What’s their?” He asked.
“ You’ll see…” I said. we continued to walk, and we got to the edge of the woods. I started to weave my way through them. I haven’t been here in a long time. I remembered everything perfectly. We started to walk up the hill, and we kept going, and I heard Evian lingering behind me, walking over the broken tree branches. We were pretty high up. I stopped, and looked to my right, and saw a weeping willow tree. I walked up to it, and walked around it and knelt down next to a wall. It was like a wall of green leaves, and everything. I brought my hands up in front of me, and pushed on it, and it broke down a little. I turned around and saw Evian looking at me curiously. I crawled through the hole, and waited to see if Evian was going to follow. I then saw his body coming through the hole and I smiled. I stood up, and started to climb up the rocks, and Evian struggled behind me. I lifted myself up through two rocks, and light shined through. I stood up, and looked around and then I heard Evian gasp from behind me. we looked out into the sight before us. We were on top of one of the highest peaks in the forest, and saw everything. The sun was bright, and there was a gentle breeze. Evian stood next to me, and sat down on a rock, and I sat down next to him.
“ Why don’t you have any friends at school?” I asked. We looked at one another, and he took a deep breath looking out into the sky.
“ When I was in seventh grade… There was about a month left of school. My parents and I where at home, and we were eating dinner. There was a knock at the door, and my father went to go open the door…” he stopped, and I saw the coldness and sorrow within his eyes. I sat their looking at him. “ A gunshot went off, and my mouth jumped from where she was sitting, and grabbed me, and we tried running through the back, but the she stopped. She still had her arms around me, so I also stopped. She just froze,” his voice cracked.
“ Evian,” I whispered. he shook his head and cleared his throat.
“ All her weight started to come onto me, and she just fell on me. i heard footsteps and then they were… gone. Someone came into my house murdered my parents and then just… left,” he said shaking his head. “ I didn’t know what to do. I was in a state of shock. After about an hour I would say I pulled away from my mom, and I was drenched in blood. I was in this state… and when the police came they… they thought I killed my parents. I was in a medical center, and all these places. I got put into a foster home, and started eight grade at a new school, but some people heard about me, and they believe I am a crazy kid that actually killed his parents,” He whispered. I sat their looking at him. “ No one ever listened to me… they never wanted to hear my story,” he said softly looking at me. his eyes were red, and tearing.
“ Im the first person you’ve told about what really happened…” I gasped. He nodded his head, and I felt a tear falling down my cheek and I wiped it away. “ im sorry Evian,” I whispered. he didn’t say anything. I took a deep breath. “ I know you didn’t kill them. I believed every word you said,” I whispered. I looked up at him and he was staring at me, and he did a faint smile, and I smiled back.
“ Thank you Ty,” He whispered.
“ For what?”
“ For listening to me,” he muttered. I nodded my head, and looked out into the sky, and took a deep breath. We sat in silence for some time, but it wasn’t awkward silence. We were trying to take everything in, and process it all. I took a deep breath, and let it out still looking out at the sky.
“ I found this place about a year ago… I would come here every time my parents fought… at first I would just stumble through the woods, and then one day I found this place…” I whispered. “ I started coming here as soon as I heard my mom or dad scream, or when I felt upset, and when I got here…. I would look out and everything would just feel so right….” I whispered. I let out a laugh. “ You know something?” I asked. I turned my head to look at him. “ I came here every single day for about five months, but I haven’t been here for about two months, because… because my parents haven’t fought, because my mom left,” I whispered. I saw sorrow grow in his eyes. “ I don’t say goodbye anymore… because…” I stopped and closed my eyes and felt tears falling down my face….
THREE MONTHS EARLIER
“ You’re kidding me right?” My dad screamed.
“ No Im not fucking kidding you! You’re a miserable man!” My mom screamed back at him. I stood in my room pacing back and forward, and then I leaned against the wall, and fall to the ground with my face in my hands and I let out a deep breath. I heard something being thrown from downstairs, and I flinched. I got up and walked downstairs, and saw my mom in tears and my dad looked beyond pissed.
“ Fuck you, you crazy bitch!” He screamed at her, and then slammed the front door shut. I stood in the middle of the stairs, and I saw my mom walking past it and she stopped and looked up at me.
