Heartless

I Walk a Lonly Road

I'm walking home. My hoodie torn. Yes. My mother left me there. She drove my sister home and left me there. That just proves she didn't care.

As I walk I notice a girl ahead of me. She appears to be crying. There is a guy next to her laughing. I watch for a bit and then I see him smack her. She falls down. I've already been in one fight. But I might get in another one. I run up to the girl and that jerk.

"Leave her alone!" I yell at him.

He glares at me. "Fine. I will." He walks away muttering stuff about me under his breath. I turn to the girl. She is still crying on the sidewalk. I crouch down by her.

"Hey. Are you ok?" I ask her. She looks up at me. Then my arms. Then at me again. She throws her arms around me giving me a hug. I'm a bit shocked but I don't stop her.

"Yes. I'm fine now. Thank you for getting him to go away. He would have kept hitting me if you didn't" she lets go of me and looks at the ground. "You must have been hurting bad. "

"What do you mean?" I knew what she meant.

"Your arms. No one did that to you. You did it to yourself. I know you did." She pulls up her sleeves. " I know because I do it too"

At that moment I didn't know if I should be quiet or talk to her. I thought for a moment. I stand up and hold out my hand to her. "Come on. Let's go somewhere else. It's cold out here." She takes my hand and I help her up. We walk towards my house. when we arrive i see that mom isn't home yet so i invite her inside as i grab another hoodie from my room.
"do you like coffee?" she is startled by my voice. she didn't relize i had come back downstairs.
"Uh.....yeah i do" she responds slowly.
"Great. want to go get some?" soon we are walking to The Red Ribbon Cafe near my house. When we get there we walk in.
"No....no..no. no.no" She shakes her head clearly terrified before turning around and running out the door. i run after her trying to find her.
"wait!!! Come back!!!" i was too late. She was gone. i decide to take the long way home walking through the woods.
As I am walking, i cannot get the image of the girl out of my head. She seemed so lost. So sad. So.....alone. I was trying to be nice to her. But I guess I walk a lonely road.