Is its really just me? LORELIA 1

Chapter 12: Rewind

Max looked worried as the knocking got louder. He quietly walked out to the kitchen and grabbed a knife. I was scared, but stayed on the couch. I was half asleep, and tired as hell. Max walked up to the door and slightly opened it. A guy in a black suit and red mask was standing there with a gun. He didn't give much time before he blew Max's brains out. I was traumatized, but didn't want to leave for some reason. I just slightly got up as the guy in the black suit looked at me, and pointed the gun at me. I lay next to Max's now dead body as he just looked at me with the gun in his hand. I didn't know why I was a prime target of murder, but something was definitely going on. I didn't have the emotion to cry, but it felt like I was as I held Max's hand knowing he was my brother. After about an hour of the guy holding a gun near me, I didn't move. He decided to lower the gun and remove the mask. I suddenly looked up at the face, and suddenly looked up. It was a familiar face, and then I realized who it was. Jayden?! My very own boyfriend murdered my brother?! "Princess, I didn't want you to be around this weirdo," he said. I started to smile as I looked at him. "Jayden. Do you really think I'm dumb? I mean like come on." I said, reaching out to his hand. I suddenly reached out for him and stole his gun. I shut the door and pushed him to the ground. I knew that he was lying about everything. Truth was I wanted to see if anyone else would treat me differently or lie to me if I acted like I had lost my memory. Everyone had lied and acted differently minus Max. He was suddenly gone. Lying dead next to Jayden who looked surprised at me as I held the gun at him." Do you really think I lost my memory? I just needed to be sure that everyone wasn't going to manipulate me. MAX WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO DIDN'T FUCKING LEAVE OR LIE!" I shouted as siren's started to go off. I threw the gun at Jayden, and lay down near Max's body. I didn't know why I suddenly snapped for once. I felt like a lot was going on. The police soon came in and I saw Jayden in handcuffs since he had told the police what he did. I couldn't trust anyone in this world anymore. I looked at Max's body, and finally let tears flow out my eyes like a waterfall. The police took me out of the room to take care of Max's body. The police called my mom to come pick me up, but they couldn't get ahold of her and obviously dad was in jail. They couldn't get a hold of Everest either, so they just took me down to the station instead. I was waiting there as they brought mom in, but she was in handcuffs too, covered in blood. "NO! I SWEAR IT WASN'T ME!" she yelled as they took her back. Later the police told me that Mom had robbed a bank out of going insane. I didn't know how to feel about that, but I just stayed quiet. I didn't know where I would go now. As far as I knew everyone that I was related to was too young, dead, or in jail. I was too young to be taking care of myself."We'll have to put you in the system." the officer said. I assumed his name was Officer Ashton since his badge said Ashton on it engraved. "What's the system?" I said clutching onto my knees.

"Foster Care system for now at least." he said.

