Bradin laid down on his bed and looked around the room. His eyes slowly closed and he drifted off into a not so peaceful sleep.
"I love you." He said and looked at the tiny framed girl in his arms. She slowly looked up at him and gave a weak smile. Her eye was black and blue. It was swollen shut because of the swelling.
"I hate them… I cant live there anymore." She said shaking her head. He sighed. "Please stop…" He said. He hated when she talked like this. She frowned and stood up slowly. Mistie doubled over in pain for a moment then stood up. "Come on.." She said and he got up off her bedroom floor. The two walked down the street and over to his house. His moms mouth dropped and she ran over to the girl. "Are you okay honey?" She asked. Mistie nodded slowly and Bradin pulled her too his room. "Lay down." He said.
She nodded and he walked out of the room and brought back a baggie of ice. "Here….put this on your eye." He told her and wrapped it in a towel. Bradin's mom walked in and sat on the bed by Mistie. "You can stay here as long as you need." She said and lightly rubbed Misties forehead. Mistie smiled and nodded, tears now streaming down her face.
Bradin woke with a start and looked around. He was in his bedroom in Cali…that stuff happened well over two years ago. He shook the thought from his head and laid back down.
He picked up his cellphone. "where are you." Bradin asked his heart racing. "I had to get away for a little while.." Misties voice said. It sounded small and weak. "So your just going to run away like that…" He asked and he heard her sigh. "Its just something I need to do…" She whispered. Bradin hadn't seen her in over a month. "I want you to come home…" He said. "I cant do that." She said. He frowned, "Mistie come home…" He said. "I'm sorry…" She said and hung up.
Bradin woke up again and laid there for a few minutes. 'Get out of my head.' He thought and rubbed his eyes. He shut his eyes hoping to get some more sleep without these dreams.
Bradin walked into the party and looked around. "Hey…" Carrie said walking up to him and clinging on. "Hi." He said and pried her off of him. "I have a surprise for you…" She said swinging her beer bottle around. "That's nice." He said and tried to pull away. "No no no…" She said and grabbed his arm. She pulled him into another room and pointed. Mistie sat on the floor leaning over the table. She lifted her head up and wiped her nose. "Oh shit…." She said seeing Bradin and put her head in her hands. He clenched his teeth and walked away. Mistie stood up and ran after him. "Bradin….please…..B…"She pleaded running after him. "Get away from me…" he said and pushed her away from him as she grabbed his arm. "Please…" She said and he stoped and turned to her. "what the hell is your problem…." He said and she frowned. "I just got back….i swear I just got back…." She said. He shook his head. "OK so lemme make this clear…you just got back….and instead of coming to see your boyfriend that you left…for four months….you come to a party…and are sniffing….what was that coke?" He yelled at her. "NO it wasn't coke….it was meth…" she said looking at the ground. "OH like that's much better." He said. She looked at him tears falling from her eyes. "You know what…I never want to see you again…."He said and shook his head. "I'm sorry….." She said and took a step to him. He backed up. "No I was a wreck….for four months…wondering if your okay….if your hurt…..if your ever fucking coming back….and this is what happened. Well fuck you. Don't call me…don't come over because I don't ever want to see you again." He screamed at her and turned and walked away. "I'm sorry…"He heard her scream before she fell onto the ground crying. Bradin turned the corner and walked back to his house.
Bradin shot up in bed and punched his pillow. "God Damnit…" He said and got up. He looked at his computer and noticed new messages. One was from his friend Justin. Bradin picked up his cellphone and called him. "Hey man whats up." Justin asked. "Nothing…just woke up." Bradin said rubbing his eyes. "That's cool….hey dude there's gonna be a bitchin party on the beach tonight want to come?" Justin asked. "Yeah sure…" Bradin said and they hung up. He went to the bathroom to take a shower and change clothes.
It was pitch black before he made his way down to the beach. There was a huge bon-fire going and everyone was dancing and jumpin around. Bradin walked over to Justin and tapped him on the shoulder. "hey." He said and Justin turned around. "What the fuck…" He said looking at the girl on Justins arm. "Ah shit…" Mistie said and looked down. Justin looked between the two of them and shrugged. "Dude this is the best party ever." He said and handed Bradin a beer. Mistie looked at him and raised an eyebrow. Bradin looked at her and glared before he chugged the whole bottle. Justin laughed and handed him another. Bradin put it to his lips to chug it again. "If your going to be like this im leaving." She said and walked away. "Ok…im lost…" Justin said and Bradin chugged the bottle and looked at him. "She used to live by me in Kansas…" Bradin said and watched Mistie stalk off and go to where everyone was dancing. "Damn…that's weird." Justin said and shrugged. "Well ima go and sweet talk myself some ass…." He said and wiggled his eyebrows and ran off to find Mistie. Bradin made a disgusted face and shook his head and grabbed another bottle. "Whatever." He said and walked the other way.