Kill To Love

He's locked up for tonight

I made myself comfy in my seat that I had taken when I arrived. I took a sip of my warm coffee and went back to listening to Felicity, who was talking to me about the time when she accidentally spilled all her juice on her dates late one time. I was studying, whilst she spoke.
"... and then he ran to the bathroom, and I just stood there embarrassed.", she spoke, looking down at the floor. I patted her shoulder jokingly and told her it was okay. Felicity looked up at me and rolled her eyes and started to giggle. We continued to study in silence for the next few minutes.
I would occasionally stop to help my friend with her homework and then would go back. I loved the calm, careless chatter of people in the cafe.
My relaxed feeling was soon disrupted after two police officers barged into the cafe like drunk men, calling for my name. I hid behind my chair, thinking that it was my step dad's loan sharks, but when Felicity was standing in front of me, she discreetly whispered to me that they were the police. I peeked my head up and stood up and shouted 'here!'. Everyone was silent, watching and waiting on what was to happen next. I smiled as I realised that tone of the officers was the one who had taken to me to school for the first day. I instantly ran to him giving him a huge hug, and he seemed surprised at first but then hugged me back. He broke free and then I fixed my hair behind d my ear as I turned to look at the other officer who seemed serious. My stomach twisted, it felt like a drop on a roller coaster as I realised why.
"Where is he?" , I asked fiddling with my uncut nails. They clicked as they joined together. Felicity stared at me in shock and then took a huge gulp of her hot coco, but she realised that it was too hot and her mouth was burning. I rolled my eyes at her and the police officer escorted me outside the cafè.
The police officer who had taken me to school, had formally introduced himself as Officer Kyle and he explained to me that my step dad was in prison for the nest 72 hours and I was not allowed to see him. I nodded taking in all the information at once, I didn't really care about what happened to my step dad as long as I didn't have to see his face for the next three days that was worth it.
"What's gonna happen next?", I asked.
"Well, we are looking into the situation and are working with your mother and the neighbours, including your step dad to work out exactly what happened before the incident.", he explained to me. I looked around the parking lot for my car, safe and sound and parked directly in front of it was the police car, I knew what was coming next.
"Do I have to go down to the station to give my statement or something?"
The officer nodded and I instantly made my way to the car. The other officers stood by the front of the cafe talking about god-knows-what. Picking through my backpack I scrambled for my phone, and when I found it I instantly called Felicity. As it rang, I watched as the two officers were making their way towards the car. Felicity finally picked up.
"Hey, what's going on? Why the fuck did two policemen just barged in here asking for you?", she sounded concerned.
"It's just that something happened a few days ago and I have to go to the station to write my statement on it."
"What!? What happened?!", I could hear her screaming through the phone.
"Listen,", I began as the police opened the door, "I'll explain everything later but right now I need you to take my homework home with you and finish it, I'll pay you don't worry."
It took a while for Felicity to answer but when she did I realised we were already making our way out of the parking lot, "OK. I have your stuff, will you be back tonight?", she asked.
"Nah, I have to stay at home today. I can come by tomorrow morning."
"Sure.", she ended with and cut the call. I placed my phone back inside my bag and watched as we took the rest of the journey to the station.

***
Me and Daniel sat down on my bed, ready to watch the game and eat snacks. We became comfortable in our seats and I switched on the channel. The game hadn't yet started so we continued to wait for the twins.
"Yo, Daryl!", I heard a loud voice echo around my house. I sat down staring at the door and when they came they burst into laughter. Giving them a confused look, Daniel turned to look at me and burst out laughing too.
"What the fuck is so funny?", I asked.
"Why did you cut your hair?", Jake asked, still laughing.
"Just a little cut, thought my hair was getting a little to big.", I told them staring into the bathroom mirror.
I rolled my eyes at the twins as they went to go sit down. I fixed my hair until I was happy with it and went to go back to sit. When I came back I saw that there was no space for me to sit on my bed.
"Get off! Let me sit, this is my fucking room for fucks sake, damn it!", I slapped Mikes leg and dragged him off the bed. I quickly sat down and made myself comfy and we all laughed as we watched Mike take his seat on the floor.
"Who's playing?", he asked.
"Just shut up and watch!", his brother screamed, throwing a pillow at him.
The game started just before Mike could say anything. I heard Daniel switch on his phone, while he sucked on a lollipop. I ignored him but I couldn't help to take a peek at what he was doing, so I shifted further away from Jake and close to Daniel. My best friend doesn't hide things from me, I know most of his secrets and we had a perfect relationship. I read that he was texting someone, and they were named 'Someone️'. I elbowed my friend and nodded at his phone, he instantly locked his phone and stared at me with with blank expression. I smirked. Jeez, sometimes I think this guy has no emotions or a brain cos this guy don't smile.

***
We stopped in front of a huge, blue and white building that read 'Sea Corner Police Department'. The officer driving me turned to look at me and nodded his head suggesting that I should get out. I did as he said.
Walking outside the car, a rush of breeze mixed with anxiety went through me and I had to steady myself, I wasn't ready to write anything, even if that did mean my step dad would go to prison and leave us alone. I followed Officer Kyle as the other one parked the car, into the station. As soon as the door opened, I could hear loud screams of anger coming from what it sounded like, big, tough men with deep voices. I winced at the thought of my dad being just like that when he was taken away. I wanted to cry, I was a weak, sensitive vulnerable girl who hated being around prisoners, but I could beat down a popular boy who probably has previously been in prison, what is wrong with me? Kyle led me to a decently sized room with a table and desk with a computer on it. There was nothing inside this room except for those things and a small pile of paper on the corner of the table. I breathed in and out to try to calm my eratically beating heart. I stood by the doorway, not wanting to move, still trying to control myself. I shut my eyes and tried to forget about the reason why I was here, despite me having to remember what happened the day, night, hours and seconds before what happened in the morning. I finally managed to feel slightly better and when I opened my eyes I saw Officer Kyle sitting on a chair holding a pen and paper in his hand. Somehow I managed to smile at him and he smiled grew wider. I liked this guy, he was cool, but committed to his work. He understood the struggle some people had to go through to do things against people they know and love.
I sat down in my seat, shifting slightly to a comfortable position. Officer Kyle handed me the paper and pen and I stared at it like an exam. I sat down l, thinking about what I should write, despite me knowing excatly what to write.
"This is just a draft, don't worry. When your ready you can just go ahead and type it up to the computer. Once your done, call me and I'll proofread it and we can let you go. Are you ready?", he smiled.
I nodded at him, my eyes filled with tiredness and my head theobbing like crazy. Kyle got out of his seat and left the room.
Now it was just me...
All alone...
About to write the biggest thing in my life...

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