Memories

Gwen's P.O.V.

"We're driving through the country farmland! Do you think we'll see a cowboy?" Nudge exclaimed.

"No," Max rolled her eyes.

"Are we there yet!?" Jes cried for the millionth time.

"I'm gonna throw you out the window if you ask that one more freakin time!" Ice growled.

"But why, Gwen?! What does he have that I don't?" Kale asked. I face palmed myself.

"I'm right here!" Ryan snapped as he leaned forward. So lets set the scene. Kale is across the aisle saying that he should have me, and Ryan is nearest the window beside me and I'm between the two. Great, right?

"Ow! You just sat on my tail!" Alex hissed. Jace apologized and blushed.

"So if I freeze, and you burn we can keep our body temperatures constant and I won't accidentally freeze you like…uh…last time," Ice planned.

"Correction! She'll burn your face off, you'll give her lips frostbite, and the bus will go up in flames. Bad idea," Iggy interrupted. Yah. Last night when those two kissed Ice froze Flair, and Flair accidentally burned the seat a little.

This is what happens when you mutate teenagers! Crap goes down! And our ride is turned into a chaotic madhouse!

"Gwen!" Kale shouted. I glared at him.

"What?! Give me a flipping break! Ok?!" I screamed. Oddly the bus fell silent. Maybe I was a little too loud…?

"Are we there yet?!" Jes cried.

"You little…" Ice started climbing across the seat.

"We don't even have anywhere to go!" Nudge added. Flair and Melee had to push Ice back while Jester screamed bloody murder.

"No! Not ok!" Kale yelled over the already earsplitting conversations. It was overwhelming.

"Shush!" I ordered. He didn't comply. His words just ranted on. I sighed and leaned back, closing my eyes. Ryan crawled across me to shout at Kale some more.

"Gwenny Pig?" Jes climbed over some seats and plopped down in my lap. Gwenny Pig? Great…

"Yah, little?" I asked. He looked at me with his big purple eyes. I ruffled his bright blue hair.

"Would you tell me a story?" He almost begged.

"Sure," I smiled down at him. He looked at me sweetly and snuggled against my shoulder.

"Once upon a time…" I started. The chatter died down and people eventually settled. Kale glanced over and his brows furrowed.

"Oh, so even Jes can get you to pay him some attention, but I can't get anything past shut up?!" Kale crossed his arms. I sighed. Ryan laid back.

"There was a girl with chubby little legs and arms coated in scars. She was a nobody. To her whole town she was trash. Well, one day she was getting off the bus when a little blond haired devil tapped on her shoulder. She turned to stare at him, scared and worried.

"How are you, Chubs?" He teased. She cowered and tried to run, but he spun her around and pushed her books to the muddy ground.

"Please, I just want to go home," she pleaded, but the boy only grinned and pushed her to the ground. She tried to get up and he laughed at her.

"Like a turtle stuck on its back," the boy sneered. He jogged off to his house, never giving the girl a second thought. She scampered around, recovering dingy, dirty books. She ran home as fast as she could, but she was to late.

Her mother was out cold on the tile floor, beaten with a frying pan. Her little brother was hiding under the bed while her drunken father tried to coax him out with a butcher knife. Her baby sister lay on the floor, crying for a bottle of milk and warm arms. The girl was late and when she entered the dwelling her father was infuriated. He attacked with the knife. His bloodshot eyes shining with hatred. His breath smelled of booze as he screamed over and over again, "You should've died in the womb! You don't deserve to live!"

The girl cried out for help. "Why?" Is all she could shout. The knife whacked repeatedly. She fled out the door, the man chasing. The blond haired boy was outside, throwing a frisby. He saw her, yet he just turned his back and ignored. The girl was beaten and bruised, locked in a closet, and starved. No one noticed the next day at school that she was gone. No one even cared. The blond haired boy knew, but he refused to take up for the girl. To him she was a target. An easy hobby he could torture. It made him superior…" I said while glaring at Kale.

"That's not how it happened!" He defended. I rose to my feet, passing Jes to Ryan and adventuring to the aisle.

"It is and you know it!" I stood straighter.

"I screwed up Gwen, but that was long ago when I was young and foolish," he tried as he copied me.

"YOU'RE STILL STUPID!" I screeched.

"Gwen, I'm sorry! Don't you get it?!" Kale grabbed my shoulders.

"Get off me!" I slapped his hands away and shoved him back down.

"Whoa!" Ryan jumped up and grabbed me and sat me behind him.

"You would've never even cared about me if it weren't for the fact that were crammed in cages!" I spat. Kale frowned.

"I know, that's exactly it. It took me a long time to realize that all you needed was a friend," he whispered.

"All I needed was to die that night! To die!" I whimpered.

"And that would've done what?! Without you I would've been killed! We wouldn't be on this bus right now!" Kale had a point.

"Yah, but Carl wouldn't be a monster and Sylvia wouldn't be an orphan because Mom died," I explained.

"No. Dan would've beaten them to death. Sylvia would've been a poor skeleton and purple all over, Carl would be dead, and your mom would be hiding in a corner. Without you Gwen, they wouldn't have lived as long as they did. Don't you see? This was meant to be. To punish me, and to give you the strength to beat your bullies," Kale explained. That was like the smartest thing I think I've ever heard him say. My hands were shaking.

"All I ever wanted was to keep my family safe…" I mumbled.

"Well, you've done that!" Flair's voice sounded cheery. I looked over the top of the seat to see happy faces peeking back at me. Well, I never thought of that.

"This emotion crap is making me want to hurl," Melee grumbled. Everyone chuckled. My eyes met Kale's and we just stared at each other. I knew he was sorry. I really did, but it's not that easy to forgive. There's more to the story, but I can't say it. It makes my heart burn, and no not like eating nachos. Ryan's fingers laced in mine and he gave me a reassuring nod. I laid my head on his shoulder and tried to forget the memories.

"One…" I heard Flair whisper.

"Two," Ice continued.

"THREE!" They both cried. I smirked. This was gonna be a long trip.

"Dr. M&M I gotta pee!" Kale whined.

"M&M?" I heard Dr. M scoff.

ok! Thanks for the reviews. I hope this explains y Gwen is being mean to Kale. And this story is no where close to finished. sorry, but as long as I have my reviewers I'll keep going. :)