The Middle Row Girl

Chapter 5

Hey guys! so I passed all my exams so the time off the writing was worth it and I managed to get this out just on time! Thanks so much for sticking with me with this story and I appreciate all votes and comments given and would love to hear what you think of this chapter :) I hope you are all doing well and hopefully these updates will be on time more often because the Christmas holiday is coming.

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It's not like the movies when everything slows down around you because of special effects on a green screen, there are no special effects in life, only heart break and love. Both those things are colliding together in one harmful wave inside my heart, and I can't stop it as it breaks me down slither by painful slither. I stare at her for moment, playing with my trembling hands behind my back as I see her staring back at me with sympathy, pity. Mrs Barenza steps forward timidly, extending her hand towards my shoulder but I flinch away from her touch. She didn't stop him from taking her! Why didn't she stop him from taking her?! "How could you?" I whisper, my voice coming out wispy as I try and keep my composure. She looks at me with sad eyes which now hold so much tiredness when before they held an overwhelming amount of light. "How could you let him take her?!" I hiss at her, angry tears are beginning to burn my eyes. "You're a teacher; you're so supposed to protect her." My voice wobbles as I tear trickles done my cheek. I wipe furiously at my eyes to try and hide my tears, but when I look back up, I see Mrs Barenza is staring at me completely devastated, with tears coating her face and dripping of her chin.

"Because Eric," she smiles emptily at me as she begins to walk to the other shell shocked pupils in the class room. "I'm weak."

I stand for a moment staring at her back as she walks away from me. It can't be a simple a thing as that, oh don't worry, Eric, Amy was taken because I'm weak, all explained. Not fucking likely. I rub at my eyes furiously trying to get rid of the tears trails that have situated themselves onto my cheeks for all to see, as if marking me for all to see as the best friend of Amy who couldn't protect her the one time she needed protecting.

I stumbled out of the classroom into the hallway, quickly speeding up as I feel tears begin to leak from my eyes as the walls around me are a montage and hurricane of colours as my tears coat my eyes whilst I run towards the door to the playground door. I crash though the double doors wincing and rubbing my shoulder as I collapse onto a bench, quickly placing my bag down and burying my head in my hands as I let the tide of tears out. My heart wrenching as I think about the fact that Amy probably feels uncared for as well as terrified, judging by the amount her teacher tried to protect her. Why wasn't I there? He could have taken me not her. He could have taken me.

I flinch at the sudden feeling of warm hands on my hands, rubbing their thumb soothingly along my shoulders. "Eric, baby, what's wrong?" I hear Louise's hushed voice whisper from behind me, I only cry harder at her words as her hands gravitate to my hands, trying to pry them away from my face gently. After a few seconds I relent and bring down my hands only to have Louise cup my face and smooth her finger gently under my eyes to wipe the tears away.

"It's Amy." I whisper, swallowing drying as her face contorts into a face of concern as she looks up at me from where she is crouched on the ground in front of me.

"She's not...?" she trails of questioningly, analyzing my face as the silent question is left in the air. "Oh my god, no!" I crumble into tears again whilst nodding as stands up immediately and gathers me into a bone crushing hug which I can only nuzzle into, trying to swallow my sobs down only for them to become louder. I feel Louise comb her fingers shakily through my hair whilst the other rubs my back. "It's okay, Eric, we'll get her back." She reassures me, I nod determinedly whilst sniffling. I will get my best friend back, I will. And if that asshole tries to stop me I'll kill him.