Chapter 4: Empty Frame
I walked through Carly's door; she was sitting on the couch with a smile.
"Same old, same old." She stated as she came up to hug me.
This day was better.
Spencer came running out with a grin, "Hello!" H was stacking cups on his head. "May I ask what your doing?" I asked.
"Yes you may and I'm stacking cups on my head because…." He paused. "You know I really have no clue why…"
He hung his head letting all the cups fall to the ground, "I'm going to my room."
"The chamber of awesome?" I questioned. His face brightened, "yes!!"
In the blink of an eye he was gone. Hmmm… Same old….same old.
Carly and I walked out to groovy smoothie. The day was sunny and there were no clouds to be seen. The light wind blew some strands of hair into my face.
"Carly?" I had a hint of worry ness in my voice and she could tell.
"Yes?"
"Is Freddie mad…you know…at us?"
She sighed. "Probably…"
I'm sure some of it was her doing, he loves Carly. "Why?"
"It's…complicated."
I shot a glare, "Come on Carly, We're friends…well used to be any way."
She started to sob out of no where, "What happened to us?!"
Her tears made me feel a sharp pain in my stomach, it hurt to her pain.
"I don't Carly…I really…just…don't know."
She choked a little before she spoke, "Carly?! What ever happened to Carls? We don't laugh anymore, you're avoiding me!"
Then a flash of anger blew over me, "Carly! You know the reason we stopped hanging out is because we all stopped being contented! We just left! Had nothing to do with each other!" I sounded annoyed and irritated.
"Carly, It's senior year, you had two years to try to make things right but you did nothing. I tried to be happy for you Carly! For you and Freddie! Now Freddie hates us and you hang out with Valerie and Shannon, and now I have friends."
There was a short pause.
"Friends that care…"
She looked hurt. "Sam…I miss you. I miss you and Freddie, I miss you two's quarrels, and Freddie's gawking over me and your Lock picking ham loving trouble making self!
"Carly, why didn't you tell me this 2 years ago…Then none of this would have ever happened."
I walked away. Forget Groovy Smoothie, I heard her sobs as I walked off.
I stopped by her house to get my things. I left her house then what stood right in front of me was Freddie's door. His apartment door, I stared for a moment then took my courage and let it out to knock on his door.
He surprisingly answered. "Yes Sam?"
I could almost feel tears. "Oh umm…I wanted to know if I could talk to you or is this a bad time?"
He sighed. "No its not…" He shut his door following me all the way to the silent road.
It's called that because no cars ever pass by.
"So Sam, what did you want to talk about?"
The tears were still holding back. "I wanted to say that I'm sorry."
He sighed, "Sam I had a feeling this is what this was about—"
"Wait… I want to know what happened."
He looked confused, "What are you talking about----"
"Two years ago…What happened? We were all friends then we just….stopped."
"I don't know Sam."
Anger had reached me, "Yes you do!" I was now crying.
"You know what happened now tell me!"
"Sam listen to yourself! If you haven't figured out what happened then you must be dumber than I thought!"
My cries softened his eyes, "Sam, we just didn't need each other anymore."
"BUT WHY?!" My screams echoed through my own ears.
"Because! Because…because me and Carly…we dated."
My eyes widened, "Why didn't you tell me?" how could she do that to me. "For how long? When did you date?!"
"Remember the day she told you to leave because you soaked me with your cola? That's when, and something happened and after that happened we broke up and swore never to tell anyone?"
"Why didn't you tell me when ya'll were dating?"
"Carly told me not to, she said it something to do with you but she wouldn't tell me what."
"Well then what happened to make ya'll break up?!"
"I think you should ask Carly that one… It's really none of your business."
: Flashback:
Carly snapped, "You know Sam its really none of your business! So just leave!!"
I left. "What happened to my friends?" Then I heard some one say, "Finally!" it sounded like Carly.
I looked through the peephole and saw them making…out.
End of flash back
"YOUR SKUM!!" I shrieked then slapped him hard against his face.
He glared at me with anger, and then he did it. He punched me square in the face and I let out a blood curling shriek, cracking my bones against the pavement, the ice cold streets.
"Sam!" His eyes watery but quickly dried. I was screaming in pain. It hurt so much inside and out.
He tried to help but I pushed away.
"FREDDIE! I NEVER WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN!! EVER!! I HOPE YOU GET CHEATED ON BY THOSE SKANKS!! DON'T EVER TALK TO ME AGAIN! "I shrieked again in pain as I collapsed to the street.
I was crying hard, my back was in pain, my face was in pain, and my heart was still breaking.
Freddie was gone; he had left after I screamed at him.
This is all just an empty frame. I looked up holding my bloody nose and glare in my eye.
I'm just an empty Frame…