Those Worth Fighting For

On My WaY (2)

"Lets go Lanson! Lets go!!" I yell at Abby as she covers her face with the pillow, groaning in protest.

"Five more minutes jerk." She muffles and turns to her side to face down.

"Pffts... as if Pinkie." I say and bring out my handy iron pan and wooden spoon.

Oh yeah, this about to get real..

"What did you just call-"

This is when I start beating against the pan and marching.

"PINKIE PIE OH PINKIE PIE OH HOW I LOVE YOU PINKIE PIE!!" I scream on the top lungs throught out her room as she kept groaning trying to ignore me.

"Would you...SHUT IT ARSEN!" she yells, this time not with her pillow but out of anger and I feel a slight punch to my stomach.

"Ow ow! That hurt so bad." I say jokingly and she rolls her eyes at me and gives me a deadly stare. I hold my chest tightly and give off groans of distress just to give it affect. Oh who am I kidding, I just wanted to annoy her.

"Ok ok that was fun,but come on, we got to go to the auditorium or we'll miss graduation." I pick up my black cap from Abby's clean carpet floor. I make my way to walk out of the door to let her change,but I notice she wasn't moving an inch. I turn around to see her sitting on her bed, in her baggy 'Happy Birthday' shirt I gave her last year, looking down on the floor.

"Abby?" She looks up at me with little tears ready to fall down on her face.

"Just because your excited to go into E.S.P , doesn't mean we all have to be." She quivers and looks to the window on her side and takes a deep.

I perse my lips and close the door behind me as I go stand infront of her with a safe amount of distance between us.

I knew she would be like this. We've always been like brother and sister to each other and whenever one of us went away it left a hole. Ever since the E.S.P were at my house, I've been drawn to be a cadet, but in order to be I needed to be the top ten in my class once I graduate. After that they visit your house and the next day your at training camp, never to see many people, except for those your working with, while putting your life on the line to protect the citizens from any threats. Not to mention dealing with death that happens every where we go once we activate our wings.

"Ok Abby, I get it that your upset but this is something that I need to do." She stares at me, shock written across her face.

"No you dont! Ever since those three angels finally found an interest in you, you've... you've basically become an obsessed robot trying to get accepted!!" She blurts, her face hot and tears already slipping and slidding down her cheeks, her knuckles turning whiter than her actual skin color.

I look at the ground not willing to look at her in this state. Knowing this is killing me more since my mom had the same reaction in our house.

"You'll leave and then its....  its it. I won't have my brother anymore and you might die.. I  couldn't even handle that when we were kids, what makes you think I can handle the monsters and criminals ready to kill you because your a stupid angel!?" Something in my brain snapped as I look at her dead in the eyes, fully prepared to cover her mouth with duck tape.

"Abigal, I don't know if your wiling to understand this, but I need to this. Especially as my bestfriend, I thought you would understand and support m-"

"Don't give me that garbage!" She yells and gets up from her bed and grips me on my shoulders.I look at her surprised.. I've never seen her this angry before. Even when she would scold me for beinf reckless this was different. She really didn't want me to leave, but she really didn't know why I have to.

"Tell me the truth, why do you really want to join?" She looks at with pain nd confusion. I bite me lip and looked down, my cheeks beginning to heat up.

"Why Arsen, your the closet thing I have, why?" I feel my body tremble and a small tear slip out of my eyes. Then I stop when a thought shot through my mind and my body went numb.

I need to let her go.

I notice how close we were to each other and stare at her pink lips. At an instant, I lean forward and plant my lips directly onto hers, capturing her in a kiss.

This last for a few seconds and every second my heart ached.

This is goodbye my friend Abby.

I depart from her and not look at her big surprised eyes. I only stare at her shoulder dully, ready to leave but not willing to say a goodbye.

"If you care for my reason, then we shouldn't be friends." I turn my heels and exit out the room as weak tears slip out of my eyes. I quickly wipe them away as I step onto Abby's famillar lawn and turn around and gaze upon her bedroom window. I hear a painful cry from her room, every wail she gave my body began to tremble.

"I lost my only friend to try to connect to you grandpa, your welcome." I whisper through my blocked throat and hold my cap tightly while racing to school for  graduation.

           ×××××××××××××××××

I settle down in my seat, my black gown hanging loosely by my body, as I'm fiddling with my fingers and bitting my bottom lip. Wincing slightly as blood oozed from my lip, quickly tasting the metallic. Before I could press the blood harder the principal stands before us, in the middle of the stage, leaning against the glass podium.

"Hello! Welcome all to our class of 2015 graduation! We are all excited to present these fine students and to congratulate them on their well earned accomplishments." This woman continues rant more and more on our achievements and what not,but once she jas wasted the entire ceremony, the valedictorian stands above the rest of us on the stage and talks about E.S.P.

"I know that only a few of us will be heartly excepted into the training camp program of the E.S.P and some may not. Either way, we as humans, may not be considered as some angel warrior but we can have purpose as well." Around me, a bunch of activist nod and loudly agree to this.

"We don't need to be considered as Angels because if Angels are wiling to come down here then we must be doing something right! I thank you all for being in my class and lets make this world better then what any Angel ever could." In approval, people burst through their seats cheering as loud as possible flooding the auditorium with claps and whoops.

But throughout all the madness.. I notice a pink hair girl staring at me, noticing how I stare blankly at the happy group. I aswell notice that she is one the many of people who are cheering.

I try to force myself to relax and focus on ahead. Before I knew it, I recieve my fake diploma and give a smile to the audience as people clap out of polietness.

Once I'm off the terror stage, I take a deep relaxing breath so my muscle will stop tensing.

Come on, Arsen your almost there.

Throughtout all the rituals of a highschool graduation, I seriously can't wait to get out of this auditorium and forget this day every existed.

                 ××××××××××

Out of all the mayhem of getting out of the crowd after the graduation was over, I spot my mom and race over towards her.

"You ready honey,the E.S.P officers will be coming in an hour, we gotta go home." She says with a tired smile and her stain red eyes look at me. Giving her a quick smile, I stare ahead as we make out way to the parking lot.

"Yeah, lets go." Was the only thing I said as we make our way out of the big parking lot of my old and forgotten highschool. To tell you the truth I practically already forgot the name, but in the back of my head I will always remember Abigal.