We Are Without Hope

Chapter 5

"A heart to resolve,
A head to contrive,
And a hand to execute."
-Edward Gibbon

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I laughed.
I truly laughed.
Something I haven't done in years.
In front of me was my mom and my best friend, Lilliana.
After being attacked by my dad, I woke up here, with my mom and Lilliana worried.
My mom and Lilliana explained where I was.
I was in heaven.
Let me explain why my mom and Lilliana were here.
5 years ago, my mom died in an "accidental" car crash.
I don't believe it was accidental. Before the crash I heard my mom and dad yelling at each other in their room.
My dad was driving the car that night, and he ran into a strong street light, it only hitting my mom's side of the car.
He only came out with 3 scratches that soon disappeared.
Later that same year, Lilliana was found dead in her garage. A rope around her neck. We later found out that she was harassed by her parents, both sexually, and non-sexually.
But here was both of them now, laughing with me.
"Summer," my mom said to me."you should go back to Earth now. Brandon still needs you."
I sighed, "How long has it been?"
"3 months." Lilliana whispered.
I sobbed, my happiness replaced with sudden distraught.
"3 months! Nonononono!" I screamed.
I looked over at Lilliana and my mom.
"It was wonderful to see you both. I'm sorry that I have to go." I whispered.
My mom nodded and pointed me too a hole that led me back down to my physical body.
I gave my mom and Lilliana one last hug, before jumping down the hole, at a fast speed.

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Waking up to a new life and new people can be inspiring.
Sometimes it causes a downfall.
Sometimes it's just seeing the people you loved and hated that can make you happy again.

When I first woke up, bright lights blinded me, making it almost impossible to see.
A nurse came running in and told me to stay still while she disconnected all the now unnecessary things put in me.
Once she was done, she ran out to get a doctor.
He came in and asked me many random questions about my childhood to make sure I didn't have amnesia.
Once he was done, he told me that I didn't have amnesia and my little brother and family friends are coming to see me.
He left the room leaving me confused.
Family friend?
"Summer!" A little boy screamed.
I was tackled by my little brother Brandon. I laughed and he joined me.
"You talked!" I happily exclaimed.
His eyes widened and he started signing to me.
"No I didn't." He signed
"Yes you did." I said to him. Then I thought about something. "Who did you stay with?"
"I stayed with a gang that goes to your school. The leaders name is Jayden." He answered.
"WHAT!" I yelled.
"Yep he stayed with us. And so are you." A deep voice called across the room.
I looked up to see Jayden. Three other people were behind him.
I glared at Jayden. He put his hands up.
"I didn't do anything to him!" He said.
The doctor came in and told me that I needed to stay over night and I glared at him.
"Are you sure I can't just leave now? Please?!"
He sighed and saw my little brother asking him with his eyes.
"I'll ask the nurse." The doctor said.
I gave him a thankful smile and he headed outside of the room. When he left I glared at Jayden.
"So you told a poor helpless little boy that you were my best friend?" I asked him.
"No." Jayden replied.
I started signing at Brandon.
"What did they tell you? Where did you stay? What did you eat?" I signed to Brandon.
"They told me that they were a gang from your school but they wouldn't hurt me. Then I said 'thats what all fuckers say before they kill you.' They laughed and took me to see you. You looked dead. I stayed with them in the same room as this girl named Sarah. She's really nice. I ate lunchables since I didn't trust the food that they made." He signed back.
I gasped very loudly. "Did you talk to them?" I asked him.
He shook his head and gave me a questioning look. "That kid over there to the right of Jayden can speak and understand sign language."
I widened my eyes and looked at him. He smirked and started signing to me. "Didn't hurt your brother, All good right?"
I rolled my eyes and signed back to him. "Yeah you took care of him, but when I get out of here, we are taking care of ourselves, away from you."
He quickly told the others what I said and Jayden glared at me.
"Do you really think I'm going to let you go so easily? Sure let me just let someone who CUTS them self go." He said to me.
I widened my eyes a started to freak out.
The doctor came in and told me that I could go. The girl Sarah handed me some clothes ad everyone started to leave.
I stopped Brandon and told him to sit on the bed and look away. He did as told and I dressed quickly.
I picked up Brandon and walked out of the room. I soon exited the hospital.
"Hey wait!" I heard Jayden call.
I started to run away towards the park. I heard many people following behind me.
I entered the park and ran into my secret spot. I heard the others run past, confused. I sighed in relief and started pulling out the blankets, towels, and pillows. I laid them out.
I told Brandon to wait back here while I went to get food.
"She was here I know it! She's hiding somewhere in this park!" Jayden whispered.
My eyes widened in fright and I made a run for the exit.
"There she is!" Jayden yelled.
Four pairs of footsteps followed me as I ran towards the closest fast food place. "Summer please stop!" Someone yelled.
"Just leave me alone!" I shouted back.
"Hold back!" I heard Jayden yelled. I sighed in relief and walked into the McDonalds. I ordered a kids meal for Brandon with 6 bottles of water. I thanked the cashier and walked back to the park.
As I entered the spot where Brandon was hiding, he looked at me in delight, then confusion.
"I already ate." I lied to him. He nodded, giving a signal to me that he didn't believe my lie. I smiled and gave him the food and a bottled water.
I grabbed a water bottle for myself and put the rest in the cooler.
I started telling Brandon about Jayden chasing me. After only a few second his eyes widened. What surprised me was that his eyes had a hint of delight in them. I gave him a confused look and he returned it.
Then a black bandana covered my eyes and another my mouth.

[Hey what's up? So here's the cliffhanger I'm gonna leave you on for about 2 weeks. Sorry. But I have a request. Signing. So you probably know that Brandon (Summer's little brother) signs instead of speaking, well not including a rare moment. Well I write this book in a different place and not Wattpad, so copying is the only method I have to put it on here. Now even though that sounds not too difficult, here's the problem. Whenever I copy and paste it onto here, it gets rid of any italics I had set in place. And whenever little Brandon signs, it was in italics, so were Summer/Jayden's thought. It's a pain in the butt to go back and italicize everything and I would like it if you guys could help me find any places that I forgot to re-italicize. So just comment in places that I forgot and I will fix the, when I get back. Thanks, chow!]