Never Again

Chapter 10

I can saw her from here, she's wearing a white top and shorts her hair is in messy bun, not in her usual self. I stepped back, I was shocked to see her like this.

"Talk to her Kaia. This is your chance." Hunter whispered again.

Muster your courage Kaia. You need to know the reason behind all these things. You need to bring her back to her old self. You need to be her best of friend. You need to be there.

There's no doorbell or anything, I guess I need to yell out her name.

"Wen – Wendy" My voice is unstable and shaking.

This is the first time I ever felt nervous in front of her. She used to be my home, my comfort zone. But everything's different by now. It seems like she changed a lot. It seems like I do not know who she is by now.

She turned her head, no foundation and lip color. Just her bare face looking at me from the shadows.

"Kaia?" she sounded a little bit astounded.

She made her way nearer and nearer to the small gate after us. She looks fierce and serious, not her usual personality. She used to be cheerful and easy to approach, but today it was different.

"What are you two doing here?" She asked with her ever serious face.

"We're here to see you." Hunter butted in, a sign to muster up my courage and don't worry about anything because he's here to support me.

"I'm sorry I can't let you in. The house's too small." She said.

"Wendy, what happened?" I asked directly.

"What happened? Do you even care? I guess you're just here because Professor Taylor I mean that old freaking lady asked you to see me and play the role of the concerned students? Am I right?" She said everything at once with her hands on her waist trying to look confident and unbreakable.

"That's not true! We went here by ourselves." I said half screaming.

"So what do you want? You want to know what happened to our businesses, to our properties and our enormous house? Well they're freaking fucking gone! I won't be able to attend that stupid university again. I won't ever come back. I won't ever bother you and your notes Kaia, now go!" She screamed her lungs out with her widened eyes trying to scare me.

"Fuck you Wendy. You're the biggest fool I've ever met in my whole life. Fuck you for saying I never cared. I had called you a hundred times sent you thousand of messages and even left a voice mail. Did you ever fucking see those things? No you didn't because you're a stubborn!" I found myself crying and cursing right in front of her, the first time I ever did in my whole existence.

"Well, fuck you too! I never wanted to see your messages or even pick up your phone calls because I'm done with you. I'm tired of being your fucking friend. I'm tired of listening to your fucking concerns. Now leave me alone." Her eyes are red by now.

"Watch your words Wendy. Kaia did everything for you, just to see you and talk to you –" Hunter tried to butt in.

"Shut up asshole! Stop butting in because who are you in the first place?"

"Wendy stop! Hunter's trying to help you, us." I yelled. "Stop being stubborn and tell me everything so I can help you. I'm still your best friend! Shut the fuck up and be your old self again okay?!" I can't stop crying whenever our eyes would meet. This isn't us.

She's laughing, a sarcastic laugh. "Good for you! You've found a replacement of a bitch like me. I hope everything goes well for both of you. I hope you'll be able to seduce him completely and make him yours." Wendy said dropping a tear but laughing even louder by now.

"And I think I know what Luke Smith felt about you through these years, exhaustion. I and he felt the same way. We're both tired, feeling stupid for letting you in to our worlds."

My chest heated up, like a bomb would explode in any second by now. I never imagined her saying those things to me. I feel like crying my eyes out and slapping her face until she became the old Wendy I once knew.

I badly wanted to speak, to let out all these thoughts inside my head, but my vision's getting more and more blurry everything's spinning right now, side by side up and down. I feel like I'm going to throw up even my stomach is still empty. My ears feels like something blocked it, I can't hear well. I feel like – fainting.

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And by the next time I opened my eyes, I'm in a four cornered room, all white with a wall clock hanged on the wall indicating it's already 9:00 pm and a picture of Jesus Christ. I'm in a hospital, I'm certain.

Right beside me is Hunter Williams resting his head on the side of my bed, just like what you see in the movies. I smiled a bit my head still aching. I brushed Hunter's hair with my fingers, hoping he won't wake up.

I closed my eyes a bit more. I want to savor this moment, just lying in bed and freeing my worries. As I close my eyes, it's Wendy. It's Wendy on my head again. Even on my dreams I wanted to convince her so bad, to come back to tell me what's wrong, to take a portion of her pain.

I felt a warm touch on my face, Hunter.

"You're awake now? Sorry I didn't mean to wake you up, you have tears on your cheek. I'm just trying to wipe it, sorry." Hunter looks really sorry and he took a step back.

"It's okay. I have tears in my cheeks?" I almost laughed trying to cool down the heated up atmosphere.

He laughed too. Good thing we go along really well. If I wasn't that comfortable to him, I might freak out seeing him beside me.

"Are you okay now?" He asked now sitting on the chair beside my bed.

"Yes. I want to go home now. I'm really sorry for bothering you so much today." I said.

"Bothering?" he laughed really loud, the kind of laugh when he's really happy. "We're friends remember? Stop trying to get up are you really okay now?"

"Yes I am. Let's go home now." I said with a smile, beaming.