Chapter One: Graduated.
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September, 8th 2015...
"I'll fix this..." I roll my eyes at Rachel and sneak past her.
"you can't fix something like this Kaela!" she says upset at me.
"why not?" I ask turning around and looking back at her.
"because...its not yours to fix..." She looks at me almost pleadingly.
"MY two best friends are fighting, and are both coming to me behind each others backs, and are telling me all about it. I want to help you guys." I throw my arms up as I try to make my point.
"well you know what... You can't fix everything." Rachel looks at me then puts her headphones in and plops back down on her bed.
"wow." I shake my head annoyed and leave her room. Becca, Rachel's little sister meets me at the top of the stairs.
"it's bad isn't it?" she looks at me disappointedly and speaks, with her little lisp. It hurts to see her so broken up about her big sisters best friends not getting along.
" I guess... But it's nothing we can't fix" I smile at her and head down the stairs. It's quite a long walk home, especially since I'm stopping by the old freeway bridge. I need to think about how I'm gonna mend this bond between Rachel and Hannah...then I need to make Rachel laugh again.. When I make her laugh she won't be upset with me anymore.
Once I get to the bridge I rest my elbows on it and look down below at the freeway, you can practically see the entire city from up here, from the dome, to the funky window hospital, to the sound. It's almost surreal to see the distance between Rachel and I and our other best friend. You see, Hannah and Rachel both need to reflect on the past two year..rachel screwed up and so did hannah...and so did i, they just dont know it. It's never really happened before but for the first time, it feels like they hate each other. I just don't know what to do, I usually can fix these things. But I dont think i can fix this one.
We used to be so close... Share everything, then the summer of junior year happened and out senior year too... Then there's now... And everything changed... We used to skip first period together and go get doughnuts and juice. Then, we'd all go crazy in second period because we were so hyped up on those maple bars. We also used to spend almost every weekend together and do absolutely nothing, yet we would do everything in the world. We used to sit and talk late into the night and share our deepest darkest secrets...we were best friends and so happy...i told them everything...and we shqared things that no one would beleive..
I've forgotten what that's like.
