~My Haunted Love~

Chapter 2: Her Life Now

[A/N: be sure to listen to the song "When you're gone" that goes with the chapter ^^^]
Mae's P.O.V.

A lot has changed since well, a tear slowly fled my eye as I remembered about my best friend, Jason's death. It was about 3 years ago now, fairly recent but no matter how time goes on...it will always seem like yesterday when it happened. The cars were all moving so fast, there was no way to protect him. I clutch onto my arms in the memory of his bloodshed his tragic painful death on the road, if only I could've done something is what I always thought to myself. I sigh, but what? what could I have done? Ever since we were kids, I was the one to keep him safe, and he helped me along the way. Whenever I was hurt he helped me up again. He was the only one who stuck by me, even after all this I've been going through. The other kids always thought there was something wrong with me, for I wasn't very talkative in class and missed out on the gatherings, if only they knew what goes down at home. I sighed once more in remembrance of the painful memory.

~Flashback~

A guy, couple grades older than her walked up to her and snickered. "Whats the matter? Can't you speak?!" he laughed "are you mute or something??" he laughed again. The kids all laughed as she stood there in silence crying silently in her own pain. Clutching onto her arms as a tear fell from her cheek, she was in pain, when would this end? She thought to herself, and then, he came. "Hey!" He pushed the bully aside "what gives you the right to treat her like that huh?!" He stood up for me, who is this boy? Who stands up for me? He's sweet to do that, but why doesn't he just laugh at me too? I cried to myself. "Hey now, we were just having a little fun, right guys" the bully said and other guys nodded. "Well play times over!! Plus, it sickens me how you have to put others down to only make yourselves feel better" the boy smirked in his own comebacks for he knew what he was saying was true. The bullies backed away now slightly afraid of him and flee from the lunch room. He then turned around and wiped my tears, looking me in the eyes. He had brown, messy hair and beautiful blue eyes. "Hey, are you alright? you know, you shouldn't listen to them...their just a bunch of bullies." The first time, she ever felt anything at all was with him. Her whole life she had this numb feeling, but with him, that slipped away little by little and she could see the light. He brushed his hand across her cheek, for we were in the 7th grade and I did nothing but cry in front of him. "If only they knew....what I" I sniffled "go through" I kept crying he came closer and hugged me telling me everything was going to be okay even when I knew things never seemed to be, with him it felt like it was, things were going to be okay, as long as I was with him, and he with me. Things were okay....even when they didn't seem like they were....

~Back to reality~

And now...he's gone...I sat there crying in my own sadness, and worse yet I'm stuck in this mess, with my parents divorce and fighting whenever they meet again. People still think I'm strange, though I have opened up a little, I don't open up much because of the way I've been hurt in the past, many people have let me down. Too many have to trust. The one thing I've learned from my past is people can't be trusted, not with everything, unless their, well, a guy like Jason who is always there for you no matter the complications you would given him. I look out the window hoping, wishing I could be saved from this curse somehow. Is there a way my fate can be changed? Please tell me...I just wish, he was back here, with me...I cried in silence in my bed waiting for the restless night to end, sleeping alone, in my thoughts...

"Jason....I love you..."