The Power Within: A Rose Full Of Emotions

Friendship

As I woke up the next morning, I felt strange. The atmosphere wasn't as dull as it usually was, it was even worse. It wasn't as bright as when I woke up yesterday or all the days before.

Everything had kinda a gray tint to it like everything was when I was in my head with Nathan.

As I walked downstairs, I remembered Luke wasn't next to me when I woke up. No one was here. There was no breakfast, no lights on and no people. When I walked outside, even the sky and trees looked dull and there were no birds chirping. Nothing but the wind made a sound.

This definitely isn't my head that I'm in, I must be in someone else's head or something. I just hope it's no one I know...or love.

I notice Jake's car but it looks like it hasn't been touched recently. Suddenly I hear familiar voices coming down the sidewalk. Jake was wearing the same thing he was when he was 17, Jasper was beside Jake with a black and grey letterman jacket on and Jonah was on the other side of Jake with a black jacket, a black and white striped shirt and black skinny jeans with holes in them and obviously they were all wearing Black and White Vans.

Luke was the last one to walk up, he looked like he was in his own little world, he looked really lonely. Without any warning, I appeared beside him. He just glanced sadly at me and returned back to his lonely little world. Is this world displaying how he feels?

Am I in his head? Is this back when everything happened with Cooper, Alex, Lizzy, and his mom? Oh poor Luke. He has so much going on. I know he can see me but can the others?

As I walk in front of them, they don't even give me a passing glance. Man SpongeBob must of felt horrible when he ripped his pants. Hehe I'm so stupid, I'm literally walking in Luke's head and thinking about SpongeBob, I need to focus.

As I retreat back to Luke, he gives me another sad glance and barley picks up his feet as he walks. He looks down at the ground and sighs. I give him a sad look and bite my lip while furrowing my brows.

As we keep walking, the others don't even notice him. It makes me want to kick them in the back of the legs so they fall. They need to pay more attention. They are acting like he's not here. Well, I know he's here. As I try and put my hand on his back, he looks over at me with a tired expression.

He looks like he could just give up any minute. He can't, he has to go on a little longer. He's strong, he will get through this, with or without his brother's help.

As we make it to the house I was just in, I notice a for sale sign in the front yard. Jake speaks to the group as he turns around, not noticing me of course, but why could he see me all those other times and not now? What is different?

As Jake speaks his voice is kinda muffled, I guess Luke is barley paying attention, so I nudge him lightly and he looks up, giving Jake a glance ad his voice gets more clear, "So, we just got back from the diner, now we have to check the house, mom didn't want me driving her car in town cause the townies might recognize it so that's why we walked there but anyways, that's not important, uh, mom wants us to check the house, then we need to run to..." As Jake's voice trails off, it seems like he's making a list of everything they have done and still needs to do. I don't blame Luke for blocking him out, this is kinda boring.

As I give Luke another rub on his back, his body doesn't move, he just looks down with his tired eyes. I wonder if we can talk...as I get his attention by lifting his chin to meet my gaze, I notice the boys aren't the same age they were back then, they are the same age as the present. Jake is 19, Jasper is 18 and Luke and Jonah just turned 17 before we met. Jake is almost 20, his birthday is actually in a month or so, then Jasper will turn 19 in a couple months. I wonder if they like having birthdays? Gosh I need to start asking. More questions but not too many...I don't want them to think I'm nosey or annoying.