My Filtered Life

Chapter 4

        Fortunately, I knew where Hera lived. A day after, I went to where I thought Lily's room was, and yelled, "Lily!" She opened the window. "Oliver?"

        "Yes, it's me. Lily, please."

        "No, my sister's gone because of you!"

        "What? I just want to be friends again! What's this about Hera being gone?"

        "Come in. I'll tell you." I came in. I just opened the door. I ran up the stairs and down the hall, to Lily's  room. I opened the door, and sat in a spinny chair. "Okay, talk to me," I said as I settled in.

        "Well, if I tell you, please don't think of hera differently." Lily looked down and wrapped her fingers around her other fingers.

        "Well, yeah okay," I replied.

        "S- She had," she tightened her fingers. "She had-." I saw it was so hard for Lily to say it.

        "It's okay Lily. I promise I won't look Hera in a different way."

        Lily nodded. "S- Sh- She loved you dearly." 

        I was shocked. I never knew that. "Okay, and tell me why she's gone because of me."

        Lily took out a note. "Read this." 

       

Dear Family and Friends,

        It's such a shame I left. Don't worry I'll return. I'm gone all because of Lily and Oliver. Oliver broke my heart. Lily helped with it. So I have left to calm myself from everyone. I am depressed, but I'll become burly in my time of being alone. I'll come back when I ready to confront Oliver.

                                                                                                            Love Hera

        I started to cry. It's all my fault. It scared me. Too much. I couldn't help but feel so upset. I couldn't help but feel like I'm the biggest ass hole in the whole world. It just made me sad to think it. That a dispearance was because of me. 

       I fell to my knees. "I- I'm so sorry," I said.

        "It's my fault," Lily said. "No, it's my blindness' fault."

        "No, it's not anyone's fault." I sat next to Lily on her bed. "It's not anyone's fault but Hera's"

        "What?"

        "It's her fault. Her faoult for being stupid and running away. She probably thinks she a smartass for running away. She thinks she's a genius for going on an 'adventure'" I put my arm arounf Lily.

        "But, it's our fault she decided to go though." I sighed. "That's sadly true."

        "Hey it's okay,'' I said.

        "Why? Why is it okay, that my sister is gone." Lily started to cry hot tears. "She could get kidnapped, sold for slavery, or worse..." I slapped her. 

        "Get over it. We can't do anything. All we can do is pray."

        She didn't listen. She just cried. I hugged Lily, and ended up crying as well. It made me feel sad. Sad to see someone cry. I hated it. It's an ugly thing. I grasped her hair.

        "It's okay. She'll come back. You'll find her."

        "I can't I'm blind."

        "You can still do it though."

        "You could. You have a gift."

        "What."

        "Your filtered vision."

        "What's a filter?"

        "I don't know. Hera told me it's a thing you put on photos to make it look better."

        "For, me all pictures look the same, black ans white."

        "For me, I can't even see the pictures."

        I laughed. "I know." I couldn't help but feel guilty. I couldn't help but feel it was my fault, even if it wasn't my fault. "No!" I got up. "It's ot my fault. I may be th reason why Hera left, but it's not my fault she finds me sexy."

        Lily laughed, then said, "Really?"

        "You aren't lying right?"

        "How do I know? I'm blind remember." True.