After school the next day, Four texted me.
4: I need to come over. Now.
Me: just climb in my window, because Caleb's home.
4: who's Caleb?
Me: A VERY over-protective brother.
4: kay. Be there in 5.
He was. And he had a notebook with him.
"Look at these drawings!" He showed me a page.
It was a beautiful picture with amazing detail. It was a picture of a phoenix crying.
He turned the page, and I cried out silently.
It was a picture of a man with a belt, and a girl kneeling in front of him. The picture was in color, so you could see the blood running down the girl's back. You could see her ripped blue and green gown tossed to the side. And the tears running down her face.
On the next page was a poem.
I'm like a phoenix, shedding tears
But they heal no one
I need help
But I can't reach out to anyone
Where are you to comfort me
You never appear anymore
I never get in
It's like you shut a door
I remember when you were nice
You loved me when she was here
But then she left and you blamed us
Do you even care about the scars on my back?
I'm like a phoenix, shedding tears
I wish they'd heal me
I'm like a phoenix
Let me spread my wings
And fly away from your great injustice!
The poem continued on like that, not always rhyming, but it hit my heart. When I finished reading it, I was in tears. Tobias was crying silently.
On the next page was another drawing of scars. On another was a dagger. On another, the ink still fresh, was
Come back to me, I need your love.
Come back to me, you disappeared.
Come back to me, my dear Tobias
Come back to me and save me from him.
I looked up and whispered "Tobias?"
He nodded mutely. "MY name." He whispered.
"Who is she?" I whispered demandingly. He just shook his head, tears running down his face.
Then there were footsteps in the hall.
The voice of Caleb outside my door.
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