A collection of short stories

The letter

Dear Abigail,

My dearest friend I don't know what I'd do in this world without you by my side 24/7. You have helped me get through my problems, you have been there since my first day of kindergarten, I'm sorry I won't be able to create any more beautiful memories with you. I'm sorry that I won't be there at your wedding, I'm sorry that I couldn't have been a better friend to you, I don't want you to be disappointed in me as much as I am disappointed in myself. I think it's best if I just disappear, it would make the people around me less upset with me, it would make my mum to stop excessively drinking her ass off because she always has to deal with my dry attitude, it would make my dad stop treating me like I was a mistake. It would just be better for everyone so don't try and save me Abigail, I'll miss you. I love you more than you'll ever know and I wish I knew that sooner, I wish I didn't have to live with this burden of hurting everyone who even tries to come in contact with me. I hate feeling this way but most of all I hate the feeling of hurting you, it would be best if I was gone from this world because seeing you in pain would just make everything a whole lot worse. Before I leave you I want you to know that I've enjoyed every minute of our friendship and I want you to know that you're the best person I've ever met in my life, I tried my best to hide my pain from you, I tried my best to shield away my emotions because I know that it hurts you to see me upset so think of it as doing all of this for you, think of it as a way for me to finally say goodbye. I love and will miss you so damn much.

Love your best friend, Grace.

Grace took a deep breath, she unlicked the pen she was using and placed it back onto her desk before folding up the note neatly and sticking it into her pocket. Grace grabbed hold of her door knob as she started out the door of her bedroom, she made her way to the front door and pulled on her Nikes, she was just about to head out the door but her mum stopped her straight away. ''Where do you think you're going?'' she asked, furiousness and seriousness in her voice.

Grace sighed, she couldn't tell her mum that she had just written a suicide note to her best friend so the words that escaped her lips were: ''I was just heading out to my friend's house, I wanted to give her something, I'll be back later.''

Grace's mum just nodded and let her daughter do just that. Grace and her best friend didn't live that far from each other, just a few blocks away. Long locks of light blonde hair flowed out behind her as she walked, when Grace arrived at her best friend's house she balled her hand into a fist and planted it against the door giving a loud thundering knock. Grace heard footsteps from inside the house and a figure opened the door. The figure being Grace's gorgeous best friend Abigail, she had flowing locks of flaming red hair and always on point looking eyebrows and pretty blue eyes. When she saw Grace, standing in the doorway Abigail pulled her into a big long hug and grabbed hold of her hands, smiling. Grace pulled away from her best friend and stuck her hand into her pocket, when her fingers had touched the crinkly white paper, she sighed and handed it to her best friend and turned away, not wanting to deal with her and her reaction. ''Grace, what is this note? Are you okay?'' Abigail asked, running out onto her porch to pull her best friend back to face her.

''Yeah I'm fine, I just want you to read it, okay?'' Grace exclaimed, she really didn't want her best friend to worry. It would be better for everyone if she just disappeared from this world.

Abigail nodded, she knew her best friend was hurting and couldn't always express emotions but Abigail was always very reassuring so she gave Grace one last hug before shutting the door behind her and practically leaping onto the sofa to read the note that Grace had given her. She flipped it open, her eyes skimmed through it, but she read every single word and when she finished reading it she felt her eyes well up with tears, her vision started to get blurry as she now bawled her eyes out and pressed the note close to her chest. Grace always told Abigail that she wished things would be different, and how she wished she would just disappear. Abigail rushed upstairs to her room, she slammed the door behind her and slid down it, crying and sobbing so hard into her knees, and she threw the note across the room and slammed her fists down at the ground beside her. All Abigail wanted was her best friend, and now she would be gone and all the sadness and anger spinning around in her brain, Abigail knew Grace was suicidal and had major mental health problems but she didn't think the young girl would actually want to commit suicide. It wouldn't be long before Grace would finally be out of her life and she never had the chance to tell her how she really felt about her, how she loved her and how she wanted to spend the rest of her life with her. Maybe if she had told Grace this earlier then she wouldn't want to take her life, Abigail believed this to be her fault but it wasn't and she thought it was stupid to think these things but she couldn't shake off the feeling that it was her fault. Suddenly there was a loud knock at Abigail's bedroom door, the comforting voice of her big sister Zoe stood behind the door. ''Abbs, its Zoe, is everything okay in there?'' she exclaimed. ''Would you let me in, please?''