Selala1992- I know right?
full360-2b-me- Yeah, but maybe she had good reason? Who knows... ;)
Demenaforever13- hmm yeah it's so sad isn't it?
Suefanficlover- I'm glad you feel that way. And you never know, there's a reason for everything. I think the next couple of chapters will change everyones opinions
RainbowVaneza- That's the spirit! No hating whatsoever AND YOU UPDATED XDXDXD THANK YOU SO MUCH! I LOVE YOU'RE STORY!
ForbiddeNFruit -Aw thanks so much. I thought it'd help with the story itself.
Author1998- Haha okay :D I remember those days... sorta, i was a lot younger XD I mainly remember 5th grade where you hung out with the girls and I hung with the guys :P
L- Sure thing :)
THIS CHAPTER IS DEDICATED TO MY BIFFLE Author1998

Momma held me as I cried myself to sleep that night. I was so heartbroken. It just hit me full force that my best friend had abandoned me. I woke up still in Momma's arms. She looked to be lost in thought, but smiled when she saw my eyes open.
"Hey sport, how you feeling?"
"Better" I responded sitting up and rubbing my eyes.
"You ready to talk to me?" I looked at her for a moment thinking it over. I slowly shook my head not really wanting to get into it. She sighed and sat up.
"Okay well, whenever you're ready I'm here. I always will be" She planted a kiss on my head before heading for the door.
"Momma" I asked causing her to turn around.
"Yes?" I looked back to the ground not wanting to face her.
"Nevermind." She nodded before leaving the room.
The week dragged on slowly and lonely. I started acting up more in class, getting in more trouble and spending more nights crying myself to sleep. The kids at school got meaner, the homework got harder and I felt like I couldn't take any of it anymore.
I went inside after another long day at school and went straight to my room and collapsed onto my pillow like I have beend doing everyday. I hugged it tightly as if it would bring Mitchie back.
"Hey sport, you wanna help me with something?" Momma appeared in the doorway but I didn't bother facing her, I just laid there.
"See?" I heard her say quietly to someone. I was curious as to who since mom wasn't going to be home for another few days and there was no one else I could think of, but I still didn't respond.
"Oh Alex" I heard the familiar voice say sadly. I turned around so fast I almost fell off the bed. I jumped up and ran to her and jumped into her arms.
"Mom!" I cried clinging to her before I broke down. She rubbed my back like she always did whispering in my ear.
"Now, what's wrong?" I she spoke up after a moment of silence. I just shook my head burying my head farther into her. The room was silent except for my crying. Mom stood the two of us up and led me to my bed. She sat down and gestured for me to do the same so I did. She kept her arms around me and said something to Momma but I wasn't really paying attention. I heard footsteps as Momma left the room.
I must have fallen asleep into mom because next thing I knew I was waking up under the covers. I looked around groggily trying to remeber what woke me up. Then I heard a knock on the door.
"Come in" I said in a raspy voice. Nothing happened for a minute before the door slowly opened. All I could do was stare when I saw her behind the door. Her eyes scanned me for a bit and she was hugging herself. I felt the tears come back but I refused to let them fall. I refused to let her see.
"You lost?" I asked her and she just shook her head.
"Well then there's no other reason for you to be here is there?" She looked down so that her bangs went over her eyes.
"Alex-"
"What? What could you possibly want?" I was surprised to find my voice didn't break.
"I want my best friend."
"Well caitlyn doesn't live here." I said and she finally looked back up to reveal her tear stained face.
"Alex please! I'm sorry! I'm so so sorry" She said the last part in a whisper through her tears. I immediately turned my head so that I wasn't facing her. If I saw her cry for much longer, I'd break, and I didn't think it was possible to break any more than I already had.
"Then why'd you leave me? You just started ignoring me, you replaced me! Mitchie," I said and I couldn't hold back anymore. The tears poured out. "What did I do?" I asked the question I had been wondering for a while.
"You didn't do anything! It was me! I did it."
"but why?" I asked her and she was silent, her face mirroring mine. "You don't even have an answer do you?" I asked and she still stayed quiet. I laid down, my back facing her.
"Just go home" I told her. I didn't hear anything for a while so I turned around a part of me hoping she was still there, but I was disappointed to find she wasn't.
The next week wasn't much different. In fact my situation didn't change till much later. It was the last day of school and it was final hour.
"Alex, do you know the answer?" Ms. White asked me.
"Nope, don't know and don't care." I told her before getting up and walking out. This was becoming a regular occurence from me. They had sent me to the counseler but she wasn't much help, but she did convince the teacher's to leave me alone at times like this to let me cool down. I went to where I always did; The soccer field. I had a ball stashed behind a broken plank of the fence on the far end. I took it out and started my routine. I run it up and down the feild until I calm down. I focused all my problems onto the ball and kicked it around. I did this for a while until a voice took me from my thoughts.
"ALEX!" I looked to see Caitlyn running up the hill. Great, she's the last person I want to see.
"What do you want?" I snapped at her. She finally made it closer to me and I could see her face was tearstained.
"It's Mitchie" she had all my attention now. "Come on! She's in danger!" I took off running as she led me. We ran past the school and past the parking lot till we got a few blocks down from the school. We stopped and Caitlyn pulled me down behind a parked car.
"Wha-"
"Shh Look" She pointed and I looked over the hood of the car. There stood Mitchie's mom and another figure was lying on the groung in front of her. I squinted my eyes trying to see it better before I realized it was Mitchie herself. She was lying on her back holding her arm and trembling.
"YOU WORTHLESS BITCH!" Her mom screamed at her before reaching down and pulling her up by the collar of her shirt. "I don't know why we ever bothered keeping you. You were a mistake and you always will be a worthless peice of shit" She slapped her daughter across the face.
"You almost gave it away. What, are you stupid? You can't go around that girl, she'll figure me out. AND THEN WHERE WILL WE BE!?" She screamed in her face before throwing her back to the ground.
"STOP IT!" I screamed jumping up from my hidind spot. I ran to Mitchie and was about to help her up when I was knocked my feet.
"You stay out of this!" She yelled at me.
"No!" I yelled back and she slapped me.
"ALEX!" Mitchie cried. I brought my hand up to my stinging cheek and pulled it back to find blood. Her ring had cut me. I turned back to the woman I had never liked and charged at her. She smirked figuring out my plan. Or so she thought. I ran under her legs to the other side. From there I jumped onto her back and wrapped my arms around her neck squeezing. She flung me around trying to shake me loose but I held on.
"MITCHIE RUN!" I yelled to the girl sobbing and trembling as she watched in horror. She didn't even respond.
"MITCHIE GET OUT OF HERE!" I screamed starting to lose my grip.
"Michelle you will stay right there!" Her mom commanded. That's when I lost my hold and went flying onto the pavement. I cried out as I landed on something sharp. Mitchie ran to me and knelt down beside me.
"I'm so sorry" She cried over and over. I saw her mom coming straight for us. She had her eyes set on her daughter and she looked mad. I flung myself off the ground and landed on Mitchie, sucessfully shoving her to the ground as her mother's foot missed her by inches.
She grabbed me by my arm and threw me to the side as she reached for her daughter.
"Leave her alone!" I yelled trying to stand but there was an agonizing pain in my back that was preventing me from keeping my balance. I watched in horror as she pullled back her fist and Mitchie squeezed her eyes shut bracing herself.
What happened next went by so fast I barely registered it. Out of nowhere, mom charged Connie and knocked her to the ground as she dropped Mitchie. Mom and Connie were in the middle of a brawl when I put myself together. Mitchie got up and ran to me, kneeling next to me and hugging me close. That's when Momma appeared next to us.
"Are you girls okay?" She asked worriedly. I looked at Mitchie who nodded as she stood up and reached out her hand to help me up. I took it and stood up just to fall back down crying out. Momma Immediately was by my side. Obviously there was something wrong with my back becuase she gasped. Before I could ask what was wrong, we heard a yelp from where mom and Connie were. We all looked over to see Mom standing and Connie was on her stomache, out cold.
"Selena! Hurry!" Momma called to her desperately. Mom sprinted to us and she gasped like Momma had when she saw me.
"Alex!" She called out and that's when everything started fading.

