Isolated

Home But Not Alone

I knocked on the door and Jake was there.

"Jake" I said while trying to hug him while he pushed me away. "whats wrong?" I said.

"You should leave" he said. "Why....what did I do?" I said.

"You left without saying goodbye, and you didn't even tell me Tom was your brother" he said. "I didn't even know...but you did...don't matter any more" I said while leaving. "Bethany wait!" He said.

I just can't take it anymore. I can't believe I ever liked him. Maybe I should go to the park...yeah. On my way to the park I saw a dog. "Hey little guy!" I said with loveliness. "Aw where do you belong" the collar said his name is Max.

"Bethany" Tom said. "Hey, what are you doing here?" I said.

"Meeting a couple of my guys, is that max" Tom said. "How do you know max" I said. "It's my dog I let him out this morning and forgot to let him in" he said.

"Nice Tom" I laughed. "You wanna take care of him for me, for now?" he asked me. "Really?!, I'd love to...thanks Tom!"

"Sure I'll see you later, tell mom and dad I'll be late for dinner" Tom said. "Okay" I replied. When I went home I was listening to music, "In My Place" by Coldplay. My brother showed me that song, made me think of when I was in that house downstairs....In my place where I always was...lost and didn't know who I was..I cried while listening to that song. I heard my mom and dad talking behind my door.

"We need to get her help" my dad said. "She's fine just let her be, she'll pass on with it." My mom said. "I can hear her crying at night and screaming sometimes...Hun I'm worried about her" my dad said.....was my dad right, did I need help. That night I snuck out to talk to Jake, I just had to.

I knocked on Jake's door. "Bethany Hi" Clare said. "Hi Clare, is Jake here?" I asked. "Yes he's in his room" she said. "Do you mind if I talk to him?" I asked. "No, go right ahead" she said. Thanks Clare.

"Hi Jake" I said. "Hey, wh....what are you doing here?" he asked. "I just wanna talk, why are you mad at me please it's bad enough I barely know who I am"

"I'm not mad, I was just mad that you left...and that I couldn't do this" after he said that....he kissed me. I felt so loved...I love him so much I just couldn't stay mad at him. He made me feel more alive than I ever was. "I gotta go, I can't be late" I said. "See you tomorrow" he said. "Bye" I replied.

At least he's not mad at me...so that's a good thing. When I got home my dad was at the door. "Where have you been" he said. "Jake's...., I have good news though" I said. "What" he replied. "I wanna go to school" I said. "What changed your mind...him?" He asked. "No, i just don't like being isolated all the time...I wanna actually be something and make friends and go to dances...I'm sorry. I cried. "Please don't cry" he said. "I'm going to bed...I'm sorry. "Goodnight Bethany"

Next morning I went on the bus with Jake. "Morning Jake" I said. "Morning beautiful" he said while he kissed me. When we went on the bus these four girls were looking at me. They were dressed fancy with makeup and high heals...like what's the occasion.

"Jake, who are they?" I said. "Oh it's the popular group, Kelly, Ashley, Jennifer, and Victoria." He said. "Of course" I replied. "What you mean?" He said. "There names...all girls that have those names are total bitches." I said. "Uh-hu" he laughed.

When we got to school Jake went to his locker and I had to find the office. But then those girls came over. "So I hear were bitches now? Believe me you don't even know what a bitch is until you look at them" Victoria said. "I'm Victoria, this is Ashley, Jennifer and Kelly, were the royalty of this place, we own it so If you don't stand in our way there will be no trouble, But you probably already know understood?." She said again. "Good to know...bye" I said. "Bye....looser" she whispered but I heard her. I went to the office and asked for my schedule. "Hi I'm new here and I haven't got my schedule yet" I said. "Sure no problem, um what was your name again?" the Secretary asked. "Bethany Brown" I said. "Here you go and if you get lost just come back here and I'll help you " she said. "Thank you"

So I went to my first period class, English. When I walked in Jake was there, and those girls. "Are you kidding me" I whispered to myself. "Yes can I help you?" mr. Druman asked. "Yes I think I'm in the right class, English with mr. Druman." I said. "You know your 5 minutes late" he said with an angry face. "I know I'm sorry I got lost its my first day." I replied. "Well don't let it become a habit, please take a seat, here's an English book. He said.

I sat near Jake cause I felt more safer next to him. I wasn't even paying attention, something about the 1930's. After 2 hours of Boring, it was lunch time. "So what you in the mood for?" Jake asked. "Anything" I said "here sit here and I'll get us lunch" Jake said. "Okay." I said. All of a sudden two guys started to fight in the cafeteria. Everyone kept saying "fight, fight, fight, fight!" And then one of the teachers came over to me. "Are you Bethany?"

"Yes I am" I said. "Come with me"

She took me to the office, I thought I was in trouble or something. Then I saw my dad, racing with tears.

"Dad!...whats going on?!" I asked while shaking. "Your.." He stopped and cried even more. "Dad please...what happened?" "Your mother... She's in the hospital" he said. At that moment my heart stopped and thought of only one person that would try and hurt my family...my mom's sister Karen.

Me and dad rushed at the hospital and we talked to the nurse. "Excuse me, my wife she was sent to the ICU can you tell me where she is?" my dad asked in a panic. "Room 107B" the nurse said. I saw mom sleeping with bruises and a broken arm and leg. I almost fainted and I was scared. "Mom" I cried. "She's in a coma" my dad said. "Do you mind if I stay a bit longer dad? I asked. "Sure...I'll be right back" he said. I slept next to mom, I had a strange dream that she woke up and gave me a hug and a kiss. I cried in my sleep. I woke up a few hours later. "Dad" I said. "It's okay I'm here, you should probably head home" he said. "Yeah I'll see you later" I gave mom a kiss before I left. I walked home from the hospital. When I walked in the house it felt so cold and I felt like someone was watching me. When I turned around....it was happening again.