A/N: Thanks to everybody who reviewed! You have proved to me, that not everyone has given up faith in me yet! Also sorry for the long delay, but I had exams and my mom banned me from the computer, so I couldn't type. But school is over now, so that means more updates sooner!
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Lee kept running, even though her heart was pounding painfully against her ribs and her lungs burned every-time she drew in a breath.
Everything was so fucked up lately and she couldn't deal with it anymore.
Finally, she tripped and went sprawling onto her stomach, skinning her hand and cutting her knee on the rough concrete.
Curling up into a ball, she slammed her fists into the pavement and screamed in anger.
"FUCK !"
More tears ran down her cheeks and she pressed her un-scraped hand to her mouth, trying to muffle them.
She hated crying and this was about the third time that day.
After a while, she felt the touch of a hand on her back.
"Hey. Are you all right ?"
Rubbing her eyes dry, she looked up and promptly fell over on her butt.
It was the guy from the diner, Brian something-or-other. He was kneeling beside her on the ground with a look of concern on his face. Behind him stood a tall, black guy who was staring at her with a look of disinterest.
She tried to speak, but it felt like her tongue became unhinged and she couldn't talk.
"Are you all right ?"
"Y-yeah. I'm fine."
"You sure ?"
"Yeah."
The black guy rolled his eyes and sighed in an exasperated way.
"Brian, if she's says she's okay then she's probably okay. We better get goin' anyway. We're goin' to be late."
"All right. If you're sure ?"
She had to smile. He barely knew her, yet he was so concerned.
"Yeah. I'm fine. Don't worry about me."
"Lee !"
She looked up to see Letty running down the street towards her. The minute Letty reached her side, she pulled her to her feet and turned her around by the shoulders, peering intently at her face.
"Lee, are you okay ? You ran out so fast. What happened back there ?"
"It was nothin'. Really. I was just extremely pissed off and felt like I was being suffocated, so I had to get out of there."
Letty hadn't noticed Lee's companions, but when Brian spoke, her head snapped up, like she'd been hit.
"Letty ?"
She glanced at Brian, not really recognizing him at first, but when she realized who it was, the glance turned into a cold glare.
"Spilner."
"Actually, it's O'Connor these days."
"Why the hell do I care ? You're dead to all of us."
"Since when did that happen ? If I remember correctly, we were pretty good friends."
His tone had gone cold and Lee could see that his smile didn't quite reach his eyes.
"Yeah, well. What you remember is how it was eighteen years ago. That's a lot of time Brian."
Turning her back on him, she looked at Lee again.
"How do you know him anyway ?"
"He was at the diner a while ago."
"Does your father know ?"
"I don't know. I guess so, yeah."
"We should get back to the hospital. He's worried about you."
Lee scowled. "I'm not goin' back if I have to talk to T.J again."
Letty sighed tiredly. "You don't have to talk to your brother again. But can I ask why you went running out ?"
"He was bein' a dick."
The look on Lee's face was so much like the one she used to get, when she was trying to act tough, that Letty had to smile.
"C'mon, it's a long walk back and I want to talk to you about some things."
"All right. Bye, Brian."
"Bye."
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Letty couldn't see why Lee liked Brian, but she decided to ignore it.
"So, whadya want to talk about ?"
She motioned to some swings on the edge of the beach they were walking past.
"Let's sit down for a minute."
Letty sat down on one of the swings and waited as Lee got herself settled on the hard rubber seat.
"Lee, you really shouldn't be fighting with your brother. Especially not about me."
"Well you are our mamacita and he shouldn't have been saying the stuff he did about you."
"I know, but you have to understand that he's probably still hurt."
"Why ? It happened a really long time ago."
"Yes, but you were too young to remember it and so that makes it different."
"Yeah, I know. But even if I don't remember you being around before, I like you being around now."
Letty smiled. "Thanks. I like being around too."
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Sorry to end it there, but I couldn't think of a better ending than that.
Once again sorry for the long delay, but there will be another new chapter up in a few days.
Keep reading and review please!
Ps. Am still looking for that beta-reader ! You don't need to be good at grammar or anything, I just need someone to help me with ideas. If you want the job, let me know please!