TORN

The Body!

"Life is short, live each moment to the fullest "

[20]

The worst has happened, a tragic incident that we all saw coming. It was 7p.m in the evening when I recieved a call, a call that shattered me into a million pieces. Cold shivers ran through my entire body and life was taken out of me for five whole minutes.

"They have found a body near the park close to your school " Mom said. "I'm sorry honey".

My heart thumbed on my chest and Bells of death, rang into my ears as I destroyed myself into a million pieces. With tears cascading down on my cheeks. I followed Mom to the car, to go and witness the unspeakable.

As soon as we arrived at the scene, my eyes engaged with Ashanties and we both ran over towards each other. I suffocated her with deadly hugs as screams and tears of agony ran down our cheeks like heavy rain drops.

Soon enough I found myself being held back by the paramedics, stopping me from crossing the yellow line.

Down there, was my best friend's vulnerable body. Being wrapped into a black buggy bag. I saw two men lift her up into the ambulance and everything faded into slow motion. I could only hear echoes of people in the background, movements of police officers, doctors and nurses doing nothing apart from shaking their heads. Slight blue and red lights cascades through the dark night into the background and sad bells rang yet again.

"She's gone"

As I stood there, being paralyzed by my own thoughts, a masculine hand made my waist its comfort home and soon enough a hand wiped a tear from my eye. That's when I noticed Adrian standing next to me. "She's gone Adrian, and-and it's all my fault" I cried.

"No don't say that" He groans.

"It's-it's all my fault, it's all my fault. I should've been there. I should never have let her go on her own" I blamed myself yet again whining.

"You tried. You're a good friend. My sister was lucky to have met you" He softened pulling me into his broad arms for a hug. Oh I needed that. I sighed heavily.

I sobbed yet again as I watched Hanna comforting her parents and "what if I never go to heaven" played in the background. Tears and tears imprison my entire being, I could do nothing else apart from tearing. I was in so much pain and hurt consumed me entirely.

It all felt so unreal. "Can somebody please wake me up" I slapped my head and I heard a familiar voice next to me.

"Amber its gonna be okay" I heard someone say.

"Charlet? W-what are you doing here?" I scoffed unbelievably wiping tear drops from my face.

"I heard about the incident and-and?"

"And what Charlet?" I screamed "Are you happy now?" I shouted yet again.

",And I regret everything I ever did to her" She cried.

"You know what you are Charlet? An evil little witch. This is all your fault. You pushed her to the limits. Gosh you're disgusting" I sighed heavily sobbing.

"I know, I'm so sorry" She teared yet again begging for my forgiveness.

"I'm not the one you should be apologizing to. That teenage girl laying in that black corpse, that smart fat loser laying on a death bed there, that insecure Besfriend you turned into a complete freak, that lame ass girl who's life was taken away from her in the blink of an eye? Is the one you should be apologizing to. And you know what Charlet? Life is so much more than being mean to people who owe you nothing. She was a nice human you know. She didn't deserve any of this!" I lectured bitterly turning my back away from her.

She watched me leave, biting her nails off and placing her hands on and off from her head.

Ellena's Mom slowly fainted for a few minutes and she was rushed to the hospital.

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Arriving home from the ill fated scene. I braced my elbows tightly to my knees and rolled myself into a ball. With my butt on the floor, facing my back on my door. My heart still pounded on my chest as I thought of all the memories I shared with Ellena.

I was now paralyzed, jammed slightly in my brain. I could not feel nor hear the world's whispers. Only tears of sadness falling like a heavy waterfall  heavily on my cheeks which now felt like dunes on a human body.

"Amber did you take all the pictures of all the outfits" The thought of Ellena giggling and swirling around on the background made me chuckle a little.

"I'm Ellena, The nerd dork" She chuckled yet again. Refacing back to the first day I met her.

She was so innocent, smart and focused but also very stubborn. "Ellena don't go, there's something off about this guy" I warmed her. "Amber please don't start" I bit my lip as memories collided to the back of my head.

Later that evening, I took a hot bath to wash the day off, series of events ran through my mind as the water collided foamy from my face streaming down to my feet. I stepped down coldly and moved to the bathroom mirror. As I wiped the water drops from my face with my white towel, I saw a different me in the mirror. A terrified, fearful teenage girl. Who just lost her bestfriend to insecurity and to a shameless murder.

After a long warm shower, I grabbed my computer and started running through all my old photos. Looking for happy memories to help get my mind off things. I took my Diary and noted the historical scene below, with clear drops messing the letters up as they fell unstoppably on the blank pages of the book.

Minutes later, I felt really sleepy and eventually I dozed off. I had no appetite for food so I went to bed on an empty stomach. The night was dark and wild but time wasn't a thing anymore.