Ten Things We Did

Chapter 2

We left his driveway and drove to my house. I didn't want to just drop Scarlet off and leave her when she was hurt like this, so I thought it would be best to go to my house. We pulled into my driveway, and I shut the car off. She was still sobbing. The ride to my house felt like forever, drowning in the silence, with Scarlet's sobbing heard lightly in the background of my head. She didn't say anything, I didn't know what to say either. I just knew that there would be plenty of talking when we got to my house. 

Scarlet really was like a sister to me. I would protect her from anything, I would let her spend the night if Kellan was here, and we really just loved each other like the siblings neither of us had. Kellan was really cool about it, and it made times like this so much easier. Kellan knew that Scarlet was with me. He didn't care, he knew that we loved each other as siblings, there was nothing more. And that, is pretty awesome. 

Suddenly my phone dinged, and I saw there was a message from Kellan, "Take care of her and make sure she knows I love her and I'm sorry." Then another one before I could reply, "And I'm sorry dude, I didn't mean to flip. I will explain later, I'm glad you took Henrietta home. Love you."

With that, we got out of my car, and I ran around to help her open the door. I half carried her into the house, her sadness taking over everything about her, she couldn't even hold herself up. I knew there was a lot more to this than I thought.  

I opened the door to my house, and as soon as we stepped in, she collapsed on the stairs, sobbing so profusely, even my dog came around the corner to realize he couldn't help. When a dog can't help you feel better, you know something is really wrong. She wasn't saying anything, just sobs escaping her lips. 

After a few minutes, she finally started to calm down, and I wasn't ready for what she was about to tell me. 

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"Can we go to your room please?" she asked lightly through her sniffles. 

"Of course" was all I managed to say, but really I didn't want her in my room in case Kellan came over. I didn't want to even imagine what he would think or feel. I had never had Scarlet over without Kellan before, they were attached at the hip. To see them apart meant something was really wrong, and man was something really wrong. 

We made it to the top of the stairs, and I guided us into my game room instead of my bedroom. I figured being surrounded by a tv and a foosball table was better than my bed and dresser. "I thought we could chill in here, more seating." I said, and she just nodded as her way of saying 'ok.' 

We sat on my couch, and I made sure to keep some distance between us. You never know what might happen. She crumpled onto the couch, and just bundled her legs to her chest. She was still lightly crying, but it sounded mostly like sniffles. She was rocking a little bit, and all of a sudden she became worried about her phone. She frantically searched her pockets, without a word, and found her phone with messages from Kellan. 

"How many are there?" I asked, a little scared to know the answer. If there was more then five from Kellan, it means he was worried sick about whoever he texted and was out to find them. I dont know why, but I was almost nervous to find out what Kellan would do if he found Scarlet here with me. 

"156 messages and 42 missed calls. All in a fifteen minute window. He is coming over." She said, her sentences short and empty. She seemed as though she didn't even really care, and that was kind of scary. They were meant to be, she couldn't not care all of a sudden.

"So what happened? What's going on?

"So Kellan and I have been fighting for about 4 months, and we didn't want to break up because we do love each other but I don't know what has been going on. He told me a month ago that he started cutting himself and wasn't eating anymore, and if he did eat, he was throwing up when he got home. He told me today that his dad overdosed and is in the hospital and he is blaming this all on me, and he says he wants to be there and wants to be together but he knows we are too young for this, and he doesn't want people talking at school and he is scared to lose you as his best friend if he tells you and he still hasn't told his mom. This is all my fault. I don't know what to do Keegan." she sobbed, the ending barely making any sense to me.