Love, Lies, and High School

Chapter 4

Jake's POV
"Stefanie! I'm sorry please forgive me! I didn't cheat on you. She was just trying to get between us!" I hollered as she was running through the woods.
She stopped in her tracks.
"Why would Lucille try to get between us? She's my best friend. She wouldn't do that."
I watched her as she took so thing out of her pocket. It was a gun.
"Stefanie. You're scaring me. Why the fuck do you have a gun?"
"I'm so sorry Jake. Just know I love you." Stefanie started to raise the gun to her head
"Stefanie! No! I love you! Don't do this!" I ran towards her but as I got closer, she started to pull the trigger.
"Stefanie! I-"
Bang.
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I woke up in a cold sweat.
"Jake! Are you okay?" My sister hollered with a worried tone in her voice. I heard her running down the hall to my room.
"Jake, I love you." I heard Stefanie's voice in my head.
My sister was now in my room and she looked worried.
"Did you have the dream again?" I'm sure she didn't want to know the answer, but she was all I had now.
My parents left when I was 10. Raelyn is 5 years older than me. I live with her and we have each other's backs. We tell each other everything.
"Yea. Can I go bring something to our new neighbors?"
"There's a basket on the counter for them. It's filled with some of the food we canned."
The neighbors moved in a few days ago. There's a mom and a girl. I don't know how old she is and neither does my sister. I guess now is the best time to find out! It's 10am Saturday morning. While I was walking out the door I thought about Madelyn. She's been on my mind since her first day of school. She started on Wednesday.
I arrived at the neighbors house and knocked on the door. I was so surprised when Madelyn answered the door. Her long brown hair was in a messy bun and she was wearing leggings and a sweatshirt. She looked like she just woke up.
"Jake? What are you doing here?" Madelyn was smiling so I assumed she was happy to see me.
"Well I'm your neighbor. My sister Raelyn sent me over with a basket of stuff for you guys." I replied
"Thanks! Hey, give me your hand, I'm gonna write my number on it."
320-435-2894~Madelyn❤️
"So I'll see you Monday...?"
"Um yea of course. See you later Madelyn."