When A Heart Opens Up

Chapter 2

When the girl on the bus got off at her stop I then started wondering what was going to happen when my mom saw me in this beat up state. This sucks. This day couldn't get any worse. My stop was the next one up and really didn't want to get off 'cuse of what was about to go down at my house. Blood was going to be spilled. A lot. When it was my time to get off I walked down the steps of the bus and walked the complete opposite direction of my house. I had no clue as to what was going to happen, but it wasn't good. I was walking down to the gas station so I could get some monsters 'cause I was really worn down. I walked in and they were out of stock. So I grabbed a six-pack of the next best thing. Rockstars. I waked up to the counter and paid for the energy drinks and waked out of the store and grabbed one out of the case. I popped one open took a drink. It was good I'll have to admit, but not quite as good as Monsters. Man, you can't top Monsters. Those are the absolute best. I then walked down to the video game store and walked in. I heard the soothing sound of the bell ring as I entered the sweet store. This is the place I go where nothing can bother me. I grabbed my wallet out of my back pocket and checked to see how much money I had. $80. Good. The new Call of Duty was coming out in a few days and I wanted to pre-order it. I heard the game was going to have the best graphics of the century. Damn I was excited. I walked up to the clerk and handed him the little cardboard thingie showing him that I wanted to pre-order the game. "Hello," I said trying to be as casual as possible.

"Hi. Will that be all for you today?" he asked not really caring if it was or not.

"Yep."

"Here you go. Have a nice day." He handed me back my change and I took it and left. It was starting to get dark so I started for me house. I knew a shortcut that would get me there just in time for dinner. My mom would kill me if I was late. Literally. I turned left into an alley and I saw a lump in the shadows and I wandered over to see who it was. There was a guy trying to crawl out of the alley whispering hor help. He was bleeding and bad. I got out my phone and called 911 and they said that they would be there in a minutes. I turned the guy over to see where he was shot and tried to put pressure on the wound so it would start to cauterize. Lucky for me someone else went down the alley some guy started yelling and chasing at me so I ran. I didn't know what else to do. I just dashed away from everything. I saw the guy pull out his phone and he only dialed three numbers. 9. 1. 1. Crap. He was calling the cops because he thought that I did it. So I ran to my house. I walked around to the back of the house and slid the backdoor open. Thank god I hadn't locked it this morning though I could've picked the lock if I had needed to. My mom was still in the kitchen making dinner. I sneaked past her without being detected. I walked up the stairs and went straight to my room and shut the door as quietly as possible. I looked down at my shirt and there was blood all over it. That's when I heard the sirens. I went to the bathroom and checked out the window. Sure enough there were two cop cars parked outside my house. I went back to my room and climbed out my window. I started running away from my house a Rockstar still in my pocket. Weird. I put my hand in my pocket to pull out my phone... it wasn't there. Crap. I must've left it at my house but, I don't remember taking it out. I wasn't paying attention as to where I was going and I smacked right into a tree branch. I fell and grabbed my face and I felt a warm liquid on my fingers. My nose was bleeding. Really? Right now at the worst possible time ever. Whatever. I got up and started running once again. It was probably fifteen minutes before I saw a single house. That one led to another and then to a whole neighborhood. I can't believe the amount of crap that's happened to me today. It just keeps getting worse and worse. First I get my teeth kicked in by a girl and then I'm on the run from the cops because I found a corpse and reported it. They thought I killed the guy. Shit. I come up to this house and I can get pretty quick because Their roof hangs down real low so I get climb up and in through a window. Once I was up on the roof I grabbed my trusty butter knife and jammed it in the window and pulled up. I heard the ,pop, of the latch breaking and the window slid open. I ducked down and slid through the window with ease. I looked up and all I saw was a straightening iron and then I saw stars. Big, bright, and blue ones. Once my head cleared, I looked and saw who it was. My. worst. Nightmare. What's her face that kicked my ass. Goddamnit. I guess life can get worse. A lot worse.
"What the fuck are you doing in my house, Marcus?" she said. I could hear her voice wavering when she talked.

"Shit. Of all the houses, I had to pick this one. Fuck me,"

"Seriously. Answer the question."

"Because the cops are after me for something I didn't do,"

"What do they think you did?"

"I found this dead guy and I reported it and I had blood all over me and I tried to save him but, failed and then I reported it to the cops and they think I killed him."

She walked over to me and gave me a hug. I didn't know what to do so I just leaned into the hug. "Thank you,"

"For what?" she whispered.

"Not turning me in," I whispered back.

"Why would I do that? we're friends right?"

"Of course we are," I said. I really did like her. Even though she beat the shit out of me. I don't know how long we were hugging each other, but I finally broke away when I thought the sirens were gone. I looked out the window and she walked up behind me. She put her arms around my waist and asked," What're you going to do?"

"Quite honestly, I don't even know," I said as my eyes were starting to tear up for the third time today. I turned around and hugged her again. Then it all came pouring out. I let my tears run down my face. I let go of her even though she made me feel like I was better than I really was. And I loved her for it. Wait... what? What am I talking about. I stopped thinking about it and I walked over to the window and climbed back out. "See you tomorrow," I said. I hopped off the roof and ran into the forest behind her house and I looked back one last time and I saw her eye gloss over like she was about to cry. I ran as fast as I could go so I wouldn't change my mind. I'm gonna go away forever. I can't take this shit any more. I saved my money and bought a gun. Tonight is the night. But I was having second thoughts. I mean that girl. She was acting like I hadn't been a total dick bag to her today. Without even thinking about it I turned back towards her house. I had to tell her what I was about to do. I had gotten back to her house and up the roof and I peeked in and what I saw was pure torture.