When the World Hurts

Prolouge

Have you ever thought what would happen if the world just ended, right then and there? Like would God create a new planet, and create new life on it or on an already existing planet? That's why I believe there has to be other life forms out there somewhere...If the world ended who would God look after, take care of.

God..if I said that out loud I'd get slapped by multiple woman. My mother, grandma, aunt, cousins....everyone in this God for saken town are extremely Christian. I mean I am too y'know. Welcome to my hometown.

This is my life.

While I'm sitting down on the dock, I look over to see my friends all swimming in the quarry we've been to almost a million times before.

The boy who's trying his best not to get splashed is Alex O'Malley. I've known him since 2nd grade. He's more of the type who enjoys fun but not too much. He's mainly like the dad of the group, he's always trying to keep us from getting hurt or in trouble. He brings us food from home all the time, it's always healthy of course unless he gets us chocolate. If we get in trouble or hurt he's gonna help us but punish us at the same time. He's like a damn walking morality meter. Alex puts a strand of his curly chestnut brown hair behind his ear.

I can tell what he's probably thinking by his facial expression, "You two are so fucking stupid". His brown eyes dart towards me then back at them almost like asking "you see this?"

Then there's one of the girls splashing someone else. That's Kelsey, she is the queen of not giving a damn. She does what makes her happy and does not care about what others think. She wants to be happy and will not let anyone else get in the way. Her blonde hair has turned almost like a light brown from it getting wet in the water. She has a smile as wide as ever on her face and that makes her icey blue eyes look beautiful.

And the person she's splashing well that's Max. He's like the comedic one of the group. He lives  for having an adventure, he is tough and if you mess with anyone he cares about your ass is dead. He gets into a lot of trouble for helping other people. But he doesn't care, as long as he could help someone that's all he cares about although not a lot of people see that side of him. All everyone sees is a hot headed, red head that gets in trouble all the time. But he's much more than that. He's kind, sensitive, selfless, wild, adventurous, fun, humorous. God, I'm rambling.

Anyways while Kelsey keeps splashing Max with water, I put my arms behind me to hold myself up from sitting leaning my head back and closing my eyes to just relax. I feel someone tapping my head lightly and I open my eyes to see, Noah.

"What?" I ask him confused. He looks at me curiously and then tilts his head slightly, like he's trying to figure something out. "What?" I ask again pushing my self up a bit from leaning back on my arms and turning my head to where he goes over to beside me sitting down gently. Noah and me have known each other since we were practically born. Our moms have been best friends since they were in high school  so we've always been really close. Our moms would take turns baby sitting us both. We grew up together, and I know him like the back of my hand because of it just like how he knows me.

"What were you doing?" He asked curiously. I look to him and start swaying my feet back and forth in the water. "I was just thinking." I say while leaning back on my arms once again and closing my eyes. "About what?" He asked again. "I don't really know" I open my eyes to look at him and take my arms out from behind me and straighten my back putting my arms in my lap. "Elizabeth" he says firmly but not really much because he is as non-threatening as a kitten but firm enough to get my attention. People don't often call me Elizabeth unless they are trying to get my attention but Noah does it because he likes teasing me. Most people call me Liz or Eliza.

"Yes, Taylor?" I call him his middle name because Noah isn't short for anything sadly. "You were thinking about Adam weren't you?" Adam. Adam was in the hospital. Ever since we were told he had Cancer all of us have been on the edge but it's been two years now we were use to it by now but that doesn't mean we are okay with it.

He was only 12 when he found out. When we first found out he was in real bad shape. But then the medicine kicked in and somehow, someway he survived. But he's in the hospital getting his checkup to see if everything's going alright. "I just wonder how he's doing.." I say calmly. Noah gives me a look and says "I knew it" softly while giving me a smile and shaking his head. "He's gonna be alright Eliza" "I promise" he says while putting an arm around my shoulder. "Okay.." I say in a low hushed voice.

Me and the rest of my group of friends start getting our stuff before it hits night fall. None of us are old enough to drive besides Kelsey and Alex because they are both 15 and had their permeant, but they can't drive without someone with a drivers license. So since none of us have drivers licenses we all just walk together. This is a small town so we won't be walking for too long. It takes about 20 minutes to get to mine and Noah's houses by walking and that would be about the farthest houses from the quarry so it's not that bad.

When I got home I put my flip flops I've been carrying beside the front door with the our other shoes. "Hey Honey!" I can hear my mom from the kitchen yelling. "Which honey are you talking to?" I ask her walking through the hallway to the kitchen. I walk into the kitchen and see my mom at the counter beside the stove kneading hamburger meat. "I didn't know if it might be you or your dad so it's easier to just say honey because you both answer to it" she answers a little quickly.

I look at my mom slaving away fooling around with the hamburger meat trying to get the seasonings to mix with it. "Do you want some
help with that?" I ask her. "Nah, I'm good." She says smiling at me "thank you for asking though." Laughing a bit I walk out of the kitchen and make my way to the living room. "Where's dad anyways?" I ask my mom from in the living room. "Work." "He's working tonight.", "Oh." I let out.

"It'll just be me and you tonight" my mom says from in the kitchen. I can tell she's smiling by the sound of her voice. I shake my head smiling at this and then get to remote and point it towards the tv, pressing a button turning it on. I start flipping through channels. "Wanna watch Legally Blonde again?" I ask her. "Yes!" She answers excitedly. "But let me finish this food first honey" she says calmly. Before I start looking through movies to kill time.

I wonder how Adam is doing...I hope he's okay. Whenever he gets back from his checkups or treatments we all want to call or go over to their house and ask his parents a million questions as to how he's doing. But when he gets back they always tell us to wait the next day to let him relax and just rest. That we completely understood because he did need his rest. I guess we'll see tomorrow.