I turned off the truck and climbed out. I had phoned Flame back and she asked me to meet her at this lookout point. Its about an hour and a half drive from my house. The only light outside was from the stars and the only sound was the wind.
"Zigzag?" I heard a voice say.
"Yeah." I replied walking forward.
I caught sight of her red hair first, then her big smile. She was sitting on the ground. I sat down next to her and put my arm around her. I kissed her lightly but I noticed that her face was wet from tears.
"Whats wrong?" I asked.
"Everything." She replied whiping her face. "I was in jail again."
"What?" I asked in shock.
"Underaged drinking, I got caught at a party." She said sheepishly.
"How long were you in there?" I asked her.
"Only a night, I phoned you as soon as I got out." She replied.
"What did you mom say?" I asked her, I remembered her saying how stricked her mother was.
"The usual, just what a horrible person I am, how I am a horrible role model for my sister." Flame replied quietly "She is sending me to live with my dad."
"Is that a bad thing?" I asked her, I figured that getting away from her mother would be a good thing.
"Well yes and no, I will be getting away from my mom but I am really going to miss my little sister." Flame explained.
"Can you go visit her when you want?" I asked trying to find a way to make her feel better.
"No, my mom said that she doesn't want me anywhere near my little sister." Flame replied, her voice cracking.
"Everythings gonna be alright." Was the only thing I could think of telling her.
"How do you know it will be?" She asked choking back tears.
"Because as long as you have something to hold on to, you will be okay." I explained.
"what am I holding on to?" She asked.
"A hope and a dream that everything will turn out alright in the end." I told her hugging her closer.
We sat there for a few minutes in silence, just enjoying each other company.
"Ziggy?" She asked after a minute.
"Yeah?" I replied.
"Could you hold on to this for me, just got a while, until I ask for it back, k?" She asked putting something in the palm of my hand.
I opened my hand to see a pocket knife, I couldn't quite understand why she wanted me to keep this for her.
"Yeah, no problem." I replied anywayz.
"You know what?" She asked slowly.
"What?" I asked.
"I think that it will be okay." She said smiling "I'm not weak, I can keep fighting as long as I need to."
I didn't quite understand what she was saying but I agreed with her anyways. I don't know how long we sat there in silence. We both jumped when we heard her watch beep.
"I have to get going." She said reluctantly."My dad is going to be picking me up soon so I have to get home and pack."
I nodded and stood up to give her a hand up. I walked with her over to her car.
"If you ever need me, just call, I'm never to far." I told her kissing her again.
"Thats good to know." She said. "Do you know what I finally understood?"
"What?" I asked leaning on her car door.
"I could never understand why no matter what happened to Brandy, she would never break." Flame explained. "I mean, everyone breaks down eventually, I mean I just did because I am human."
"Yeah." I nodded.
"She can't break because she is already broken." Flame replied giving me one last hug. "I never want to be broken."
"Me neither." I replied, I loved her the way she is.
"Love ya." She said as she climbed into the front seat.
"Love ya too." I replied closing the door for ya.
I watched as she drove away before heading back to my truck. I climbed in and turned the key. I just sat there for a minute then took the pocket knife out of my pocket and looked at it. I opened the blade and noticed that there was a little bit of blood on the edge of it. I closed it again and kept telling myself 'As long as she keeps fighting, she will be fine, she won't break'.
"Zigzag?" I heard a voice say.
"Yeah." I replied walking forward.
I caught sight of her red hair first, then her big smile. She was sitting on the ground. I sat down next to her and put my arm around her. I kissed her lightly but I noticed that her face was wet from tears.
"Whats wrong?" I asked.
"Everything." She replied whiping her face. "I was in jail again."
"What?" I asked in shock.
"Underaged drinking, I got caught at a party." She said sheepishly.
"How long were you in there?" I asked her.
"Only a night, I phoned you as soon as I got out." She replied.
"What did you mom say?" I asked her, I remembered her saying how stricked her mother was.
"The usual, just what a horrible person I am, how I am a horrible role model for my sister." Flame replied quietly "She is sending me to live with my dad."
"Is that a bad thing?" I asked her, I figured that getting away from her mother would be a good thing.
"Well yes and no, I will be getting away from my mom but I am really going to miss my little sister." Flame explained.
"Can you go visit her when you want?" I asked trying to find a way to make her feel better.
"No, my mom said that she doesn't want me anywhere near my little sister." Flame replied, her voice cracking.
"Everythings gonna be alright." Was the only thing I could think of telling her.
"How do you know it will be?" She asked choking back tears.
"Because as long as you have something to hold on to, you will be okay." I explained.
"what am I holding on to?" She asked.
"A hope and a dream that everything will turn out alright in the end." I told her hugging her closer.
We sat there for a few minutes in silence, just enjoying each other company.
"Ziggy?" She asked after a minute.
"Yeah?" I replied.
"Could you hold on to this for me, just got a while, until I ask for it back, k?" She asked putting something in the palm of my hand.
I opened my hand to see a pocket knife, I couldn't quite understand why she wanted me to keep this for her.
"Yeah, no problem." I replied anywayz.
"You know what?" She asked slowly.
"What?" I asked.
"I think that it will be okay." She said smiling "I'm not weak, I can keep fighting as long as I need to."
I didn't quite understand what she was saying but I agreed with her anyways. I don't know how long we sat there in silence. We both jumped when we heard her watch beep.
"I have to get going." She said reluctantly."My dad is going to be picking me up soon so I have to get home and pack."
I nodded and stood up to give her a hand up. I walked with her over to her car.
"If you ever need me, just call, I'm never to far." I told her kissing her again.
"Thats good to know." She said. "Do you know what I finally understood?"
"What?" I asked leaning on her car door.
"I could never understand why no matter what happened to Brandy, she would never break." Flame explained. "I mean, everyone breaks down eventually, I mean I just did because I am human."
"Yeah." I nodded.
"She can't break because she is already broken." Flame replied giving me one last hug. "I never want to be broken."
"Me neither." I replied, I loved her the way she is.
"Love ya." She said as she climbed into the front seat.
"Love ya too." I replied closing the door for ya.
I watched as she drove away before heading back to my truck. I climbed in and turned the key. I just sat there for a minute then took the pocket knife out of my pocket and looked at it. I opened the blade and noticed that there was a little bit of blood on the edge of it. I closed it again and kept telling myself 'As long as she keeps fighting, she will be fine, she won't break'.