Turns out I had landed on a broken bottle. The glass had punctured into my back and I lost a lot of blood. I had to get quite a few shots to keep from getting an infection from it. My parents invited Mitchie to live with us for the time being seeing as how her dad and brothers were out of town. Connie got arrested and we were safe. At the time. Mitchie told me everything. How her mom had been hurting her for as long as she could remember. She didn't know why other than her mom had told her she was a burden. She told me that Caitlyn had been abused as well and that she had moved in with her grandparents. That first day that we saw her and I said Mitchie kept staring at her shoulder? It was actually her neck, Caitly had had brusies all around her neck but they were covered with some make up. They were still visible, just not as noticibal. Mitchie and her had ended up getting closer over the fact that they had found someone who could understand and after a while, Mitchie's mom thought I would notice and tell my parents to get her turned in so she told Mitchie that if she stayed friends with me, her mom would hurt me as well. So Mitchie had kept her distance trying to protect me.
Obviously I forgave her once she told me the truth and she promised she would never abandon me like that unless she absolutely had to. Which I reassured her she would never have to no matter what. I told her she could tell me anything and I would keep her safe. She slept in my room with me and almost every other night, I was woken up by her crying or screaming from a nightmare. It broke my heart to see her like that. I would hold her until she fell asleep and I would continue to hold her throughout the night. It was then I realized that she didn't have these nightmares when I had her wrapped in my arms, so that's what I did. I would hold her and she would snuggle into me every night.
School got much better thanks to Mitchie. She started helping me again, on homework and in class. We were back to being inseperable and my grades went back up. Ms. White was surprised when I no longer acted up in class and actually did my work. She learned to not call on me anymore, to which I was very grateful. Even the other kids started leaving me alone. It was like they wouldn't mess with me becuase I had Mitchie. But through all this I had earned a nickname. The kids at school now called me Rebel Russo for talking back to the teachers.
Mitchie started joining me for my soccer games at lunch. Together we were unstoppable. Caitlyn also apologized and after some time I forgave her. But I was still mad that she had just left that day that I saved Mitchie from her mom. I mean would it have really killed her to stick around for the outcome? I really did not like her. Mitchie knew this and was okay with it as long as I didn't act on it. I'm not sure exactly how it happened, but somehow, Mitch and I became popular in a way. Everyone knew our names and no one messed with us. You didn't hear about one of us without hearing the other. Mitchie was the smartest in all her classes and helped me with school while I was best at all sports and helped her during Phys Ed.
We went through middle school together. I was captain of the soccer team and she attended all my games to cheer me on. Life was like a fairy tale, and I got to live through this fairy tale for four years. That brings us to the present.

Sorry guys. I'm exhausted, but I'll be sure to update tomorrow. I barely got to the beginning of the story. What you've read so far can be considered a prologue :P Yes I'm sad I don't get to write about adorable Alex and Mitchie as kids anymore, but you can read about that in 'My Baby Sister' Which I will probably update sometime this week.. Hopefully... I'll try to anyways.
Goodnight!
~SM