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Chapter 1
Rain continued to beat incessantly on the shuttered windows and I squeezed my eyes closed in an attempt to drown out the noise. I promised myself that today I would focus on my studies ,for her, despite my first impulse to throw on a big yellow raincoat and jump in the puddles the liquid was beginning to rapidly form.
The gloominess of the morning foreshadowed an unwelcome feeling in the pit of my stomach but I tried my best to ignore it. Around noon it started gnawing at me, and like acid that burns your stomach, I began to feel queasy. Despite my unwillingness to reveal any emotion I couldn't help but express my worry. This was different, she was important enough to agonize over, unlike meaningless arguments between my parents from the past or Peyton's interest in Luca's from the start, which I felt didn't deserve the extra effort of discussing.
Haley's absence from her bedroom last night did not go unnoticed by anybody. She was gone long enough to snag interest but not long enough to be confirmed as missing to officials. Her family believed she was with Lucas, and even though I was hoping she was, something told me otherwise.
Haley only ran to Lucas in desperate times of needs and only asked to spend the night there after an argument or furious fight between us. The past couple of weeks had been running smoothly and I figured if anything else was bothering her she would come to me first, but with Peyton quickly filling the vacant spot of best friend and after Luke's near-death experience I sadly realized she had other options. As much as I tried to convince myself that she must be with one of the two, my instincts gripped the best of me.
My head was beginning to ache and the words started to swim before my eyes. My mind flash backed to last week, and the letters appeared in front of my face. Words of hatred had filled the pages and threats terrorized the reader. These letters were all addressed to Haley and that is what was bothering my heart now. I didn't understand how somebody could write such terrible things to such a wonderful girl and we both concluded they were a joke. She begged me not to tell anyone, she claimed out of embarrassment but I think it was really out of fear.
I quickly scanned the words in the letters and as I recalled a line, everything around me froze.
As the season begins so does the rain, then you will feel what really is true pain. Snatched from a corner, don't you dare scream, because if you do I swear I'll make you bleed.
The rain augmented, and I was overcome with realization as my intestines refused to fight the queasiness and I ran to the bathroom. My body began to seize and shake and I swear, right then, my whole world started to literally shatter.
I knew it wasn't a joke anymore.
My mother gingerly opened the bathroom door and a look of concern filled her features. Her tired eyes revealed the truth I had already confirmed. I tried to focus on her, but she wouldn't stop moving. My ears refused to interpret words and although I could see her lips moving I couldn't hear her. My breathing quickened and I thought I was going to die.
Memories of Haley and I laughing, crying, learning, kissing, hugging, and loving flooded my mind and images passed across my eyelids. I could see her, feel her, and as I reached out towards her smiling face, she withered away further and further and suddenly there she was right in front of me again but this time she was crying and screaming, and before I could help her she vanished.
The last thing I remember is my mother calling my name and Haley's fearful eyes and despite my efforts I slipped away, and my world was black.
Chapter 1
Rain continued to beat incessantly on the shuttered windows and I squeezed my eyes closed in an attempt to drown out the noise. I promised myself that today I would focus on my studies ,for her, despite my first impulse to throw on a big yellow raincoat and jump in the puddles the liquid was beginning to rapidly form.
The gloominess of the morning foreshadowed an unwelcome feeling in the pit of my stomach but I tried my best to ignore it. Around noon it started gnawing at me, and like acid that burns your stomach, I began to feel queasy. Despite my unwillingness to reveal any emotion I couldn't help but express my worry. This was different, she was important enough to agonize over, unlike meaningless arguments between my parents from the past or Peyton's interest in Luca's from the start, which I felt didn't deserve the extra effort of discussing.
Haley's absence from her bedroom last night did not go unnoticed by anybody. She was gone long enough to snag interest but not long enough to be confirmed as missing to officials. Her family believed she was with Lucas, and even though I was hoping she was, something told me otherwise.
Haley only ran to Lucas in desperate times of needs and only asked to spend the night there after an argument or furious fight between us. The past couple of weeks had been running smoothly and I figured if anything else was bothering her she would come to me first, but with Peyton quickly filling the vacant spot of best friend and after Luke's near-death experience I sadly realized she had other options. As much as I tried to convince myself that she must be with one of the two, my instincts gripped the best of me.
My head was beginning to ache and the words started to swim before my eyes. My mind flash backed to last week, and the letters appeared in front of my face. Words of hatred had filled the pages and threats terrorized the reader. These letters were all addressed to Haley and that is what was bothering my heart now. I didn't understand how somebody could write such terrible things to such a wonderful girl and we both concluded they were a joke. She begged me not to tell anyone, she claimed out of embarrassment but I think it was really out of fear.
I quickly scanned the words in the letters and as I recalled a line, everything around me froze.
As the season begins so does the rain, then you will feel what really is true pain. Snatched from a corner, don't you dare scream, because if you do I swear I'll make you bleed.
The rain augmented, and I was overcome with realization as my intestines refused to fight the queasiness and I ran to the bathroom. My body began to seize and shake and I swear, right then, my whole world started to literally shatter.
I knew it wasn't a joke anymore.
My mother gingerly opened the bathroom door and a look of concern filled her features. Her tired eyes revealed the truth I had already confirmed. I tried to focus on her, but she wouldn't stop moving. My ears refused to interpret words and although I could see her lips moving I couldn't hear her. My breathing quickened and I thought I was going to die.
Memories of Haley and I laughing, crying, learning, kissing, hugging, and loving flooded my mind and images passed across my eyelids. I could see her, feel her, and as I reached out towards her smiling face, she withered away further and further and suddenly there she was right in front of me again but this time she was crying and screaming, and before I could help her she vanished.
The last thing I remember is my mother calling my name and Haley's fearful eyes and despite my efforts I slipped away, and my world was black.