Our First Encounter

Unlucky

Recap: I'm now a Sophomore. High school life with him was so much fun, luckily he lives so close though. I can just walk over or vis versa. For summer vacation we went to a couple amusement parks and had so much fun. After our fun vacations we always ended up making out in his car. Despite the fact that he's almost 18, I still enjoy every second with him.

Today's my third month of sophomore year and I've been through a lot. It's so different without Nathan here. I miss him talking to me at my locker and having fun. School just seemed... Boring without him. I almost wish that he failed, just so I can be with him. Luckily though, I helped out with a lot of his work... So he would've passed either way. I walked into my math class, which was now my first class and sat. I was working on some math work... Pretty much just a whole bunch of shapes and sighed to myself. It's easy... But so, so, dreadfully boring. I sat and finished my work. I took out a book named, "Life expectancy" by Dean Koontz. I love his books. After I read Whispers... I couldn't get enough. These books are so far below my reading level, but I love them. I was about to flip the page as my teacher told me I'm needed in the office. The office... The office?! No, why am I needed there? I didn't do anything, did I? Wait, no, no I didn't. I'm totally freaking out. I heard kids giggling at my reaction and I just walked very slowly towards the door.

"You're not in any trouble, but they say you need to bring your things." Whoo, not in trouble. That's good, maybe my moms just picking me up early. I know she set me up an appointment sometime this week. I grabbed my books and such off of my desk and the math worksheet for homework. I casually walked out with a slight smile, I'm happy I'm leaving that class. I went over to my locker and put in my combination. I grabbed my black adidas book bag and shoved my math work inside. I threw my bag over my shoulder and walked towards the office. As I walked in I totally ignore the people for a slight second looking around. Then I quickly looked back over at the people as I saw Nathan with his hand over his mouth and his eyes filled with tear. Tears... He never cries. What is up? I looked at him and then over to the men behind him and back. I also began crying as I felt the rough sadness in this room. Nathan ran over and pulled me into a hard hug and I hugged him back softly.

"I..I'm so sorry." He said softly into my ear. Sorry for what? What happened? No! He didn't! He didn't lose my comic book, did he? Nooooo.

"What happened?" I said while stepping back slightly. He tried to speak, but every time he did his words would come out chocked and slurred. I grabbed onto his hand and walked over to the men that I assume are with Nathan.

"Can you tell me what happened?" I asked in a low tone. One of the men that had short black hair placed his hand on my back and whispered into my ear. Just that minute. That horrible minute, my breathing stopped. My eyes widened and Nathan came grabbing me into his arms. The room fell silent and kids roaming the hallways kept looking in. Tears rushed out of my eyes as I fell to my knees. Why me? No... No, this is some kind of sick joke, right? This is a fucking joke? These guys.... They're lying, they're lying to me. They're... They're kidding. They have to be.

"We're sorry for your loss, you'll have to come with me now." The other man said. His voice was like ocean waves and every time he spoke the waves got louder. Thunder started going and I couldn't hear anything. Nathan took his hand in mine and we walked out of the door. One of the men took my bag and the other followed. My parents got into a car crash... They're dead. My brother... He's dead. I don't believe it. I cried so much my eyes started to feel heavy and soon later all I could see was darkness.

"Adam, Adam, come on... You have to get up. My mom made breakfast." His mom? I thought he lived alone... I guess I came up with that assumption by myself. I got up and my eyes were dry. I blinked over a couple times and smiled at Nathan. He seemed confused and so was I as memory started to flood back into my brain... They're dead? Mother, father... Little brother... I looked up to him and looked down.

"Did it really happen?" I said to Nathan and he scooted closer.

"Yes... I'm afraid so." He said pulling me into a hug. They're gone? They... They didn't get to live their full lives... I didn't get to live my full life with them. I... I never got to spend the time I wanted to with my dad. I never got to spend much time with him. He was always sleeping or working... And if not, he was playing guitar. I actually tried playing guitar just so he'd like me. I thought that maybe if I'd be as good as him he'd want to hang around with me more, but I never got his attention. I sucked at playing guitar, I tried so much but... I just suck.

"How?" I said looking slowly up into Nathan's eyes. He looked away for a split second and then back at me. He looked like he was about to cry again and he wiped my tears away.

"A... A car accident." He said. More memories from the day before came back. I laid into his lap thinking to myself. A car accident... Mom doesn't drive... So, dad crashed? Dad... He crashed the car. So... It's his fought, right?

"He crashed-" I said and stopped before going on.

"A truck crashed into them." Nathan said while petting the top of my head. Moments later he whispered 'I'm sorry' into my ear and he laid beside me.

"I thought you lived alone." I said trying to sound not too depressed. I sat up and looked down at him.

"No... Not yet. Do you still want breakfast? I mean... I can tell her you're not ready." He said, placing his thumb on my chin.

"I want to meet her." I said getting up and pulling on some clothes. I went over to the door and opened it slowly. I looked both directions, but both ways were doors.

"The left one." Nathan said while following behind me. I opened the left door and saw a set of stairs. This is a weird house. I walked down the stairs and Nathan walked passed me to lead me into the kitchen. There was a woman sitting in a rocking chair sipping on some type of drink and reading a newspaper and a man watching tv. I looked at them both and the lady suddenly jumped up.

"Hey, good morning! I made tons of pancakes, eggs, and bacon. I hope you're feeling better. You can stay as long as you'd like." She said in a sweet tone. She walked me over to a chair and passed me a plate. Nathan walked over to me and he got a plate for himself. I don't really eat breakfast, but today... I really need something else on my mind. I finished my food and Nathan grabbed both plates to clean. I sat in the seat laying my head on the counter. Nathan's mom is so nice. She must be a morning person, I thought to myself. Nathan walked over to me and grabbed my arm and practically dragged me out of the door.

"Ow, what are you doing?" I said and blocked my eyes from the sun.

"We have to go to this address-" he pulled a piece of paper out of his pocket and showed it to me like it meant something.

"It's the hospital... You need to confirm th-" he said and I ran back to the door.

"You don't have to... It's just, you'll have to one day. Better sooner than later, they've been waiting for forty minutes." He said and I looked back over to him with tears in my eyes. I don't want to go, but I don't want to go later either. I put my hand out and Nathan grabbed onto it walking me towards his red Kia Optima. He opened the passenger door and closed it as I got in. He walked to his side from the back of the car and I found myself following his every move. His hair was shorter than  before and he looked really tired. I didn't say anything about it, I just sat back and waited to get to our destination.

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