Chapter 4 - I Care

           “Well when I came up to her she kind of...didn’t really… remember me.” I said.

“What do you mean she didn’t remember you.” Aaron shouted as he pushed me up and held me against the wall.

“Calm down Aaron.” Rose said in a calming voice.

“No, I will not calm down!” He shouted. “Where is she?”

“Look, I was walking around town and she was just, there. She was walking out of King High School.” I said.

“Walking out of high school. Really? How long did it take you to think of that?” He asked still shouting at me.

“I am not making it up! I saw her. I talked to her.” I said shouting back.

“You talked to her. Then what did she say?” He shouted.

“Well, when I came up to her I tried to talk but she kept saying she didn’t know me. And when I kept trying to get her to remember her friend told me to back off and then dragged her away.” I said.

“Her friend dragged her away!” He said angrily.

“Yes, her school friend!” I said louder.

“Then why didn’t you chase after her and bring her here?” He said getting louder.

“I wasn’t just going to take her.” I said trying to stay calm.

“Why not? We could have helped her!” He said now starting to shout even more.

“Not against her will. I wasn’t going to take her if she didn’t want to…” I said but then Aaron cut me off.

“Do you only care about yourself? She was our friend and you just let her go! We all cared about her and you just let her go! Don’t you…” Aaron shouted but then I cut him off.

“Do you think I don’t care about her! I LOVED HER! I don’t want her gone! I want her back but we are going to have to find a different way because I am not going to drag her away and make her trust me even less. So, if you want to go find her be my guest. But don’t you ever think that I don’t care about her. Understand?” I shouted at Aaron.

“Ok…lets all take a breath.” Pearl said.

“Aaron let Jackson go.” Tony said coming over to us.

Tony took Aaron’s arm and moved it so that I could get off of the wall. Aaron left to the living room without saying a word. Everyone else was also speechless after my big outbreak.

“Let's go for a walk.” Tori said to me.

~I Care

By: Abby

To be continued...