The New Light of Hope: Books I to VI.

Chapter XXV: The Argument.

Amethyst:

Date: August 25, 2020.

I woke up the next morning in a great deal of pain after what had happened yesterday which I still had a clear memory of down to the smallest and slight detail of it all even though I was in a lot of pain. Just then, I heard the door slightly open and I looked to see Bella, Aurora, Sadie, and my uncle William at the door and entered the room to carefully sit down. I backed away a bit but realized that they weren't even going to lay their hands on me in any sort of way. So why was I even backing away from them to bein with? "W-what's up?" I asked, rubbing my eyes all while feeling sore from top to bottom. "Nothing much." Aurora replied back. "How're feeling after yesterday?"

Amethyst: "Like I got hit by a bus."

Bellatrix: "Well, that's exactly why pain medication exists, am I right?"

Amethyst: "Yeah."

She gave me the pain medication and took it. "Y'all went back and forth yesterday as if it were your last day here on Earth. Never have I seen two people have it out in such a manner." Sadie told me. "I know me and Jemma fight and with the exception of the fight we had last month, I never seen such viciousness."

Amethyst: "Well, guess what? Ya did and you know she deserved it."

Commander Aurora: "Amethyst, I don't think now would be a good time to start this up again, not first thing in the morning, that is. Speaking of which, that's exactly why we came in here to begin with."

Amethyst: "Talk to me about what? The incident?"

William: "Yeah, y'all nearly killed one another in that fight! You both outta be lucky to still be alive and don't any sort of life threaten injuries right now as we speak!"

Amethyst: "Do I need to remind everyone here that Abigail purposely injured my grandfather in his right eye? What if he actually lost it, then what would happen?"

William: "I know what happened and why the fight began in the first place and why you both nearly killed each other."

Amethyst: "And just what do you expect us to do about it?!"

William: "We're not expecting you to do anything but the least you two can do is talk it out like normal human beings without getting hostile with one another and try kill each other again."

"…"

William: "We least want the both of you to have a say about the fight. But we'll stand by in the case things do get a bit heated between the two of you."

Commander Aurora: "We're not going to make you two do it right this instant. Whenever you two are ready to talk, you're ready to talk. Okay?"

Amethyst: "Okay."

As Bellatrix and Aurora left, my uncle looked at me and said: "I'll leave you alone to rest up, kiddo. Just think about how you're going to go along with this."

Amethyst: "All right. See you later."

After he left, I laid down in the bed for about three minutes before I got up to try and at least move around as much as I could.

All right, Amethyst, think of how you're going to go through with this and what you want to tell Abigail without getting hostile. You have all day to think about it so you might as well get started now than later.

And that is exactly what I began to do until I finally came to a conclusion and what I would say.

***

"Abigail…" I spoke. Abigail shot a nasty glance and a little bit of a snarl when I called her name and growled: "What?!"

Amethyst: "Don't you 'what' me, McConnell! You and I need to talk about about what happened yesterday."

Abigail: "Why? There ain't even nothing to talk about."

Amethyst: "Yes there is and you outta know it! Now, give in and let's go outside so we can talk things out and we're going to do so whether you like it or not!"

Abigail: "Ugh, fine! Let's just get this over with already."

Amethyst: "That's what I like to hear from you."

And then we both went outside of the base and turns to face each other. And of course, Abigail started off by asking me in a snarky tone: "What the hell were you thinking when your trying to kill me?!"

Amethyst: "I think a better question is what the hell were you thinking, attacking my grandfather and then go on to say that my family and I should've died when we had the chance?! Do you not realize that if I died, I wouldn't even be here right now? Besides, how would you feel if someone said the same thing about you and your family?"

Abigail: "Well, I'd kill 'em right on the spot."

Amethyst: "And there goes your problem right there. You're always choosing violence of any type to solve your problems whether it was a minor problem or a really major one at that. Everytime somebody gets on your bad side, you always choose violence to resolve it– You always cuss at people who o the littlest thing to your or one of your family members, you're always cursing the Lord's name in such bitter, unforgivable vain, a Lord that you don't even believe in or even acknowledge his existence at best. I am disgusted with who you've become and I can see that not every family heirloom has been assed down from one kid to the next."

"…"

Abigail: "The fuck are you talking about?"

Amethyst: "I can already see where half of your anger problems and violence resorting issues come from and it only comes from one person and I definitely know that it isn't your dad."

Abigail: "Then who do you blame it on?"

Amethyst: "You and Daniel! Both of you! I know for a fact you get 99.9% of your anger problems from that bastard and from the fact you were treated like an empty tin can left on the sidewalk throughout you and Bella's early Life just like I was!"

There was a long silent pause at that very moment as I could see the instant realization in Abigail's eyes upon hearing my words and before she could say anything, I said: "But I can see that just like Daniel, you don't even show remorse for what you've done but until you do, don't bother to even try and speak to me ever again as from this time onward, we are no longer considered 'friends'. Though, we never were ever since you started all of this three years ago."

Then I went back into the base and did not say a signal word when Abigail followed behind me. I know I was harsh; but at that moment, how could I show any sympathy to somebody who treated me so horribly ever since I told my friends my parents were criminals in 8th grade three years back? And until she improved her behavior and took responsibility for what she had done, I don't think we can be friends.

And while I felt a bit broken on the inside, I felt like what I did was someone justified despite what others said in which I agreed with.

But would you two ever resolve things between one another?

You will find out later on, my friend.