Inheritance Of Secrets

Climbing

I walked out. I tried. I ignore the attendant as she tries to call me back. It is always the same reason, 'your mother is struggling'. Screw her. I never wanted her as much as she never wanted me and blames me for her stupidity. She got her stupid perfect family and is now trying to throw it all away. I wish they put me into foster care instead of this.

When I'm out in the waiting room I don't see Ethan or his dad so I just walk out the door. I don't stop I just walk out not looking for anything. Every emotion I lost is coming back to me. My head is flooded with the worst memories making me want to drown myself. 

 I jump back when I feel a strong hand enclose around my wrist. I turn to see a familiar face.  

Grayson.

Oh shit Grayson is still here. He was supposed to leave.

"What happened Anna?" He was genuinely concerned. I hated that. I didn't deserve that. I didn't want that. 

"Doesn't matter. You can go home now." I was pushing him away. I was walking away. I was ignoring my every urge to melt into a pit on the floor and die.

He just looked at me with his silver grey eyes and said, "I'm not leaving without you Anna."

I looked down and my hand and realised his hand was still wrapped around my wrist. I stole my hand back. 

"I already told you to leave you need to leave" I snapped.

I started to read his face before squeezing my eyes shut. I don't want to know. I don't care, I don't want to know.

"Anna," He said softly, "What happened?" He tried to reach out to hold my shoulders to force me to look at him but I stepped backwards. 

"I don't want to know right now," I said while taking another step back. The more distance between us the better. "Just go okay."

"How will you get home then Annabelle?" He asked, trying to get me to look at him again, "I came here because I knew you wouldn't be alright to drive yourself home."

"Shut up Grayson. I'm fine." I think I was yelling but I looked straight into his eyes now, "It's too much to handle all your stupid complicated emotions. I Just need a break. Okay. I'm fine."

"Anna you're not fine you just walked out of the building completely oblivious to everything around you. You didn't even hear or see me when you walked by. So you're not fine. Something happened so just get in the car."

I was full of white hot rage. A rage that even in the worst times I suppressed deep inside me. I knew this rage. I knew where it came from. Who it came from. I didn't want it. I didn't want to show it. It wasn't going away.

So I took one last look at Grayson before I sprinted. I was fast. I did track at school as my required sport and Grayson was wearing a suit. I found my way to the side of the building where there was a tall tree. I don't think twice and somehow launch myself to the first branch. I climb all the way to the top and hope that Grayson misses me. I climb around the branches till I find a comfortable spot that is still out of sight. After around a minute I see him coming round the side. He is walking at a quick pace and has a clear look of annoyance on his face.

"Annabelle I know you're mad but you can't just sprint off." He stops in his tracks. Shit he spotted me. "Seriously you climbed a tree" The lines of his face are so clear to me the movement is so familiar. I've seen this face before. I narrowed my eyes on him. It was the same face he had when Jameson pushed him into the pool on his birthday. Why that face right now?

"Anna. You know I see you."

I scoff, "Real creepy dude." His face cringes when I call him dude, "Look next time a girl runs from you don't follow her." I climb down to a lower branch so I am still above him but I have a better view.