Sorry it took me awhile to write..i had horrible writer's block. I wrote this chapter at 3am..i don't sleep. haha! Hope you like it! And don't forget to REVIEW! Now, to the story! :
Amber wiped her face, pushing all the tears aside. She looked back to her friends and felt slightly embarrassed. She had never cried this hard in front of anyone besides herself. She also felt relief for finally telling them all the truth; she didn't need to hide it anymore. And she knew they all could feel her pain so she wouldn't ever feel alone.
"Thanks guys, really," Amber said. "Just don't tell anyone about all of this," She rubbed a finger across her bruised eye. Chris rubbed his hand over the spot her hand just was and smiled warmly.
"Don't worry, you can trust us," Teddy spoke, suddenly jealous of how close Chris was to Amber. He held a hand out to her and smiled.
"C'mon, we have a game to finish," Teddy reminded as soon as she grabbed onto his hand. Before long, all five of them were all running around like maniacs, drenched from that pond, splashing each other constantly.
They all finally called peace and caught their breath, slowly climbing back up the hill. The sky had now darkened and there was barely any light for any of them to see.
*Amber's POV*
We all scurried through the dark, with Vern complaining non-stop about how frightened he was. I didn't feel like talking too much because I was still in a weird mood from what had happened earlier. Why did I tell them? Yeah, Chris experienced the same thing, but it was different. Like, maybe it was wrong to tell them that secret. You could have family secrets, right? Now that they all knew, they had to worry about me all the time. How was that fair to them? If I was gone, maybe their lives would be more simple and not caught up with my bullshit. And if I wasn't there anymore, my dad wouldn't have to beat me any longer, his anger could be expressed other ways.
We all approached gravel and thought nothing of it until a bright light blinded us all.
"Hey, it looks like there's a road here," Vern said the obvious.
"No shit.." Teddy mocked. Chris and Gordie snickered but I remained mute. This was the perfect opportunity to just, disappear. I could just walk out there and let some car take my life; it was that easy. I stared straight out at the road and saw very faint headlights appear. This was my chance. My legs began moving my body straight to the middle of the street and I stopped, looking at the approaching lights. They boys were all silent as they stared at me, confused.
*Third Person POV*
"Amber, what are you doing?" Chris slowly asked.
"C'mon Amber, quit playin' around." Gordie instructed. Amber began smiling but continued looking out ahead.
"Guys, its okay, if I just stand here and let the car hit me…everything'll be better." Amber laughed. "You guys won't have to worry about me and my dad won't have to beat me anymore. It'll be perfect!"
"Amber! Don't even fucking say that!" Chris roared. She was acting crazy! How could she just say something like that?
"Amber, c'mon..get out of the road, I know how you feel, but please don't do this, please, for me.." Teddy pleaded with a gentle tone. He was once where she was: standing in the road, ready to end it all. But, she couldn't do this, she meant too much to him.
Amber laughed awkwardly but then looked over to Teddy and replied, "That's what I'm doing. So you don't have to worry! You're life'll be stress-free!" Tears flooded her eyes. The headlights were moving closer and really fast. She looked back towards the car and smiled. This was it. The end. Death.
"Amber don't!" Vern hollered.
"Get out of the fucking road!" Chris bellowed. She shook her head and yelled, "NO! This is how it's supposed to happen! Everything will be okay!" The headlights were closer and their hearts were all speeding up.
"Amber, please!" Teddy cried, tears almost falling. He was so tempted just to run out there and save her but something told him not to. He loved her and knew, somewhere in his heart, she wouldn't go through with this, because she loved him back, Teddy was sure of it. If he ran out, it would make her more upset and then she may actually kill herself.
Then, in one quick motion, Chris sprinted out in the road, grabbed Amber, and dragged her back to safety. She was kicking and screaming like a loony.
"Chris! What the fuck! Leave me alone! I wanna die! LET GO!" She screamed as she tried to pull free of Chris' iron grip. The car whizzed past and the driver yelled something muffled. She watched the car fly by and glared back at Chris, who was still holding her.
"I fucking hate you! Let me go!" She continued, tears now filling her eyes. She beat on his chest and arms, hollering and crying.
"Amber! I'm not letting you kill yourself!" Chris hollered back, staring into her face.
"I hate you!" She yelped through tears.
"Amber," Teddy whispered, his hands tensing up. Gordie and Vern remained quiet, waiting to see what was going to happen next. Amber snapped her head over to Teddy.
"Let me go Chris! I want Teddy!" She yelled and fought through Chris' arms, running over to Teddy and wrapped her arms around him and he did the same to her.
"Teddy," She cried into his chest. "What's wrong with me? I wanna die and never breathe ever again!" Teddy squeezed her closer and whispered, "Please, please don't say that," He felt like crying with her, but he needed to remain strong. She began falling to the grass and Teddy fell with her, sitting with their arms around each other.
Chris breathed heavily and grew angry. Why would she think they didn't want to worry about her? Chris paced in a mini circle, trying to calm himself down.
"Chris was just trying to save you Amber, don't be mad at him." Teddy told Amber as she cried into his shirt. "He saved my life too." She said more loudly, so Chris would be able to hear. Teddy looked over at Chris and half-smiled. "And I never did thank him for that.."
Chris looked back at Teddy and slowly walked towards them. Chris sighed and kneeled down.
"I'm sorry Amber," He whispered. "I just couldn't let you do that to yourself. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I knew I let you kill yourself." Teddy didn't want Chris stealing Amber away from him so he rubbed Amber's head and kissed her forehead, which caused Teddy to receive an odd glare from Chris. Amber began calming down and wiped her face, moving her head up to Chris.
"I'm so sorry Chris. You were just..you saved my life," She admitted to herself. "Thanks Chris, really, I mean it." She stared into his face. "And I don't hate you." Chris smiled and responded, "Just don't scare me like that ever again," She nodded and looked down. She hesitated, but then reached over to hug Chris and Teddy let go of her. She grabbed onto Chris' shirt and draped her arms around him. He wrapped his arms around her back and smiled.
"Thanks Chris, really, thank you." Amber whispered into Chris' ear.
"Your welcome," He replied and held onto her and then she pulled back to look at him. She smiled gently and he smiled back.
"What the fuck just happened?" Vern questioned, interrupting. Amber stood up and faced Vern, smiling.
"Chris is a smart guy..we should listen to him more often," Amber explained, walking away from the road. Gordie then said, "Yeah, we should." He really was. He saved her life after all. Chris and Teddy stood up, watching Amber walk away.
"She's crazy, that girl." Chris commented.
"I can help her.." Teddy replied, keeping his eyes on her.
"Yeah, how?" Chris remarked, dreading the answer. He wanted to help Amber.
"'Cause we have something Chris, you just, don't understand." Teddy smirked, purposely trying to make Chris jealous.
"Whatever Duchamp," Chris muttered and walked ahead of him, towards Amber. That pissed Chris off. Teddy smiled, proud of himself and hurried to catch up with his friends.
