I look at the words on the page and fold it up before my tears can smudge any of his perfect handwriting. I place the paper on my desk and sit in the chair in front of it. I pick up some paper and a black pen and unfold the letter he wrote me. I place it on the wall with blue tack and stare at his perfect words. How do I even reply to that? How do I let him know I care just as much as him? He was always the smart one. The one that had a way with words and helped me with my homework. I just wish I could do something to get him back to me.
I sit and try to scrawl some words down that make sense and prove that I really do miss him but I just can't make it work. I decide to go downstairs to see Lesley and my dad before I go to bed.
"Hey, Zozo, how much of this do you want?" Lesley asks as I walk into the kitchen.
"Oh no, thank you. I ate when I went out." I smile and take a bottle of water from the fridge.
"Not so fast, little lady." She says as I try to leave the kitchen. "Recently, you have been eating less and less and it isn't good for you. I haven't seen you eat a bite in days." She says and turns to face me.
"Lesley, I eat. I eat loads. Ask Elsie! I ate with her the other day and I ate a lot today when I went out and I'm just not hungry. I'll have a sandwich later." I smile and she raises an eyebrow at me but let's me walk away.
I take to the front room and sit on the sofa with my dad. He's watching some reality TV show and I curl up next to him with my water. I lay deep into the pillow and let the TV take over my senses.
*hours later*
I wake up and my senses are blurred. I hear the TV in the background but everything seems distorted. Everything seems... wrong. I sit up but my vision is all different and everywhere. I can make out Lesley speaking to my dad about me but I can't hear her. I try to sit up but everything hurts so I reside to laying back down and focusing on my breathing.
I try to breathe equally, in, out, in, out. But instead, my breathing hitches and suddenly I'm struggling for air. I stand up and try to focus my eyesight but nothing makes sense. I take a few steps but they're staggered and suddenly I can only hear echoes. I can only hear Lesley and my dad calling my name but I don't have the energy. The words, to answer them.
"Call the ambulance!" I hear Lesley scream
I feel myself falling, and everything is so much of a haze I just cry. I can't help it, everything hurts and I try to scream but nothing makes sense and I have no breath. I just fall and the last thing I remember is hitting my head... Hard.
~short chapter but ooo~
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Teen Fiction"Promise me, when we are 18 and cool enough to do anything we want, you will come back to this tree and see me again?" "Zoe, I promise." "I'm going to miss you, Layton" "I'll miss you and your freckles too." Zoe and Layton have been friends for the...
