The
smell of vomit and guilt burned my nose I couldn’t get rid of the smell and I still
was as white as a ghost. Nanna thought it would be best if I went to school
instead of being at home, I guess she was right it would keep my mind off
things.
It should be my main concern;
driving that is, but I couldn’t seem to focus and it didn’t even effect me when
I ran a red light and drifted between lines, which should have scared me, since
I normally have a spaz attack at Kath for her crazy driving. Kath, now that hit
something; started something in this dead corpse I call my body. I couldn’t
really think straight, I have to admit I knew I was a mess but couldn’t care
less. I might even park sideways at school today, taking up three parking spots
just for the simple reason I couldn’t give a stuff and wanted everyone to
suffer "I know selfish right.
“Not in the mood” I said to Vance as
he approached, cutting him off before he could make some sleazy comment.
“Neither am I.” Vance replied to my
surprise and it only just accord to me that he looked as messed up as I imagine
myself to be. He constantly looked around the hall, like he was being followed
or something, so unlike him "insecure and out of the loop.
“What’s happening with us today
babe?” he said, a sad smiled lingering on his lips for the first time he stopped
scanning the room and actually looked at me. I mimicked his smile, my fingers
aching from clutching my books so hard to my chest. I collapsed into him, resting
my head on his shoulder and breathing deeply "what was happening with us?
“I better get going, you ok?” I
asked straightening up and closing my locker door that I never realised I’d
opened in the first place. All I got was a grunt and a mumble of words I missed
as he walked away down the hall dodging as many people as possible.
*
“She will never turn her back on a friend.
She is always there to defend, she is the one on whom we can depend; she is one
named sailor... Sailor Venus, Sailor mercury, Sailor-” wait what? Is that the
sailor moon theme song?
“ROFL! I love that show” Icy
squealed. I spun my body around to face Icy and Liz who had completely lost
their marbles. I just looked at them as in to say ‘what the hell is going on with you two, you’re scaring me’. Liz
for one is embarrassed when I even talk about how much she used to love Sailor Moon and Icy? She didn’t get a TV
‘till she was fifteen! After practically trying to steal one from her aunty,
her parents finally got the message that she really wanted one. It was 3rd
period and I started to get some colour back into my face after eating
something and keeping it down. It kind of stung a little at the thought of
laughing at my friends for being such goof balls; it just didn’t seem right
with everything that has happened. My friends however have been acting weird
all day and not just these two all of them. They can’t seem to remember much
about last Wednesday and all seem on edge whenever I ask too many questions
about that night "they were there and I just can’t believe they forgot what
they saw that night; Liz and Icy surprising me the most for they were
hysterical at the sight of the head of that poor journalist.
At the beginning of the day I
thought it was just Vance and I way out of balance but now I mean what on earth
is going on? "what’s happening to all
of us?
“Hey look about the other night. You
said something about a guy named Bow? Said if anything of that nature want down he’d know about it?” I said to Kath
constantly looking over my shoulder like Vance was earlier. I’d never had to
talk about this in public before and it scared me how easily now people could
find out about me. I looked at Kath and she looked back at me confused but
curious.
“Bow?!” she answered catching on to
what I was saying, she than looked around like she said something she shouldn’t
have.
“How did you know about that?” she
whispered worried and scared shitless for reasons I didn’t know, her answer
left me utterly confused does she honestly not remember anything about last
night or is this just some cruel joke.
“I’ve had enough of this” I answered
fed up, and so well I didn’t even know, but I was in one of those unexplainable
f**k everything and everyone moods.
“Had enough of what?” yeah like she
had no idea, come on I understand last Wednesday was hard but I was there too
and I’m not loopy or acting like it never happened.
“This is ridiculous” I replied mainly
to myself more than Kath. With that I left, went to my locker packed my stuff
and got the hell out of there.
I began to feel myself dozing off as
I drove home. I knew I would get in heaps of trouble for missing school but I
didn’t care I was in a selfish mood and couldn’t give two woods about the
feelings of others. I was glad I took nanna’s car to school, my car doesn’t
like the cold so much and would most likely brake down and I would never get
home. My eyes became glazed over and no matter have many times I blinked, my
sight was still blurred I could feel the car starting to swerve all over the
road again. I didn’t give; all I wanted to do was go home talk to my nana, have
a nap, a good cry and start a fresh tomorrow. The road was still slippery from
the heavy ran last night and I only just realised I didn’t have the stereo on.
I leant down close to try and make out what one was the on button. It was
hopeless; I put both hands back on the stirring wheel and swerved down the
isolated unoccupied main road. The forest was a soothing feeling as it was my
crash barriers on each side if I didn’t make it home. I could see something up
ahead that caught what little sight I had left. As the car lurched forward I
realised it was a wolf, too late to come to a stop on a slippery road like this
I swerved hard to the right. I must have put my foot on the accelerator instead
on the brake without realising, and before I knew it nanna’s car was speeding
over the other side of the road and through the trees. Somehow I missed them
all and head straight off the cliff into the water below.
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