Keepers of the keys

The Broken -Natalie

I can't believe that I am going to explain everything that happened when I told Joshua what he did to Eliza. It was so embarrassing. He was so mad at me and reliving it will be horrible. The looks on my friends faces, can I really call their boyfriends my friends, looked as if they had been punched instead of me.

"So look what he did to Eliza, and now he punched you!" exclaimed Riley.

"That is not cool" said Ellie still wrapped in Dean's arms, god they are so gross.

"Let me explain the story." I say giving them my best glare that I could muster.

"Ok, ok, we'll shut up." said Riley lying her head on Ian's shoulder, god their gross too.

"So I was walking to the free time field I ran into Joshua, and being me I had to give him a piece of my mind. I told him off for being such a jerk to Eliza. He kinda got mad and told me he got mad at his girlfriend for making him do that bet, so he broke up with her." I start.

All of their mouths drop, and they look really surprised.

"He said that he was looking for Eliza to actually make her his girlfriend. I told him that she didn't want to see him because we told her why he asked her out. And then he punched me, said it was for complicating his love life." I finish.

All the girls were looking at me in surprise. It was like they couldn't quite wrap their heads around what I said. Why would Ellie not know what I said, she is he smart one!

"Ok so we all know what we have to do right?" Asked Riley.

"Yes, we need to go and find Eliza, and tell her what happened." Ellie said probably thinking she was right, because she always is.

"No!" said Riley "we need to just stay out of it and let life happen, ok?"

I agree with Riley, but I don't say so, it will get Ellie mad at me and that is the last thing I need.

Riley whispers something in Ian's ear. He jumps down and grabs Riley's waist as she hops down each ladder rung. He grabs her crutches and hands them to her as they walk out the room laughing and talking to each other. Soon Ellie and Dean walk out, not with quiet the enthusiasm that Riley and I

An left in. I was all alone.

...

Gosh it hurts. I nearly managed to go to the center of the bunkhouse and grab ice for my stomach. It was now extremely bruised and felt like a dagger was jammed into my belly button and is now being twisted and dug deeper. I lay down on my bed and immediately feel pressure come off of me. Then I suddenly became aware of a presence, like I wasn't the only one in the room. Then I see legs dangling from the bed on top of the one I am currently sitting on. The shoes were male, obviously because every single one of my friends know this is my bunk. I pull on one of the shoelaces to see if I could get his attention. He then jumps down on the floor looking at me.

The blue eyes, the blonde scruffy hair, the sharp chin. Joshua is standing right beside me, with me sitting on the edge of my bed and clutching my stomach.

"Oh" I say "it's you" showing my disgust.

"What did I do to you?" He said

I just stare at him "really you have to ask me that!" I say yelling at him.

He blushes like he had actually forgotten that he had hurt me. I lift my shirt just a little to show him the bruise that he left on me. His face cringes and he turns his eyes away.

"Did I really do that?" he asks still cringing as I put my shirt down.

"Yah!" I say still shouting "now get out! even if Eliza was here, I know that she would want nothing to do with you!"

"Wow, I was coming in here to say sorry for what I did to you." he said obviously lying.

"Yah seeing as you asked me what you ever did to me, I doubt that you came here to specifically came here to say sorry." I say not quite shouting but not quite normal.

"Fine" he said "you caught me, I came here to say sorry to Eliza, to try and patch things up with her."

"Yah well I don't think she wants to see you anytime soon." I say and put the ice pack on my stomach and lie on my back.

"Well I really am sorry for punching you, I just got really mad, I really like Eliza." he said then went and sat on the top bunk again and just sat there.

It was really awkward. He was just sitting there on my top bunk, and there was silence. I had to get out of the room. I just had to, I was really to awkward to sit there, I am the only one of my friends without a boyfriend. I wish that I could leave, but I can't move. How am I going to get out of here if I can't move? I decide that I don't care, I will go and lie down in the hospital or something. I start to stand up.

"Whoa" he said "where on earth do you think you are going?" he asks.

"Um I think this is just a little awkward." I say taking slow and painful steps.

"I think that you need to sit back down." He said grabbing my arm and pulling me back to the bed.

"Owww" I scream "ouch! that really hurts!"

He doesn't stop though, he just lies me down and puts the ice pack on my stomach. Then he goes out the door and I am alone, again I am alone. Why is it that I always end up alone.