shadows || cameron boyce

Chapter Nineteen- Sorry.

L A U R Y N

What does she mean? "Anna!" Cam shouts getting up to leave. "No, leave her. She needs some time," I say grabbing hold of his arm. He immediately removes it from my grip. "No, you need some time Lauryn; some time to get your mind straight. What is it with you? One minute we're fine and just having fun like we used to, the next your telling me you still love me and that Anna's a distraction?" He say. "Cam you don't understand how broken I've been without you.. You and I, we have something special that no one can replace. I know you can feel it too but your too distracted with your relationship with Anna to realize." I say looking deep into his eyes. I love him so much, Anna's known how crazy I've been over him for years and she finally gains the confidence to walk in and swoop him away from me. She made me chose between my best friend and the one I love. With what she's done to me, my mind is already made up. It always has been but I never got the chance to accept it. "Cameron please," I plead, "A chance." "I'm sorry Lauryn, like I said, my heart belongs to Anna." He says sympathetically and walks away. My eyes are stacked with tears, I have to do something. I cant lose him like this. I look around and spot the wire connecting to the heart monitor. I hesitantly yank it out and a consistent beep sound echoes throughout my hospital room, indicating that I was supposedly 'dead'. I lay back down onto my bed and act lifeless. I see Cameron stop i his footsteps and slowly turn around. I hear heavy footsteps approaching my room and hear nurses clanking objects together. I carefully flicker open my eyes just enough to see Cameron still stood in between the door. I hear a faint scream and he begins running. Wow. He just left me to die..

C A M E R O N

I suddenly hear someone scream my name. I jerk my head towards the sound and realize its Anna. She's manhandled into a car.. H-her dads car. I run towards the moving vehicle screaming her name. How can nobody not help her. The cars revolting smoke dance its way up my nostrils leaving me coughing like a mad man in the middle of the road. I can lose her again, not like this..

A N N A

"NO! CAMERON" I scream pounding against the window. "SIT DOWN!" My dad screams. I continue pounding against the window and attempt to open the door. "Let me OUT!" I shout. "DON'T MAKE ME STOP THE CAR!" He shouts. At this point my instinct had taken over me and I couldn't stop myself. I knew what I was getting myself into. The car suddenly comes to a halt and my dad begins pounding on the driving wheel. "I TOLD YOU TO SIT DOWN!" He says getting out and slamming the door behind him. He opens my door and drags me out. "You will listen to me.. You will." He repeats. He really is sick. He grabs hold of my arm tightly and open the boot. He throws me in and shuts it. "NO! PAPA, DON'T DO THIS!" I cry pounding on the wall of the boot. I feel the engine start and the music turn up significantly loud. I begin scavenging through my pocket in search of my phone. I take it out and quickly search through my contacts. I Dial Moms number and after three rings she picks up. "Anna!? Are you okay? Where are you?" She ask worriedly. I guess Cameron got to her. "Mom, my dads gone crazy. H-he took me and now I don't know where I'm going and he put me in the boot because I kept on shouting so he's just turned the music up and I'm really scared Mom. Please help me. I think he's going to kill me." I spit out whilst crying heavily. "Oh god, honey calm down okay? Mommy's coming to get you." She says calmly but I can hear her voice hitching also. I hear a few murmurs in the background. "Mom? Are you there?" I whisper-shout. "Okay honey, can you tell if your on a freeway or a normal road?" She asks. "Uh.. A freeway." I say. "Okay this is good. Honey, I need you to bust out the cars back light, okay? Kick it or something." I do as she says and begin to dismantle the light, pulling on any switch I could grab. I ray of sunlight finally beams into the boot and I look out. "What do I do now Mom?" I ask. "Put your arm through the hole and see if a car recognizes you. Wwe've helicopters in search of the car honey. You'll be alright." Minutes later cars begin beeping at my dad. "BABY, we've found you. Don't worry Anna, momma's coming to get you." Those couple of words had just about stuck together my world again. I lie back and sigh deeply. "Anna?" I hear someone say through the phone, "It's me Cameron." "Cam?" I cry, "You got the message." "Yeah.. I'm so sorry baby, if I had just listened to you none of this would've happened. I'm so sorry.." He says beginning to cry. "What a roller coaster our relationship has been. It's like we're in some type of movie." I say managing to force a slight giggle. I hate seeing him down; I mean hearing.. "A movie rated R." He chuckles. "Damn right!" I laugh. A sudden beam of light hits my face and a large silhouette is stood in front of me. "WHO HAVE YOU BEEN TALKING TO?" My dad shouts. "Give me that." He says snatching my phone out of my hands. "No!" I scream getting up and hitting him. With one punch he manages to black me out. One punch. He did this several times to mother. I don't know how she survived this. Did she survive this?