It Started With a Rose

Chapter 6

"Hey Tyler, it's me again. Please just call me back, I'm really worried about you Tyler. Anyways just call me back please." I hung up the phone and looked down as tears filled my eyes. It had been a week since Tyler and I had spoke, since I met his dad. It was as if Tyler just disappeared and that scared me.

My "parents" were gone once again, so it was just me in the house. Before when I was alone in the house, I would always drift off into my head and think. I would plan ways to end things, run away, get out of this hell I was constantly trapped in, clearly I was never able to come up with a good enough idea, but I didn't think of those things at all this time, all I think about was Tyler and what happened to him that night.

It was about three-thirty in the afternoon, it was a Saturday which is a day I assumed that Tyler worked, because we met on a Saturday. I walked out of my home and onto the side walk. I started to head toward where I met this amazing boy, where I met Tyler.

When I arrived at the flower shop, I stopped for a moment to look up at the sign like I did that day. When I looked at it and read the name, I smiled as I thought that Forever Flower was still such a stupid name. I took a deep breath and brushed back my hair hair behind my ear, then I walked through the shop door.

I looked around the shop seeing all the color of the flowers and smelling the strong sent of flowers like I had before. I looked to the front counter, but Tyler wasn't there. I looked around the store and there was still no sign of him. My heart started to pound and I could feel my eyes welling up.

After a minute or two an older woman walked up and stood behind the counter. She smiled and me and said "Can I help you miss?" she said it kindly. I walked up to the counter and asked her in a worried and frantic tone of voice "U-um have you seen Tyler?" I looked at her hoping she knew where he was.  "Oh, Mr. Spencer asked for today off dear. He wasn't feeling too well." I looked down and bite my lip, I was worried that this had something to do with what happened with his dad. "But he should be at home honey, if you really need to see him." She said with a smile along with a look of understanding and care.

I looked at her and smiled slightly "Thank you." I said to her and I ran out the door to the shop. I tired to remember where Tyler took me that night after we went to the park. I closed my eyes and breathed in deeply trying to remember, I needed to know that he was safe that is all I needed. After awhile I finally got an idea of where he lived, I remembered outside of the apartments he lived in, I just needed to look for those.

I walked around for about and hour before I finally found them, Tyler's apartment building. I rushed through the door and walked up the stairs, he lived on the second floor. I got to the hallway and I started to walk down it, trying hard to remember what number he lived at. I looked at each of the numbers on the front of the doors, I knew if I saw the number I would recognize it. Finally I found it, number ninety-one.

I felt my hands shake as I approached the door, my heart began to pound up into my throat and I wanted to turn back and run, but I needed to know, I needed to see him. I breathed in deeply and heavy, then I breathed out and knocked on the door. Not to long after I heard footsteps coming toward the door, then it opened. It was Tyler, but he seemed different. When he saw me his face looked like he was feeling mixed emotions, like he was happy to see me, but he wanted me to leave.

I looked at him worried, happy, and a bit angry. I wasn't able to control what came out of my mouth when I told him "Where the hell where you Tyler!? You had me worried sick, you could have at least sent me a message saying you were okay you idiot!" tears filled my eyes as I harshly wrapped my arms around him. He looked down at me surprised, then he looked to the side and hugged me back as he said in a sad tone "Sorry." Tyler looked back down at me and pet my head and smiled. "I'm happy you came to make sure I was okay." He started to blush a bit and looked away once more.

"Always, please Tyler always let me know you are okay and you can talk to me. Just don't scare me like that again!" I said with at fist a worried kind tone, that lead into a frustrated one as I flicked his forehead. "Ow, hey okay I won't haha." He said placing his right hand on his forehead where I flicked and he wore a big smile on his face. "Good you better not mister or it will be more that a flick next time." I said, slightly blushing and with a small giggle. I'm just glad that he really is okay.