I wake up in a panic. I had a dream that I had a home and was happy, but then I woke up... I glance over at Abby with tears in my eyes. She's sound asleep. I slowly slip out of the bed and pad to the bathroom. As soon as the door clicked shut, I burst into tears. I slide down the door and put my knees up to my chest, sobbing quietly. Once she finds out the truth she will leave me, everyone does. No matter what.
Then everything goes black.
I wake up with tear stained cheeks and a soft knock at the door.
"Sidney?" I hear Abby say, I sit up slowly and just sit there, hopefully she'll think I left early or something. I stay quiet.
"Sidney, I know your in there," I realize my stuff is still sitting on the chair in her room, I can't hide anymore.
I open up the door and see the smile immediately slip from her face.
"What's wrong? Were you crying in there?" She asks concerned. I just nod, another tear slips down my cheek, I thought i had run out of those already. "Hey, it's okay, you don't have to talk about it if you don't want to." She adds.
"I'm sorry," I whisper.
"For what?" She responds.
"Crying."
"You don't have to be sorry for crying, Sidney" she says sympathetically. "How about we make some breakfast and watch a movie?" She suggests.
I nod.
She grabs my hand and leads me to the kitchen, she gets out some pancake mix and a bowl. I smile.
After we make pancakes and eat, we go back to her room and turn on another horror movie. This time it's Silent hill. About fifteen minutes into the movie Abby sits up and turns to me.
"Sidney, do you want to talk about why you were crying this morning?"
"Uh-um... I don't know... I-I'm kinda scared to,"
"Why?"
"I'm afraid y-you'll leave m-me,"
"I'll never leave you." she says, and grabs my hand.
I bite my lip and force those two words out of my mouth, "I-I'm homeless..."
"Wait, what?"
"My parents kicked me out cause um, I like girls," another wave of tears hit me and I can't control it.
Abby goes silent. Oh no, she going to be mad at me and she's going to leave me. She's gonna think I'm a freak.
"I better go," I say quickly and get up.
"Why?" Abby says as I start to shove my clothes into my backpack.
"Well, you're mad at me... aren't you?" Usually anyone else I've told has gotten mad at me and told me to leave and never talk to them again.
"No..." Abby gets up and stands in front of me. She takes my bag out of my hands slowly and puts it on the chair. "I'm not," she says as she leans in closer and closer.
I start to lean a little closer and our lips lock. The kiss lasts only for a few seconds but it's the best thing that's ever happened to me. I can't believe it.
