Ever Since That Night

Chapter 2

Karen's POV
"ALMOST THERE, REN." James muttered, the nickname bringing back memories of the time we were together.
After the fifteen minute car ride, James and I had slightly eased out the tension.
But the memories that went to actually went to my head were the ones I had with Cara; our memories from about two years ago.
I can still imagine Cara's bright, blonde hair swaying on the beach, her colorful dresses filled with flowers and love, and her smile. Her smile that could light up a thousand miles worth of land.
It still hurt so much, until this very day.
Only James was allowed to call me Ren now.
I remember, when Cara was still with us, she distributed joy and happiness everywhere she went. Nobody felt left out, due to her need to talk to someone, no matter who that person was. She didn't have any enemies; she was friends with nearly everyone that walked past her.
After she had died, everyone had fallen into some sort of state of depression. Dad had stopped working for an entire month, mom cried to her friends everyday, and me? I was in the worst condition, among the three of us. I locked myself in my room for weeks, barely getting food into my stomach, which had almost caused me death.
When my mom found out, I had been rushed to the ICU. That was where I met James, who was at the time waiting for his mother to be released.
James and I had become close friends by a week. By half a month, we established probably the closest bond in the history of bonds, and by two months, we became best friends, probably for life.
The next year, we began dating, then eleven months later we were officially a couple, and so here we are now.
"We're already at school, Karen." James said, letting out a low chuckle from under his breath.
I took notice of all the students surrounding his car, blocking the exit. Some were begging for his autograph; because he was in a band, remember?
"Spacing out as usual..." He sighed dramatically, ignoring everyone else around him.
And that boy right next to me, the one named James, from that popular band had given me some popularity as well.
"Well, I'm sorry, it's not like I can control what I do," I came back.
He furrowed his eyebrows, and then as if suddenly coming to a conclusion, he replied, " Actually..."
"Oh, stop it, James, you know what I meant!" I relented, preventing the disaster to be caused by some of the pervy words about to slip from his mouth.
James then snorted, laughing while exiting the car and walking up to the entrance of Ethan Gray High, not even waiting for me.
The lighthearted campus became clearer to my vision and immediately got me smiling, ready for a new day, despite everything that has happened this past week.
I strided to my locker, finding Lea and Grace chatting there, and just at the sight of them acting all calm about everything made my blood begin to pulse with anger.
As soon as I reached them, I glared and opened my locker, completely blocking them off.
I guess today really was going to be a lonely day for me...
Swinging past the classroom doors, I went to my assigned seat, and sat down, smiling at our homeroom teacher. Probably the nicest teacher on the entire planet. And thank God for that. I already had enough problems on my hands.
She smiled back, then motioned for me to come over to her desk. As I did, she said, "So are you ready for your science exam later? No wait, why am I even asking you this? I know you're going to ace it. Good luck, though!"
Such a great teacher, so positive all the time.
"Hey, Karen! can I pleaaaseee get notes from you later? You know, for the science exam? You're the only one I know who I'm sure took notes. Thanks 'lil sis!" Jonathan, James' best friend, called out then headed back outside, probably getting so bored he decided to skip again.
That crush I had on him was beginning to wear off by now, and I started to realize he should have been nobody to me ever since I met him.
He only saw me as a little sister, anyway.
He was gonna get into so much trouble later on.
I could just feel it in my bones.
Maybe he could even get me into more trouble than I was already in at the moment.
And I didn't want that to happen.
I really did not want that to happen.
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The first thought that clicked my mind open when I woke up for school was 'what in the world are these boys doing to me'?
Ever since that night at the concert with James and my parents... Everything basically collapsed on me. The amount of paperwork I had to do to get these boys out of my head was just piling up by the minute. Like, it was literally all paperwork. My diary was already full, and I had begun using random papers I found dispersed around the house instead.
And then came barging in the Cara problem. Now that, that was just another story. Why, until this day, was I still not able to believe that Cara wasn't alive anymore? But enough of that, back to the problem involving boys...
First, James. I wanted to be with him again so badly, that it was starting to be a 'desperate girls' problem. James wasn't trying to find any way to get me back, and that was what saddened me the most. Hopefully he had some sort of plan in his head by now.
Secondly, Jonathan. I think my crush on him was rapidly escalating by day, by night; I see him at school messing around, and sometimes my friends talk about him like he's the concert tickets we had been planning to buy for such a long time now. It hurts so much to know that he won't ever see us as more than friends, yet even so, the gigantic crush still won't run away.
But deep down inside, I knew that things were not ever going to get better than this, so I had to suck it up and take what I had; if not leave it.
With my eyes beginning to water from all the exhaustion, fear, and pain I've been going through recently, I crashed onto my bed once again and burst into tears; and with each tear that fell out of my eyes, from my mouth came out somewhat a mixture of a sob and a sigh.
Shaking, I gathered my confidence together and sat up, then changed into my usual attire for school; jeans and a sweater, accompanied by either my red converse or my black converse.
After grabbing a few spoonfuls of cereal, I headed outside and went over to Lea's house once more, dreading the next few hours, and then we were off to school.
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Growing up, I lived a happy life, but as soon as I turned thirteen, things started to change. Cara was diagnosed with cancer, at fourteen I lost my childhood best friend, and then the rest of reality burst into the room and locked all the doors so there was no way out.
Life was probably as shitty as hell during those moments.
And there was nothing, totally nothing, I could do about it.
But somehow, I found my way through it all, and so here I am now.
Life has never been this good. No boyfriend means no drama, no friends means no gossip. I was both glad and happy I was living this peaceful kind of life for once.
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A/N:
Hi! This is Mik here. :)) I have a feeling this book is getting more boring my the chapter, but 'oh well'!
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed reading this story so far! 'Ever Since That Night.' has been really fun to write, and even if it's possibly a bad and boring book, it's still what I like to do when I'm bored and have nothing better to do.
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