, and felt sad.
Her words echoed in my ears as I sniffled.
'I KNEW IT WAS MY FAULT!'
'HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME?'
'WHAT KIND OF FRIEND ARE YOU?'
'SHUT UP!!!!'
SHE'S DEAD'
'NOW ALL OF YOU BLAME ME'
'It's… not… fair'
"I don't understand why she reacted that way, though. Shouldn't she have been happy?" Matt really is clueless sometimes, I mean it's obvious she would react badly. After all, she saw me die and then couldn't stop it from happening, and then when I was shot with the arrow she couldn't heal me, so what good are her powers if she can't use them? Neriah and Matt must have been listening to my thoughts because they both looked at me, Neriah with understanding and Matt with worry.
"If that's the case, Rochelle, how are we meant to fix this?" Matt asks as he starts to pace.
"Huh? Did Rochelle say something and I wasn't listening?" Dillon sure is dumb today.
"No, I thought something and they heard it." There, do I have to spell it out for you?
"What was it?" At least Shaun knew the right question to ask.
"She thought about how it was affecting Isabel and why. She thinks it is because of Isabel's powers and them being useless in that situation. She saw it coming, but couldn't stop it, and then when Rochelle got shot with the arrow she couldn't heal her. She thinks that's why Isabel acted that way, and I have to say I agree with her. The worst thing to feel is being useless." Neriah said this, as she could see that Matt couldn't talk because he was too upset.
"But that's a load of crap. She shouldn't be feeling that way. It wasn't her fault, and no one blames her."
"Yes, we know that Jimmy, but I don't think Isabel does. I was reading her mind when she had the outburst, it wasn't pretty. She thinks we have been looking at her differently, and that everyone blames her." Well, I knew I wasn't listening to Isabel's thoughts, I was too shocked at her words, and I know that Matt wasn't reading them either, his face says it all. It's good to know that Neriah was and now we know how Isabel really feels. I hope we can change her mind somehow, but at the moment it looks hopeless.
"I suppose we were looking at her differently, but not in a bad way, more in the way of being cautious around her, knowing that she felt really bad about the fact that she couldn't save Rochelle," I heard Shaun say as Matt stopped pacing and through his arms up in frustration, frightening poor Neriah, who was standing right beside him.
"I should have realised something. She even started to say something before, but I didn't know what it was. I'm pretty sure it was something along the lines of us not spending time together, which is true. I should have been spending more time with her, why couldn't I see it before? I am such a bad brother." Ok, now I think Matt's overdoing it because everything he just said was a whole load of –
"Matt, stop thinking that way, its not helping anyone and is only causing more pain than it is happiness. It's not helping at all." Yay, saved by Neriah.
"Look, what we need to do now is just wait for Isabel to wake up and then –" But, before Jimmy could finish his sentence, a scream pierced the air… and it was coming from the room Isabel and Arkarian had disappeared into.