Souls You Can't Save

Lately

AN// ok so i realized that i havent actually explained why i'm grounded to most of you lmao so this is gonna be a looooong chapter explaining august 7 - october 2

I'm also adding a character that only certain people will know who it is in real life (by privilege) and his name is Lincoln.

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song: "Numb" Linkin Park

Band camp had to be the best week of my life this summer. I had fun, was sweaty and disgusting, got to know some damn great people, and overall, have fun. But, what happens at band camp, stays at band camp.

(if anyone makes American Pie references I'm blocking you i s2g)

I got back from band camp, and got ungrounded. I am such a dumbass. I can't believe I was stupid enough to leave a cigarette in my wallet. But I was, and my mom found it. I was grounded the whole week at band camp, and damn was I glad to be ungrounded. 

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It's August 16th. 
I'm walking off the fair grounds to my dad's car.

Hot tears rolling down my cheeks.
It feels like there's a knife in my throat.
I'm being escorted by a police officer.

The day started out just like any other time I'd hang out with my friends. Nevaeh and her brother came to pick me up to go to the fair. Vincent went to go get Kia and Cat, and we left for the fairgrounds. He dropped us off, and we got our wristbands. After going on Spin Out, we met Scott and Jonas by the Himalaya. Cat, Jonas, Nevaeh, and Kia went to go on the Fireball, and I sat down with Scott. 

"Hey, do you want this ring? I got it earlier."

"Sure. Scott, this is a really pretty ring....are you sure you don't want to keep it?"

"Yeah it's fine. Take it."

We met up again with everyone and went to go get food. I was nibbling on my fries. Jonas came and sat down by me. 

"Hey, did Scott give you the ring that he stole earlier?"

My heart went into my stomach.
He stole it? 
My best friend of ten years, who isn't a dumbass, decided to steal a ring?
What the fuck?

"He fucking what?!"

Jonas knew he wasn't supposed to tell me. Nevaeh came over and sat down.

"What's the yelling about?"

"Scott stole a fucking ring and gave it to me. Scott stole a fucking ring, Nevaeh."

"He fucking WHAT?!"

She turned around to Scott.

"You fucking what?"

Scott was totally nonchalant. He said he thought we wouldn't care. He said it was no big deal. Him, Jonas, and Emily had been doing it all day. It felt like someone shot me. They were that stupid? All of them? And they'd been taking things all fucking day. 

We ended up getting split up, and it was just me and Nevaeh. We stopped at a jewelry booth. The same one they had stolen from earlier. We figured that out. 

I don't know what it was. I don't know what I was thinking. But I took a ring, and put it in the front pocket of my purse. I kept looking around at the jewelry. I thought it was safe. Nevaeh finally said that Jonas had called her and told us to meet them at a booth. We walked away. The owner called us and said something like a bomb.

"Ladies, I'm going to need you to give back everything you took."

I started crying. I looked at Nevaeh. I emptied my purse. I told the owner exactly what was mine. Everything of mine was well worn. Nevaeh emptied her pockets and her wallet. She had her own rings. She dropped the other ones while she was tying her shoe. The owner took us to the police booth. They wrote down our information. They took a statement. It was someone's living that we took. Those people had come from 4 hours away to sell their product. They could have pressed charges. But they didn't. Thank God they didn't.