Best Friends

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Hey everyone!!! How is it going?? Let me know, also I'm not good with names, can y'all give me some more names for my characters and sorry if I don't get around to using yours!! Also, if you are very emotional like me a few tears might slip out, I had a few.😢😢 Oh enough of me blabbing now presenting
part 6

"Jackson, why haven't you told anyone this? You could seriously be hurt right now!! How do you hide it so well? Are you okay? Jackson??? Are you serious???" All these questions were flowing out of me, like someone asking a super 8 ball questions. I was really worried about my best friend.

"Hailey, I'm fine, all I have is a few bruises. I just....I don't know why they do it. I have told Brooke, my older sister that lives in Canada, she said that they didn't physically abuse her, but they did mentally. She is actually pretty shocked she hasn't already died." He replied sadly. "Let's talk about it later though, we need to get to class, we're already late!"

"You want to just cut, and talk? I have a secret place I want to take you to!" I said scaredly, I wasn't one of the people who believed in cutting class. But, my best friend needed me more than anything right now.

"Umm sure. Were is it?" He replied answering my question.

"You'll see!" I said like a little kid.

-----5 minutes later----

------Jackson's pov------

We were sitting in Hailey's Tahoe on our way to her 'secret' place, I can't believe I finally admitted to someone that I was abused. She was the first... Well actually second to know. I was actually scared. I trusted her though, if I told her not to tell something, she wouldn't. Man, I really liked her, I have for a while now, I'm just to scared to tell her how I feel. I'm to scared to tell anyone.

I continued to think for quiet a while. I started thinking about the first day I ever met her, how beautiful and young we were. Thinking back now, I'm only 17, actually just turned 17, but thinking back, it made me feel old.

"Jackson!" I heard someone say, I thought I just daydreamed it, so I didn't even look up.
"Jaaaacccckkkkssssooonnn!!! Snap out of it!!" Hailey screamed, waving her hand in front of my face.

"Sorry, I was thinking about something!" I yelled back sarcastically.

"We're here." She said.

"Wow!" I said not meaning to because I knew it would be mean.

"I know, I know, it's not much, but no one is ever here so it's a good place to come to clear your mind." She stated back.

"It's really pretty up here, it's feels like you could just reach up and touch the clouds." I said.

"Don't even think about touching them, they don't want your diseases!" She said jokingly.

"Ha-ha so funny Hailey!" I yelled back fake pouting.

"You know I'm just playing! I wouldn't say that about you, you know I love you!" She said back, I knew she only meant it in a friend way, but it still sent tingles across me.

"Ohh somebody's crushing!!! I screamed sarcastically.

"Jackson I love you as a friend!" The words broke me.

--Hailey's pov--

"Anyways, I brought you here to show you this place because-"
I started talking then he cut me off.

"This is a good place to clear your thoughts. But how did you even find it?" He question ticking me off.

"Shut up! Let me finish and I'll get there! Anyways..... I wanted to show you because it is a good place to clear your head, and get away from reality. Which, I think, you need to do. To answer your question, in 6th grade I was having some drama and wanted to get away from people, so I started walking and some how ended up here. I had already walked two miles and was tired, so I just sat on the edge of this cliff and thought. Ever since, I have always come back to clear my head. I have never showed anyone this place, because I don't want people to come here. But, your my best friend, your only one person, so I don't care if you come here. Just don't tell anyone about this place." I said and he nodded in agreement. "Now let's talk about you."

"Like what, you've been my best friend forever you already know almost everything about me!" He said hastily.

"Almost? I thought I did know everything about you!" I yelled back in shock. "I thought what you just told me was the only thing I didn't know!!"

"You do know everything, except for one small detail about me, but that's for a different time, you will know though." He said back.

"Okay... Fine! And I have a weird question I'm scared to ask."
I said asking for permission.

"Hit me!" He yelled giving me permission.

"Can I see some of you bruises?" I said scaredly.

"Oh course." He lifted his shirt reveling his six pack covered in a ton of bruises. Some of those are scares I just know it. And some of the ones that aren't, will leave one.

"Jackson?" I questioned.

"Yeah?"

"Are some of those scares?"

"Ummm yeah, but..."

"But what?"

"Nothing."

"Spill!"

"Some of those my parents didn't leave!"

"Om my god Jackson!!!" I reached over and hugged him, it seamed to have lasted an eternity. I was completely in tears. "Jackson?"

"Yeah Hailey?"

"I love you, please stop, I know your parents suck for hurting you, but don't add on, please?!?"

"Hailey, they don't care though!"

"But I do, and I want you to stop, I really really do!!" I was sobbing. It was nice to know he didn't cut, but then he burned himself and picked his self.

"Hailey, I will stop when they do!"

I was completely sobbing, we sat there till midnight not even knowing it, talking about him and his sucky parents.

"It's nice to know that you care and that you're there Hailey, but don't you think we need to be heading home?"

"I don't really care, I've slept out here before, but if you want me to take you home I can."

Buzz buzz Jackson's phone went off, his face went blank.

"Umm Hailey.... They've had a really bad day and there coming home!!! Can we uh just stay here?? Is there a place we can hide??? They said they really need a punching dummy!!! Hailey help me!!!!" He was sobbing. I started crying with him.

So everyone, how is the book. Oh wait don't answer I know it sucks!!! I just don't know what to really add without it sucking. I need to add some humor but with all the drama is "Jackson's" life it's very hard to add some humor to it. Anyways thanks so much to all of you!! And I dedicate this chapter to.... Drumroll please.... socks-and-shoes