Falling Back #wattys2017

Chapter Twenty

I couldn't sleep last night. The whole Kit thing was such a blow for me. I must have cried all night for poor Kit. I remember yesterday was a such a sad day, especially before Kit and Penny went into the cab, Kit walked up to me

"Sarah, I wanted to give you something" said Kit

Then, she took an expensive charm bracelet out of her pocket. One charm was shaped as a heart and the other charm was shaped like a dove

"It's beautiful" I cried as I put the charm bracelet on my right wrist

"The heart represents love and the dove represents hope" said Kit "It should reflect what I want you to know. Love gives you hope"

After Kit said that, she quickly moved her eyes between Mike and me, as if she was implying me to go out with Mike. I will always like Mike but now is the wrong time to think about romance. Especially since Mike thought that I would give him a concussion. Why do I still slightly like him? Because I'm an idiot

"I will cherish this forever" I cried

Then, Penny ran up to us and said "The cab driver really wants to leave and go to the airport"

"Take care Penny" said Mike

"You guys do a good job running the orphanage" ordered Penny "I'll be back in a few months. I'm going to miss you all"

Penny was such a great person. I loved hanging out with her and hearing her stories. But it didn't feel like I was saying goodbye to Penny because I knew I was going to see her again. But as for Kit, this is goodbye

Kit hugged everyone in the family and gave them each a gift such as a necklace or a pin, for the boys. When Kit got into the cab and it drove off, I couldn't handle it. I started crying so loudly that I nearly stopped breathing

Mike threw an arm around me and started crying too. This must have been worse on Mike, Kit lived with him like a sister, and I've only known her for a few days. Then, Mike said "I hate to see you like this"

"Shocker" I mumbled

The rest of the night, we were just in the orphanage crying about Kit and trying to cheer each other up. It was a very depressing rest of the day

All night, I was tossing and turning in my bed. I couldn't stop crying about Kit. How was I supposed to get sleep if Kit had brain cancer?

The night went tediously long but eventually, it was 7 o clock in the morning and for the first time ever, I stayed up all night and didn't even doze off for a few minutes. I decided that I wanted to skip school today because I'm just too upset

Kit didn't deserve this. She was such a happy little girl and she went through so much in her short seven year life. I knew exactly why Kit got brain cancer and it was because of Olga. Olga has done so much lately. She gave Mike a concussion, made a truck explode, and now this? How am I supposed to stop Olga? What's next?

"Bad morning Mike" I greeted as I walked into the depressing orphanage

"You finally understand how bad every day is" said Mike

"Not every day is bad" I said

"Yes it is!" yelled Mike "Every day we wake up is just another reminder that we are on this horrible earth longer"

"I get that your upset but don't talk like that!"

"It's the truth!" yelled Mike. Mike calmed himself down and started talking calmer "Life is full of problems and depression. Life is just a punishment! And I hate my life!"

I hated the way Mike was talking. He was talking as if he wanted to kill himself. Are these really the thoughts that go through his head? This was the second time that he talked suicide talk and it really got me worried. He hated his life. I didn't know whether he was talking about this because of Kit or because he's devising a way of committing suicide