Mine (Unedited) (Discontinued?)

Chapter 30

Toby glared at the redhead in front of him, the girl looking miserable and pale. Her hair was everywhere in the worst bedhead he'd ever seen, and the blanket wrapped around her shoulders did nothing to calm the shivering taking her over.

Kendra opened her mouth but before she could say a word, a coughing fit wracked her body. Toby did nothing to help her, wanting her to say whatever it was she wanted to say so he could go back to pouting and ignoring her.

"S-Sorry," she mumbled, her voice hoarse from the flu.

"Whatever, spit out what you want to say so I can go back to pretending you don't exist," Toby snapped, crossing his arms and leaning on one foot as his impatience grew.

Kendra frowned, once again wondering what the hell she did to get him to hate her so much.

Deciding not to worry about it for the time being, she cleared her throat.

"I want you to take me out into the forest to look for BEN," she said, straightening her shoulders and lifting her chin, hoping the display of confidence would convince the other to do as she asked.

What she wasn't expecting was the all out laughter.

Startled, Kendra took a step back and stepped on her blanket, resulting in her tumbling backwards onto the floor. The laughter coming from Toby increased, and that combined with the pain in her back and the throbbing in her head from hitting the ground made Kendra start to cry.

Toby didn't even notice her tears, he was so busy laughing at the shocked expression on her face when she went down.

"Oh God! You expect me to actually help you? I can think of a million reasons why that makes you a fucking idiot," Toby said, still laughing as he wiped tears from his eyes.

Kendra stared up at him, her chin quivering and her vision blurred from the amount of tears. Hearing the insult pushed her stress over the edge, and Kendra began to sob. She buried her face in her hands, curling up the best she could in the empty hallway.

Toby rolled his eyes, not once believing that her tears were real. Since all she seemed interested in doing was blubbering, probably expecting pity from him, Toby decided to turn on his heel and attempt to find his way back to his room.

It felt like hours had passed by the time Kendra lifted her head. She wasn't expecting the bright light to be filtering in from the hallway windows, but a quick glance at a nearby clock told her it was only mid-afternoon.

Deciding to get up, Kendra gathered her blanket around her again and stood. She should have expected Toby to turn her down, but she hadn't expected him to start bullying her and it had pushed her over the edge.

So, she was now back to square one with her search for BEN, and it left her feeling hopeless. If she couldn't help in this one way, how could she prove to anyone that she was a part of this household, this family, just as much as the rest living here?

Except no one had questioned her right to live here but Toby, and she'd been trying to prove herself since before she had met him.

Kendra sniffled, her throat feeling worse after crying so hard for, she glanced at the clock again, half an hour. Sighing, Kendra moved back in the direction of the stairs, planning on waiting in the living room for Slender to come back and tell her if BEN was still lost or not.

She didn't need to wait, because when she hit the bottom step, Slender appeared in the living room a few feet ahead of her carrying BEN who was hissing at every jostle of his right arm.