Welcome To England 21
This one made me cry as well. some of you will b furious I know but PLEASE let me keep going and explain. DON'T STOP READING
Seeing Matty eye my Jesse pushed me over the edge. "I'm so glad you took care of my best friend" Matty says coyly, pushing herself against Jesse. Both Benny and Aaron role their eyes. Before I can stop myself I pull Matty off Jesse and stand in between them.
"Listen Matty, I'm NOT your best friend. I'll never ever be your best friend again! I already have one!" I shout remembering sweet little Hannah. "And I'm tired of you throwing yourself at any boy who walks by! You betrayed me and spent the night at KALIS!! THEN, stole my boyfriend AND managed to flirt with 2 of my friends while doing so," I gestured to Benny and Jesse. "And, you couldn't call are anything to tell me where you were! I had to go through hell! Jesse saw the whole fight and it wasn't fucking pretty!"
"Hells no it wasn't! It was ...terrible" Jesse confirmed.
"I'm tired of always being less than you, and always being forced to wear makeup or wear pink! I need friend who like me for who I am and don't try to make me into what they think is a perfect friend! So Matty, Benny, Aaron, don't expect me to come home. I want parents who care for me as well, and I finally found that." I say and smile at Jesse.
"What about school?" Benny challenges.
"My family is home schooled. She can be to." Jesse says returning my smile. "My parents already love Ari, they would take her in, in a heartbeat."
"And what about you...do you love Ari?" Aaron asks, a big knowing smile on his handsome face. He is my only true friend I realize. He is happy because I'm truly going to be happy. I run up and hug him for that.
"Just be happy Arrietta." he whispers.
"Thanks Are-Bear. You're still my friend. We can hang out whenever you'd like. Call me later." I whisper back.
I pull back and see tears of happiness in his eyes. "So you're just leaving!!" Benny shouts.
"Yes."
"What about us?" he whispers. Clearly hurt.
"Benny, it seemed like you were pretty happy about that wink from Matty,"
"That means nothing!" he shouts
"Sure as hell it does!" I shout back tears starting to well up. Jesse comes beside me and wraps an arm around me.
"Don't touch her!" Benny shouts.
"Why not?" Jesse challenges.
"B-because...." he trails off.
"That's what I thought." and with that Jess picks me up and takes me to his pick up. He buckles me in and ignores the complaints from Matty and Benny. He jumps in the car and speeds away while both of us laugh our heads off.
"Brilliant' he whispers
"It was more than brilliant! It was.." I can't even finish my sentence I'm laughing again. "Sorry I did that back there though...just the way Matty was looking at you." My hands clenched into fists making my knuckles turn white. Jesse notices and grabs my tiny hand in his. "Do you mind dropping me off at the beach. I'll catch the bus home." He agrees and drops me off.
I take my shoes off and let the warm sand cover my feet. I take a deep breath of the salty air. The sun is setting and it's absolutely beautiful. I walk to the water's edge and I go about ankle-deep letting the cool water relax me. I stand there looking at the sky streaked with pinks, golds, purples and deep blues as it begins to darken. "Come here often?" a voice startles me.
I spin around to see Aaron grinning at me. "Hey!" I cry hugging him.
"I truly was worried about you Ari. Can I see the stab marks?" I show him the X on my hip and he cringes at the sight. "Aw, it's all my fault. I'm so sorry Arietta" he says with full sincerity in his voice.
"Aar-Bear, it wasn't your fault! I was just being usual stupid, risky me." I say giggling.
"That's what I like most about you! You're so...spontaneous. That's why your my best friend" he says grinning at me.
"So ... how are you and Matty?"
"You mean..how are Matty and Benny?" Aaron mutters.
"WHAT!?" I about shout. It was fucking deja vu. I hated that bitch called Matty. And I hated Benny just as much. My vision went red at the thought of it. It was just to.......unreal. How could he do this to me. I thought he wasn't as shallow. It hurt to know that someone as sweet as Benny would be pulled in like that. I was speechless, angry words flooded my throat.
"Ari, ari breath!" Aaron says hugging me.
But all that comes out is crying. I cry and cry. I cry for being stabbed. I cry for losing Benny, even though I would have lost him anyway. I cry for Aaron having to go through it without me. I cry for Jesse, tears of joy for finding him. I cry tears of pure hate that burn my face as I think about Matty.
I break away from Aaron's grasp and run at top speed towards my house. I throw open the door and march upstairs. I tear the door open to Matty's room almost knocking it off its hinges. My vision becomes totally crimson as thought of hate cloud my mind. Matty is sitting on the bed with Benny. The same burning tears fall down my cheeks. "I THOUGHT YOU OF ALL PEOPLE WOULDN'T DO THIS!" I shout at Benny.
"Please, oh god, Ari..." Benny says getting up off the bed.
"Don't come near me! EVER again!" I shout so loud my throat becomes hoarse.
"Ari! Don't do this!" Benny shouts back.
"I didn't do it. YOU did." I hiss back. "Don't expect to ever see me again you lying bastard."
I run out of the room down back the stairs. Benny chases after me pleading for me to stop. He gets a hold of my arm and twists me around to look at him. And endless river of tears is flooding from my eyes. I look at the boy I may have loved. I just couldn't believe it was happening again. Was god done with me? Getting stabbed wasn't enough!?
"Listen to me baby, please" he says cradling my face in his shaking hands "I'm sorry, LOOK. AT. ME. ARI" tears start to form in his eyes.
