The Reason Behind the Cuts
Chapter 13: The Regret
POV: AJ
AJ sat at the edge of his bed clutching a picture of his best friend Timmy Turner, who he had recently lost. Suddenly a knock could be heard filling the once silent room with noise.
"Come in," AJ said.
Entering AJ's room was Ashly, AJ's new girlfriend. Ashly stood at 4 feet 3 inches, her hair was midnight black that plunged over her shoulders, she had honey sweet lips, and a bubbly outlook. She also possessed glossy skin, slender eyebrows, and eyes that shined magnificently bright blue. She wore her usual gothic clothes in a rebellious way. Seeing AJ, she formed a warm smile that showed off her angelic-white teeth.
"Hey sweetie, your mom told me all about your loss. I'm so sorry!" Approaching him she sat next to him on the bed, "He must have meant a lot to you; do you want to talk about it?" She asked rubbing him gently on the back. Noticing the photograph in his hands she raised an eyebrow "Is that your friend?" Ashly asked pointing to the picture AJ held in his hands.
"Yeah, that's him!" AJ said holding back the tears. "This photograph was taken the day me and Timmy won the Brainathon," AJ said smiling at the memory. "It's been a few months since I last saw him," AJ said breaking the silence. "The way he acted that day was just not like him at all," AJ said wiping away the tears.
"What do you mean?" Ashly questioned unsure of what AJ meant. "Let me explain," AJ responded. "At the beginning of class, our teacher Mr. Crocker went on another fairy godparents rant…" AJ continued ignoring the weird look Ashly gave him.
* FLASHBACK *
"Admit it, Turner! Admit you have FaIrY GoDpArEnTs!" Crocker shouted in Timmy's face.
"I don't, I don't have fairy godparents!" Timmy said emotionally.
"I use to…" Timmy whispered loud enough for me to barely hear.
"Did they abandon you, like they abandoned me?" Crocker hissed.
Smirking at Timmy Crocker turned around and walked up to the front of the class where he proceeded to write something on the board. "Ok, class since I don't care enough about your education just do something till the bell rings," Crocker said slouching down in his chair.
Glancing over at Timmy I watched as he picked up his pink and green pencils and proceed to snap them in half. Throwing them to the ground I could hear Timmy begin to sniffle as he placed his head on his desk.
"Weird…" I whispered to myself.
To the left of me sat Chester my other best friend. Instead of reading the chapter Chester the whole time had been making paper airplanes. I leaned over to him and tapped on his shoulder.
"Chester, what's wrong with Timmy?" I questioned.
"I don't know, he's been acting weird lately," Chester said focusing on folding the flap of the plane.
"We'll ask him during lunch," Chester said finishing the plane.
"Yeah, good idea!" I responded glancing over at Timmy.
Not long after the bell rang to dismiss us for lunch. Hearing the bell Crocker looked up from his desk and glanced at Timmy who still had his head down on his desk.
"Class, you are dismissed for lunch!" Crocker said still eying Timmy.
Hearing Crocker's words Timmy lifted his head and hopped down from his desk. As we began to leave the classroom we were followed by Crocker, "Mr. Tuner please come to see me," Crocker said motioning towards the classroom. With a sigh, Timmy made his way limping into the classroom. Glancing down at us Crocker smirked, "Run along now children," Crocker said entering the classroom and closing the door behind him.
"Chester, I think something is seriously wrong with Timmy!" I said as we approached the cafeteria. "What makes you say that?" Chester asked pushing open the doors to the cafeteria. "I mean did you see the way he limped into the classroom?" I asked. Chester stopped walking and looked over at me with raised eyebrows, "Yeah, I actually did notice that! How do you think it happened?". "That's the thing, I just don't know!" I said thinking of the possible situations.
In the corner of the cafeteria sat Sanjay and Elmer who we always counted on for saving us a table.
"Dude, what's for lunch?" Chester asked.
"Orange Chicken!" Elmer responded.
"Awesome, I love orange chicken!" Chester said sprinting for the main line.
When we got our food, we sat down with Elmer and Sanjay and began to eat our food. Glancing at the empty spot where Timmy usually sat I noticed Timmy was still gone. "Hello, earth to AJ… you in there?" Chester teased trying to get my attention. "uhm, what?" I said snapping out of my thoughts. "We were just talking about the new Crash Nebula episode that aired last night." Chester said motioning towards the three of them.
As we finished our food the bell began to ring as a reminder that class was going to start soon. On our way back to the classroom I was shoved into the locker by Francis "Out of my way geeks," he said pushing past me. "What the heck is wrong with him?" I questioned rubbing my arm. "I don't know but he's a freak" Chester responded.
"I know you guys are talking about me," a familiar voice said from behind. Turning around we saw Timmy standing in the middle of the hallway, he had looked as if he had been crying. "Just when I thought I could trust somebody in this fucking world," Timmy said through clenched teeth.
"But, Timmy we weren't talking about yo…" and before I could finish the sentence Timmy nodded his head and yelled, "I don't want to hear anything you have to say, it's over and I'm done with both of you!" Timmy said angrily before turning around and limping the other way leaving us all in shock. "What just happened?" I questioned in disbelief.
The rest of the day I never saw Timmy again. As I walked home I passed by his house and sighed.
"What's going on with him?" I whispered to myself.
When I finally got home I decided to first check the mailbox. As I sifted through the various bills I came across the very thing I was looking for. Running into the house I found my parents in the kitchen sitting at the table. "It's here… it's here," I shouted enthusiastically. Looking up at me they smiled and pulled out a seat for me.
"Let's see if you got approved or not," my dad said with a giant smile. Unsealing the envelope, I pulled out the paper within and unfolded it. I began to read it out loud "Dear AJ, we are writing this letter to inform you that you have been accepted into the university. You will be pulled out of Dimmesdale Elementary no later than tomorrow. Please, see the principle on campus to configure and enroll in chosen classes". As I finished tears began to fall from my eyes. "Congratulations AJ! I'm so proud of you!" my mom exclaimed.
Going up to my room after dinner I began to pack everything I needed to take with me. As I cleaned out my closet I found a picture that made me smile… it was a picture of me and Timmy when we won the Brainathon against Snerd Elementary. Putting the picture in a safe place I began to pack the boxes into the car.
On my way out of town, I stopped at Chester's house to say my goodbyes. After a long talk and an emotional hug, I made my way over to Timmy's house. Upon ringing the doorbell, I was greeted by Timmy's babysitter Vicky Valentine.
"What do you want twerp?" Vicky questioned giving me the death stare. "Can I talk to Timmy?" I asked frightened. "I don't think the little runt has time, he has a lot of chores to do," Vicky hissed. "Ok, can you just tell him I stopped by to say goodbye," I questioned. "Yeah, I'll tell him! NOW SCRAM RUNT!" Vicky yelled slamming the door in my face.
* END OF FLASHBACK *
"I never got to say GOODBYE!" AJ said emotionally breaking down. "I didn't know that would be the last time I would see him again!" AJ said through tears. "Wow," Ashly said shocked. "His funerals in two days, I don't think I can bare to see him in a casket!" AJ exclaimed.
Wiping the tears from his eyes Ashly embraced AJ "My only regret is that I never told him how much he really meant to me… you know as a friend." AJ said through tears. "Then let him know, go to the funeral and make amends." Ashly responded.
A/N: This is a rewrite (9/27/2018 9:30 PM) of chapter 13.
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