The One Who Changed His Life

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I started to hum one of my after songs as I made my way down the street one person who I can trust lives or lived on. I looked at a family that is across the street. I waved at them before I walked up the sidewalk that leads to the door to their house. I took a breath before I knock twice on the door. I heard the sound of two barking dogs, making my hope rise higher. The door opened to show someone that I thought I would never see again. "Annabell." 

*Blaine's View*

I paced back and forth as I waited for Liv to show up. I had called her for her help to find where Annabell is. I drinked the rest of the wine that is in my glass. The door opened and closed. I put the cup down before I walked towards the door. "Well, about time. It's been almost an hour." I said. 

"Well, that is not the Blaine I know." Liv said. "Yeah, well....like I said. The kid that ran, she's a zombie and if she does not feed, then I'm sure you will understand the urgency to find her." I said. Liv, the good doctor, and the detective looked each other before looking at me. "What does she look like?" The detective said. I pulled my phone out and showed him the picture of Annabell. 

"Yeah, I know her. I was there when she was arrested. I think I already know where she is." the detective said. "So, you were there. Before she was put in the correctional facility. Do you know what happed when she was in there?" I asked as I turned my phone off and put it in my pocket. "No, I don't know what happened in there. Now are we going or not?" Clive asked. "We riding together or separate?" I asked. "Separate." Liv said. "Alright then." I said before I walked out to my car. 

*Annabell's View*

"I just can't believe it. I mean, after all these years. Here you are." Rachel said. I smiled at her as her sister, Nora, walked to me with a cup of tea. "I hope you still like tea." Nora said as she handed me the cup. I smiled at her as I grabbed the cup. "Thanks." I said. She smiled at me before she walked up the stairs to her room. 

"I'm glad you stayed in contact with me, Anna. You are my one best friend and you mean a lot to me." Rachel said as I took a sip of tea. I hummed the second the flavor hit my tougne. "This is just like I remember it. I'm also glad that you stayed in contact with me. Other than the guards and the other people in the facility, no one else stayed in touch. Everyone was scared to be around me or even write me." I said before taking another sip of tea. 

"I missed drinking this tea. It is the best tea ever." I added. Rachel smiled me. "Hey, want to go upstairs and see how ugly all your old classmates are?" Rachel said. I couldn't help but smile at her. 

"Fuck....yes." I said. She laughed before the two of us got up and walked up to her room. I took a sip of the tea when I walked into her room. When we got there, the lay out is still the same from the last time that I have been in her room. Which just so happens to have been five years ago. I mean, everything else has changed. The posts on the walls, the stuff on her shelves, even the clothes that she wears are thedifferent. 

When I was eight, she was wearing t-shirts and she hated tank tops. But by the looks of it, she has grown to love tanktops. She walked over to one of the shelves. She grabbed a book and walked over to the bed. 

She sat down before crossing her legs. I smiled at her as I sat down next to her. I took another sip of the tea as she opened it up to the page that has our year on it. "Oh, my god. That is not Sally." I said as I saw my old bully. "Yup, that is Sally. Damn, she's changed and man she's flat." I said. Rachel chuckled making me smile. 

"You are right." Rachel said. I couldn't help but smile at her as I took another sip of the tea. "Wait, is that Jack." I said, almost not reconazing one of my old friends. "Yeah, that's him." Rachel said. 

I smiled before I took another sip. The doorbell rang. Rachel and I did not react. I only smiled and kept on looking at pictures of my old classmates. "Rachel, can you come down here please?" her mom asked. The two of us looked at each other before she closed the memory book before getting up from the bed. 

I took one sip of tea before I followed Rachel outside of her room. I took a big breath before I stopped in the hall, letting Rachel walk down the stairs to the first floor. I looked to see hanging on the wall is picture of me and Rachel. 

Rachel has the biggest smile on her face while I have a straight emtionless expression. That picture was taken a week before I was put in the facility. I took another sip of tea. "Ma'am, if you are holding a runaway and not telling an officer of the law, there will be charges." a voice said. That bitch. I did not run away. I took a sip of the tea before I saw Nora. She held her pointer finger to her lips before she walked down the stairs. 

"No one is here. Just me and my kids." Rachel's mom said. "Ma'am, I know she's here. This is the same house she hide in after she was caught stealing food five years ago." the same voice said. "I also know she's here because that is her backpack." a familiar voice said. Damnit, I should have not left my bag downstairs. I calmed my never with one sip of the tea that is in my hands. I took a deep breath as I took one more sip. 

"Annabell Davis, if you are in this house...get over here now or I will have to charge this family and I know you do not want that to happen." the first voice said. I sighed before I made my way down the stairs. 

I made sure that all my steps were loud. When I got to the last step, I looked to see three faimilar faces. "What do you mean......................runaway?" I asked.