21 days

Day 10.2.

(Listen to this song mainly while you read the part after Christina wakes up, bc it fits to the scene when Christina notices that u should stay who u r)

So, I sat there with Lou until someone stood in the door. I didn't notice it at first but when a phone rang I heard it. It was Carla. She quickly set her phone off.

'Morning Christina. Morning Lou.' she said really awkwardly.

'Carla, where were you?' I asked her while I put my hand on Lou's back.

'Maybe you already noticed it, the old fence broke and the horses ran away. Floriean had to drive to his uncle to get help. I went into the wood to look for the horses.' she said.

'We already noticed Carla... The police was here. A few horses were on the highway...' Lou interrupted us.

'It's okay Lou.' I said.

'On the highway?? I didn't know this!!' Carla took her phone and started a call.

'See! She saw me crying but no one cares!' Lou yelled and Carla and I twitched. Lou ran away. Carla talked for about 20 seconds and then she put her phone away.

'I saw that Lou isn't okay. But what's wrong?'

'She's not how she seems to be...' I said and ran out of the room.

'Lou, wait!!' I yelled.

I was seriously SO owned by my feelings. Lou, Lauren, Carla,... When I thought of all this during my run through the house, I spontaneously decided to run into the bathroom. I sat on the toilet and put my head into my hands. This happened really often the last time. Suddenly, I heard the stable door slamming. I turned around and looked out of the Bathroom window. Lou slammed the door and sat up on a horse. Then she rid away. What the heck was she going to do??? I had to help her. I didn't want her to do such a mistake I did. I stood up and stopped at the mirror. I looked pale.

'Christina??? Lou???' I heard Carla calling.

'Who is in there? Is that you Christina?' She knocked on. I unlocked the door and looked into her face.

'How did you know it's me?' I asked.

'I don't know... I just-' she said but I cut her off.

'LOU!' I pushed Carla to the side and ran downstairs.

'Sorry Carla!!' I screamed. When I opened the door, I saw Floriean parking his truck.

'Christina, where are you going??' he asked and I didn't notice that he ran after me. He pulled me back to him and I fell. Without knowing it, tears came up.

'Christina, what's wrong??' He looked at me. I couldn't answer until Carla touched my shoulder.

'Please get Lou...' I stuttered. I didn't see them, but I felt how the looked at each other. Then, someone walked away. It was obviously Floriean, because Carla kneeled next to me.

'Why do you care about Lou? I mean... It came so sudden.' She asked.

'Carla. Please. Just. Get. Her.' I told her with a little strictly look.

'Okay, where did she go?'

'She rid away...'

'I'll get her. I bet you didn't eat anything today, because you look like this. So please go in and eat.' she demanded me. I stood up and she brought me in. I noticed that it was already around 2pm.

'I'll get her.' Carla hugged me and smiled. She left.

After about 20 minutes sitting there, having a day dream, I fell asleep.

~Dream~

'Lauren come down here!' Mom yelled. She looked so bad. Really tired and pale.

After 30 seconds, Lauren came downstairs. It hurt to see her because it wasn't the energetic and happy Lauren. She wore mostly black and she looked like she cried a lot.

'Ya...?' she asked when she entered the kitchen.

'Go and bring Joey in here.' Mom said and without looking at her, she sat on the couch. No 'thanks' or 'please' in it. Lauren went upstairs and she literally pulled herself up. Dani came and helped her.

'Dani, ouch!' Lauren screamed up and sat on a stair. Dani looked at Lauren and pulled her sleeves up. Bruises everywhere...

'Stand up Lauren... Drake again?' she asked. Lauren just nodded and almost cried. Dani brought her away. What date was it? August 12?! At her room, she had a sister picture with her and Christina. She grabbed it.

'Happy 26th birthday Christina...' she whispered and put it under her pillow.

~Dream end~

'Christina! Get up!' someone pulled me up.

'Happy Birthday Lauren...' I whsipered.

'Wot? it's not even August.' Carla said and laughed a bit.

'Um.. what?' I opened my eyes.

'Christina, we don't have August.'

'Sorry Carla...I just thought... I... because.. Never mind.' I stuttered.

'So, do you want something specific?' I added.

'I found Lou. She was at the place we went to yesterday. Floriean and his uncle brought the horses back, and the police was here.' she said.

'Wait, what?? How long did I sleep?!' I asked, because it seemed like alot of time has been gone.

'Umm... I went away at 1:30pm, the police was here at 4pm, Floriean is trying to repair the fence since about 1 hour... so, I would say almost 4 hours.' she laughed. Typical Carla.

'Wait, what time is it?'

'Exactly 5:23pm. I came in, because it's time to make a barbecue.'

'Is Lou okay?'

'Christina, you change topics. But yeah, she's okay. I talked to her and she said she just needed some time for herself. And she isn't angry anymore.'

'Good. How can I help you guys? I feel bad, because you did everything alone today and I was just sleeping.' I said.

'You can help Lou and me to prepare the barbecue.'

'Deal! But just one second, I need to fix something. I'll be out in 10 minutes, deal?'

'Deal!' she said and went outside. I went upstairs and grabbed my note book.

'Day 10: "Never change who you're."... that's what I learned. Even if I thought everything is about me, no, there are people with harder experiences. Lou told me about her Mom, her Dad and her sister and I was so touched. How could I be so rude to my family? Today, I dreamed about Lauren... she changed alot and it hurt to see her like this... "Happy Birthday Lauren ♥"..'

I put it back into my bag and took the box with my reminders. I grabbed to necklace from Lauren. I didn't want it to brake like the old fence. The necklace is something like a fence. I put it into the box and closed it. I went to the window, looked out and closed my eyes.

'Let's go to life, Christina.' I whispered and went outside. There I met Lou and Carla. We slammed a few CD's into the recorder and started having fun.

END OF DAY 10!

Sorry for the long waiting session... It was just that I didn't have time... The coming week is the last week of the first semester. See you! Ask if you have questions!

-Piper