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chapter four, A GIRL'S SPIRALLING MIND
Elaine Tate's body ached when she woke up. The girl stiff and sore body wincing at the light that shined through her window. It was as if she'd woken up twenty four hours prior, cursing at herself for still not shutting the curtains.
She stood, yanking them shut in frustration. There, she thought, problem solved. It was as if the night prior and all of it's events hit her like a truck.
The sixteen year old felt dizzy, mad at herself for already starting to like the pogues. Already getting too attached. The nickname just a sick cherry on top.
When Eliane felt the sudden need to go over and see if John B was okay she screamed into her pillow. The muffled sound echoing around her head, bouncing from the walls. She knew better than to get attached to people.
Her mind, although she tried, would not stop returning to the party. She couldn't get it out of her head, how Topper almost killed John B. The fact that maybe stupidly, she got involved in a fight because someone she had only met that day was in it.
She watched how much John B struggled under Topper's grasp and how he choked up water after being let go. He could've died. And she shouldn't have cared. She'd known the boy less than twelve hours.
And in the complete opposite direction of thoughts. Elaine Tate truly had no idea how to feel about JJ Maybank. Part of her felt like she knew exactly why the boy had done what he'd done. But in the same token, he had a gun to someone's head. Could he have pulled the trigger?
She had finally noticed the two ibuprofens on her bedside table and the cracked bottle of water, something she hadn't set out for herself. She concluded it was from Sam and silently thanked the boy.
The thoughts played over and over again in her mind as she took the longboard and started off to her brothers place of work. The thoughts circled the entire time, obsessing over one before being ping ponged to another.
The ride was peaceful, the calm wind blew through the brunette's hair and it calmed her. Her spiralling brain finally let go, tumbling of course and clearing.
When the girl closed her eyes it felt like nothing could touch her, like she was invincible. She felt light, like her body had no weight to it and even though something crazy had happened the day before she felt carefree.
When Elaine got to the Wreck she slowed, pulling the board out from under her foot. Staring up at the restaurant and taking it in. When she finally entered the building she moved towards the counter, sitting down on one of the bar stools and letting her eyes scan the room.
She was unsure where Sam was at the moment but thought she might as well get something to eat. The girl waited patiently, aware that there seemed to be only one waitress at the moment.
