Cruz POV
It's been a week since the field, I walked in the house to see my moms boyfriend in front of my room door. "Where have you been?" He asked with a beer bottle in his hand and a cigarette.
"School" I told him.
"That's not what I hear," He said, sounding angry.
"Well since you seem to know everything why don't you tell me then" I responded. He spat at my face and that's when I lunged at him. We were wrestling on the floor full on punching each other. I eventually was on top of him seeing blood going everywhere till he reached for his dropped cigarette and locked it to my neck till I was able to push him off. "You wanna lie to me again?!" He yelled as I sat on the kitchen floor holding my neck. "Its fuckin 3 o clock asshole were else would I be?" I yelled back, getting up. That's when my mom walked in. "I don't know maybe sneaking over to that girls house" she said reaching for the bottle of Vodka. "Mom you've met her!"
"Ya and I think shes a bitch" She complained
" You haven't even given her a chance and to be frank I find you a bitch as well" I responded walking back to my room locking the door as they pounded on the door cursing at me. Once again I just felt broken. Like there's nothing left, no purpose. Ya I got Winafried but like I said someone can love me with all their heart but it still can't fix me. I hated it here but there was only one way to escape it. But as always I got a text. She called and texted me all the time sure it was fun but with her I couldn't stay still long enough to be sad she was always bugging. I guess it was good though even if I was burned out she always found a way for me to have a fun moment even if I did find her annoying. She made me realize something though. I'm not asking to be happy anymore thats long gone, I'm just looking for a little less pain. I didn't respond to her. I just sat in my room and listened to music and told her I was busy which I'm sure she knew I was lying. Sometimes I just needed to be alone. I just needed to be sad.
Winnies POV
Cruz was thrown off all day. He was good at hiding it but I still knew I just didn't want to tell him. he's pretty private so I didn't expect to know everything so I just acted like I had no idea. "Hey you wanna come over and skate?"
"No i'm busy" he responded. How can he be busy when he has no other social life? He's probably sitting in his room listening to music gladly being sad.
"Ok well later if you want I got some more movies and games if change your mindr" I responded
"Please just leave me alone" He texted back. I thought he was just gonna leave me on read and I would rather have that then him say that. I didn't respond and thought I may have done something. Like I said overthinking is one of my problems. I then decided to distract myself, it was probably just him being in a mood. But it always kind of worried me. I did a bit of school work and bummed around the house realizing how boring It was without him.
He then called me at 2 in the morning. "Can I help you?" I asked, smiling. "You wanna go to the gas station?" I got up and took the keys and left. We got some snacks and sat outside. "Where do you think we'll be in a few years?" I asked, wondering. "Somewhere different" was all he said, and for some reason I was ok with that answer. "Do you think dragons could be part dinosaur?" I asked taking a sip of my slushie. "You watched How To Train your Dragon again didn't you" He said looking over at me.
"Just answer the question" I said watching the cars drive by as he just shook his head. We would drive around just listening to music, we didn't have to talk just the music and driving was good enough.
The weekend came up and it was so hot we decided to hop the community pool gate to go swimming. He taught me how to do flips and how to avoid him from drowning me which was honestly impossible. It was his new favorite hobby. After an hour we sat out on the beach chairs. "Why do you read so much theres youtube and other apps" he asked, turning over on his stomach.
"Cause you could be anyone else in another world or time travel or just go to different places" I said, raising my sunglasses looking over at him.
"Well is it a happy book at least or does someone die again?"
"So what the main character dies it gives a reason to be sad and always has a plot twist" I laughed.
"Have you ever read a book where no one dies?" he asked jokingly.
"Now that I think about it, no" I shrugged. The thing was I liked sad characters. they say relatable things and quotes. Sometimes your favorite quotes could say more about you then you would know. I would always highlight my favorite quotes that were relatable that Cruz always took interest in reading. I never understood why though.
Cruz POV
That's when it hit me. She loved reading because it allowed her to be sad over someone else's sadness when she couldn't identify her own. I always liked reading her highlights because she related to each character and they all found a way to deal with there problems. From drinking to distractions there were endless amounts of coping mechanisms hiding between each page. Even though most of her highlighted work was about suicide there was still somethings I learned that could help her or even make her smile. I always observed what helps or works for her. I'm not trying to say I fixed her but she deserves to find a way to be happy. She loved going out and having fun but she also loved staying home and watching movies. Anywhere there was a slushie she was happy. After that sometimes we would go for just a long drive or to the movies. To be honest I hated movies but just being away from my house was good enough for me. One night the library did a screening of a movie she loved so I surprised her.
"Will you tell me where we are going?" She smiled in the car. We pulled up to the library and she looked confused.
"Why are we here? You hate reading unless its highlighted things from my book and to be honest I didn't even know you could read '' She said looking over at me.
"...says the one who didn't learn to read till 3rd grade!...Get out of the car crazy" I said opening my door. We started walking towards the door.
"I read" I mumbled to myself
"Comic books don't count Cruz" She smirked.
We walked in to the back where the movie was set up.
"They're playing stand by me!" I smiled
" You know the 80's one with the 4 boys and the train... the one you like I think" I said starting to think it was the wrong movie.
"Oh my god this is so cool. Thank you!" She cheerfully hugged me.
"Ok ok thats enough women now run along...RELEASE!" I finally said pulling her off of me as she laughed. You know the little annoying kid from the Movie monsters inc...ya thats her. She then started telling me facts about the movie and behind the scene stuff cause she loved movies and could never stop talking about them. "Win..I love you but I don't care.." I sarcastically smiled, giving her a pillow. "I know but you're going to listen" She smiled. I swear sometimes she could never stop talking but I found it funny cause that's when I knew she was excited. I'd rather hear her talk for an hour then hear her quiet for a minute cause when she's quiet it's one of the scariest feelings in the world if you know her well enough. The thing about Winnie was she was the quiet kid at school, kept her nose in a book, liked watching movies and keeping to herself but once you become good friends with her, it's like hanging around a little drunk person all day and becoming a full time babysitter. As talkative and crazy as she was I loved her like my own sister and would hurt anyone else who calls her an annoying crazy little drunk person. Only I can call her that.
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