On My Mind

Matt Wood

"Fuck" I said to myself as Jade walked away. I pushed myself out from the car. Jade was on the phone. She had a flip phone probably for calling. She closed it.

"Jade!" I shouted.

"Yeah?" She replied.

"I was wondering if you.....knew anything about this car"

"I know how to drive it."

She waved bye and walked the opposite way of her house. "Damn it you screwed it up again Wood." I walked back in the house and closed the garage. I flopped on my bed. The night sky was peering out from the sun's shine. I looked out my window for molester and such.

I decided to call Sean. I picked up the touch screen. Calling..... Declined. Calling.......Declined. What the hell. He's not picking up. Sean was never like this not even when I got him drunk at this block party. We both had a hangover. Sean and I have been best friends since Pre-K. I took a throwback bottle of coke, the glass ones. I started sipping the bottle. There was a knock at the door. "What now?" I opened the door.

It was Jade's friend, Angela. "Matt I know you love Jade. You need to help her."

"Why she doesn't care about me."

"Mark left a impression on her. It's not good at all."

"She's going to diss me" I turned around.

Angela stopped me. "She's suicidal." Her voice got low. Her head bowed.

"Lie."

"What? I'm not lying in not good at lying."

"That's another lie. You are good at lying and you are."

"You're a jackass you don't care about anyone, but yourself!" She screamed.

"Calm down, Angela. You're trying to get help for Jade, but you are her help."

"I don't know what to!" She started pacing.

"Yes you do." She had no fucking idea.

I saw tears dripping out. "I plead please help Jade. She's my only family!" She cried.

"Calm down. Bring her here I will help." I compromised.

Angela was really concerned. I wouldn't want Angela as a friend though. She put a chip in Jade's phone.

"It looks like she's here. Do you know where this is?" She asked.

"Holy Shit. That's my best friend's house!" I was shocked. I could only imagine what was happening.

I jumped in the Ford F-150. And drove to the scene.

I lived by few rules. Secrets aren't secrets once they are told. Angela for some reason knew all my secrets.

I stopped the truck someone ran in front of the truck. It look like a girl from school: Maw Sool. "The hell man." Angela yelled.

"Someone ran in the way. Do you expect me to hit a pedestrian?" I asked.

"Yes!"

"The question was supposed to be rhetorical."

The clouds were inhaling the sky as they were gray.

"How much do you know about me?" I asked her.

"Almost everything, my friend Tori has a crush on you." She replied.

"Tori Reagan?"

"That's her."

I pulled into the broken driveway. Angela burst through the door, Sean was sleeping on top of him was Jade. It wasn't as bad as I thought, I thought it would've been another step. Angela started to shake Jade, it woke Sean instead. "I was having a good sleep to, damn it" Sean remarked.

"Enough! Wake up Jade!" Angela threatened.

"Alright," He got big eyed.

Sean woke Jade and they both got up. Angela pushed Sean into the door and threatened him I couldn't hear the remark. Jade's hair was in a mess. I guided Jade over to the corner and started to interrogate her about the incident. "Why did you come here?" I asked.

"I needed attention at the moment."

"Angela could've gave you the attention."

"No you don't understand. Male attention."

"Difference?"

"I needed someone to love me, literally."

I walked to the blonde pixie cut girl. "Angel, I mean Angela. Crap!"

"It's fine you can call me Angel I don't care."

"Okay, Angel here's my number if anything comes up again." I handed her a post-it.

Days past, then months, then years, then centuries. If I live past that century mark I will remember that day.

I gave Angela a ride home. She was very generous trying to repay me. I didn't want anything honestly.

Her house was huge 2x bigger than mine. And she walked to that giant house.