Choices | An Erika Ikeda Diary

Part 1 | The Introduction

"I can't handle this anymore Erika, I just can't! The world is always spinning, my life will never be okay, what the fuck do I do Erika," Abel said to me without catching his breath. I've never seen Abel in this much of a panic. I thought all those rumours about his PTSD was a lie. Does he actually have PTSD? Would it be bad to ask? I don't know. What I do know is that I have to fucking help him. I glance over at him and put a hand on his shoulder, "Abel? Abel listen to me, it's fine, you'll be alright, just breathe Abel... breathe," I say while trying to breathe myself. He breathes heavily, looking at me with every breath, I try not to look into his eyes, but it's like he's put me in a type of spell... I shake out of it and take my hand off of him. "It'll be okay Abel, I have to get to class or else I'll get in trouble," I say, I'm a straight A student, I can't let this ruin me. I walk away from his locker with my books and rush to class. As always, English is the most boring period of the day. Connor is what really makes it fun though... He's been my bestfriend since we were children. I sit next to him as usual and glance at him, as always, he has about 7 girls around him crushing on him. Connor, the heartthrob he is, loves the attention. He always gets himself into situations... We are lucky he hasn't gotten a girl pregnant yet to be honest... But he is my bestfriend and I will always be there for him. "Ladies ladies... Move, give me some space, and you the blondie, call me" he says while winking. He starts walking towards me and I smile. "Look who it is, Mr. Heartthrob Callery-Aiken," I say while chuckling. "Yeah yeah whatever Erika," he says while laughing. There was another rumor that Connor and Abel were cousins. I don't know if that is true or not... Maybe I'll ask Connor... "Hey Connor.. can I ask you something?" Connor looks at me confused "You better not wanna marry me or something," he says genuinely confused
I laugh, "No Connor of course not, I never will marry you, anyways, I was wondering if that Abel kid was like, your cousin or something? It's been a rumor around school and," "Yes he is my cousin, so what?" He says, interrupting me... "It's not a big deal I promise Connor, I was just wondering... He was having a panic attack or something earlier, I tried calming him down, I hope he's okay," I say, blushing because of how embarrassed I am. Connor looks at me with sorrow, he's never given me that look before. "Connor, are you okay? You're giving me a weird look..." I say, confused. He quickly changes his face and looks away, "Hey you should probably be a little quieter... We are in class." He says while turning away. I look down at my pencil and paper and think to myself. What did I do this time?
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Hi! Welcome to the first chapter of Choices. This tells a story about a girl named Erika, this story will progress further and further throughout the chapters, enjoy and happy reading!