Never Be Alone

Unexpected

I swiveled back to face the frount. The car started moving. "Sweety," Mom cooed. "Mr. Dory is saying that you haven't been showing up to the Your Life meetings in awhile. Why, darling?"

"Because its my life, and I don't need to be with those losers any more." I scoffed.

"Tiffany!" Dad raised his voice at me. "Don't speak to your mother like that."

"I didn't realized that the group controlled my life! I don't have a fucking problem!" I kicked the dashboard.

"Young lady!" Mom yelled. "Don't you cuss!"

"Whatever." I muttered. Adam gave me a side ways "Stop-that-attitude-right-now-young-lady" look. I sit up and leaned my head against the window.

"Anyways," Mom shrugged off the hostile comments I said. "You have to choose between borning old Dr. Carter or fun time with your friends in Your Life group."

"Dr. Carter, hands down." I said nonchalantly as I looked at my messages from Shawn. "Tiff, i kno its been hard for u lately. I just want to let u kno that u can talk 2 me. -S.M."

"Okay, if that's what you want." Dad said, rolling his eyes.

What does he know? He doesn't know what I'm going through! And he will never know!

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Later: Back at the house...

Mr. Dory was requested to stay for dinner and he accepted! I rushed up stairs and balled my eyes out. My friends fully turned against me, Zac and Shawn wouldn't help, I'm still having nightmares about Zander - granted that its probaly only once a week now, and NOW I'm stuck with stupid Old Man Carter.

Why does everything have to be hard? I was prefectly okay when Veronica's friends picked on my legs, I didn't give crap. But now, with everything else, I can't handle it any more!

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Later: Dinner Time...

I go down stairs when dinner was ready. It was around 6:30 and I could barely keep my eyes I open.

Mr. Dory was sitting on my seat, but I didn't have enough energy to fight my guidance concealer. I sat way from everyone else as Stacy rolled in the food carts, severing hamburgers and fries tonight.

"Darling, why are you sitting waaay over there? Yes, its a long table, but there's no need for you to be down there." Dad took a bite of his hamburger.

"Because I want to sit as far as I can from you guys." I bit into a french fry tiredly.

"Okay." Dad foucesd his attention back to Mr. Dory. "So, your wife is a Broadway star on break?"

"Yeah, she's taking a break from theater and trying to get a role in a movie here in LA." Vincent explained. I rolled my eyes. "She loved taking the kids on the field trips."

I blanked out the rest what he was saying. I didn't feel so well. It was like I wanted to - to puke out my internal organs. Just like Shawn said to me.

I quickly stood up and rushed up towards my bathroom. I reached the toilet just in time. I barfed up the lunch and that one french fry. Tears down poured on my face.

Stacy rushed into the bathroom a moment later. "Is everything okay, Tiffany?" Stacy helped me up to my feet.

"No! Its n-" the feeling of sickness washed over me again. The liquidy mass escaped my mouth as I quickly plopped down on the floor and puked into the toilet again.

The smell- oh gosh- the smell! It was unbearable! The mixed colors of green and yellow and tiny chucks of undigested food, swirled in the toilet bowl. I puke a little bit more. I had a gut feeling that it was over with.

Stacy started to fill the bath with warm water and gathered some bath bombs for me to choose from. "Ugh, I think I got food poisoning."

"Its alright." Stacy placed my soft light green robe next to the bathtub and helped me up to my feet again. "Let's just brush your teeth... And flush the toilet."

I quickly brush my teeth, while Stacy cleaned the toilet. After a few mintues, the bathroom smelled 99% better and was cleaner than before.

"Just call me if you need anything." Stacy shuts the door and goes back down stairs.

I get undressed and climb into the bathtub. I pick out a multi-colored bomb and set it in the tub. I watch the colors swirl around making the water unclear and colorful.

I lean back my head and closed my eyes, while my arms hang out side of the tub. I feel the warmth around me. Everything was sooo relaxing.

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(In Tiffany's dream)

I open my eyes again. "I don't need my friends!" I muttered to myself. "I can do well on my own, just like before I met them."

I hear something move behind me, but before I could react, a two hands pushed me down into colorful water. I fought back up only to be shoved down longer than before. I felt my body relax. No, fight back! Fight b-

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(Tiffany awake..)

I jerk up, gasping for breath. I feel my hair. Dry. My face. Dry. Okay, it was just a dream.

When I regained my breath, I notice the water had gone cold. I stood up and quickly grabbed my robe and wrapped it around me. I drained the water and rinsed off in the shower. Then I got ready for bed. It was nearly 10.

How long was I alseep? I pulled the covers over my head as I tried to go back to sleep, but the image and feeling of me drowning flashed back into my mind and body.

I uncovered my face and let the cool air chill me. I decided to check my phone until I got tired.

"Hey," it was Shawn's new message. "I really liked your script." I rolled my eyes.

Out of impulse, I texted him back. "Fuck off Shawn! Like you really care about me and my script! All u r is a puppet for that bitch Veronica!" I hit send and rolled over on my other side.

An instant response came back. "Hey, im not workin 4 her! And i really did like your script idea! Why u hatein 4 >:("

"Hmm I wonder! 1) u told me that i was annoying u with the Zander thing! 2) u told me that u wanted to puke out ur internal organs just because u texted me! 3) then u told me that if i needed to talk 2 u about anything, i could come 2 u! So fuckin confusing!" I texted frantically.

No response. Ha, thought so too! I waited for sleep to take me from this brutal world. I just want to dream again.

Soon, 11 P.M. rolls around. My phone buzzed non-stop. I look over to see Shawn calling me.

"What do you want?" I hissed quietly as I put the phone to my ear.

"I just need to explain." Shawn blurted out.

"No, I had enough of your stupidity tonight." I hung up without a moment of hestion.

End of Chapter 17
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