You Belong with me - Bruno Carrelli

vii.

It was freezing. With my arms wrapped around my body and hoping to get more warmth from my cardigan I had pulled over myself.
My mother was now gone for to long, sometimes she was out longer than a mother should with her kid at home but this time it was to long.

I was filled with worry hoping she was alright. It shouldn't be the task of a kid to care for their parents. Sadly there are thousand of examples for it.
My legs felt weak and my heart like it would shatter inside of me any second. I looked around her usual spots for almost an hour and couldn't find any sign of her excistence.

My thoughts were interrupted as I bumbed into a hard chest, completly forgetting to look infront of me as I was just walking.

"Sorry, I'm so sorry." I apologized trying to get past the person.

That happend often today already, I would walk, bumb into someone, apologize and keep walking.

"Carolina?"

I stopped walking as soon as I heard the familiar voice behind me. I turned around and was face to face with the person I would have least expected.

"Kamran?" My voice was a quiet whisper hoping I wasn't imagining this.

Kamran smiled at me slightly before I crushed into his arms, making him tumble back a bit.

"Oh Kamran, I thought you were gone." I sighned not wanting to let him go and noticing he wasn't really there.

His arms closed behind me, I felt safe. For the first time in 24 hours I felt completly safe. It felt so familiar and I thought that was beautiful.

I squezzed him tighter as he let out a groan of pain and I immediatly let go of him.

"What happened?" I asked fearful.
Kamran looked in my eyes before shaking his head softly. "It's complicated, can you get me somewhere safe?"

The nearest safe place was The Circle Q. If we go there it's gonna get awkward and I really don't want to be there right now.

After a pause I spoke up. "Bruno's is the closest."

"Ok, ok can you bring me there?" Kamran's voice was desperate.

I let out a sigh before taking his hand in mine and let him in the other direction.

After a while of walking and rethinking if this is a good idea. I shook the thoughts off since Kamran was more important than that stupid thing that happened between me and Bruno.

"You seemed uneasy as I asked about Bruno." Kamran noticed as we stood waiting at a red light.

"No, everything is fine. Just some crazy shit happened last night and it is not so important." I declared to him.

Sending him a soft smile as he didn't seemed convinced by my answer.
"Nothing happened." I said again.

"If you don't want to tell me that's fine. Really, I also don't tell you everything." He said and I felt hurt by that.

I shouldn't be propably but I am, even when I knew it it felt kind of like a betrayel.

"I wish I would be anywhere but here right now to be honest with you." I confessed, before he could ask any further questions the light turned green and I began walking over the street with him.

The conversation was drowned by the cars passing and us trying to get in a nearby alley so Kamran doesn't get seen.

"We are almost there." I said remebering the street.

"Do you think we're gonna be safe here?" Kamran asked and I nodded.

We went to the back and I finally got his hand off of me. I wanted to go, just away from here. I didn't want to see Bruno or any of them. I just want to sit in my bed under my blanket and cry in my pillow while listening to folklore or Good Riddance.
Instead I'm here.