Far From Home

I Love You: Prolouge

"I love you Kitty."

I stood at the opposite side of the complex. The sound vibrated through the molecules in the air, hitting my body with the force of a sledgehammer. I don't know what I was doing there. I guess to apologize, or try to amend things. At least be friends... I guess not. I mean, I would've gone over there anyways, but I simply couldn't feel my legs. Everything went numb. I don't remember what happened after that. I remember sitting out on my porch, 2 am. My mom was out of town, at a business convention. Dad was working. I tried to call my friend 4 times. But he was probably asleep. I just kept sipping on the whiskey I had snuck out of my dad's liquor cabinet.

My parents had confiscated my stash. I drank deep into the night, staring into the darkness. A scream ripped through the darkness. One heavy with regret and anguish. It took me a while to realize it was me. I threw the bottle at the darkness. "Fuck you!" I yelled at it. I ran into my house, went into my room. I tripped over the computer chair I had, and crawled into the closet. Tears streamed down my face.

I opened the black box in the corner.

I took out the object inside.

I put the .22 snub nose into my mouth and pulled the trigger.