It's all in the past
Chapter 2: I'll stand by you
A/N: Sara's another character where I don't know what her worst moment would be, so again I'm making it up. Someone asked for the Sara chapter next so here it is. There's no particular order that I'm posting the chapters in. Basically I post whoever who guys want next.
Sara took a deep breath to calm herself down. She wondered why she volunteered to go second, directly after her boss. Her worst moment seemed so tame compared to his and she didn't feel that she had the right to wallow in self-pity when he clearly wasn't. The only reason she continued was that she had given her friends her word that she would share her worst moment.
"When I was thirteen I was just beginning middle school. I had had the same best friend since I was six and first began school. Her name was Abalyn Chase. My mom called us the Siamese twins since when one of us was sick the other would convince herself that she was sick too. We were inseparable.
"We met the first day of grade one. The teacher paired us together and it was an instant friendship. Being so young probably helped since no one was concerned with the fashions, dieting, and dating. It was easier to make friends when I was that young. It got harder as I got older. I spent a lot of time reading and studying so most of my friends stopped calling me. Abalyn never did though. She called every day and made sure that I got out of the house. She refused to let me stay cooped up all day.
"My parents and hers worked for the same law firm and were always working on some potential client or trial. I guess that's another reason we were so close. Our home lives were almost exactly the same.
"We had sleepovers every weekend. She'd spend Friday night at my house and I'd spend Saturday night at her place. We'd done it ever since we both turned ten and our parents trusted us home alone with only the maid to look out for us. It was always the highlight of our week to spend the entire weekend with each other.
"One weekend, right after I'd turned thirteen, we snuck out of her house to meet some people at a local teen hang out. There was some kind of event or something going on and Abalyn was so curious that we had to check it out. Of course it turned out to be only some teenage guys having a soda chugging contest and we both thought it was too gross to watch so we left. The people we were supposed to meet never showed up. I really wish they had.
"We went down the road to see what movies were playing at the theatre. There was some comedy movie playing that we both wanted to see, I can't remember the name of it now, but I remember it could have been a lot funnier. But since we were watching it together, we made the funniest thing that we ever saw.
"After the movie we still weren't ready to go home so we walked over to the park. It was only down the street from Abalyn's house so we felt perfectly safe. That was probably the second biggest mistake we made that night. The first mistake was sneaking out in the first place.
"We played hide and seek. It wasn't as much fun with only two people but we made it work. We could make even the most boring game fun when we were playing it together. It was just the way we were.
"I was it. I looked everywhere for her but I couldn't find her. I yelled that I gave up, that she had won, but she didn't come out of her hiding place. I didn't know what to do. It was dark and I was alone and scared. I ran back to her house and pounded on the door until the maid answered. I was crying and screaming that Abalyn was missing and she just stood there, gaping at me."
Sara was almost hysterical at this point. She was crying and shaking badly. She looked up as a glass of water was held up to her lips and found herself swimming in Nick's worried eyes. She sipped the water and smiled at him gratefully. He sat down next to her and took her hands in his to reassure her that he was there. Sara took a deep breath and continued.
"Luckily her parents had just gotten home and were able to calm me down. I told them what had happened and they called my parents. I thought I was in trouble for sneaking out with Abalyn. Pretty soon the entire neighborhood had formed a search party and were looking for Abalyn.
"My mother and Mrs. Chase stayed at the Chase house with me. Mrs. Chase and I were in no condition to join the search party and my mom stayed to help the maid care for us. One person couldn't calm us both at the same time and we refused to calm down by ourselves.
"I can't remember who found her. My dad and Mr. Chase had come back and I was sent upstairs when my mom saw Mr. Chase's red, puffy eyes. I didn't go all the way upstairs though, and no one came to make sure that I had. I heard my dad say that Abalyn's body had been found. She was found in an alley near the park and the person who found her suspected that she'd been raped.
For weeks I had myself convinced that they guy that attacked and raped me too. My parents took me to so many psychiatrists but no one seemed to help. Once I decided that I wanted to investigate crimes and bring the criminals to justice, I guess that's when I was able to realize that the guy never attacked me. I think that's also when I was able to accept Abalyn's death."
Sara looked up to meet the gazes of her co-workers. She expected either looks of pity or looks of surprise but got only looks of understanding and friendship. She was relieved that they didn't pity her. She couldn't handle it if they did.