“ Hey Tereschia,” She smiled. I did a faint smile. Her smile broke, and she started to cry.
“ What was it this time?” I asked tired of the fighting. I made my way the rest of the way down the stairs.
“ Same old same old,” She said, but the tone in her voice was different. It didn’t sound as stressed, but more relived. “ Tereschia, do you want to go out today?” She asked. I looked up at her confused. I haven’t hung out with my mother alone for a long time. Me and her use to be best friends. A small broke out across my face and I nodded my head. I saw a pained expression on her face, but then she covered it up with a fake smile. “ Okay I’ll be right back im just going to run to the bank, and I’ll be back in ten minutes,” She said wrapped her arms around me. she held me tightly, and took a deep breath, and then kissed my forehead.
“ Goodbye mom, cya soon,” I smiled while I watched her car back out of the driveway, and then she was gone. I walked back into the house, and ran up the stairs to get changed. I ran to my room, and was about to close the door, but then I stopped, and took a step back out into the hall. My body froze, and I peered into my parents’ bedroom. I walked down the hall and lightly opened the door. The drawers where everywhere and empty. I stepped in and all my mom’s things where gone. I felt my heart break in half, and tears fall down my cheeks. I laid against the wall for house waiting for my mom to come home. I heard the front door open, and I heard someone coming up the stairs, and I looked up and saw my dad standing their looking down at me.
“ your mom is gone,” he said smiling, and then walked back down stairs. I sat there, and clenched my jaw, and a scream came from the back of my throat, and tears fell down my cheeks. Someone wrapped their arms around me, and I opened my eyes and saw Clay.
“ Clay…” I whispered.
“ I know Ty,” he whispered.
“ She just… left,” I whispered.
“ I know…” he repeated again his voice lower this time, and I wrapped my arms around him tighter, and closed my eyes.
PRESENT
Evian sat their looking at me.
“ Im so sorry… I mean my parents were taken away from me.. but your mom decided to leave you,” he whispered.
“ I know,” I nodded my head. “ I don’t say goodbye anymore, because the last time I said that my mother was gone, and I never heard of her since. Im too scared to say goodbye again, and have them out of my life forever,” I whispered. Evian wrapped his arms around me.
“ Never say goodbye to me,” He whispered.
“ I never will.”
Chapter five-
“ No,” I said sternly sitting on the couch upside with my feet on the top of it. I felt all the blood rushing to my brain, and a pair of feet in front of me.
“ Please?” Art pouted.
“ Do you not know what the word NO mean?” I hissed.
“ Pretty please?”
“ Art go away!” I screamed sitting up and turning myself around and sinking into the couch.
“ Why don’t you want to go with us?” He cried.
“ Art… The last time I went paint balling I broke my leg!” I said shaking my head.
“ Well then don’t climb up another tree!” He winced sitting down next to me. He started to nudge my arm and I looked away from him, and I felt a headache building up. I looked over at him, and he was giving me the puppy dog face. I let out a laugh shaking my head. “ Come on Ty… You, me, and the guys! It will be a blast!” He said putting his head on my shoulder and looking up at me. I sighed.
“ Alright,” I sighed. He jumped up quickly, and ran up the stairs.
“ SHE’S COMING!” I heard him scream up stairs. I let out a chuckle rolling my eyes. I heard footsteps coming down the stairs.
“ How did Art convince you to go! We’ve been trying all night!” Clay gasped.
“ because we all know that Ty likes Art,” Joe laughed. I shot my head at Joe, and I felt my face go three shades of red, and I looked at Art and he was grinning like an idiot.
“ You all suck,” I grumbled darting up the stairs. I laid on my bed, and let out a deep sigh. What to do today what to do? We have a four day weekend, and its Thursday, and on Saturday im going paint balling with the guys… kill me know. What am I going to do till then? God I need a life. i walked back down stairs, and walked went towards the front door.
“ Where are you going?” Gabe asked.
“ What are you my father?” I asked raising an eyebrow.
“ Yes I am young lady,” he said pointing his nose up.
“ Oh yeah,” I scoffed shaking my head. “ Im going out. Be back later “Dad”,” I said emphasizing the dad part.