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"N?" "Yeah?" "I'm scared." "I know, me too. I...I'm sorry." "For what?" "Everything." "But you didn't do anything." "..." "I really miss her, even if she was mean." "Miss who?" I ask, but I know who she's talking about. I just can't face it right now. "V." "Me too." "Didn't you have a crush on her? That must really hurt, even more..." "Actually Uzi, I didn't. I don't. I kinda moved past that a lot time ago?" I laugh, but it comes out dry. "But she was really...such an important friend, all the same. Not a silly crush, something more important than that. Like a friend that's been with me my whole life. Even though she hated me, she...she still had that good in her and..." "You miss her?" "Yeah." "At least we have each other." She smiled, without trying to hide anything. I knew she really cared, since she didn't usually do that. I'd come to care about her a lot too. "Yeah." I smile back. As long as I had Uzi...everything would be fine.

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I tried to run back to her, but before I could even look back at her, the solver pushed me, and I was stumbling down the steps, out the door. I just sat there shocked. Everything was terrible, bad, scary, and it got even worse after V died, and Tessa... But now...
I had to process. I was processing. I'd said to myself, it'd been in my mind since then, that as long as we, me and Uzi, had each other, everything would be okay. But... now she's-she's...
I run at the door, slamming my metal against it. No use, it was locked shut. I just stand there. And then I crumple into a metallic mess on the floor.

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