A/N: Sara's another character where I don't know what her worst moment would be, so again I'm making it up. Someone asked for the Sara chapter next so here it is. There's no particular order that I'm posting the chapters in. Basically I post whoever who guys want next.
Sara took a deep breath to calm herself down. She wondered why she volunteered to go second, directly after her boss. Her worst moment seemed so tame compared to his and she didn't feel that she had the right to wallow in self-pity when he clearly wasn't. The only reason she continued was that she had given her friends her word that she would share her worst moment.
"When I was thirteen I was just beginning middle school. I had had the same best friend since I was six and first began school. Her name was Abalyn Chase. My mom called us the Siamese twins since when one of us was sick the other would convince herself that she was sick too. We were inseparable.
"We met the first day of grade one. The teacher paired us together and it was an instant friendship. Being so young probably helped since no one was concerned with the fashions, dieting, and dating. It was easier to make friends when I was that young. It got harder as I got older. I spent a lot of time reading and studying so most of my friends stopped calling me. Abalyn never did though. She called every day and made sure that I got out of the house. She refused to let me stay cooped up all day.
"My parents and hers worked for the same law firm and were always working on some potential client or trial. I guess that's another reason we were so close. Our home lives were almost exactly the same.
"We had sleepovers every weekend. She'd spend Friday night at my house and I'd spend Saturday night at her place. We'd done it ever since we both turned ten and our parents trusted us home alone with only the maid to look out for us. It was always the highlight of our week to spend the entire weekend with each other.
"One weekend, right after I'd turned thirteen, we snuck out of her house to meet some people at a local teen hang out. There was some kind of event or something going on and Abalyn was so curious that we had to check it out. Of course it turned out to be only some teenage guys having a soda chugging contest and we both thought it was too gross to watch so we left. The people we were supposed to meet never showed up. I really wish they had.
"We went down the road to see what movies were playing at the theatre. There was some comedy movie playing that we both wanted to see, I can't remember the name of it now, but I remember it could have been a lot funnier. But since we were watching it together, we made the funniest thing that we ever saw.
"After the movie we still weren't ready to go home so we walked over to the park. It was only down the street from Abalyn's house so we felt perfectly safe. That was probably the second biggest mistake we made that night. The first mistake was sneaking out in the first place.
"We played hide and seek. It wasn't as much fun with only two people but we made it work. We could make even the most boring game fun when we were playing it together. It was just the way we were.
"I was it. I looked everywhere for her but I couldn't find her. I yelled that I gave up, that she had won, but she didn't come out of her hiding place. I didn't know what to do. It was dark and I was alone and scared. I ran back to her house and pounded on the door until the maid answered. I was crying and screaming that Abalyn was missing and she just stood there, gaping at me."
Sara was almost hysterical at this point. She was crying and shaking badly. She looked up as a glass of water was held up to her lips and found herself swimming in Nick's worried eyes. She sipped the water and smiled at him gratefully. He sat down next to her and took her hands in his to reassure her that he was there. Sara took a deep breath and continued.
"Luckily her parents had just gotten home and were able to calm me down. I told them what had happened and they called my parents. I thought I was in trouble for sneaking out with Abalyn. Pretty soon the entire neighborhood had formed a search party and were looking for Abalyn.
"My mother and Mrs. Chase stayed at the Chase house with me. Mrs. Chase and I were in no condition to join the search party and my mom stayed to help the maid care for us. One person couldn't calm us both at the same time and we refused to calm down by ourselves.
"I can't remember who found her. My dad and Mr. Chase had come back and I was sent upstairs when my mom saw Mr. Chase's red, puffy eyes. I didn't go all the way upstairs though, and no one came to make sure that I had. I heard my dad say that Abalyn's body had been found. She was found in an alley near the park and the person who found her suspected that she'd been raped.
For weeks I had myself convinced that they guy that attacked and raped me too. My parents took me to so many psychiatrists but no one seemed to help. Once I decided that I wanted to investigate crimes and bring the criminals to justice, I guess that's when I was able to realize that the guy never attacked me. I think that's also when I was able to accept Abalyn's death."
Sara looked up to meet the gazes of her co-workers. She expected either looks of pity or looks of surprise but got only looks of understanding and friendship. She was relieved that they didn't pity her. She couldn't handle it if they did.