HIGH SCHOOL GIRL

Chapter 16: Dying Souls

Lexi

Haha. I actually believed him for a second there. "Your kidding right?" I tell Rick. "You almost had me there for a second." I start forcing myself to laugh. Rick was standing there being serious and a hint of hurt in his eyes.

"I ran here six miles Lexi." He says with a frown on his face. "I didn't run here six miles to joke with you Lexi. I ran here because... I couldn't take it anymore."

"Rick you don't have to do this." I say.

"Yes I do-"

I cut him off. "NO you don't!" I snap. "Rick its not too late. We can forget this meeting ever happened and that way you won't ruin our friendship."

"Are you serious?!" Rick snaps. "Lexi I just told you how I feel. And now your trying to wipe it out?"

"Rick, your being so selfish right now!" I say through my teeth. "You know i'm having a hard life right now! Are you really gonna come confess something to me right now? Are trying to make things awkward and uncomfortable?"

Rick's mouth falls open. "Didn't you hear me say I ran for 6 miles!" He shouts. "Doesn't that mean anything to you? I just told you how I felt! Won't you at least acknowledge that I just confessed me love for you?"

I sigh. "Of course it does!" I say. "But this isn't what I want to hear from you right now! Your ruining everything! Maybe when things are a bit calmer and my dad isn't threatening to send me to boarding school? I mean come on Rick my life is hard right now and I can't deal with this right now. My problems are really important." I take a deep breath.

Ricks face starts to get red. "Not everything revolves around you Lexi!" He snaps. "Other people have problems too you know! And frankly your so conceited and selfish I can't just..."

I frown at him. "That's a real nice thing to say to someone you supposedly in love with." I snap at him.

"That's the thing though." He starts. "You may be selfish, conceited, and sometimes really mean, but I see through that. That's why i'm in love with you. Because I know the girl that's deep inside your soul. The one you used to be; when I first met you. I know i'm crazy for loving you as the girl you are now, but I think I just can't get over that girl that I met in a party. The one with the pretty and beautiful smile. The one with the smooth voice and musical laughter. This girl," He points at me. "she looks like her and sounds like her. But she isn't her; shes just a cover up that i've been trying to remove for the last couple of months."

I find myself being sucked into his words. It hurts so bad to hear what hes saying. "Rick-" I start but he cuts me off.

"I want the old Lexi back." He says. "The real one. The one I fell in love with."

He walks away. I watch him walk away. Every step he takes is like a stab in my heart. It hurts... its too much for me to bear. I walk inside and I run up the stairs and into my room. Its when I fall into my bed and hug my panda pillow that I allow myself to cry.

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One Week Later...

Angela

I felt dizzy. I walk into the bathroom and hold on the wall for support. My stomach was killing me. I clutch my stomach as I make my way over to the toilet. I crouch down feeling something starting to come up.

I throw up blood. Only blood. Its not like there's anything else in my stomach I could puke out. It seems like i'll never stop vomiting. It just keeps coming out and out. I get so dizzy I feel like i'm going to die.

For the second time everything goes black.

Lola

I can't say I haven't been enjoying my acting classes. They were just so fun and it was so relieving to be able to become a whole new character.

I've made great friends. We have so much fun. We've done Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, and even The Wizard of Oz. I almost forgot that a talent agent was watching us the whole time. Our singing, our acting, our choreography. I've learned so much.

Elsi comes into our room where I was sitting reading Pride and Prejudice for the fifth time. She just got home from sending the kids to daycare. She looked shocked and her eyes were sad.

"Lola..." She starts to say.

I raise my eyebrows and stand up. "Whats wrong Elsi?" I ask her suddenly scared.

"Angela is in the hospital. Her condition is almost hopeless." She whispers. "There's a good chance she... she won't make it."

My eyes widen. "What?" My hands automatically shoot up to my head. No! This isn't happening! I feel the tears about to come up. "We have to get to the hospital!" I start running outside. Elsi runs after me. She gets into the drivers seat and I get in the passenger's seat. We don't say anything on the drive, I only cry.

Lexi

I haven't talked to Rick all week. I know I probably hurt him. But he was throwing all this at me at the wrong time. It was just adding to my problems. Zach seems to be with Aurymar more than he hangs out with me. I'm glad their getting along but who gets along this much with someone they barely know.

Little did I know that something was about to happen that I couldn't even dream of. Something so terrible all my other problems couldn't compare in any way.

When my mom came into my room with the news, I was shocked by what she tells me.

Angela is dying! She going to die! The sweet and smart girl that i've known since third grade was going to die and shes only sixteen!

I was climbing into my moms car with her driving to the hospital before I did or said anything else. I know i've practically ignored Angela for the last couple of months but really i've missed her. She's my best friend! And now shes going to be gone forever and its probably my fault.

I sob in the back seat as the car drives away. My mom looked tired and sad. All I could think of was:

Angela.. i'm sorry I took part in killing your soul.

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