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(Marissa's POV)

So Sum and I went shopping today

Apparently, it's apalling to only own six bikinis

I guess if you live in Orange County,

It is

But it's not like I've had time to go shopping or anything

Between losing my virginity and trying to kill myself

Anyway

We went shopping

And we were walking through the mall together

And all of a sudden, Sum just stops

Like that time we were in Brownies

And we were on our nature hike,

And Summer spotted a deer in the trail up ahead of us

And came to a dead halt

That's what it was like

When she saw Luke

I hadn't seen him since the accident

And apparently she hadn't either

He looked pretty bad...even two months later

He still had his arm in a cast

Which made it sort of hard for him to use the metal crutches he had

He still had an eyepatch on

He was teetering on the crutches

In front of Baby Bjorn

His healthy eye blinked back tears

And his scarred lip trembled

He lightly tapped his good fist on the window

Quickening with each blow, until finally

He brought his hand down to his side

And looked at the floor

He sighed, and ambled away

He never saw us

As he hobbled away from us

I felt like I was watching a stranger

He just looked like a sad boy

With a heart as broken as the rest of him