"HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN!?" A frantic voice sobbed. "I don't know, goggle brain! I was out with Ryo!!" A feminine voice spat. "If anything happens to her…" The first voice whispered. "I don't know what I'd do…" The voices reached Jeri and she slowly forced her drooping eyes open. "Jeri!" The first voice – Takato – said joyously, seeing her conscious. "Thank God!" The second voice – Rika – said in relief. "Why did you do… that?" Takato asked hesitantly, gesturing to her bandaged wrists. "I'm still alive…" She groaned in a tone that sounded similar to annoyance. "You were trying to commit suicide?" Rika gapped. "Yes!" Jeri said matter-of-factly. "I'm sick of this world!! I can't take it!!! I wanna be with my mom!" She cried. "I can't be near you guys anyway! You'll… you'll just leave me too! Everyone does! My destiny is to be alone!!" She said. "No, Jeri, that's not-" Takato began. "SHUT UP!" She screamed. "JUST… JUST SHUT UP AND STAY AWAY FROM ME! FOREVER!!" She said. Takato looked like someone had just killed everyone and everything he had ever cared about. He looked heartbroken. "If… that's what you really want, Jeri…" He said, his voice filled with pain. "I'd do anything to make you happy… and if staying away from you would… I'll never bother you again… ever…" He choked out as tears filled his eyes. "Bye…" He murmured before running off. "Ta… kato… wait…." She murmured, teary-eyed as she saw what pain she was putting him in. Rika just watched silently as one of her dearest friends started to cry. "Jeri…" She said after a few moments. "You have to stop pushing us away. Losing your mom, Leomon, your dad… doesn't mean you're going to lose us…" She tried to console her utterly depressed friend. "I'm scared, Rika…" She said confiding in her friend. "I've lost so much already… after having such bad things happen to me… it's hard to learn to trust again…" She sighed, looking at the white bandage around her wrist that was probably scarring over the cuts. "It's hard to trust that everything will be okay…"
Author's note: I don't think this will ever have long chapters… it's a fic that needs short chapters or it'll get boring to quickly… well… review!! ^^