Kids In The Dark

I See A Setting Sun, And

Layla's POV

I texted Ashly to see if I could stay for the night. Sebastian doesn't know she exists, he won't be able to find me. She said I can stay in the other room. I wonder if asking to be her roommate would be a bad idea.  I wonder if she would even agree to it. |Maybe after spending more time with her or at her house I could ask? I guess I should leave soon, but not before he does. Sebastian can't see that I've left or else he will try to find me. He gets back when I'm at work or supposed to be, I called in sick so I wold be able to leave. I watched out the window as the car left the driveway. I waited until his car was out of sight and got ready to leave. I packed my bag, making sure I had bandages as well. I was almost finished. I made sure all my cuts were bandaged, the ones from Sebastian and the ones from myself. I grabbed my wallet and left after I finished bandaging myself. I took the bus and got there around twenty minutes later. I knock on the spruce door and after a few seconds she opened it revealing a short brown haired girl with blue eyes, she is a little bit chubby and has rosy cheeks. She wore a light blue sweater that was unzipped with a black shirt underneath. She also had dark blue jeans on that had a few rips. "Layla! Come on in!" She welcomed me as I walked in. "Hi, it has been a while since I slept over here hasn't it?" I smiled. I just hope he doesn't know where I am. I have my phone right? I reached any hand into my pocket making sure it was, and it was thankfully there. "So, did Sebastian drop you off or did you take the bus?" She asked. "I took the bus, he went to work already." I told her. She knows Sebastian, but doesn't know what he does to me. "Oh, how long does it take by bus?" She asked curiously. "Oh just around twenty minutes, not a long ride." I answered simply. "Oh cool, so want to see a movie?" She asked. "What movies are out right now?" I asked. I don't usually go out unless it is for groceries and to Ashly's house. I don't visit her that much but we talk often. "Well, we could just watch some Disney movie?" She looked at me with a smile. "Okay? What's with that look?" I asked. She grinned from ear to ear. "What look? Am I making a face? No face here! Okay I have a face but not an unusual face, maybe it is since I am a bit strange but-" "Just stop. Is somebody going to be at the movies to that you want me to meet or something?" I asked cutting her off since she was starting to ramble. "Oh, no. Just reeeeeaaaaallllllyyyyyyyy wanted to watch that reck it Ralph thing." She shrugged. "Sure. I don't believe you but sure." She is planning something. "No seriously, I am a ten year old at heart I want to watch that movie. Can you pwease take me!?" She sounded like a two year old. "Sure." I said without emotion. She drove to the movies and we got our tickets and popcorn. We sat down next to some guy around our age. He has brown hair, and green eyes. He looks familiar. The guy beside him has blonde hair and baby Blue eyes. Wait a second. No. Nope. No way. "Hey Andy, why this movie again? Isn't it for kids?" The brown haired guy said. Cole and Andy. Why!? "Remember, my cousin Ashly? Well she wants us to meet her friend here." Andy replied as he looked around. He turned to me and Ashly. "Oh hey Ash. So is this blondie next to us your friend you wanted us to meet?" He asked with his heavy accent. "Yup, this is Layla. Layla the British guy is Andy, and the brown haired dude is Cole." She said with a grin. No. She isn't doing any shipping shit is she!? No no no. "Hi nice to meet you, as she said my name is Layla." I plastered a smile on my face and tried to act as friendly as possible. They better not act the same as they did for me before. Or other me? How they acted in my past life. I mean after two decades they better have changed. They would be thirty I think. I don't understand how this works. They look as if they are still in college or graduated not long ago. Maybe I was born before I died? I don't know. "Is the movie going to start soon!?" Ashly asked excitedly. "How am I supposed to know!?" I whisper yelled. She just shrugged and trained back to the screen. 

I have to admit, the little bit of the movie I got to watch wasent that bad. I couldn't keep my mind off of Andy and Cole. What is happening to me? Why do I keep coming back again? Why do I keep getting hurt? Am I going to die again? And my most important question is... Why is Andy in Cole in all my lives? Do they know who I am? Do they remember me? Should I be paying more attention to them?.... Ugh. Enough questions I was going mad. I started having a panic attack thinking about all this. My breathing started to get funny. We walked out the theater and Ashly stopped me and brought me away from the others. "What's wrong!?" She asked me concerned. "Yet another existential crisis. Am I real!?" I almost yelled. "Yes, you are real. What started it this time?" She asked me. "Can I tell you something crazy?" I asked her. "Sure, should I prepare myself?" She asked with a goofy smile. "Yup. Ever hear about a girl named Crystal? Well, she died. And she knew Andy and Cole, they were real mean to her." I said and she looked confused. "That's not weird at all, but how did she die?" She said. "I'll tell you that later, but what I will say now is that, I used to be Crystal. I was given another chance at life by an angel." I told her as her eyes went wide. "Are you sure your sober?" She asked me. "I am telling the truth!" I tried not to yell. "What you smoking? I want some." She joked. "I'm serious. Go ask them if they know somebody named Crystal. They kept calling her emo! In highschool! I remember everything!" I yelled but not load enough to draw attention to myself. "Fine I will." She said. She walked over to them. "Hey, do you guys know somebody named Crystal? Layla said they were good friends and Crystal said stuff about you two." She said. Thank God she didn't say the whole I was Crystal. "Umm yeah, we don't know what happened to her though. She never came to school after I saw her that night." Andy said shrugging. He looks so guilty. He better be after what he did. I'm lucky I knew how to fight. "She died. The day right after she met with you. She texted me before she met with you telling me how she was a bit nervous because big how you treated her, and then the next day she texted me a goodbye. Thank you for making me lose my best friend." I glared. I wasn't completely lying. "How did she know she was going to die? Wouldn't she text you for help instead of just saying bye? Or call 911 if she had her phone?" Cole asked. Idiot. "She didn't want help. She died at her own hands. Well, nobodies actually. Just a rope." I said as they stared at me in shock. I started blinking a bit faster to make it seem like I was holding back tears. "I-I did that? She-She killed her-herself because of.... Because of me?" He asked as he stared at me blankly shocked at what I said. I nodded. "She's in a better place now." I said as I made a small smile and tilted my head up. I'm a good actress ain't I!? "Layla I-" Andy started to say. "Don't. She called me that night. She told me how nervous she was. She asked me if she should trust you, she asked me if she should go, she asked me what she should do, she asked me if you were worth it." I said coldly. "Worth it? Worth what?" He asked confused. "Idiot, she wore those long sleeves for a reason. If it was worth leaving the house, if it was worth getting in trouble, if it was worth her dad's wrath, if it was worth the pain and missery." I answered. He covered his mouth with his hand. "I can't believe this. Crystal is dead because of me? And her father must've been strict. She cut? That makes sense." He said thinking aloud. "Not all because of you. It isn't all your fault. You only tried to rape her and use her. You only were the biggest jerk before that as well. She probably has had worse done to her. Where do you think she learnt to punch like that? She had a gang. I was in it." I said trying to make him feel worse. "You're making this up!" He suddenly yelled. "I haven't made a thing up. If show you but after all those years I got a new phone, and also I deleted the messages. I deleted any traces of her. I threw out the picture I had of us, frame and all. I miss her so much, you don't even know. I was never told what hospital, I was never told anything. Her father didn't know I existed, otherwise I might've been there. I wish she was still here. Still making bad jokes. Still planning to take over the world with me. Still alive." I looked down. I made a mistake didn't I.

Yes, yes I am leaving it there. For two reasons. First because I am running out of ideas, second because I thought it was a good way to end a chappie! ~Kitty

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