I remember hearing about that once before. I got nervous and started running hoping no one would catch me. I soon ran out of the police station hoping they wouldn't catch me. I saw a forest-like area and ran into it. Alarms started going off along with sirens. I knew I couldn't stay in the forest for long since this is probably where runaways went the most. I managed to sneak out to a small area hidden in an alleyway of a city. I hid under a dumpster and GOD it smelled so bad. I wanted to puke and what felt like years later the sirens and alarms died down. I looked around to make sure that there was no one around. I then got up as I suddenly felt all eyes on me. I looked behind me as there was an officer sitting on the dumpster and laughed. "Lorelia. When I said going into the system, I mean I'll take you in. I was very close friends with your family. I signed up a while ago to be able to help kids like you in this situation." he said. I couldn't make out a face completely, but the voice led me to know it was Officer Ashton. I wasn't sure on trusting him, but I went along with him. He had me go in the back of the cop car as he drove to the station. A lady showed up there and Officer Ashton signed some papers. "Damien, it's so nice that you get to do these so often." as she looked at me. "You're in good care. Plus Mr. Ashton has a kid around your age!" she said, smiling and walking out. There Mr. Ashton looked at me as we went back to his house. "Owen! We have a foster kid here again!" he said in a happy tone. Owen, my ex, came down the stairs in sweatpants and a baggy shirt with his hair slightly wet and curly as if he just got out of the shower. "Oh hey Lorelia." Owen smiled. "Come I'll show you around and show you where you'll sleep," he said, grabbing my hand. I felt my face break into a massive red, cherry tomato. I was embarrassed to say, but I think I still had feelings for Owen. Maybe he was a jerk, but he had a nice side to him. He showed me around, and then brought me into what looked like his room, but there were two beds in there. "I know it's nothing special, but we kind of have to share a room together for now. This is my bed and this is yours. Unless you want to share," he said, pulling me in closer to him. I felt my breath leave my body for a second as I stared into his eyes and he had his arms around me. I felt at home and in love at this moment, but I don't think I was supposed to feel this. I looked around the room, and found a controller laying on the floor. "You play video games?: I said holding it. "You bet I do dummy," he said sitting on his bed turning the TV on. I picked up a hoodie I found, "this yours?" looking at him. "Oh yeah! I wear it a lot-" without a warning I put the hoodie on and sat next to him with the controller. He looked at me as I waited for the game to start. We started playing Mortal Kombat and I beat him of course. He kind of sucked, but said he was only letting me win. I liked how he wrapped his arm around me as we played video games, and before I knew it I fell asleep next to him. I ended up waking up in the middle of the night, looking around as I realized I was sleeping next to Owen in his bed. I was warm and comfortable, so I just stayed where I was, but snuggled up closer to him. I don't know why he was making me so happy, but he just was. Once I fell back asleep, what felt like instantly caused us to wake up because Mr. Ashton was trying to wake us up as he looked at us knowing something was up; like how in those dramas the teenage girls look at the other girl knowing she fucked someone and is about to spill all the tea. It was an hour before school started, but Mr.Ashton said he needed to take me to go get my school stuff in my house. He had me also pack some other items such as clothes, brushes, books, and more items. I only brought my school bag with me to school though. The rest of them I left in the car. As Owen and I got out of the car he grabbed my hand and helped me out which I found to be slightly romantic. We walked into school together, and all eyes were on us. Someone came behind and pushed me to the ground. Owen helped me up as I looked behind to see who it was. I've seen her before, and I knew her name. She was Penny Vercline. The richest and most popular girl in the school. She had a huge crush on Owen, and I guess that she thought Owen and I were together. Though we weren't together. We were just friends as far as I knew. Owen reached for my hand to try to help me up. I got up, but felt a burst of anger and leaped on her. I got her to go to the ground as I squared her in the nose as she slapped me on the left side of my face. We were wrestling around on the floor as kids were cheering on and recording with their phones out. I was on top of her as she was trying to pull my hair. I heard in the distance teachers trying to push through and yelling for us to stop, but I couldn't bring myself to stop. I ended up punching her square in the nose, and she immediately stopped moving. She was still breathing, just knocked out. I was worried that I would get into deep shit, but Owen took my hand and ran before the teachers caught me. We ran outside of the school, and back to his house where he made me food and gave me a drink to try to calm down. I couldn't think straight at the moment, and here I thought that shit was going to go well in this new school. Life was getting worse with first getting kidnapped by who my brother was. He was there for me, but I found out my friend was my cousin and killed herself. Then my best friend killed my brother and more. Now a fight in school and my parents went crazy. I didn't feel like doing much, but I guess I couldn't control it. I looked around as he sat next to me. "Don't feel bad. She laid hands on you first. It's her fault Lorelia" he said as tears slightly rolled down my face. "Owen. I'm worried about everything. My life isn't getting any better, and no one seems to care about how the environment is changing and how society sees people." I hugged him, as tears rolled down my face. Soon Owen's dad walked in as he saw us sitting on the couch. "I heard what happened. What triggered you to start the fight?" he said as a cat came and sat on my leg. "She pushed me to the ground because Owen and I were walking into school together." I said in a really low voice, but loud enough to be able to hear what I was saying. I clenched my fist and looked down with tears slightly running down my face again. Mr. Ashton took my hand and looked at me, "I'm glad that you stood up for yourself. I think we should go get ice cream." he said as he stood up with a smile. Owen and I looked at each other as we stood up and walked out to the car. We hopped in as Mr. Ashton started to drive, "Someone wants to adopt you Lorelia. How do you feel about that?" he said. I looked upset. "Wouldn't mom and dad have to sign off-" I said, slightly fidgeting around with a necklace I had. Suddenly, Mr. Ashton looked at me like I killed someone in the mirror once he saw my necklace.