Unpredictable Love

Chapter 69

Chapter 69

Karleigh's POV

Dialing up my Mom's house phone, my nerves start to build up. It rings and rings, and at this point I've excepted that she isn't going to answer the call.

The answering machine echoes in my ear from the other end on the phone.

"Please leave your name and number after the beep." The robotic voicemail says to me.

I sigh into the receiver before gathering my thoughts. "Hey Mom, I was just calling to tell you some...good news. I hope you're proud, hopefully it makes up for all the fuck ups I've made in the last few years. Sorry, I guess. Call me whenever..." I awkwardly end the call and stand alone in my room,with only my thoughts.

It seems as if everything that has or could go wrong runs through my mind. Harry, and his appointment. The college. My mom. Travis and Aunt Jocelyn. My dad. Todd. Everything.

Needing to get my mind off of things, I grab my laptop and type Angelyse a long email.

Hey Ang,

I'm not in good enough condition for Skype right now, but I wanted to fill you in. Harry and I are official :) and we sealed it with the deed.

We got into a long argument a while back, everything's okay now but at the moment I wanted to die. Harry kissed some bitch named Mandy, who I later dumped tea all over. Harry's best friend, Niall, kissed me... Yeah gross.

Harry told me some important news...

He has osteosarcoma, he's been getting some tests done lately but it's really hard to tell how things will turn out. I'm scared, Ang. He means too much to me, what if he... What if things don't get better.

I'll call you when I can.

Love you,

Karleigh

As I finished up my brief, explanatory email I notice warm beads of salt water rolling down my cheeks. I swipe them away easily, but more are quick to follow. I'm helplessly swiping the stream of tears away as my bedroom door creaks open.

Aunt Jocelyn's sad eyes soak up my appearance as she carefully treads closer to me. Gently sitting down beside me, her arms wrap around me in a comforting embrace.

My sobs break free as I think of loosing my Harry. I can't hold them back any longer under the circumstances. My body shakes in Aunt Jocelyn's arms and she hushes me, whispering soft coos.

Although I'd do practically anything to go back to Atlanta, I'm glad I'm here right now with my Aunt.

"He'll be okay baby." She promises me. Confusion washes through me and I lean away from her slightly, blinking away my tears so I can see clearly. I know good and well, that I didn't tell Aunt Jocelyn about Harry, which could only mean...

"You knew?" I choke and her face says everything that her words don't.

Her lips part then close once more, I rudely jolt away from her.

"How could you! How could you lie to me! I thought you wanted to protect me?" I viscously snarl at her through my tears. She looks taken aback by my cruel tone.

"Karleigh, it wasn't my place to tell you..." She softly defends.

My gaze softens slightly, but my voice doesn't. "Aunt Jocelyn, you lied to me." I croak.

She opens her arms to me again, but I childishly shake my head in refusal. A long sigh leaves her lips, and she looks so helples.

"You knew!" I hysterically scream. "But yet you chose not to tell me!" I continue on, scolding her. My mouth opens again to yell at her some more, but all that comes out is an animalistic sound.