Chapter 4
Jesse broke into more tears. Katie? Dead? How could it be? He is now crying harder than his mom. He jumps into his mother's arms and she holds him very close and tightly. They didn't say anything for a full 20 minutes. Just crying into each other. Jesse still couldn't believe it. Katie? Dead? He felt like it was all his fault.
"Oh Mom, it's all my fault. I didn't make sure she was safe. I didn't walk with her to her door. I didn't do ANYTHING" he said, still bawling. His mom shakes her head. "No Jesse, it's not. You didn't have anything to do with it. Katie just got mugged and you didn't do anything to start or prevent that" she said. Jesse shook his head, "Mom she didn't deserve it. I should've died not her. She didn't deserve it" he said. He ran into his room without any breakfast, but he didn't care.
Jesse laid on his bed for the whole day. Not moving. Not thinking. He didn't want anything. Just to have Katie back. His Mom came to his door and knocked on his door. "Jesse, I'm gonna leave some food out here in case you get hungry" she said. She waited for any sign of movement. Nothing. She walked away.
His mom came back and saw that the food outside his room was gone. "Jesse, Katie's family is here. We'll be downstairs" she said and waited for signs of movement, nothing. An hour later, Jesse finally got up and came out of his room, still in his pajamas. He saw on the wall, 5 o'clock. He walked downstairs and saw his parents sitting on the couch, Katie's family sitting on the opposite couch. He sat down next to his mom and saw the sad, worried faces. They were the family of the girl he loved. He knew he'd have to talk to them about Katie; the girl he loved. This was it.