Paper Balls

Chapter 17

Colby's POV
I park the car and walk inside. I open the door and Corey gets up from the couch. "Colby, you really need to go to talk to Sam." He says. "What happened?" I ask. "When he went up to his room and you two left, he was throwing everything around his room. Screaming and yelling. He stopped for a few minutes, then threw more things. He's stopped for now." He says.

"Is he still in his room?" I ask. "Yeah I think so. I haven't heard him come out of it yet." Aaron yells from the living room. I nod and start heading up the stairs. I knock on the door but no answer. I slowly open the door and gasp. Everything is on the ground. Pictures are broken, clothes torn up, papers crumbled, bedding ripped.

I see Sam curled up in a little ball. "What do you want?" He asks. "Sammy. You shouldn't believe anything that Brennen says, it's al-" He looks up with me with tear filled eyes. "Well I did believe him! He continued to tell me all of these things. 'He didn't want to be your friend. He only said yes to be nice!' Of course I would believe that Colby!" He yells at me.

I think of something. I walk out and go onto my room. I dig through closet and finally find it. I walk back into Sam's. "What about these?You think I would keep these if we weren't friends?!" I say showing him the papers. "Our notes we passed in class. The stupid drawings we made and passing them back and forth to each other. And then getting in trouble for passing notes in class. I kept these, and remembered the memories Sam, because I wanted to be your friend." I say.

He continues to look at me in disbelief. I start to calm down. I close the door and sit on the in front of Sam. "Sammy, Brennen shouldn't of called you and told you a bunch of false things. Please. Sammy please. Can we make things right?" I plead. He sits there, thinking for a couple of seconds. He looks at me and starts crying again while nodding.

I smile softly. "I can tell you want a Colby Bear hug." I say. He nods. I open my arms and he instantly gets up and starts crawling over to me. He wraps his arms around my body, me doing the same. I squish him a little bit. I can feel him crying still. We sit on the floor for about 15 minutes before Sam calls down.

"See, I told you Colby Bear hugs always work for me." Sam laughs. I smile. "Well yeah, your safe place for you is me." I say. I start to draw circles on his back. "Are you okay now, Sammy?" I ask. "Yeah I guess. I shouldn't of listened to Brennen's stupid bitch self." He says.

"You know that I love you, right Sam? Nothing is ever going to come between us and our friendship." I say. I grab his face and make him look at me. "Do you hear me Sammy?" I say. He nods.