Twist of Fate

Chapter 9 - The mall - part 2

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Twist of fate

Chapter 9 – The mall – part 2

Bit of a short, but tense chapter today.

Tori's POV

Jade and I quietly started to move down the mall. I rolled my chair and she just held onto the handle,. It was a midafternoon on a weekday, so the place was rather sparse. I could see a few elderly power walkers and a couple bored housewives, milling about. I felt good being with Jade, but she still seemed very guarded. I know I got her story out of her, but that was only a foot in the door at best.

As we continued, Jade kept doing the starring bit. That did elicit some odd looks from the various passersby's. I hoped Jade would stop doing it, but she seemed to enjoy annoying people. I just kept quiet and hoped she would stop. I found it rather embarrassing.

I started to talk about school and tried to update Jade on what her friends have been up to. I knew that she'd not been talking too them a lot. She seemed to listen quietly, but said little else.

"Here we are, Hot topic." I said, stopping before the store.

Jade nodded. "Good, I'd like some black t shirts. If you could describe what designs are on them I would be very grateful."

It was strange, she was being nice to me but not to anyone else. "Sure Jade, the T-shirts are on the wall in the back."

I led her into the back and started to describe the various t shirts. "Ok, the first one is black and has a skull and horns of a bull. The caption in white letters says, Your favorite band sucks."

Jade smiled. "I like that one a lot, I'll take a size 8"

I described several more, all of which Jade hated, when a young sales woman came up to us. "May I help you. We're having a sale on all jean's today. 5% off."

Jade looked to the girl. "Ooooh...5% off, whoopee fucking doo. Go play with yourself somewhere else."

The sale's girl mouth dropped open in shock. After shaking my head in dismay, I looked to the girl. "Thank you. We'll give you a shout, if we need something."

The girl nodded and quickly moved off; vanishing into the back of the store. I went through several more t-shirts. She eventually found another one for the band "Sleeping with Sirens" that she liked. After that, she seemed to lose interest in t-shirts.

"I found to 2 I like. That's enough for me. The rest suck."

I found one I liked for Taylor Swift, but it was up high out of my reach. "Hey Jade could you grab a shirt for me. It's on the wall about 3 feet ahead of you and it's on a shelf just above your head."

Jade nodded and found the one I wanted. "Thanks jade. I hate things I can't reach."

"Glad to be of service. " Jade said with a quiet smile.

After looking at the rest of the store for a few minutes, we moved to the counter and Jade paid for her shirts with a credit card. I paid cash and we started to move on to the cd Store.

"You know, that sales girl was just trying to help." I said as we exited the store

"So."

"You didn't have to be so rude to her."

Jade immediately stopped and glared at me. "So I'm rude now."

That comment for some reason ticked me off. As much as I liked to be with Jade, I didn't want to be embarrassed anymore. "You know what Jade, you have been rude. Not just to her but the people you pretend to stare at. Not to mention whenever you bump into someone, you never say excuse me or pardon. You're rude a lot to people at school."

Jade seemed to fume silently for a moment. I don't think she's used to people talking back to her. Actually, I'm not sure, if anyone has ever talked back to her. "Now I'm just a bitch! Aren't I? Why don't you just come out and say it."

"I never said that Jade. Look I'll be straight here. You seem to like to annoy people and push them away. You do everything in your power to isolate yourself, WHY?"

Jade huffed , grabbed her cane and held it up. "This is why! This cane and everything it represents."

I suspected as much. "You're mad because you're blind. Mad at the world? Because they can see and you can't." I said, not backing down.

"YES!" She spat out, angrily.

I finally had enough of her bullshit. Someone needed to just put it out there and not pussyfoot around. I suspect people have been doing that for a long time. "THAT'S A STUPID REASON TO BE MAD, JADE!"

Jade only seemed to grow angrier. She whipped of her sunglasses and stared at me intently with sightless eyes. "I wanted to be a film maker Tori. I wanted to make horror films. I love horror films. Now I can watch them or see them. My dream is dead. Not only that, I never know where anything is. It's like always being lost."

"So because you're pissed off at the world, you need to inflict as much pain on it, as you can. Don't you? You friends care about you, they worry about you. But you've driven them off too."

Jade back up a step. "Yes. I thought out of everyone, you'd would actually understand. You obviously don't. I don't need you. I don't them, my brother or my sister or my parents or anyone else."

Hearing the words sister, hit home and caused my temper to start to boil over. "You have lots of people that care about you, why I don't know. But all you want to do, is hurt people now. No, I don't understand. Even without your sight, you're a wonderful singer and actress. But you're too busy wallowing in self-pity, to see it."

"Fuck You!" Jade hissed, as she started to walk off cane ahead of her.

As she walked off, I rolled behind her. "How dare you be angry. You have no right to be angry Jade. No right at all."

Jade stopped and spun around. "Oh are we comparing injuries. Your two useless legs are more rank higher, than my two useless eyes."

That was it. I hate getting angry, but I was past the point of no return as I simply exploded. "NO JADE, YOU STILL HAVE PARENTS AND A SISTER. DO YOU THINK I GIVE A SHIT ABOUT MY LEG'S JADE? Well I DON'T. WANNA KNOW WHY? MY MOM AND SISTER WERE IN THAT VAN TOO. MY MOM DIED INSTANTLY, MY SISTER DIED IN THE AMBULANCE ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL. "By now I was very upset thinking about them and tears suddenly sprang from my eyes. "I come home every night to an empty house, because my dad works late. My sister isn't watching TV and my mother isn't making dinner. They're dead and buried and I miss them every day. All I want in the world is to have them back. All I can do, ever do to cope with the pain, is to do my best, be good person and make them proud. You know, I thought we could be good friends, but your too busy feeling sorry for yourself. You make me sick."

With that I spun my chair around and rolled away. I didn't bother to look behind me. If Jade said anything, I didn't hear it. Tears in my eyes, I made a beeline for the exit and the bus stop beyond.

A short while later, sitting on the bus heading back to school, I tried to think of what my mom would say to try and cheer me up. Would she say I did the right thing in telling Jade off? I just don't know what she would say.

My heart aches to know, that I never will.

I hope everyone is enjoying the story so far. So Tori let Jade have it. She got tired of Jade inflicting pain on the world because she lost her sight. Tori's pain obviously runs much deeper and she copes by trying to make her mom and sister proud. How will Jade react to this outburst?

We will find out soon.