Bipolar

Chapter Thirteen.Robert Bolton

Mum, Mum, Mum, Mum, Mum, Mum, Mum, Mum, Mum, Mum.

I swallowed as October's screams took over my thoughts.

Ollie, Ollie, Ollie, Ollie.

I held her and comforted her as she cried and broke down. Rex and Rawiri were on the couch in my room shocked and upset about their Mum's death. I swallowed hard and looked around for something to help calm her down. I reached for the shelf with my photo albums, pulled one out and handed it to October.

"I thought maybe looking at some childhood memories would calm you down".

She looked up at me with her red tear stained face, she nodded and reached for the book, struggling for breath. Then we started flipping pages.

As we were reading Rex and Rawiri left to look after their Dad who hadn't taken the news so well and was starting to drink like crazy. All of a sudden I saw Ollie stop flipping the pages and stare at a photo. In the photo was Tristion and October throwing bubbles at each other. Ollie snatched the photo out and ripped Tristion out of it, then the crying and mental breakdowns started again. "W-why.. .Why would Tristion kill all these innocent people? Colin and Avik? '' she whimpered between sobs.

"It's ok, calm down, take a breather" I said looking into her beautiful eyes. I leaned in getting closer. Maybe too close to her perfect face when we heard a gunshot.

We jolted back and lept to our feet the shriek of tyres then the smash of glass scared us. It was pitch black outside and all we could see was the street lamps flickering then disappearing making it eerie. Everything went silent. I stared at Ollie and we both sprinted for the door. A police car had crashed very badly into a power pole. It was shattered and crushed on the driver's side. I recognized the license plate once I got a better glimpse. I stared at October then mumbled "Dad".

Ambulances arrived at the scene minutes later. Cop cars and news reporters were everywhere. I lost October in the crowd for a minute as I barged up to the police tape. October found me as they removed my Dad's body covered in blood. And for once I shed a tear for the Father that left and abandoned my Mother.

*days later*

It turns out that my father had been shot through the windshield in the chest. He died instantly. The police said that at the speed he was going down my street he must have been chasing someone who was running. Because at the time no other cars were around they must have had a gun turned around then shot. I instantly thought it was Tristion. He has a gun and he hates me. My dad must have spotted him then started chasing him down our street where I would see my dad crash and die.

Our street was out of power and we had to light candles and have torches. Rex called me to say October shouldn't come home because her dad was being a bit dangerous and the cops may have to be called. October slept on my bed while I took the couch. I stayed awake staring at the ceiling listening to the sweet sound of crickets chirping and the light snore of October. I looked over to her, who was sleeping peacefully then blew my candle out.

The next day there was a memorial for October's Mum, Avik and my Dad. I dressed casually and hung out at the back. I did go forward to support October as Rex shared a speech. Rawiri was standing next to October, too depressed to talk. Their dad however wasn't crying and in fact sleeping because he was so drunk. I scoffed when I saw him not supporting his kids or grieving the death of his own wife!

The ceremony ended with not a dry eye in the crowd. And all of a sudden I wasn't there.

My mind wandered and my body did too. I got so angry at myself for not supporting October. I walked up to a random headstone and punched it. "Shit", I cursed as my knuckles started dripping with blood. That hurt a lot more than I thought. I looked at the smashed headstone and winced. I put the chunk back on and realized it was Myra's older sister Keira. Keira Tallman, it read. Kiera had died in a horrific head on truck crash. I mumbled an apology to the headstone then Keira. I walked away and swore I could hear the unnatural crunch of sticks in the bushes around there. I ran home.

I went to see Myra the next day to apologize for the headstone incident. And I said I would replace the headstone for her. The look of fury on her face sent shivers up my spine. I shook, nodded and left. If looks could kill i would for sure be dead. The way Myra looked at me with pure hatred scared me. And the next two days at school she didn't show up. And on the second day of her absence my next door neighbour died of natural causes. I was suspicious for a moment but when the paramedics told me it was definitely natural causes I forgot about it. Besides, Myra doesn't have a reason to kill people. Only Tristion does.

Myra came back to school the next day and avoided me whenever I tried to apologize. She hung out with October and told her not to go near me. And October the kindest sweetest girl listened to her but only for the day. I walked past an empty classroom and heard October comforting Myra as she was crying. The sobbing stopped for a moment then I heard Myra talk about me. "H-he just doesn't know how much it hurts" she sobbed. October defended me by saying

"Look, you know he has some anger issues but he was just mad, I mean you can't blame him he's lost his family".

I smiled to myself as October defended me.

"I can't believe you're siding with that jerk"

her sudden outburst made me shiver. And I quickly hid behind a locker as Myra stormed out.

At home I researched the signs of psychopaths the heading read, psychopathic behaviour can be very dangerous if you leave it too long some signs of psychopathic behaviour is. Intense glares, sudden outbursts and stalking people for unknown reasons.

"Holy shit" I swore as Myra fit the description perfectly. Although you can't believe everything on the internet. October could still get hurt if she hangs out with Myra too long. I couldn't take any chances and I have to keep up my guard.

I avoided Myra as much as I could and always had my eyes on the back of my head. I tried to get October's attention to tell her everything but Myra had her wrapped around her little finger. I finally got to Talk to October and she was shocked at my accusation.

"Robert, how could you be so selfish?"

She exclaimed

"You think I'm selfish and crazy, she's the one who's stalking me" I yelled at her.

"Don't you realize all that she's been through, she lost her parents, her sister! Rob. what would you expect?",

she stormed off and I didn't see her for the rest of the day.

That night I was lonely and I regretted everything I said. At least she was home and could see her Dad and brothers. Or so I thought. The next day at school October wore all long sleeve clothing. When I asked her what was wrong and why she was wearing winter clothes on a summer's day. She avoided me. I saw her by her locker taking off her jacket. Her arms and stomach were revealed and I gasped as I saw she was bruised the color of purple and green. She quickly looked around and pulled on a lighter long sleeve then she wandered back to class.

I got home and was so angry at myself. I had made her mad so she would go home just to get hurt by I'm assuming her dad. This was all my fault. I started punching the walls and my bed. The wall had several holes in it when I had finally calmed down. I drifted to sleep knowing my beautiful Ollie was hurt because of me. Her father couldn't get away with this. The next day I called the police and had her Dad charged with family violence. He was taken away and went to Rehab to clear his mind. October came and hugged me continuously, thanking me. I was glad she was safe. Rex and October looked after the tormented Rawiri.

I continued seeing Myra glaring or following me at school. I was nervous but I'm glad I had October back. She came back to my house after school and we apologized to each other. We were walking to the kitchen to get a drink when October stopped in her tracks. I looked into her eyes when she suddenly collapsed and started to shake...

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oooohh, I wonder what will happen next???

stay tuned for chapter fourteen, it'll be out this friday (NZL) or next week...

stay cool!

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