Cold Shoulder
Chapter 25
And I'm back! I'm really sorry about the long wait! I know I left off on a cliffhanger again… I haven't had a lot of free time, and I've been using most of my free time I did have to draw or write my own original stories. I kind of lost my fanfiction inspiration for a while.
Well, without further ado, here's the next chapter:
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Hearing the scream, they all rushed into the room. Upon doing so, they saw Jack curled up in a ball with his face buried into his hands.
"Jack, what's wrong?!" Ms. Lilly questioned as his scream quieted.
He looked up at the woman, tears streaming down his face and eyes wide. He shook his head back and forth before he began to sob.
"She- they- I- Sarah- the ice- drowned…," Jack spoke unintelligibly through his sobs.
Ms. Lilly comforted the teen as his friends stood by in silent support.
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Eventually, Jack calmed down enough to talk normally.
"What happened, Jack?" Toothiana questioned gently.
Jack took a deep breath in before he responded.
"I… I remember everything. I have my memory back," he answered.
The occupants of the room went silent out of shock for a moment. Then, Aster placed one of his hands over one of Jack's.
"It's not good, is it mate?" he spoke.
Jack shook his head.
"My… family went on vacation to a lake… The lake I always go to…," he started. "My sister, Sarah, asked me to show her how to skate, but… we thought the ice was thick enough! But it wasn't! Sarah and I went onto to ice, and we went out to the middle of the lake… and… the ice started to crack… I tried to get her back onto solid ground, but…"
Jack paused before continuing.
"…I failed…," he whispered. "She… She plunged into the lake, and I couldn't get her out! She drowned!"
"Oh, Jack…," Ms. Lilly mumbled as she rubbed his back.
"They never found her body…," Jack continued. "And I don't know why, but my memory started slipping… I kept telling myself that I couldn't forget. But… I did. I kept forgetting more and more, so I carved my own name into my chest... And my mom… she walked in, and I ran away! I just kept running and running and eventually I forgot everything! And I ended up back at the lake where she drowned!"
Heavy silence hung over the group as Jack concluded his story. None of them knew what to say to comfort the boy.
All they could do was envelope him a large group hug and hope things would end up being okay.
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And there's the latest chapter.
Okay, so, this story is actually almost over. I don't know how many more chapters it will be, but the plot's coming to a close. How long it takes until the story truly ends depends on how much inspiration and time I have.
Well, thanks to the people who have stuck with this story despite how long it's taking me to write.