Controlla (Mateo Bowles, psychotic?)

Chapter 15

I made some minor edits to the last chapter which help you understand this one a little more so you might wanna go back and reread the last chapter... 🤷🏽‍♀️

Kayla POV

I don't know what the hell is going on anymore. It's like Mateo is a completely different person. He never hangs out with us anymore and is becoming more pale and skinny looking. I can't live with myself knowing that he's not okay and I didn't even try to help. I called him and he answered.

"What?"

"Hello to you too... 'best friend' " I hesitated.

"What do you want?" He said bluntly.

"I just wanna know whats been up with you? Gosh why are you being such an asshole." I replied.

"A lot. A lot has been up and I'm being an asshole cause I wanna be bitch." Those words stung as if he had just slapped me across my face.

"What the hell happened to you?! Why are you acting like this?" I yelled into the phone.

"Nothing. Just my true self coming to light." He calmly answered as he hung up.

I am so lost. I just wanted to be there for him but instead he treats me like trash. Most people would just move on but, me and Teo. We had something special. That you can't just move on from...

4 hours later
*ring ring

"Hello?"

"Jayla? Its me Kayla." I said.

"Yeah I know, what do you want?" She rudely replied.

"I know we've had our problems in the past, but can we please meet up and talk. I need some, advice." I spoke.

She sighed, "where and about what?"

"The lake at that abandoned campsite and...mateo." I responded lowly.

"Alright be there in 30." She said as she hung up. After the call with Mateo I just laid in my bed and cried. I didn't want to go anywhere and I ignored all my texts and notifications. I feel like all this is my fault. Like I did something to make Teo hate me. I just don't know what. I called Jayla because I knew she would be the only one to be bluntly honest with her opinion. I knew that of all people, she could make me hate Mateo just as much as he hates me. Thats what I wanted. I just didn't want to be sad anymore.

I put on an all black Big Baller Brand sweatsuit with some Nike Benassi slides. I walked down to the lake by myself even though it was 8:30 and dark outside. When I arrived Jayla was already there gazing at the lake.

"Hey," I sighed as I approached her.

"Sup, you good?" She asked not taking her eyes off the moonlight glistening on the lake.

"No actually. I'm not." I spoke. "I called Teo today and he just blew me off and called me a bitch. Acted like he never cared about me."

"Damn... Well who needs that mushroom head as nigga anyway! He's a bitch!" She said after awhile.

"I do." I thought to myself.

"But you don't understand. He used to be so genuine and easy to talk to. Now its something completely different." I replied looking down.

"You didn't hear this from me but Mateo has mental issues," she started.

"I agree," I laughed thinking about the fun times me and him have had.

"No like dead ass. He was diagnosed with schizophrenia, borderline and histrionic personality disorder, and schizotypal disorder." She said looking into my eye.

"Oh," I said dumbfounded. "When?"

"3rd grade."

"You've known him that long?" I questioned.

"No he told everyone. Thats the reason we didn't worry when he 'disappeared'. We knew what was happening but if he didn't tell you maybe he didn't want you to know." She stated.

"But he said he loved me. If you love someone you can over look anything. Especially some disease." I choked as a tear fell down my cheek."

"Cheer up kiddo. Continuing to love him is just stupid and dumb and... I don't think there's even a word for what that is!" She laughed.

"Actually there is a word for that, it's love. I'm in love with him, okay? If you're looking for the word that means caring about someone beyond all rationality and wanting them to have everything they want no matter how much it destroys you, it's love! And when you love someone, you just, you don't stop, ever. Even when people roll their eyes or call you crazy
Even then, especially then! You just, you don't give up because if I could give up, if I could just, you know, take the whole worlds advice and move on and find someone else that wouldn't be love! That would be some other disposable thing that is not worth fighting for!" I spoke. All my feelings escaped and it felt good.

"You do that." She said while lighting a blunt. "My advice is just to forget about him." She began to walk away.

"If I don't?" I asked after she had walked a couple feet.

"I dunno," she shrugged. "That sounds like a personal problem." She smiled and walked off.

"Whatever Jay, bye." I waved her off. I spotted a canoe and a couple paddles next to it and decided to go out into the lake. I touched the canoe and felt like I was thrown into a tornado.

I saw a young girl and a boy going out into the lake. The girl had cinder blocks attached to her wrists, ankles, and neck. The boy was holding the one around her neck. He stood her up as she cried to him. I couldn't make out the words all I heard was muffled shrieks. He kissed her cheek said something then dropped the block into the lake. The girl plopped into the lake and he stared at the water and watched. He the turned and began to paddle back. I couldn't see his face. But something about him made my heart drop. I just didn't know what.

The vision stopped and I still had my hand on the canoe. I gazed out into the lake, wondering if the vision was real...wondering if there was really a body down there with blocks of concrete attached to her. I shook the thought out of my head as chills went up my spine.

"Fuck that shit," I said speed walking home. When I got home I took a long hot shower and climbed into bed. I just wanted something to make me quickly fall asleep so I turned on the local news.

"And we have a missing person." The anchor said.

I sat up staring at the screen in fear.

"By the name of Amber Lewis, a nineteen year old female with brown hair and green eyes. About 5'5 and disappeared about 5 days ago." He said as her picture appeared on the screen.

I gasped. The girl had the same shape and features that I could see in my vision.

"If anyone knows anything please contact the authorities." The anchor said.

I turned off my TV and pulled the covers over my head.

"Kayla"

"What. The. Hell." I said aloud looking around my room.

"Its me, Teo."

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