Red Rum

3

"And we shoved the dresser against the door." said cody to his father. His father had a look of shock on his face and i swear his eyes turned a different color for a second. He stood and said,

"We'll report him monday."

"Okay" both cody and I said at the same time. His father let out a sigh and walked out of the room. I think he's getting tired of cleaning up my messes. Why do i do this to his father and mother? They dont deserve this. I was brought out of my thoughts by cody shaking me. My head snapped up to look at him.

"Sorry i zoned out."

"Dont be sorry you were almost raped ."

"Yea..."

"So why have you been out of it lately."

"I jus... family stuff is all..."

"Oh jus tell me already. Please!"

"Im adopted." I said it quickly like i was ripping off an imaginary band-aid that wasnt there. It was the first time,the first time i said it out loud. The reason why i had memories of a lady with pitch black hair and a man with bleach blonde hair instead of my fake mother and fathers red hair. But the one thing that wasnt explained by the adoption was the red pill. Why did i take it? Only I? Not my parents? What is that about? My racing mind was pulled into reality once again by cody.

"No....dude that... but... im so confused."

"Its worse for me than you imagine having to live with this."

"Im really sorry." He said looking at his shoes and shaking his head.

"Its fine, all i gotta do is find a place to stay." I said chewing on my lower lip.

"Here, stay here!" He yelled. I jumped then looked at him startled by his yelling. I could see his face turning red. We always had a crush on each other but we never acted on our crushes.

"Ok i will. Ill stay." His mouth fell open.

"Really?"

"Well yea i have no where else to turn. Ive pushed everyone else away..."i dropped my sentence and i couldn't hold back the pain or tears anymore i started sobbing and i couldn't stop. Cody hugged me as soon as i started. He just hugged me and told me it was gonna be ok and for some reason i believed him, i always believed in him,trusted him, since day one. After what seemed like hours i stopped,but he didn't let go. I went to move but he just hugged me tightly and put his head in the crook of my neck. His breath tickled my neck.

" I wish i could make the pain go away."he whispered. I put my hand on his back.

"I know,and im sorry you cant."

"You should go take a bath."

"Yea i should..." We got up and he gave me a shirt and a pair of his boxers. I went into his bathroom an drew the bath then got in. I washed my hair an body then jus sat in the water till it was freezing. I got dressed quickly. Then reached for the door catching sight of my arms. I pushed down the sleeves of the shirt. I walked out of the bathroom while cody walked in with a boxme,nkHe almost dropped. They were still moving in. I pulled up my sleeves an forgot about my arms then helped. He dropped the box and stared at me i instantly remembered...cuts. He grabbed me by my arms and shook me asking me no yelling at me why. I yelled back that i didn't know why. I pushed him backwards and he fell over a box. I ran i ran away and out of the house. I ran and didnt stop until i was in a parking lot of i didnt know where. I saw a black van coming twords me and i started walking the other way. I drove up by me and right when i was about to run i was knocked out.