Chapter Three
*Vic*
"Okay bye, Mrs. Henderson. Bye babe, I'll see you tomorrow." I kissed my girlfriend's cheek and waved goodbye.
I closed the door behind me and started walking home.
It was nice outside. And there wasn't a lot of people out and about.
I walked across a pretty bridge and saw that a girl was about to jump.
"Claire?"
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I still can't believe she told me her whole story.
I can't believe Mike and I missed all of those things. But most importantly, I'm mad at myself because I let her push us away.
I didn't talk to her because I thought she needed her space but now I know that that was stupid on my part.
So many times, Mike would beg for us to go play with her. And me, begin the jerk I am, I would tell him no.
I fished my keys out of my pocket and opened the front door to my house.
I walked in and ran up the stairs to Mike's room.
"Hey, how was dinner at your girl's house?" He asked and made himself comfortable on his beanbag chair.
"Good. But your not going to be able to guess who I saw." I started.
*Mike*
"Who'd ya see?" I asked my older brother. He sighed and sat on the edge of my bed.
"I saw Claire.... and she.... she was trying to commit."
My jaw dropped to the floor and I was lost for words.
"She told me all that's happened to her... you know... after she pushed us away and she's been through a lot."
"Well. She wouldn't have tried to commit if someone was there for her! I wanted to do that but no! You said she needed her 'space'! When all she needed was a shoulder to cry on!
Don't even talk to me anymore, Vic! I hate you and I never want to see you again!"
Vic looked shocked, but he knew that I needed time to calm down. So he walked out of my room and went to his.
I sighed and laid out on my bed, shielding my eyes from the light, trying to calm myself down.
*Vic*
I'm a horrible person. Mike was right, Claire needed us but I refused to even go to her house.
Why did I even do that? I thought I liked her? Yeah. I did.
*Flash back*
Claire, Mike and I were all up in our tree house and we were playing Truth or Dare.
"Okay. Vic I dawe you to kiss Claiwe. On the wips!" Mike laughed. "Ew! No Claiwe is a giwl and giwls have cooties!" I yelled.
Claire just rolled her eyes, grabbed a handful of my shirt and placed a small kiss upon my lips.
My little eyes grew wide and I knew that I didn't like her as a friend no more. I like liked Claire as more than a friend.
*End of flash back*
I guess I still have feelings for her.
But I can't, I have a girlfriend. And I hardly even know Claire anymore. Who knows, maybe she changed during those thirteen years we were apart?
*Claire*
The birds were chirping when I awoke and they sounded beautiful.
I got up from my bed and made my way into my bathroom. While in there, I looked in the mirror and frowned at my refection.
My makeup was all smudged and my hair was a mess. "Did I really cry that much?" I mumbled to myself as I turned on the faucet and washed all the gunk off my face.
I trudged down the stairs and decided to make myself some waffles.
"Can you get me some more water?" Lisa asked. "Sure babe be right back"
Please don't be him...anyone but him.
Sure enough Vic walked into the kitchen and his jaw dropped when he saw me.
