Endless Roads

Chapter 5 - Frustrating Circumstances

Kim's POV

I couldn't take it anymore. The constant questions Tommy directed towards me were too much to handle. I wanted to change the subject, but I was being too obvious. I looked at his eyes, and I could see the concern on his face. Nothing I could say would change the subject, he kept going on and on about how I was acting strangely. I was never good at lying, because I'd always let my emotions show, always expressed my feelings and shared my opinions with everyone. Tommy wouldn't let it go. He knew there was something on my mind, he knew there was something bugging me. I guess it was kind of my fault because I had made it so obvious when he saw me after I stormed out of the washroom. And I guess I couldn't be surprised as well, because Tommy was always really good when it came to reading my mind. It was actually overwhelming that he was still able to after all these years. But no matter how much he made me feel uncomfortable, I wasn't going to give in. Nothing was going to make me give in. So I continued to tell him that I wasn't feeling well, and he offered to drive me home.

I entered Jason's apartment, and shut my eyes; frustrated with myself. Everything was falling apart sooner than I thought. I didn't know how I was going to deal with everything, now with Tommy and Tanya knowing there was something up with me. Then the idea of coming out got into mind. But the thought of everyone knowing scared me to death. Of what I did, and what I had become, it would be too humiliating to bear if they knew. Remembering the worst night of my life was hard enough as is, but re telling my story to every single detail would rip me into pieces.

Another flashback replayed in mind, as my dark blurry vision transformed into seeing bright flashes of blue and red light blinding me as I lay on the ground, feeling the cold, rough road on my back. I could hear footsteps coming my way. Every thud was like an earthquake, as the person came closer and closer. My vision was too blurry to make out who it was, but I knew he wasn't there to harm me. I could hear his voice, but all I could make out was quiet mumbling. I remembered turning my head to the other direction, as I tried to make out where on earth I was, when I saw another body facing towards me. That person was lying on the ground too, but with their eyes closed, and at that moment I knew I was lucky. I could hear sirens becoming louder as more time passed by. More vehicles had come, and more people surrounded the other body and me. Soon enough I was lifted into one of those vehicles and was taken away.

The most frightening night of my life was a close call. I could never forgive myself for what I'd done. What I did was awful, what I'd become was even worse. When I came back to Angel Grove, I was hounded by everyone, asking me how everything was in Florida. I was sick of how they thought that it must've been so much fun, that it must've been like paradise or something. But with my experience it was everything but that. If I were to come out with what really happened, their perspective of me would change drastically. Without my friends, I'd be alone. I had already lost everything that meant so much to me, losing my friends would leave me in a dead end. And that was why coming out with the truth wasn't an option. I had to cling onto what I had left. I had to hide, and I had to lie.

Suddenly, I was interrupted by ringing of the telephone. I quickly ran over, hoping it was Jason, so I could give him a piece of mind after he left me with Tommy.

"Hello?" I replied.

"Kim?!" The person immediately answered? "Is that you?"

"Y-yes… who is this?" I responded, a bit hesitant.

"KIM! It's me…"

"Lacey?" I replied; confused that Lacey was calling.

"Uh… YEAH!"

"Oh hey! What's up?"

"What's up? Is that all your going to say?"

"Well what do you expect me to say?"

"Like how ya holding up? Or what's the 411 on Trent!"

"Huh? What about Trent?"

"Oh my god… you don't know!"

"Know what?"

"Didn't Jason tell you? I told him to tell you!"

"Tell me what!? What's wrong with Trent!?" I exclaimed, worried about what I was about to hear.

"God… I can't believe Jason didn't tell you. This is only like EXTREMELY important." Lacey muttered.

"Lacey! For god sakes, just tell me! What the hell happened to Trent!" I yelled. The tone of voice Lacey had, was starting to scare me. I just left Florida, and already something went wrong. Trent was one of my friends from Florida. A fun guy but was obsessed with bets and gambling. One day I knew he was going to get into big trouble, and I knew that what Lacey was about to tell me had something to do with it.

I waited for Lacey to answer, frightened on what Lacey was going to say. I could hear her breathe over the phone, probably to calm herself down. As I waited, the more I dreaded what I was about to hear. My life was already complicated as is; now I was going to hear more bad news.

"Kim… Trent was in a shooting the night you and me were at the airport when you left. When I got the news, you were already on your flight, so I decided to phone Jason, and told him to tell you once you arrived." Lacey replied, nervously.

"You got to be kidding me."

"No, I'm not." Lacey paused. "He's fine though… but he was arrested."

"What the hell… h-how did this happen?"

"I went to visit him yesterday, and he said that he, Kyle and Sean made a bet with these guys over the Lakers/Raptors game."

"And they lost, so they couldn't pay them back, which would explain the shoot out." I replied, not surprised with what Trent, Kyle and Sean had done.

"Yeah… Any ways, they get out next week, and I don't want to be here. I'm scared that there might be another one." Lacey whimpered, as she tried to pull back her tears. "And all I can think is that I could be caught in the middle of it."

"Lacey…"

"I have no where else to go, Kim. So I bought a ticket to Angel Grove."

"Y-you're coming here?"

"I told you I have no where else to go."

I froze, I didn't know what to say other than: "So when do you leave?"

"Two days from now."

I remained silent. As much as I loved the idea of her coming here, all I could think about was the bad. Lacey coming to Angel Grove would probably cause more questions about my past, more problems for me to handle, and worst of all, it would cause my secret to come out.

"Kim?" Lacey mumbled. "You still there?"

"Uh… yeah." I sighed. "Listen, Lace… I gotta go. I'll talk to ya later okay."

"Kay… see ya Wednesday."

"Bye." I replied, and hung up the phone.
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A few hours later, Kim was in her room collecting her thoughts on what to do. Tanya knew something was wrong with her, Tommy already had suspicions and now Lacey was coming to Angel Grove. She could already see everything unravel before her eyes. But what was bugging her most at the moment was that Jason never told her about Trent when she first arrived. Lacey was right, the whole thing with him was extremely important, and she couldn't believe that Jason never told her. She sat on her bed, a little pissed off about it.

Kim's thoughts were interrupted when she heard something drop in the living room. She immediately knew it was Jason, and she stormed out of her room to confront him.

"When the HELL were you going to tell me about Trent?!" Kim stammered.

"Kim could…"

"NO! Let me finish." Kim interrupted him. "I cannot believe that you kept this from me!"

"Kim…"

"Shut up Jason!" She yelled, noticing Jason's eyes widening. "I am going through flashback after flashback of the damn car accident, and now this whole Trent thing just fucking gets blown up in my face! I've only been here a couple of days and it's already stressful as is! Oh and by the way… I FORGOT to tell YOU that Tanya and Tommy already think shit about me! I'm telling you Jason, it's too soon for ANYONE TO KNOW!" I yelled.

"Kim… you shouldn't have said that." Jason muttered.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Kim stammered.

Suddenly Kim saw a body walk out of the kitchen behind Jason.

"Tommy." Kim replied, stunned.

"Anyone to know what?" He asked.

(Author's Note: That's Chapter 5 for ya… and once again Thanx for the reviews!!!)