Broken Pencil

Chap 4

Do you know that feeling when just a single word or sentence rips your heart into pieces and it feels like your entire world has been torn apart?

That's how I feel right now. Lost. Confused. Torn. Broken.

"S-Sis? You still there?"

I feel tears form in my eyes. I quickly wipe them off with my thumb. "You better not be messing with me Chloe."

"I-I'm not. Well their not dead, but they are in the hospital. Can you come h-home?"

I sigh, "Yeah... I'll be there in 10..."

I decline the call. I run back into the cafeteria, slamming the doors against the wall, not caring about the stares I'm getting from the entire cafeteria. I walk up to AJ.

"Violet what happened-"

"I need your car."

AJ blinks, "My car's in the shop remember?"

I mentally slap my forehead. How am I going to reach home now?

Luke has his car with him right now...

I snatch my hands away from my face. I scan the entire cafeteria until I see Luke's table a little at the back. And there's the boy I'm looking for. He's watching me with amusement. I walk up to his table and slam my hand against the table, shutting his friends up.

"Luke. I need your car."

Luke raises an eyebrow, but amusement was written all over his face, "I'm sorry, but do I know you?"

What the fudge is he talking about? He does know me! He drove me to school just this morning!

"Sorry Luke, but from now, you don't know me, and I don't know you."

This mornings talk flashed in my head. I just had to say that? I swear to god if I was a cartoon character right now, you would see the steam coming out of my ears. I wanted to just pull my hair out and scream at him.

"Luke! Forget what I said this morning! I need your car NOW!"

Tears start to form in my eyes, before I could wipe them off Luke notice them and his face turns from amusement to concern, "Violet? What's wrong?"

I blink a few times to stop the tears from fogging up my sight, I shake my head and bring my hand in front of him, "Just give me your keys..."

Luke shakes his head and gets up and stands in front of me, "No, I'm coming with you."

I was about to protest, but the voice in my head told me to forget about him and hurry up.

I nod and pull him and AJ out of the cafeteria. After I get close the gate, I run towards Luke's car, "Hurry up!"

Luke unlocks the car and we all quickly scramble inside. Luke glances at me, "Where to?"

"Home, after I pick up Chloe we go to the hospital."

Luke nods, "Who is Chloe?"

"My sister..."

Luke nods, if he wanted to ask anything else, he did not show it.

"Vi? Can you explain to me what happened?"

I stare blankly out of the window, I'm minutes away from breaking into tears, "Mom and dad got in an accident...."

There was pure silence followed after that. Luke coughed, "Um... I don't know how to react to that..."

I sigh, "Just don't react..."

Luke nods, "Um.. So I'm not suppose to maybe ask this, since you might break..."

How does he know?

"But... How did they get in an accident? Did they get hit with a car? Or something?"

I wipe my tears with my thumb.

"Ask Chloe, I can't talk about this right now..."

Luke glanced at me before turning back to the road. A look of sorrow formed in his eyes.

After a few minutes of silence we reached home, I get out of the car and silently walk to the front door, a soft whimper is heard behind me. I turn around, Rover, our dog was sitting behind me rubbing his head against my leg. I give a weak smile, hoping that Rover will get the message and come with me inside.

Just take a deep breath... And go in...

I push the door open, being met by a silent hallway and the sound of the TV in the lounge. Every single muscle in my body gets weaker as I walk into the lounge.  I see the TV, paused on the news channel. I gulp as I notice that my mom and dads face has been paused on it, with a badly damaged taxi beside it.  A soft hand was placed on my shoulder, I look at the hand then at her face, my heart burns into ashes as I see Chloe's face. Blood shot eyes, messy hair like it wasn't brushed in the whole day, shaking lips and swollen eyes.

"Chloe..."

Chloe points to the front door, where AJ and Luke were probably standing at.

"Can we go now? I don't to wait any longer..."

Instead out replying, I just nod and walk behind Chloe to Luke's car after I lock up the house. Chloe sits behind with AJ while I sit in the passenger seat next to Luke.