Just Dont.. // Chandler Riggs

Chapter 14

-Chapter 14

A few more days pass and no one had taken any suspicions. Still havent gotten my phone back so I can text Gray either. I'm just trying to push through it.

So here I sit, on a beach towel with my ankles crossed and head phones in my ears. I listen to my music quietly as Chandler and Grayson enjoy the ocean water.

"I don't know where you're going

But do you got room for one more troubled soul?

I don't know where I'm going

But I don't think I'm coming home and I said

I'll check in tomorrow if I don't wake up dead

This is the road to ruin

And we're starting at the end,"

{Fall Out Boy - Alone Together}

The words to my favorite song at the moment play as I sing along quietly.

Right now relaxing was amazing. It felt good outside with the cheap, dull blue umbrella blocking the sun from my face. It wasnt a nice umbrella. To be honest I hate it. But hey. Whatever. The wind blowing slightly, blowing my hair to the side.

I still had John Luke's watch on. Maybe I'd see him again and I'd be able to give it back. The adults still thought it was Chandler's watch so there was no problem.

I watch as all the others start out of the water. Only Chandler, Grayson, Mrs. Gina, and I were here. Mom and Nic went out to a bar or some shit. They were supposed to be back in just a few hours. Mr. William was inside, sitting around.

Tomorrow was the last day of our vacation. The last day we would be away from everything. The world. Our problems.

"You ready?" Mrs. Gina's soft voice asks. I smile gently at her and nod, "Of course."

I push myself off the sand and stretch my arms, then reach down to pick up my things.

We all walk back to the house, me silent as Mrs. Gina and her two sons engage into conversation. "Shae!" Chandlers deep, smooth voice calls from behind me. 

I keep walking, but slow down so that he can catch up.

"Whats up?" I ask, looking over at the boy with blue eyes.

"Do you wanna go to a concert tonight with me? It's a band you like, I saw you with a t-shirt with them on it once. The Cab, right?" He asks, the smirk evident in his voice.

My eyes widen and I turn to him, grabbing his arm in a childlike way. "Where did you get tickets to them?" I ask, amazed. They would have had to be sold out by now, considering tonight was the concert.

"Your Mom gave them to me to take you. And I really wanted to go somewhere special with you, so why not a concert?" Chandler grins, laughing quietly.

"Why didn't she just ta-"

"Shaelee," Mr. William's voice calls over everyone elses. He holds a cell phone in his hand, his eyes watery and bloodshot.

"Wh-whats wrong?" I ask, letting go of Chandler and hurrying up the stairs.

"Here.." He hands me the phone and motions for his confused wife and sons. "We'll leave you out here to talk." The man motions for his them three to follow them, and the faded white painted door swings closed.

{Caller - C / Shaelee - S}

S - H.. Hello?

C - This is Shaelee Carters, am I right?

S - Yes ma'am.

C - And you're the daughter of Jessica Carters?

S - Yes ma'am.

C - Your Mother was hit by a logger-truck while she was driving down highway 80. Thankfully, her death was quick. No signs of pain were shown on the body. But we do need you up here to identify her, when can you be at South Carolina Emergency Hospital?

S - I.. I can leave.. n..now.

C - Look for Michelle Lockhart. She will take you to your Mothers body. Thank you. Have a good night.

The woman on the other end of the phone showed no sympathy. She just came right out. Spoke what she was supposed to. I guess she had done it a billion times before. But a 'whatever' tone wasn't exactly what I needed right at the moment.

The line goes dead before I can say anything else. The news hit me like a train, like it would anyone. My Mother is.. dead? My only living parent is gone. She isn't coming back. So I'm a.. orphan?

No, no. My Dad could be alive. But they don't have a label for a kid who's Mom's dead and Dad may be alive.

But until they find his body.. I'm a orphan.

All of a sudden I let all the tears out. All the pain I've been hiding all my life.

She's gone. And I thought so bad of her. I thought she was horrible. This isn't how I want her to remember me.

I bang my balled up fists on the poles attached to the porch. My screaming and crying could probably be heard down the beach and street for miles. I wouldn't be surpised if we got complaints. And I also wouldn't care.

I let my body slide down to the porch, still punching the wood. Not like it'd do anything. 

The door swings open and soft footsteps are heard before Chandlers hands grab my wrists. "Sh, sh, c'mere." His soft voice whispers and he crouches down next to me before pulling me into my arms. His hands rub up and down my arms as he holds me on his lap.

"D.. don't let me go." I whisper, letting out another cry.

I feel him nod against me, lifting me up bridal style. I wrap my arms under his and hold his body tightly, laying my head on his warm chest. What am I doing? This boy hurt me. But why do I feel so protected in his arms?

I can feel the stares I'm getting from the three others in the rooms. My mothers dead, I don't blame them. They probably wonder what it's like to loose someone so close to you. Surely they hadn't. Mrs. Gina had to only be 40 - 45. And Mr. William couldn't be that far ahead.

I had lost them both. The people who had made me. The family line I had. Everything was gone.

Chandler sets me in the bed that I had chosen at the beginning of this vacation and then crawls in behind me. His slender arms wrap around my tiny stomach and one of his legs go between mine, spooning me. "Don't ever let me go."

gUYS

SO I ENDED IT THERE it was kinda short but eh

I WASNT GOING TO BECAUSE I WAS GONNA MAKE IT EVEN LONGER AND GIVE YOU ALL A CLIFF HANGER (Because trust me this wasn't the only plot twist. I already have 3 im ready to start writing.) BUT INSTEAD I DECIDED TO BE SWEET AND YEAH. SWEET MOMENTS AFTER HER MOMS DEATH. FUN.

so guys i have a new obsession with danisnotonfire and amazingphil and im also obsessed with their ship (phan) and i think ive just discovered fob (Fall Out Boy) so i may need a few prayers sooner or later.

ohkeyyyy love you all. byee