Callie's Story

Hi Jake..

Jake opened his arms, letting me collide straight into his chest. He didn’t mind. He was there for me. I didn’t mind. I needed to get away from Duncan. I knocked Jake back a few steps, but he kept himself and me upright. “It’s alright. I’m here” He whispered, wrapping his arms around me while I cried into his chest. How could Duncan DO this?! We’d been through a lot and now he was willing to just let us go?

These thoughts altered my actions, and I started to pummel my fists into Jakes chest, startling him and causing him to push me out of his reach. My arms failed me and limped and I just stood there, looking at Jake at arm’s length. I opened my mouth to say sorry but the words caught in my throat and just made me cough instead and he wrapped his around me again, crushing me against his strong chest. I felt him patting me on the back, as if in comforting me like a mother would do her baby child. 

I sniffled, trying not to look a state. “Hi Jake…” I murmured to him, squeezing out a small laugh. He broke a smile and wiped away a stray tear. At this moment, he felt more like my boyfriend than Duncan did and that was something. I didn’t care about the world of school seeing this. I wanted to freeze time, maybe rewind it so far back that I didn’t see Duncan or ever even meet him. Meet Jake in a different light and go out with him. We could’ve worked right?

If I really wanted to, I could leave school and go to another place. I would totally do that now. I mean, honestly? I should just give up and run away, but it wouldn’t get me anywhere strong and I would give up and return shortly afterwards anyway. People would start to miss me and I couldn’t have that happen. Especially if I was annoyed at the world. Plus, my parents wouldn’t be too happy; I’d tried to run away before, but they found me camping out somewhere. It was a sad sight to see, for them to see their only child sitting in the darkness, cowering away from the world.

The life was behind me now and I wasn’t going to hide away.

Jake peered at me, wondering if I was going to be alright. I just looked at him, with a sad smile. “It’s over Jake. Him and Me. My future..” I muttered, feeling embarrassed yet sad. I’d made a scene in front of all Jake’s best friends and now they would know me as the stupid-crying girl that was way too upset over one boy.

Jake, however, raised his eyebrow and shrugged. “It was coming Callie. I mean, I remember him telling me how he felt it wasn’t working and that he was going to let you down slowly,” Informing me of this only made me unhappy. But I didn’t let it show. I didn’t want to show how this made me feel in front of Jake.