Chapter 6: Remembering…

Miko lay on her bed, thinking. Her mom had died in a car crash when she was 10 and her dad was an alcoholic and was killed in a street fight with some 'friends' two years later. She didn't care, she never loved him anyways, he was abusive, loud and and he was a sexist, he had many, many, many affairs and he didn't bother hiding them, she didn't even know if she had any other siblings out there. Then a year later, her older brother disappeared, she never knew he skipped school that day, she only found out when she couldn't find him at home and none of his friends knew where he was. Alone in an empty house on a Friday night, and facing the problem of managing everything on her own from then on, Miko remembered. It was raining that night……

/FLASHBACK/

'Jeff? Jeff!' she called, dropping her bag beside the door. Today was Friday the 13th, to Miko and Jeff, it was a special day. It was the day Jeff saved his sister from the river, the were only 8 and the family, meaning the siblings and their mother, had gone out for a little picnic by the river.

Miko was playing in the water, despite her brother's warnings to be careful. Suddenly the weather turned bad and a big whip of wind came whooshing by, causing Miko to lose her balance, hearing a splash, Jeff looked up to see his sister's head disappear underneath the water.

'Miko!' jumping in, he looked around for any sign of her. Suddenly her head broke the surface.

'jeff!' she gasped, trying to fight the current.

'wait, hold on!' within minutes, he reached her, hoisted her on his back and swam back for shore.

'Miko, Miko! Wake up. Come on, girl, wake up!' he shook her slightly.

She started coughing, and sputtering, spitting out water from her lungs. But she was alive.

'Jeff?' she asked. Knocking on his bedroom door. There came no answer. 'hmm…weird..i thought he'd be home by now. Oh well, I'll just wait for him.'

It was 10 o'clock before Miko gave up waiting, she decided to call him. Putting the phone to her ear, she waited as the dial tone rung……but it kept ringing and ringing.

'I hope he's okay. Because when he comes home, im gunna kill him.' She muttered, walking into the kitchen. It was when she sat down did she notice the note on the table.

Hey Mi,

I know you've probably figured out that I'm not home and is waiting for me. But I have to say…I'm sorry. I won't be home. Not for a long, long time. I can't tell you where or why I've gone, but it's for the better, I'm sure. I know you can take of yourself well, even though I regret not telling you and just leaving, but if I did, you wouldn't have let me go. Don't go blaming any of this on yourself, because it wasn't your fault, it wasn't anybody's fault. I just needed to go. I dunno when or if I'm coming back, but I'll always love you, my little sister, don't forget that.

Love, Jeff.

The glass slipped out of her hand and crashed to the floor, the note fluttered down upon it.

'oh…my…god. This is not true. No! Jeff!' she yelled, running from the room into the main hall. "tell me this is a joke, it isn't funny! Jeff!' thunder and lightning flashed and rain pounded on the windows. Miko sank to the ground, the cold marble floor felt like splinters on her shattered world.

'hello?' Deseara answered, picking up her phone. 'Mi? hey! How's- what's wrong, are you okay?'

on the other end of the line, Deseara heard the girl start crying.

'stay put, I'll be right there.' Grabbing her coat, she ran over to her computer room, where Misha was. The girl was going to spend the night over.

'Mish! Mish! We have to go. I think Miko's in trouble. You can flirt with him online whenever you want. Now let's go!'

'say no more.' She answered. Together, they ran out, into Deseara's sister's car.

'are you sure you're supposed to drive?' Misha yelled over the sound of the rain and the engine.

'I don't care!' her friend answered.

'alright! That's fine by me.'

They sped over to Miko's house and burst through the door. They stopped just in time to see the girl on the floor. They ran over.

'Mi? hey. MI!'

'he left…' she whispered, 'he left..'

'who? Who left?'

'I cant believe it, he left….'

'come on, we better get you something hot to eat or drink, you look like you hadn't eaten for the whole day.' Her friends took her by the arms and pulled her up, guiding her to the kitchen.

While Misha watched over Miko, Deseara saw the note and the shattered glass on the floor, she picked up the paper.

'oh no….' she turned to look at the brunette. 'uh…Mish?'

she came over. 'what? Hey, what's that?'

'see for yourself.'

'oh…shit…this cant be good.'

'tell me 'bout it….'

/END OF FLASHBACK/

Her friends had come to her rescue that night, and she was deeply, sincerely thankful. They always solved each other's problems and bad situations. They were like the three sides of a triangle. Turning off the light, she rolled over and soon fell asleep.