I'm lost. Broken. And nobody knows. I help people, and when you help people, you don't get help. I couldn't look at myself think how a mess I was. It was too late for me to be fixed. Nobody could help me. I was too deep in it for being saved. I had...
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Come on, Paige, pick up the phone, come one. I try to call after I got the text, but she didn't pick. She probably still driving. Sarah! Maybe she's still with Paige, and I can tell them both. After ringing four times, she picked up.
"Hello?" Thank god she's okay.
" Sarah! Is Paige with you?" I asked.
" Yeah, she's right here with me." I breathed out when she said it. Now I need to tell them about Erick and what he wants. " Can you put it on speaker, so you both can hear me?" I asked, passing back and forwards in my room.
I hear some cracking sounds on the phone and them talking. " Okay, you're on speaker. Tell us what's wrong," Sarah said, impatience. Before I told them about what Erick want, I explain to them what happened that night, the club, Courtney, and about my parents.
They both didn't interrupt me when I talked. When I was done telling them everything, I heard nothing on the other side until Sarah said something. "So, that's the guy you told me about, and now he's gone hurt us. Just because we're friends with you?"
This is it they're gone leave me, I know it. Erick's right. He was going to push everybody away until I'm alone. "Yes, and I understand that you don't want to be friends anymore with me. I'm used to it." I was ready to hang up my phone when they both said my name.
" Lena was not going to leave you. He can't make us." Paige said. I don't want them to get hurt by me. Why can't this be over? "Yeah, if he hurt us, we can go to the police." That won't work. His parents have friends there. He can get away with everything he does.
" He won't get arrested. His parents now people there." I sit on my bed, looking out the window. People were passing by with their kids. They look all so happy and I... I don't know if I'm happy or not. " Well, my mom is a lawyer, so I think we would win. She is really good, trust me." Sarah said, laughing a little.
I smiled and lay down on my bed. " I guess, but if he hurts you two, then it's all my fault." I played with my hair looking up at the ceiling." No, Lena, it's not your fault. You're not responsible for things he does."Paige said.
I nodded my head, but I remember that they couldn't see me. " Yeah, your right. I need to go because there still coffee in my hair and everywhere else." They laugh before we said goodbye.
I didn't bother to get up after they said goodbye. They said that it's not my fault, but this would be over if I just list and go with him. Yeah, my life would be a living hell, but the people I love would be saved. They wouldn't hurt Paige or Sarah. Ben could find another girl who's prettier and better for him.
I lay there staring at the same spot on the ceiling for a couple of hours until I heard the front open. I remember that I was cover in coffee, so I run to my bathroom, turning on the shower. " Lena?" My mom was knocking at my bathroom door, waiting for me to answer.
" I'm in the shower, mom," I yelled over the noise of the running water. " I just wanting to say that we're home." I hear her walk away before I could answer. The coffee smell was annoying me, so I took off my clothes and stepped in the shower.
After I was done showering, I wrapped a towel around me and looked in the mirror. Why does Erick want me? He can have Courtney. She was much prettier than me. My wet brown hair locks were hanging around my face, some in front of my eyes. I once felt with life, and happiness brown eyes were dark and empty.
I'm home for a few days, and I'm already lifeless again. Nobody sees how I change in just a couple of days. I took some PJ's shorts and a tank top, putting them on. When I walked into my room, I saw I got a text. Don't let it be from Erick. I don't want another. ' Are you alright? Paige texted me.' I breathe out, seeing that it is from Ben.
He is just worried about me. The phone went over three-time before he picked up. " Hello." I heard him say. " Hey Ben, it's me." I listen to him chuckle a little when he heard my voice.
" Hey Lena, Is everything okay?" I didn't notice that I was smiling until I was looking in my mirror. " I don't know. Erick texted, and he wanted to hurt them. People get hurt around me Ben al thanks to me." My voice was cracking at the end.
I hear him sigh before he said something. " Listen, it's not your fault. You can't blame yourself for what he does." I lean against the wall sliding down.
"I know, but if I got..."
" No, Lena! I'm not letting you go to him." His voice was darker than usual. He didn't want to let me go, even if it's going to kill him. We were both silents after that for a couple of seconds." Just don't go to him. He will break you, and I don't want to lose you." In the end, his voice was more like a whisper.
The smile came back to my face. " I'm not going to him, I promise." I heard his breath out. " Good because your mine, and I don't want to share you with anybody." I laughed a little when he said that.
" I'm all yours if you want me to be." I hear him chuckle at my answer.
" Are you sure you're alright besides Erick? Paige told me what happened at the mall today." Thanks, Paige, now he's more worried.
" Well, let's just say that I didn't like coffee, and now I hate it. I need a hug." I heard him laugh, and I felt something in my stomach. I love this boy so much. There were some noises in the background, like the sounds of leaves and tree branches.
Trees surround his house. Maybe he's walking through them. " I can see that you need a hug, and by the way, I love how you smile right now. It's lighting up your eyes." I frowned my eyebrows when he said that. How can he see me? I'm alone here.
" How can you see me?" I asked.
I hear him chuckle before I hear a knocking sound on my window. I look up and saw Ben. He had his phone in his hand and waved with the other one. My smile got wider when I got up and walked to the window opening it.
