Lost and found

Chapter 2

I cant believe i forgot about Scarletts birthday. We are on our way to school and i keep trying to focus solely on driving but the guilt of forgetting is starting to unsettle me.

"Hey I'm sorry i forgot about your birthday. I just feel really bad and its your 18th birthday it shouldn't have been forgotten" i rambled on while glancing at her on her phone but also paying attention to traffic

"I told you its fine you've had your mind somewhere else lately I've noticed so ill let it slide this one time" she laughed it off which made me feel a bit better but not loads.

The rest of the car ride was pretty silent. Then i pulled up into the parking lot at the school and went on with my usual day. Went to my first few classes. Read a book in my free time. Went to another class. Read a book through lunch. Went to another class. Spent my free period reading. Avoiding everybody that passes me to avoid conversation

I pass Scarlett a few times but she was busy with her friends wishing her a happy birthday so we just smiled at each other and i kept walking. Eventually it was time to go home so i could study and perhaps ill end up finishing my book today. Its about a dark fairy falling in love with a human even though that was forbidden in their world. Im near the ending and Ide like to finish it so i hurry off the the car and see Scarlett waiting leaning agains the side door. Oh ye i have the keys.

I speed walk over to the car unlock it and jump into the drivers seat. The ride home was quite quiet between us except the little 'how was your day?' and 'did u have a good day' and things like that. It was quite awkward if you ask me. I have a feeling it was because of this morning though.

As soon as i park outside my house Scarlett quickly jumps out the car and basically runs in the house. I would go and help her but i know when she needs space and I'm also not the most comforting person so ill probably just make it worse.

I walk up the stairs and debate on checkin on her but decide against it. My parents are at work still so ill give her some time then ill check on her. So i walk past her door into my own room and drop my bag on the floor. I walk over to my desk and start to study. I have a test tomorrow, so i think i should be prepared.

The next time i checked the time it was two hours later so i figured i should check on Scarlett. I slowly get up and walk towards her door tapping on it softly three times "Hey Scar. You okay?" I then hear a sniffle and her taking a deep breath. Shes crying. Shit i should have checked on her straight away. I go to open the door praying it isn't locked which it isn't thank god. When i walk in i just see her hugging her knees in a ball lay on her bed crying to herself. "Oh Scarlett what happened? Why are you crying?" I ask her while walking towards her and sitting on her bed

She opened her mouth to talk but what came out was just another sob so i quickly picked her up and hugged trying to calm her down. After a few minutes i pull away form her and look at her and ask "what happened Scar?"

"I..Ive just had..the worst birthday ever" she said in between sniffles. "First you forget. Which i forgive you for so don't worry. Then i get to school and half my friends forget except lacy" lacy is her best friend almost as close to her as me "lacy brought it up and as soon as she did then everyone else brought it up so none of them remembered except her" she starts rambling " then we had a history test i didn't prepare for so I'm sure i failed. And i know all this sounds stupid but its all really just gotten to me" i hug her again trying to comfort her.

"Im not going to lie Scar i have no clue what to say while trying to be nice so imma just say what i have to. You have a fake friend group and you know that but you wont leave them. None of them are real friend to you other than Lacy. None of them will stand up for you or protect you. They probably call you worse than shit behind your back. I know this wont make things better but hopefully it'll open your eyes a bit more." I ramble on then pull away from the hug again and look at her " but you cant end your birthday with you crying. Come on we can go downstairs make some popcorn and snuggle in the blankets while we watch a movie. Sound good?" I offer hoping shell say yes because she needs cheered up a bit.

"That actually sounds amazing"she answers wiping her nose and standing up.

"Then lets go" i say to her smile and rushing her out the room. And thats what we spent doing for the rest of the night. Watching movies while eating popcorn snuggled up in blankets while occasionally laughing at the screen. It was really fun to spend some time with her after today. But now i have to put up with my birthday tomorrow UUUGGHHHH.
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Hey everyone im back with a new chapter. I will keep trying to update whenever i can but this is a bonus one from yesterday i thought i should post.
Anyway the juicy stuff comes up in the next chapter and you'll love it.
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