"Aha! I knew it! I told you that she'd betray you!" Cocoa shouted, pointing a stiff finger at me.
Josh growled, glaring at her, and shot to his feet in anger. "That is it!" He yelled, his voice echoing in the night. He stormed right up to Cocoa and looked her dead in the eyes. "If you have comments to make about us, then I suggest writing a nice letter and sending it in the mail because I don't want to hear your obnoxious voice anymore! And I don't care if you don't like me, but Kiela!? What is wrong with you?! She's the most awesome girl anyone will ever meet! So if you have a problem with that, why in the world are you still here!?" Cocoa blinked at him in shock and my mouth was wide open. Wow... I've never seen Josh act like that...
Cocoa quickly snapped out of it and tsked. "I guess I will. And I'll be sure to put you in jail for all that!" She threatened, she was trying to sound tough, but her voice was shaking a little bit.
"Well at least if I go to jail, I won't judge people by appearances and be blinded by lies!" Josh countered. Cocoa stopped, completely stunned, her eyes wide. She opened her mouth to say something but quickly stopped herself, turned around, and ran home. Josh turned around, looking down shamefully. "I'm sorry..." He said. "I guess I can't stand it when someone abuses someone else with words just because of appearances..."
Luke sighed heavily and looked after Cocoa. "It's okay I guess. I'll talk to her when we're done here." Luke said.
Josh nodded slowly, he looked at me. My head was dipped down low and my hands grabbed my knees tightly. His eyebrows arched downward sadly and he sat next to me, rubbing my back softly. "So you're gonna say yes huh?" He asked.
I nodded slowly. "I'm really sorry guys but... it just feels like there's nothing here for me..." I looked up, my eyes a little teary. "It also feels like... I have to go there... Like, something's telling me to go. But I don't know what it is exactly..." I sighed sadly. "It's kind of hard to explain... But, I hope you guys understand..."
Josh smirked, laughing slightly. "Yes, and no. But don't let that worry you right now, you've got a lot of pressure weighing you down right now so I would take it easy if I were you."
I smiled slightly. "Thanks... I think..." Luke and Josh laughed softly, I looked at them and my smile widened a little bit before I joined in the laughing. I sighed when the laughter died down and reached into a pocket in my pants. "I have something for you guys to remember me and all the good times we had together." I pulled out a few small pieces of paper and held them in front of the three of us, the moon's rays lighting up the pictures.
One picture was of Luke and me chowing down on a huge pile of ice cream for an ice cream competition we had together to see who could eat the most ice cream before getting a brain freeze in front of an ice cream parlor. I lost... mainly because I had already eaten a TON of food beforehand. The second picture was of Josh and me in a pool splashing each other with water, if I remember correctly, I made a gigantic wave that almost knocked him out. And the third was a picture of Cocoa and me hugging. We were at a funeral, one of the only occasions that I actually dressed up for, and Cocoa was bawling as I hugged her tightly. Her grandmother had passed away a few nights before the funeral from a heart attack, and Cocoa loved her dearly. The other three were a picture of the same thing, all of the students that were graduating, including Josh, Luke, Cocoa, and me, all stood on a stage, dressed in our black gowns and hats, posing for the camera. In the left corner in the back, Josh, Luke, and I stood next to each other with Cocoa off to the side, next to Luke. I stood in the middle, with Josh to my left and Luke to my left, my arms were draped over Josh's and Luke's necks, pulling all three of us tightly together, large smiles on our lips.
I gave the pictures of Josh and me and us graduating to Josh and the other four to Luke. "Can you give the pictures of Cocoa and me and the graduation to Cocoa?" I asked Luke.
He took the pictures and put them in his pocket, smiling at me. "You're not going to give up on her are you?" He asked.
I shook my head. "Never."
He shrugged. "Good enough for me. But, what about you? Do you have pictures of us too?"
I patted my other pocket. "I have copies of each one. It's fine." I stood up and stretched. "Well, I've got to go. Need to get everything ready for the trip." And that wouldn't take long...
Josh and Luke stood up next to me, Luke put a hand on my shoulder. "Good luck." He said, trying to sound strong. I smiled and nodded at him.
Josh suddenly grabbed my upper arm and pulled me into a tight embrace, surprising both me and Luke. "I'm gonna miss you..." He whispered in my ear.
I patted him on the back awkwardly. "I'll miss you too." I replied. I pulled away from him. "Can you guys come to Capsule Corp. when we leave? I want to see you guys one last time before I leave."
