NOTE TO READERS: Ok here it is, the next chapter. Tell me what you think.
"I can't believe that!"
There was too much going through my mind at the time to listen to Miranda and Lizzie's chatter about the recent gossip floating through Hilrage High. While their night was spent chatting on the phone, mine was spent having reoccurring dreams of Steve, lying in that hospital bed. Then waking up in a cold sweat, only to fall asleep once more to repeat the vicious cycle.
"Are you sure it was Dannie?"
Miranda's voice snapped me into the conversation and before I knew if, I had joined in, "Wait, are you sure who was Dannie, Lizzie?"
"Have you been paying attention at all?" Lizzie sighed and caught me up to what they had been discussing. "I said, last night Dannie showed up on my front porch with my brother, my brother of all people. OH, did I tell you what he did to...."
"LIZZIE!" The harsh and loud tone to my voice was uncontrollable at the time. As I spotted her shaking, I knew she was scared. Smiling weakly to break the tension and changing to my usual, unemotional tone, I spoke, "Sorry, I'm a little irritated today. My parents decided to keep me up late giving my another talk from a parenting book." It seemed to do the trick. "Could you please just stick to what happened with Dannie?"
"Well, as I was saying, Dannie showed up last night. She said she was like Matt's coach now or something. Anyway, I didn't expect her or anything. If I knew she was coming I probably would have prepared myself, but I just had to let my feelings out about her. I just couldn't take it anymore."
Although Lizzie was still continuing with her tale, I ran to find Dannie. I knew Lizzie's comments, whatever they might have been, would hurt Dannie in more ways than one. She was there for me all those years ago, now she needed me to be there, for her.
"Dannie.... there.... you...are." I panted after reaching Dannie's opened locker. Immediately the locker door slammed shut.
Dannie didn't even bother to look up, but I could see a tear fall down her cheek.
"Dannie, I'm sorry, deeply sorry, for whatever happened yesterday. I...."
"I'm such an idiot." Dannie mumbled, keeping her vision locked to the tile floor.
"What? No, you're not." She finally looked up at this. Her eyes were red from a night of crying and her messy hair was partially covering her face.
"I'm an idiot to think that things would change. You could've warned me that they knew who I was." Tears fell down her cheeks as her voice became angry.
"I didn't think it would have matter too much."
Dannie seemed furious now. "Didn't think it mattered?! How could it not matter? Don't you remember what happened? What, did you think that they would forgive and forget?" Her breaths were fast and rasping, until she whispered, "I was stupid to believe they would." Then she stormed away, but not before letting a single tear fall from her cheek.
Standing there, alone, made me realize that I did want things to be forgiven and forgotten between them. Things would have been much easier if Lizzie, Miranda, Dannie, and even Kate were made to forget, not to dwell. To dwell on an event that happened so long ago, so far in the past, would seem stupid to the outsiders' eye, but, in truth, it was the most life- changing event in our little lives.
ANOTHER NOTE: Ok, I'm thinking that the next chapter will be a flashback to why everyone is fighting, but I'm not 100% sure.
"I can't believe that!"
There was too much going through my mind at the time to listen to Miranda and Lizzie's chatter about the recent gossip floating through Hilrage High. While their night was spent chatting on the phone, mine was spent having reoccurring dreams of Steve, lying in that hospital bed. Then waking up in a cold sweat, only to fall asleep once more to repeat the vicious cycle.
"Are you sure it was Dannie?"
Miranda's voice snapped me into the conversation and before I knew if, I had joined in, "Wait, are you sure who was Dannie, Lizzie?"
"Have you been paying attention at all?" Lizzie sighed and caught me up to what they had been discussing. "I said, last night Dannie showed up on my front porch with my brother, my brother of all people. OH, did I tell you what he did to...."
"LIZZIE!" The harsh and loud tone to my voice was uncontrollable at the time. As I spotted her shaking, I knew she was scared. Smiling weakly to break the tension and changing to my usual, unemotional tone, I spoke, "Sorry, I'm a little irritated today. My parents decided to keep me up late giving my another talk from a parenting book." It seemed to do the trick. "Could you please just stick to what happened with Dannie?"
"Well, as I was saying, Dannie showed up last night. She said she was like Matt's coach now or something. Anyway, I didn't expect her or anything. If I knew she was coming I probably would have prepared myself, but I just had to let my feelings out about her. I just couldn't take it anymore."
Although Lizzie was still continuing with her tale, I ran to find Dannie. I knew Lizzie's comments, whatever they might have been, would hurt Dannie in more ways than one. She was there for me all those years ago, now she needed me to be there, for her.
"Dannie.... there.... you...are." I panted after reaching Dannie's opened locker. Immediately the locker door slammed shut.
Dannie didn't even bother to look up, but I could see a tear fall down her cheek.
"Dannie, I'm sorry, deeply sorry, for whatever happened yesterday. I...."
"I'm such an idiot." Dannie mumbled, keeping her vision locked to the tile floor.
"What? No, you're not." She finally looked up at this. Her eyes were red from a night of crying and her messy hair was partially covering her face.
"I'm an idiot to think that things would change. You could've warned me that they knew who I was." Tears fell down her cheeks as her voice became angry.
"I didn't think it would have matter too much."
Dannie seemed furious now. "Didn't think it mattered?! How could it not matter? Don't you remember what happened? What, did you think that they would forgive and forget?" Her breaths were fast and rasping, until she whispered, "I was stupid to believe they would." Then she stormed away, but not before letting a single tear fall from her cheek.
Standing there, alone, made me realize that I did want things to be forgiven and forgotten between them. Things would have been much easier if Lizzie, Miranda, Dannie, and even Kate were made to forget, not to dwell. To dwell on an event that happened so long ago, so far in the past, would seem stupid to the outsiders' eye, but, in truth, it was the most life- changing event in our little lives.
ANOTHER NOTE: Ok, I'm thinking that the next chapter will be a flashback to why everyone is fighting, but I'm not 100% sure.