A Whole New Life; Book 2: Alone

Chapter 14

Aqua's POV

I didn't realize until now that it was Cameron who saved me from starvation when I was twelve years old. I don't know why it took me three to four years to figure that out. After I told Jen and Josh about how I got the fifty scars on my back, I went upstairs to chill out. I played the music again as it traveled from my phone into the stereo speaker. When the song Baby, Don't Lie by Gwen Stafani came on, I started to lighten up a bit. I know it's about a guy who's lying to his girlfriend. But Cameron didn't lie. He just didn't tell me sooner. Suddenly, there's a knock on my door.

"Aqua, are you in there?" Jen calls through the door.

"No. It's Barbie," I said sarcastically.

"I'll take that as a yes," says Jen. Jen walks through the door with a cardboard box in her hands. I sit up and look at the box. It must be the cloths Jen was talking about earlier.

"Remember the cloths I was talking about earlier? Well here's a present from me to you. Consider it a welcome present," says Jen.

"I thought you said I could have them if I didn't freak out today. If you count me beating up three boys and getting upset at you and Josh," I say with a small smile.

"That was before you were diagnosed with manic depression," Jen says. I roll my eyes jokingly. Jen places the box in front of me. I open in and find different coloured jeans, tie-died shirts and shorts, cardigan sweaters and crop tops. I actually like them. I smile at Jen. I don't fight the urge to throw my arms around her neck and hug her. She seemed surprised with my sudden movement before she slowly hugged me back. When we parted, she reminded me to take my medication and left closing the door behind her. Right. That blasted medication. I walk over to my bag and put all my textbooks, notebooks and pencil case inside. I then take out the bottle of pills and walk into the bathroom. I fill the small cup with water and uncap the bottle. Then I pour one pill into my hand, pop it into my mouth and drink the water to wash it down. I tastes like blood if you ask me. After I took my medication, I left the bottle on the bathroom counter and closed the door behind me. I crawled into bed and thought about Cameron saving half of my life until I drifted off to sleep.

I'm inside a small room. I see a light. I follow the light and find a lot of tall trees. I'm in the woods. I turn around and see the small building I've just exited is not there. Huh. That's strange. I start walking straight. I trip on something. I get back on my feet and see Jen and Josh laying very still on the ground. I check their pulse. I don't feel anything!
"Jen! Josh! Jen!! Josh!!" I screamed and shook them. No response. I roll them onto their backs. I scream and jump back in horror. Jen and Josh were stabbed multiple times. I start running again. I don't know where, I just do. I trip on something else this time. He's laying on his stomach. I turn him over and clamp my hand over my mouth to keep from screaming.
"Cameron! Cameron!! Please don't leave me! You already left me for a year!! Please don't leave me forever!!!" I scream as I shake him. I notice blood oozing out of his neck. Someone cut his neck! I run and run and run until I bump into someone and fall back. He has a knife in his hand.
"First Jen leaves me, then she marries Josh and now they adopt you? I already destroyed them. And your precious little boyfriend. Now it's your turn," said the man. I get up as fast as I can and start to run. I start to climb a tree, but not fast enough. The man cuts my leg with the knife but I continue to climb. I suddenly feel an excruciating pain shoot up my back as I fall to the ground. I reach for my back and pull out the knife the man was holding. The man turns me onto my back, grabs the knife and draws the knife into my chest. I scream in pain and black out.