Shattered Fate

Chapter 8: Weight

"I don't think he has came this way sorry... But your more than welcome to stay in his room and wait for him if you'd like."

Thinking about aunt May's delicious chocolate chip cookies was almost enough to persuade me but bring my self to go inside without a clear answer.

"No thank you ma'am I'll just go look around couldn't be that far right."

"I guess so well if you see him tell him I said I'm going on a trip today so he'll have to spend the weekend with a friend."

She slyly winked a me, I stared at her for a second until what she said finally clicked in.

"Oh, ok" I smiled a wide grin as she told me a couple places he might be; one of them being Mary Jane's house a block down.

She kindly waves before shutting the door.

Walking down the street I eye the security guards sleek car following a few feet behind.

Told them to at least let me walk to my best friends house instead of screaming I'm rich to the entire neighborhood.

I roll my eyes in their direction which doesn't even seen to faze them as they continue swiftly following.

I cross the road after making to the neighboring park peeking in I only find little kids playing on the equipment and teenagers walking in groups.

I checked the small alleyways by the apartment buildings nothing in there but trash, old toys, and pot heads.

The last place I didn't check was Mary Jane's house and the one place I've been avoiding.

Me and Pete were supposed to hang out at his house today just like how we were supposed to last week, but it seems he has been distancing himself away from me ever since that stupid field trip.

"IT'S ALL THAT BITCHES FAULT"

He makes up excuses as if he never wants to hang out anymore, He zones out when we're talking and he always has somewhere to go after school running off alone leaving me.

"HE dOESN'T NEED YOU ANYMORE, YOUR WORTHLESS JUST ACCEPT IT. YOU HAVE NO ONE, YOU EVEN KILLED YOUR MOM"

I flinch as my mind wanders into dangerous territory and I turn onto Mary's block.

I whimper "Mommy" slowly taking anxious steps down the absent street.

The sun barley dipping down in the sky as it brightly illuminates everything in it's path creating a beautiful spring day.

Yet no-one bothers coming out in the heat leaving some of the streets in the calm neighborhoods partially empty.

I take deep breaths as I see her house becoming clearer at the end of the section.

I carefully step up her old step trying not to alert anyone of my presence, thinking that even the slightest creak could make me turn back around and hop in the car to go home.

I silently reach the top not noticing how my hand is shaking as I ring the doorbell.

I hear a loud muffled "coming" from the other side and I tense immensely, trying to gather my words for the confrontation.

It swings open with vigour as Mary appears in the frame "hello! oh-" she turns to shout "it' s just a school friend dad."

"Umm... is Peter here or do you know where he is." I jump straight into the point not beating around the bush for even a second wanting to get this over with.

She turn her head to looks past me and looks past me to the car then back to me "ugh no, well actually he was supposed to come over yesterday but he bailed on me too.. If that helps." she shrugs it off looking at me expectingly.