November's Sky (Abandoned)

The Suburb Yard

"So did you have fun last night?" Dad asked as I sat on the couch.

"Mmhmm." I said as I made fists with my hands and bit my lip. I could still feel my heart racing from his electrifying touch even now, more than twelve hours later... The kiss made me realize why people fall in love.

It's almost primitive.

A basic needed in the essence of life. A way to connect yourself with someone you feel close to. A way to expose yourself. A way to let them taste your secrets...

"So did he kiss you?" I heard Kyle yell from the kitchen.

I felt my face boil.

"Wha- What! Uh- I..."

"Oh my god he did!" Emily shouted out with a clap of her hands.

"Well then!" Dad exclaimed. "Wait till your mother hears about this!"

"Wait till I hear about what?" Mother said as she came downstairs.

"November has a boyfriend!" Kyle yelled with a mouth full of chips.

"Oh my baby!" Mother ran over and gave me a hug. "It's about time you got a boyfriend!"

"Thanks mom..." I said sarcastically as she let go of me. "I'm going to my room. I have work I need to do." I lied. I just wanted to get away from them.

But so I went up to my room and laid down face up on my bed.

My heart ached.

There's no way he could really feel strongly enough about me to kiss me... I hit him with a car for crying out loud... Plus I still barely know him...

My phone buzzed, distracting me from my thoughts.

'Hey you' It was a text from Cooper.

'Hey' I responded.

'Is it ok If I show you something?'

'Depends' as I clicked send for that text I heard something hit one of my windows. I looked out the one above my bed. Nothing. I then went over to the adjacent one above my dresser and opened the blinds. I could see a messy Cooper standing there throwing pebbles at my window.

'What the hell is he doing?' I asked myself. This isn't some cliché love novel.

"What are you doing?!" I yelled to him as I opened my window.

"I don't really know." He said as he shoved his hands into his pockets. It was around 10AM, and he was throwing rocks at my window in 79 degree weather.

"What did you want to show me?" I call down to him. He scurried in his pockets for a second to then pull out a wristband.

"I wanted to give this to you..." He said as he loosened a red tie that was around his neck.

"A bracelet? Why?" I said as I examined him. He was dressed in a black suit coat and shirt, with grey jeans and black boat shoes. He had to be sweating down there.

"Because I'm new to this whole dating thing, and well... I want to start with giving you this..." I could hear the shake of embarrassment in his voice.

Wait. He said 'dating thing...' Are we dating? Now... I wouldn't complain. Just I'm so inexperienced... But he also said he's new to this... Does that mean I was his first kiss two? I couldn't be. He seemed so experienced. Then again... While we were kissing we did hit heads and spilled my drink last night....

"I'll be down in a second." I closed my window and looked at my clothing to make sure I was presentable. I felt a nervous sinking feeling in my stomach. I was wearing a red and white striped tank top with Jean shorts with black tights on underneath. My legs felt fat and exposed. I contemplated changing for a moment but remembered how hot it was outside, and I just headed out.

"Let me see this bracelet..." I said as I stuck my hand out as I approached him. He then gently placed it in my hand.

"I hope you like it." It was a blue rope wristband with a little rope woven flower on it. "I got it while I was away in Hawaii this past summer, and I figured I might find someone worth giving it too..."

He's a romantic. I can just feel the gooey oozing heart eyes flowing from his face. It made me sick. But a good kind of sick.

"So we're dating then..." I said as I put the wristband on.

"I guess so..." He seemed more embarrassed than excited.

"Then let's get out of here..."

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Now I wish I could tell you this is where my story ends... But it's not. I wish I could tell you me and Cooper lived happily ever after like any other teenage love story. I could actually tell you about how we made out for hours in my room, or how I learned he's afraid of dogs. Or how he crinkles his nose when he's mad and just have that be the end of it.

But even though all those things I previously mentioned are true. Something drastic had to have happened to make my life terrible, just to make sure the world was in balance.

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"Then let's get out of here..."

Cooper gave me a warm smile that filled my chest with anxiety and warmth. But that warmth quickly disappeared when Coopers face fell flat, and I heard a soul piercing shriek from behind me.

"OH MY GOD!" Those words echoed In the air as the sound of squealing tires made marks in the asphalt behind me. I turned around as quick as I could, and I caught the disaster in full glory.

A black truck slammed into Kyle who wasn't paying attention in the street. His head hit the ground with a loud and heartbreaking crack as blood began to pour out of his head.

Me, Cooper, and Emily (who was on the other side of the street) ran to him as the truck drove completely over him and sped off.

Emily was screaming and in tears.

Kyle was bleeding and choking on his own blood.

"OH MY FUCKING GOD!" Emily grabbed a hold of Kyle as he spit out his blood.

"Take his shirt off!" Cooper yelled as he ripped off his suit jacket and placed it to Kyle's head. Emily took his shirt off as I then called 911.

Kyle looked me in the eyes. He was crying. He then looked his twin in the eyes and started to shake his head. He knew what was going to happen. We all did once Cooper got his shirt off and we saw his entire torso was a dark purple.

Emily could only scream and cry.

The ambulance showed up twenty minutes later.

Cooper was covered in his blood.

I cried into Coopers arms as our parents drove us to the hospital, following the ambulance with no sirens.

The truck was never found.

We buried him six days later.