Under the Same Sky

Chapter 12: The Sky

Heyyy y'all (from the south sorry), I've been trying to do a bit of improvement on my writing. Really taking my time on each part. So let me know what you think, any feedback would be lovely! :)

Chapter 12: The Sky

"I'm sorry," I tell Weston. He remains completely unfazed, looking out at the night sky.

"I can tell there is something wrong." He says, breaking the silence. Tension flows thickly through the air, making it almost impossible to breath.

I breathe shakily in, struggling to say the words. "I think it would be best if you stay away from me for a while, Weston." Westons eyes remain blank and hooded. But, he nods. His persona remains the same, distant but almost expectant of my words.

The rest of the slow turning of the ride felt longer than it was. The comfort I once felt when in this man's presence now replaced with a general air of malaise. It aches me to think I had lost a close friend, I have never had to worry about that until now.

I walk to meet up with Levi and Rory some time later near a few carnival games. Kennedy throws a small ring at a peg as I walk up. "Damn, these things are rigged." Levi laughs, "you said that 5 tries ago." She glares at him, "shut it."

I couldn't help but let out an obnoxious laugh. Yes, have one of those kinds of laughs. Kennedy turns and aims her glare at me, I ignore her. My eyes are closed and my hand is gripping my stomach. I feel a familiar ping under my hand due to the volume of my laughing fit. A round object hits me in the cheek, hard.

"Hey!" I yell at my best friend. Ken looks back at me in victory, a devilish smirk toying on her face. I pick up the ring and throw it swiftly at the target Kennedy was aiming for a few moments ago. The weapon swiftly circles around a green peg. "Winner! Winner!" A mechanical voice blares over the booth. I look to Kennedy, and am met with her jaw hanging at her chin. She picks it up and her lips turn to a frown. A thin man hands her a teddy bear and she snatches the toy from his clutch.

"You always do that." Ken mutters under her breath, just loud enough for me to hear. I laugh again, as my two best friends and I travel deeper into the fair. Through my mind, I begin to notice the short time I just spent in complete obviousness to the conflict of today. I would be sad about the returning thought, but I am actually overjoyed that I have two people to pull me out of my mind through its many episodes of paranoia. My head turns unintentionally to each of my friends, I smile wide at the two in thankfulness.

"What's got you all great and gity." Levi asks in amusement.

"Ahh! You are starting to pick up your mom's lingo.." my face cringes at my best friend's old soul. "But anyways, to answer your question Carmen, nothing." I smirk, calling him by his mother's name. Levi stops in his tracks. The only response I receive is a simple hair flip to his nonexistent long hair and a, "My mom is a badass, call me by her name any. Day." Kennedy grabs his hand dragging him along with us again.

He falls into step. A moment of silence passes between us and I start, " I just wanted to say something though...And don't you two dare to get all sappy with me either," I stop to give both of them a sharp warning glare. "I don't say it often, but- Thank you. Thank you both for always being right beside me when I lose my footing, for always chasing me when I start to run, for always picking me up when I fall.

"You guys have been there through everything. The days people would avoid me when bad things happened, and the days I pursued my passions, you guys are my biggest supporters on both. And I am so thankful for that. I love y'all. I really do." I finish with a bit of my own mom's dialogue showing through.