Family Is Found (Sequel to Running Towards Home)

CHAPTER 6

PONY'S POV:

I can't wait for my date with Sam. The movie is another boring beach movie, but I have a surprise for her. I saved up to buy her a gift. She told me about how she wanted a new book, "Little Women". I saved up for a week or two to buy it for her. I helped at the DX, and Soda offered to pay me a little after I told him what I wanted the money for. He offered to give me the money, but I wanted to work for it so I could get it for her on my own.

I'm already at the Nightly Double waiting for Sam. I have the book in a little gift bag in my hand. I told her to meet me at the popcorn stand, since it would be easier to find each other there. I'm waiting for a few minutes, and I hear someone behind me. I turn around, expecting Sam, a huge smile on my face.

"I knew you would be happy to see me." Cherry says. I frown. "What do you want, Cherry?" I ask, annoyed. Why does she have to decide to come here tonight? "You done with that greaser bitch yet?" she asks, her hand on my shoulder.

"Don't you dare call her that." I hiss. "I love Sam, so just lay off. I've told you before and I'll tell you again. I don't like you. I will never like you. So leave me alone, got it?" I say, and I try to move away but she grabs my shoulders.

"Let me change your mind." she says, and she starts kissing me. I pull away, and I push her back. She giggles. "I think your little girlfriend saw us." I turn around, and I see Sam. The hurt in her eyes stabs me. She looks at me with such pain. She has tears in her eyes. She turns around and runs.

"Sam!" I yell after her, but she doesn't look back. "Look what you did." I say, my words dripping with pure hatred. Cherry just smiles at me. "See you later." then she walks away like nothing happened. How can she be so calm? She may have just destroyed my relationship with Sam. If I lose Sam, I lose everything. I love her.

SAM'S POV:

I run and run, having no idea where I'm going. I can barely see, tears clouding my eyes before they fall down my face. I somehow end up in the park, by the fountain. I don't know how I made it here, it's at least two miles away from the Nightly Double. I sit down on the fountain's edge.

This is where I saved Pony's life for the second time. And this is how he thanks me. He says he loves me, dates me for months, and then kisses Cherry. I can see why he would like her though. She's much prettier than me. I have a round face, I'm not skinny like her, I'm not athletic and on the cheer team, I don't wear fancy outfits. She's better than me in pretty much every way.

I guess she was right when she said that no one cared about me. That I was worthless. That he didn't love me. No one out there cares about me. I can feel the black pit inside of me growing. Usually I would push it back down, but I'm ready for it to swallow me. I was ready to disappear. I was ready for this to be over.

I pulled out my switchblade. I flicked it open. I pull up my jacket sleeves. I hesitate. Then I cut a small gash on my left arm. I repeated the motion again and again until my arm was red with blood. The water in the fountain had droplets of red in it, expanding as the water rippled.

I could just end it all now. The pain, I mean. No one would care that I was gone. I would be forgotten, my name lost to history. The one person I thought loved me betrayed me. Lied to me. Broke me. I can't hurt like this anymore. It's too much. All it would take is two quick slices to my wrists, and I would be free.

I bring the blade down to my wrist. I'm about to finish what I started when a hand grabs my wrist and pulls the blade from my hand.