Black Waves

Black Waves - {* Chapter 1 *}

Black Waves - {* Chapter 1 *}

#Amelia's POV

"Amelia we're going to be late for school for the third time this week and it's only the first week of the school year. Get up so we can leave!" Rebecca yelled at me first thing in the morning but as usual, I just ignored her.

"Oh Rebecca, just give me five more minutes and I promise I'll be up in a sec." I tried to persuade her but from the looks of it, it wasn't working.

What? I'm not a morning person.

"NO! You have to get up right now or else we're going to be late. Again." she said and I could see that she was getting irritated...and I was the reason.

Oops...

"Ok, I'm up, I'm up! Rebecca." I said while getting up from her bed and as I was heading to her bathroom I saw a glimpse of her face and noticed she was smiling.

"That's my girl!" she said and started making stupid faces to make me laugh in order to wake me up.

She knows me so well! Sometimes I wonder why Rebecca wants me as her best friend. Why not be friends with someone else? Why did she choose me? I mean I'm a nobody. She is one of the most popular girls in our school. Why would she want me as her best friend when she could find someone much better?

"Hey! Amelia, honey, what's wrong? You look like you're in pain. Are you ok? What happened?" I felt something in my chest. It was a nice feeling. She made me feel less useless, she calmed me down and above all she made me feel loved. She made me feel like I wasn't alone in this stupid world and surrounded by people who only wanted to break me, to scare me away from everything I loved.

"Nothing, it's just that I was thinking why you would want me as your friend but couldn't even find one reason. Not one." I said really sad after a few moments.

What I said to Rebecca was the truth. Many times I had tried to find a reason as to why she would stay by my side instead of leaving me like everybody else. Even my brother who I remember was saying that he loved me and would never leave me alone, left to go to MIT thousands of miles away from me. Things got much worse after he left but I don't blame him for leaving. If I had the chance, I would leave as well.

The tears that I had tried so hard not to let them fall, were now rolling down my face. Rebecca hugged me and stayed silent or that's what I thought. She was crying too but I was sobbing so hard that I didn't even hear her at first. After a few moments had passed and she had calmed down a little she let go of me and started to talk.

"Why would you think like that Amelia? I mean, you've been my best friend for so many years, it's not like we don't know each other. It's not like you don't know me. You said that you weren't able to find a single reason as to why I want you as my best friend. You're so wrong. I will give you a few reasons." She told me sternly to make me listen and believe her. She took a breath and continued.

"First of all, you're the kindest person that I have met in my whole life. When you see someone hurt or lonely you go to help them, both physically and emotionally. Even if you are not ok you will help the others no matter what they've done to you, even if a second ago they've called you the most horrible things. How many people do you think would take the effort to do such thing? You even helped him after everything he did to you, to everyone." She said softly and I knew exactly to whom she was referring to.

"You do the craziest things when the circumstances allow it. We have fun together, lots of fun. You're cheerful when nobody else is and make us all feel much better with your jokes and your random words of wisdom, you're friends with everyone, well almost everyone. I don't think that there is a single person on earth that doesn't have somebody they don't like." She said. "You have a good heart Amelia." She added while smiling genuinely at me.