Perfectly Imperfect

chapter 25 - she's gone

i can't believe she did that to me! how could she?! she was leaving me, and didn't even say good bye to her best friend?!

i continued pacing around my room, breathing heavily through my nose and clutching my hands into fists everytime i felt angry.

"lexi... calm down" aaron said standing up and walking towards me

"calm down?! calm down?! are you fucking serious right now?! my best friend! my ONLY best friend left me! not even saying good bye!" i yelled at him

aaron the walks closer and wraps his arms around me.

"shhh.. i'm here.. i'm here" he whispers and starts rubbing my back softly

i then softened and burst out crying.

"why did she leave? what if it's about me? it was about me!" i screamed and cried even harder

"shh. it's not about you.. i can assure you that" he whispers

"come on... get some rest baby. just skip school on monday, and i'll be with you" he whispered and i nodded

i released from his grip and plopped myself onto my bed.

aaron walked over and tucked me in.

"get it out of your mind for a little. if you need anything, you're phone is right here. call me" he said and i nodded. trying to hold back the tears

"stay strong lexi" he whispered and kissed my forehead

*******

i woke up and looked around.

why am i here? i asked myself

oh right... shayla left me.

as soon as i remembered what happened, i then burst out crying.

"leli? was wrong?" katty asked quietly and jumped on my bed

"shayla's gone.. she's gone.." i said and cried harder

"mommy! leli crying!" katty screamed and ran downstairs to get mom

oh great. why did she have to do that?

"sweetie.. are you alright?" she asked and sat next to me

"shayla's gone" i said and sobbed

my mom began rubbing my back softly to calm me down.

"she's not gone. she's just a few miles away from us" she said

"no mom! she's gone! she didn't even say good bye! not even a warning that she's leaving! how come you didn't tell me?!" i screamed

"i thought you knew already. shayla said she was going to tell you. and i thought she did" my mom said

"well she didn't" i said and sighed

"call her.. ask her why she didn't tell you she was leaving" my mom insisted

i nodded and she kissed my head as she got up.

"good luck sweetie" my mom said and walked out of my room. making sure that she closes the door good.

i wiped my tears and got up.

i began pacing back and forth around my room.

'what if she doesn't want to talk to me?'

'what is she hates me?'

'what if i'm the reason she left?'

all these questions are flooding my head. amd now i feel like i don't want to call her..

no! get a grip lexi! this is shayla we're talking about. of course there has to be a reason why she left. and it's not about you! walk over to your desk, and pick up you damn phone and call her!

the voice inside my head did have a point.

i exhaled and made my way towards the desk.

i picked it up slowly and began calling her phone.

she picks up after 2 rings.

"hello?"