They both nodded."I will definitely be there." Luke said.
"If we could, we'd come with you!" Josh agreed.
I smiled sadly and wiped my eyes as tears started to form. "Thank you guys so much..." I looked up at the night sky. "I may be going into the future, but I'll never forget about you guys." I looked at them both. "Any of you." They both smiled sadly. I slowly started to float into the air and waved at them. "Goodbye guys! I hope I'll see you again!" I called.
They both waved at me. "See you!"
"Oh and Josh."
"Yeah?" Josh asked.
I smiled. "Keep practicing on your flying, you're doing pretty good so far but you need to keep practicing. Who knows? Maybe you'll start shooting energy blasts." I joked.
He nodded, laughing a little bit. "You can count on me!"
And with that, I flew toward Capsule Corp., but there was somewhere I wanted to go before going back to the house. I banked to the left and headed toward the large, rich area of the city. I easily spotted the house I was looking for and quietly landed on the iron-railed, concrete balcony in front of a large, double glass door, a royal blue curtain in front of the doors. I pulled the curtain back slightly and peeked inside at the dark room, this was her house alright. I pulled the back a little more and picked up the spare key on the ground where she usually keeps it. I easily slid the key into the keyhole and turned it quietly, hiding behind the curtains in case anyone looked up here for some reason. Once the key had turned all the way, I turned the knob and walked inside the familiar room. I pulled a folded piece of paper out of my pocket, I walked to a small window and put the piece of paper on a desk next to the window where she would see it.
"I hope this will make you understand..." I whispered to myself, letting my hand linger on the edge of the desk.
I made my way to the glass doors and walked out onto the balcony, closing the doors behind me, locking both doors. Once I put the key on the ground and put the curtains back in place, a light from inside the room flashed on, I looked at the curtain, now glowing blue, before jumping onto the roof. I was about to leave but the sound of Cocoa's voice stopped me.
She was muttering about something but it suddenly stopped and her voice started to sound loud and clear. "What's this?" I heard her say, she must've seen my note. "Let's see what it says..." The sound of paper rustling reached my ears before I heard her reading the letter out loud, a little habit of hers, I read it over with her, I read that letter over so many times that I had it memorized.
"Dear Cocoa, I know you think I betrayed you last year, but the truth is, if I had told you sooner, then you would have wanted to help me with my brother, but we both know what would have happened if you did that. I wasn't trying to hurt you, I was trying to protect you, I didn't want to lose you forever, even if that meant keeping a big part of my life from you. But then you found out about it, I've never felt so guilty and untrustworthy before, I had hoped that since you were my friend, you would forgive me for that. But instead, you called me the worst thing ever, an alien. But that's my fault, I should have never kept that secret from you, and I realize that now. Knowing you though, you probably still won't forgive me. And so, I have two things to say to you, I would tell you in person, but you probably wouldn't listen. The two things are: I'm never giving up on you, you were the first person to ever accept me when I came to this world, and for that, I thank you. The second thing I want to tell you is, now that I think about it, saying goodbye is the only option I have left to make you realize everything I've ever done to get you back. I'm not leaving you, I'll never leave you. I'll find a way to come back to you, I promise I will. And when I make a promise, I intend to keep it. Again, I thank you for everything you've done for me over the years, and I forgive you for how you've acted over the last year. Goodbye my friend, Kiela."
Silence filled the room before the sounds of sobbing reached my ears. "I'm so sorry Kiela! I didn't mean to hurt you like I did! I was hurting and I took it out on you!" I heard her cry.
I bit my lip, tears starting to stream down my cheeks. But no matter how much I wanted to, I couldn't go in there to comfort her like I always did, she would just drive me away again. But I was right, goodbye was the only way this time. I gently landed on the balcony off to the side so she wouldn't see me and closed the curtain completely, sticking something to the glass as I did, and turned away before flying off towards Capsule Corp, I just hoped she would come.
A/N: Okay, I told myself I wasn't gonna cry, but I doubt I'll be able to stop myself when I reread this chapter. The chapter actually ended when she left for Capsule Corp the first time, but I decided to add the last part to try to explain one of the reasons why she was leaving her time. Also, the next chapter will be the last time you see, or hear of Cocoa, Josh, and Luke for a while. But like I said, I have something special planned for them. Reviews are appreciated, either about this story or something random. Until the next chapter guys!
