Quick thing to say before I start the chapter, this chapter is going to be kind of like a bit of a story told between two of the characters at the same time. You know, when one of the characters says part of the story and the other character continues where they left off and so on. The "story" is being told by Amari and Rachel, so Amari's "voice" will be BOLD and Rachel's "voice" will be in regular text. When they are both speaking, it will be italicized. Yeah, I'm bad at words…anyway, this chapter was delayed a bit so that I could make it just perfect! Enjoy.

Chapter Eleven

Here Come the Tears

Nya's Point of View:

"Amari!" I called as I waded through the thick stalks of dry grass. Blaire's house was just up ahead, I just knew it. "Come on, I need to talk to you!"

I stopped for a moment to realize that I had no idea where I was going. The only things surrounding me were mounds of rocks and dirt coming off the sides of mountain and another sea of wandering grass and dead leaves swishing through the wind. "Amari? Lexis?"

A rustling sound filled the air, and I started to panic. It sounded like it was some kind of animal walking through the grass. Could it have been Lexis? No way, Lexis' footsteps aren't that crunchy and heavy through grass; especially in dead grass like this. So, what was it?

To my surprise, the noise stopped after a few seconds. I soon realized why when I took a step up on my toes to peer over the field. That's when I saw it; a massive animal just standing on a rock and looking off directly at me. "Is that a wolf?" I thought to myself. "Oh my God, it must be! Look at the color, and its size!"

What was I going to do? If it attacks me, I won't have anything to defend myself with; I don't stand a chance.

The large beast drew closer to me and left me in an even worse state than I was to begin with. Finally, it stopped two inches away from me and looked up at me with smokey eyes. Its tail swished from side to side as it rolled to the ground and laid on its back; waiting for…..a belly rub?

"What the—I muttered while drawing towards my knees. I slowly reached my hand towards him and started scratching his stomach and watching his tail move faster and faster as he panted repeatedly. "Hm, I guess you're just a domesticated dog. But what kind though?"

When I took a break from petting him, he stood up and sniffed my face for a minute before licking the side of my cheek.

"Nice to meet you too, I guess," I giggle. The dog then gets up and takes a few steps forward before turning back at me and giving me a long stare. Does he want me to follow him?

"Well, yolo."

…..

The both us finally ended up in the middle of a pathway that was one I could recognize. A sound of rushing water was heard in the far distance; I made it!

…..

"Hello? Anybody here?" I echoed. Okay, Nya. She's just immature, she WON'T hurt you. Then out of nowhere, something falls from the sky and sweeps under me; causing me to fall back and leave me staring up at the sky.

"Nya?" a voice asks. I turn to see Amari standing over me with a slight look of confusion and Lexis at her side. I quickly jump to my feet, "Amari!"

Though I was happy to find her, it seemed like she felt otherwise.

"If you're trying to get me to go back, then you're dead wrong," she said arms folded.

"No," I said while dusting myself off. "I didn't come for that."

"Then what do you want?" she questioned.

"I want to hear your side of the story."

"Uh—what?"

"I'm going to give it to you straight, you're 'family' seems to think you can't handle certain things in certain situations. Trust me, I've been there. That's why I came here; to ask you exactly what's going on between you guys. Now, I understand if you don't want to talk about it, but—

Yet, before I could finish, she cut me off by putting a hand up and saying, "Just—ugh, follow me. Lexis, stay with your friend."

Rachel's Point of View:

Dark, forest grass sat still beneath me. The rustling of the leaves against the wood branches filled the quiet air as another swish of wind sliced through the trees and whispered softly past my hair.

"It's a nice placed you picked out." I didn't bother to turn around. "Though, it's kind of obvious. If I were you, I would have gone to maybe like a beach or the middle of nowhere, but a place where we used to play as kids is a pretty chill."

"Go away, Cole." I groan. Like that helped at all. It just made him move closer to keep on talking.

"Why don't we just skip the whole comforting, motivational speech and go straight to the truth, hm?" With that said, Cole plops down beside me and tries to look me straight in the eyes. At first I hesitate to speak, but I wanted to waste no time at all in our conversation, so I took a deep breath and spilled everything I never told him; still refusing to make eye contact.

"His name was Jesse; Jesse Lee. He was one of the kindest people in the entire world. Anytime somebody needed help or was in trouble, he would always be the first to be there, but yet….the only time he ever needed help, was the time that nobody was around to help him."

"He was only fifteen years old, fifteen. He fell in love with this girl that he had known for a while and one day….something….happened. Well, in a situation like that, most people would have left or run away, but Jesse—being the kind and loyal soul he was—stayed and took responsibility."

"Months passed, and in little to know time, Jesse's first daughter was born. It was one of the happiest moments of his life, and he made a promise to himself to always take care of her and protect her and his love from any danger. To honor his promise, he made another big decision and decided to marry to his true love. Then a year went by, and Jesse's second daughter was born; this one being born early, which is where things got to be bad."

"She died right there on the spot. She didn't even have time to get to a hospital. The poor thing was born in their very house, and as result of her coming early, the mother died. It left Jesse broken, and he was there—HE was there gazing right into her eyes; listening as she touched his hand lightly and breathed her last words; I Repent."

"And something in him changed forever; something that had a good and bad effect. He never believed; he never accepted…..he never said 'yes'."

"The next long years seemed like pure hell to him, but yet…he kept his promise; to be good and to be there. He loved and cared for both of his daughters every day of their lives, and he spent as much time with them as possible, until the day that something snapped.

She was so angry. It was indescribable. For what reason, I can't remember, but the next thing I knew, the younger daughter decided to run. She didn't think, she didn't realize…."

"Before he went after her, he told the older daughter to stay put, but she ignored him and followed. When they had finally come to where the younger daughter was, she was already in the hands of something; something that showed the true face of evil. Next thing said, he was already dead…his daughters were so young; they didn't know what to do. So he burned a memory into their brains before leaving and said, 'Find Megan.'"

Those two girls were us.