Chapter 5: Dumped
..."Donna...I...I lied to you..."
Eric paused to think.
"What?"
"I, Well, I didn't just bump my head the other night...one of the guys who jumped me, he...he hit me...I didn't think I'd see him again.I felt embarrassed. I'm sorry I didn't tell ya earlier."
"Oh Eric, there's no need to be embarrassed, I'm sure they were much bigger and older than you were..."
"Yer...I don't really wanna talk about it..." he mumbled without looking up at her.
"O...k, sure" Donna replied confused at his behaviour.
"Well, I need to get to class"
And with that he hurried off down the corridor and into his classroom.
All day Donna bothered him with questions like:
"Are you alright?" or "What's wrong?"
He knew she only asked because she cared, but it was getting on his nerves having to keep lying to her. To top that, that one-day Hyde came into school after break, he hardly ever came into school. So there were more questions. He'd usually just sigh and say:
"I'm fine, stop asking me questions!"
By the end of the day the pain was slowly diminishing from his body, but his head still ached like hell. He'd tried to concentrate in his classes but hadn't been very successful. He almost fell asleep in one of them again!
But now he was sat on his couch back at home. Wondering what would unfold that night. Red was late home again. He came home at about seven and thankfully for Eric went straight to bed. He couldn't be bothered getting up off the couch to go to bed. It was about nine O'clock when he heard a tapping noise on the basement door. As he rose, a shock of pain froze his whole body. He felt the tears beginning to build up in his eyes but he fought to hold them back. He staggered over to the door and slowly opened it. Before he had a chance to say anything Hyde hurried past him and rested himself on his couch.
"Got any chips or whatever to eat, man?"
Eric hesitated; he didn't want his father to wake up.
"What are you doing here?" he asked intently.
"Hey, chill out man, Donna said you've been acting weird lately, just came to see what's up!"
"Oh, rite, well you have to go!"
"What...why?"
"You just have to, please, c'mon!"
"Wait, wait" Hyde stated stopping him!
"What's going on with you man? You're acting really weird!"
"I...I just I'm tired ok, I wanna be on my own, ok!"
Eric was getting upset, Hyde was raising his voice and he didn't want his father to hear them. So he did the only thing he could to get Hyde out his house.
"Hyde, I...I don't want you here, ok, I don't like you and I never did, get out of my house and go away, I...I hate you" He said this as though he was shouting but he was actually almost whispering. But he didn't mean it, God he didn't mean it!
Hyde looked very hurt. Although he didn't like to admit it, Eric was and always had been his best friend. He felt a mixture of sadness and anger. Eric looked as though he meant it, he was putting all his pain into that one look he gave Hyde and it seemed to convince him that he was serious. Hyde left after knocking Eric to the floor and running out the door.
Tears were in Hyde's eyes as he ran down the driveway bumping into Donna.
"What's wrong Hyde?" she asked concernedly.
Hyde didn't say anything he just kept on running down the road. Donna had a puzzled yet worried look on her face. She turned around and headed for Eric's basement door. It was locked. She began to tap on it, when Eric appeared behind it. He looked as though he was in physical pain, but not as much as he looked emotionally pained.
His eye's were slightly red from crying and looked sore from being rubbed a lot.
"Eric let me in!" Donna said even more worriedly.
"I'm, I'm sorry Donna, I need you to go, please just go away?"
Eric tried to stop his tears but he couldn't, he was getting rid of both his best friends, and nothing Red could ever do to him was as painful as this.
"Eric, I'm not gonna go, I don't know what you said to Hyde to make him so upset, but it wont work on me, you can't push me away, because I know something's wrong!"
Eric stared down at the floor.
"Good bye Donna" he said quietly but with so much hidden emotion.
He turned and ran upstairs quietly. He threw himself on his bed and cried some more...
Why was this happening to him? He never did anything to harm anyone. All he did was do what he was told and now he had to tell his two best friends, mostly his only friends to leave him alone and never come back. He couldn't let his mother down though. He loved her too much. He had to be there when she woke up.
He asked himself the same question over and over again but he could never come up an answer! He stared up at the ceiling until his eyelids were heavy; he was almost asleep when he heard a loud bang on his door!!!
Don't worry I have the whole weekend nights to do more chapters, so review, review, review...while your waiting!!! Bye luv Cesca xxx
..."Donna...I...I lied to you..."
