Betrayed

Chapter 6: My Life - With Love Or With Sadness?

I always have flashbacks of what happen that day. That day, 4 years ago. The day my family never loved or cared about me again. I had loving parents, two sisters and one brother. My brother was ten then, the oldest sister was twelve and the youngest was nine.

My sister, Catherine, who was the same age as me but a month younger than me, died because of a car crash. It was my fault she died because if I didn't throw the ball so far she wouldn't have ran into the street and got killed.

I felt even more horrible because she was still alive on the ground asking me to help her but I couldn't. I told her I would protect her and always be there for her but I couldn't do something like that. I may have been twelve years old but I understood the entire thing. I let my sister die.

Later at her funeral I lost the trust of my parents who blamed me for it, saying it would've been better if I wasn't born. A little while after that my brother and sister didn't care about me anymore. I never had a single conversation with them again.

Jeff was the only person who was still on my side. He helped me through this and made sure I ate something because I refused to eat or even leave my room. Finally he knocked me to my senses by punching me. Then after that I started eating again and lived a life without getting close to anyone again, except Jeff.

But when I returned to school everyone showed me sympathy for the lose of Catherine that I didn't want and Catherine's best friend who I don't remember gave me a flower, not for Catherine, but for me because I felt sadness not love.

I woke up the next morning and left the house without breakfast again. Walking to school I felt sadness because the death of my sister was my fault and I had the dream about the day. When I arrived I got into my seat and waited for class to start. I saw Sharon who smiled happily at me because of some reason. Then I remembered yesterday's events.

"Good morning Andrew." Sharon said as she got into her seat next to mine.

"Hey." I responded 

"So Andrew, did something happen yesterday?" Jeff asked as he walked in with Mary.  

"Hey guys." Sharon said.

"Nothing at all." I said.

"Really it looks like you're hiding something from me." Jeff said.

"You know I really hate the fact that you always help me without even telling me." I said annoyed

"Oh, what a coincidence I recently helped you."

"I didn't ask you to help me."

"I wanted to because I remembered the time when you had a crush on this girl in 6th grade and didn't do anything."

"Wait I did? I don't remember because of you know what."

"Okay but I have to tell you who it was because your not going to believe it."

"Fine."

I was still in my seat with Sharon and Mary staring at me.

"What?" I asked.

"Oh, nothing. Mary said.

"Yeah nothing" Sharon agreed. Then class started

 *2 hours 30 minutes later*

I got to a table since it was lunch, of course and Jeff followed and gave me a sandwich. I ate it and while I was I tried my best to remember who this girl I liked was, but the only thing that popped up in my head was she liked to draw. She was good at it too and maybe that was also why I started to like her.

I was broken from thought when I got a phone call.

"Hello." I said when I got it out.

"Hey Andrew could you help!" Nate said.

"Where are you?" 

"Well, I'm about to pass where you're at right now." I looked at the door and saw Nate running away from 3 guys. Why did this happen? I thought. I sighed and ran after them. I wasn't fast of a runner but I was fast enough to still see them. I saw the 3 guys trap him in a corner. I followed and then got tapped on the shoulder by someone who I turned around to find Jeff.

"Let's do it like we did in the old times, you know before you we both quit." Jeff told me.

"Fine but if we get in trouble leave it to me."

We both had a plan, we would go and try to take down all three at once so since Nate had his phone on from what I can see, I called him and told him when I give the signal he would tackle the guy to his right. While Jeff got the left and I got the middle who was Ethan. So me and Jeff got into position and restrained the guys we had while Nate tackled his and also restrained.

When teachers arrived Nate explained what happen and it turned out they were bullying him because he couldn't do a thing, except for when he had the idea of calling for help when they tried to get him.

*2 hours later*

It was time to go and I was leaving. I was tired and decided to go with Jeff to his house, Jenny had already left. As we walked he asked, "Do you want  to know who it was that you liked in 6th grade?" 

"Yeah."

"Well, it was Mary and I can't believe you don't remember that." 

"Really? It was her?"

"Yeah, you told me all about it. How you liked her drawings and how pretty she is but you just couldn't tell her."

"You know,  you could of told me to do it back then."

"Well I thought you would do it, so I didn't do a thing."

"I see. I'm fine now anyway."

"Yeah."

Then we both were silent. It's weird I haven't seen Natalie at all today, maybe she'll be here tomorrow. Many things I don't quite understand is why is it that I started having these weird dreams every since Sharon came. Why is that? Is it because I'm going crazy or is it because I haven't been sleeping as much. I would be fine I thought, she won't hurt me right?

We arrived and came into the living room where I told him to wake me up when it's time to eat. He only nodded and that was it. I was really sleepy from waking up from those nightmares, so I'm taking my chances at getting another one so I can sleep.

I woke up after about 2 hours and I didn't have a dream so I wasn't as tired as I used to be. Jeff was sitting across from me and was doing his homework. "So you decided to do your homework now instead of later like you usually do." I asked.

"Yep." He replied. I got up into a sitting position and started doing mine too.

*5 hours later*

Jeff and I fell back in our seats. "To think we would get this much homework on the third day." Jeff said.

"Yeah, I would appreciate if they gave less homework."

"Hey guys it's time to eat." Jenny said from the kitchen. We both got up and got to the dinning room where food was already on the table. All three of us started eating.

"This is great." Jeff told Jenny.

"Yeah that's true." I agreed.

*1 hour later*

I was done eating and called them which led to voice mail. I left a message about staying over at Jeff's.

"Thanks for letting me stay over." I told Jeff.

"It's nothing, you used to stay over all the time remember?"

"Yeah, whatever."

I then fell asleep on the couch while Jeff and Jenny went up to their rooms.