breathe
Chapter Three
My mom comes into my room, waking me up.
I'm laying on the floor, with my hands close to my ears, and
my knees so close to my chest. "Hun, the police just left,
they gave you a number to call if you ever need someone, or
something." She places the small card on my bed, and you
have a visitor.I get up, and pat my hair down, before going
downstairs. Austin stands in my doorway, with a girl facing
backwards. I raise an eyebrow, but before I can say anything, she
turns around.
Her long wavy hair, reaches just
below her chest, and it has a dark brown glow."Riley!"
Her now familiar voice speaks, with a smile stretching across her
face.
"Lilly?!" I smile. "I thought you weren't
going to be here until Saturday!" We hug for a moment, until
she lets go to explain that Austin heard about what happened, and
picked her up. I'm not sure whether or not I should be
furious that everyone's going to find out, or happy she's
here. I decide to go with happy, because I haven't seen her
in what seems like forever.
Austin nods, and walks back out to his car. I take Lilly up to my
room, avoiding all the drama. My brother sits on the couch,
sleeping. He can sleep through anything. Lilly sits down on my
bed.
"Your room has changed so much. I remember when we hung up
posters of Aaron Carter everywhere." She laughs. "Now
it's quotes, and christmas lights."
"Yeah," I sit down.
"Riley, I'm so sorry, for what happened..." She
sighs. "And you know you can talk to me. Even though our
relationship isn't the same, I just want you to know I am
here."
"Thank you," I say. "It means a lot... My mom
tried to talk to me about it, but she thought it was Austin.
Then, the guy who actually did it, showed up at my house,
I've been up here ever since."
"Think you'll ever give love a chance one more
time?" She looks at me. "Austin still loves you, he
wouldn't stop talking about it."
"I don't know." I sigh. "I'm not ready
yet."
"Of course, but you still have years to figure it out, what
do you think school will be like next week?"
"Everyone will know by then." I stop to think what
it'll be like. I can see it now, the points, laughs, and
whispers. I close my eyes, and fall back, with a sigh once I hit
my pillow. "It's going to suck."
"I'll be there," Lilly stands up, and adjusts her
hair. "I'll just keep reminding you what you always
remind me, to just breathe." She laughs a little.
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