Eric paused to think.
"What?"
"I, Well, I didn't just bump my head the other night...one of the guys who jumped me, he...he hit me...I didn't think I'd see him again.I felt embarrassed. I'm sorry I didn't tell ya earlier."
"Oh Eric, there's no need to be embarrassed, I'm sure they were much bigger and older than you were..."
"Yer...I don't really wanna talk about it..." he mumbled without looking up at her.
"O...k, sure" Donna replied confused at his behaviour.
"Well, I need to get to class"
And with that he hurried off down the corridor and into his classroom.
All day Donna bothered him with questions like:
"Are you alright?" or "What's wrong?"
He knew she only asked because she cared, but it was getting on his nerves having to keep lying to her. To top that, that one-day Hyde came into school after break, he hardly ever came into school. So there were more questions. He'd usually just sigh and say:
"I'm fine, stop asking me questions!"
By the end of the day the pain was slowly diminishing from his body, but his head still ached like hell. He'd tried to concentrate in his classes but hadn't been very successful. He almost fell asleep in one of them again!
But now he was sat on his couch back at home. Wondering what would unfold that night. Red was late home again. He came home at about seven and thankfully for Eric went straight to bed. He couldn't be bothered getting up off the couch to go to bed. It was about nine O'clock when he heard a tapping noise on the basement door. As he rose, a shock of pain froze his whole body. He felt the tears beginning to build up in his eyes but he fought to hold them back. He staggered over to the door and slowly opened it. Before he had a chance to say anything Hyde hurried past him and rested himself on his couch.
"Got any chips or whatever to eat, man?"
Eric hesitated; he didn't want his father to wake up.
"What are you doing here?" he asked intently.
"Hey, chill out man, Donna said you've been acting weird lately, just came to see what's up!"
"Oh, rite, well you have to go!"
"What...why?"
"You just have to, please, c'mon!"
"Wait, wait" Hyde stated stopping him!
"What's going on with you man? You're acting really weird!"
"I...I just I'm tired ok, I wanna be on my own, ok!"
Eric was getting upset, Hyde was raising his voice and he didn't want his father to hear them. So he did the only thing he could to get Hyde out his house.
"Hyde, I...I don't want you here, ok, I don't like you and I never did, get out of my house and go away, I...I hate you" He said this as though he was shouting but he was actually almost whispering. But he didn't mean it, God he didn't mean it!
Hyde looked very hurt. Although he didn't like to admit it, Eric was and always had been his best friend. He felt a mixture of sadness and anger. Eric looked as though he meant it, he was putting all his pain into that one look he gave Hyde and it seemed to convince him that he was serious. Hyde left after knocking Eric to the floor and running out the door.
Tears were in Hyde's eyes as he ran down the driveway bumping into Donna.
"What's wrong Hyde?" she asked concernedly.
Hyde didn't say anything he just kept on running down the road. Donna had a puzzled yet worried look on her face. She turned around and headed for Eric's basement door. It was locked. She began to tap on it, when Eric appeared behind it. He looked as though he was in physical pain, but not as much as he looked emotionally pained.
His eye's were slightly red from crying and looked sore from being rubbed a lot.
"Eric let me in!" Donna said even more worriedly.
"I'm, I'm sorry Donna, I need you to go, please just go away?"
Eric tried to stop his tears but he couldn't, he was getting rid of both his best friends, and nothing Red could ever do to him was as painful as this.
"Eric, I'm not gonna go, I don't know what you said to Hyde to make him so upset, but it wont work on me, you can't push me away, because I know something's wrong!"
Eric stared down at the floor.
"Good bye Donna" he said quietly but with so much hidden emotion.
He turned and ran upstairs quietly. He threw himself on his bed and cried some more...
Why was this happening to him? He never did anything to harm anyone. All he did was do what he was told and now he had to tell his two best friends, mostly his only friends to leave him alone and never come back. He couldn't let his mother down though. He loved her too much. He had to be there when she woke up.
He asked himself the same question over and over again but he could never come up an answer! He stared up at the ceiling until his eyelids were heavy; he was almost asleep when he heard a loud bang on his door!!!
Don't worry I have the whole weekend nights to do more chapters, so review, review, review...while your waiting!!! Bye luv Cesca xxx