"Why in the world are you crying." I spit, in a venom coated tone.
"I don't know what to say. I don't know why I did it. But you have to understand me, I thought you were dead."
"And yes that makes everything better! You would move on that fast!"
'But I was lonely!"
"That is no excuse. You didn't lay in an alley, bleeding, DYING, alone for 4 hours. If you were lonely, you should have cuddled a stuffed animal! Not a whore!" I hear a car accelerate behind me.
"Get your hands off her." Jesse spits at Benny grabbing my sobbing, shaking body. Before Benny says anything more Jesse takes me back to his house were his parents are on the front porch talking. They see me crying and clutching my heart as if there was nothing left. As if I were bleeding, or my heart was just tired, and had finally stopped. Jesse takes me inside while his worried parents follow. I sit on the couch, still clutching my pain-filled heart and sob.
"Dear what's wrong!" Angela pleads holding me. It was liking having a mom there, holding you after a break up.
"He..He cheated on me! Just like Aaron." I sob as Jesse tells the whole story. Hannah is by my side clutching my hand telling how now I have a family. Now I have people to love me. I spill about how my parents never come home. How they want me to stay out of their life. Angela looks horrified by this.
"Well don't worry, we talked and we want you to live, stay, grow up with us." Angela whispers. I look at them bewildered. And before 'I'd love to' escapes my quavering lips, I fall into a deep dark sleep.
"Listen Matty, I'm NOT your best friend. I'll never ever be your best friend again! I already have one!" I shout remembering sweet little Hannah. "And I'm tired of you throwing yourself at any boy who walks by! You betrayed me and spent the night at KALIS!! THEN, stole my boyfriend AND managed to flirt with 2 of my friends while doing so," I gestured to Benny and Jesse. "And, you couldn't call are anything to tell me where you were! I had to go through hell! Jesse saw the whole fight and it wasn't fucking pretty!"
"Hells no it wasn't! It was ...terrible" Jesse confirmed.
"I'm tired of always being less than you, and always being forced to wear makeup or wear pink! I need friend who like me for who I am and don't try to make me into what they think is a perfect friend! So Matty, Benny, Aaron, don't expect me to come home. I want parents who care for me as well, and I finally found that." I say and smile at Jesse.
"What about school?" Benny challenges.
"My family is home schooled. She can be to." Jesse says returning my smile. "My parents already love Ari, they would take her in, in a heartbeat."
"And what about you...do you love Ari?" Aaron asks, a big knowing smile on his handsome face. He is my only true friend I realize. He is happy because I'm truly going to be happy. I run up and hug him for that.
"Just be happy Arrietta." he whispers.
"Thanks Are-Bear. You're still my friend. We can hang out whenever you'd like. Call me later." I whisper back.
I pull back and see tears of happiness in his eyes. "So you're just leaving!!" Benny shouts.
"Yes."
"What about us?" he whispers. Clearly hurt.
"Benny, it seemed like you were pretty happy about that wink from Matty,"
"That means nothing!" he shouts
"Sure as hell it does!" I shout back tears starting to well up. Jesse comes beside me and wraps an arm around me.
"Don't touch her!" Benny shouts.
"Why not?" Jesse challenges.
"B-because...." he trails off.
"That's what I thought." and with that Jess picks me up and takes me to his pick up. He buckles me in and ignores the complaints from Matty and Benny. He jumps in the car and speeds away while both of us laugh our heads off.
"Brilliant' he whispers
"It was more than brilliant! It was.." I can't even finish my sentence I'm laughing again. "Sorry I did that back there though...just the way Matty was looking at you." My hands clenched into fists making my knuckles turn white. Jesse notices and grabs my tiny hand in his. "Do you mind dropping me off at the beach. I'll catch the bus home." He agrees and drops me off.
I take my shoes off and let the warm sand cover my feet. I take a deep breath of the salty air. The sun is setting and it's absolutely beautiful. I walk to the water's edge and I go about ankle-deep letting the cool water relax me. I stand there looking at the sky streaked with pinks, golds, purples and deep blues as it begins to darken. "Come here often?" a voice startles me.
I spin around to see Aaron grinning at me. "Hey!" I cry hugging him.
"I truly was worried about you Ari. Can I see the stab marks?" I show him the X on my hip and he cringes at the sight. "Aw, it's all my fault. I'm so sorry Arietta" he says with full sincerity in his voice.
"Aar-Bear, it wasn't your fault! I was just being usual stupid, risky me." I say giggling.
"That's what I like most about you! You're so...spontaneous. That's why your my best friend" he says grinning at me.
"So ... how are you and Matty?"
"You mean..how are Matty and Benny?" Aaron mutters.
"WHAT!?" I about shout. It was fucking deja vu. I hated that bitch called Matty. And I hated Benny just as much. My vision went red at the thought of it. It was just to.......unreal. How could he do this to me. I thought he wasn't as shallow. It hurt to know that someone as sweet as Benny would be pulled in like that. I was speechless, angry words flooded my throat.
"Ari, ari breath!" Aaron says hugging me.
But all that comes out is crying. I cry and cry. I cry for being stabbed. I cry for losing Benny, even though I would have lost him anyway. I cry for Aaron having to go through it without me. I cry for Jesse, tears of joy for finding him. I cry tears of pure hate that burn my face as I think about Matty.
I break away from Aaron's grasp and run at top speed towards my house. I throw open the door and march upstairs. I tear the door open to Matty's room almost knocking it off its hinges. My vision becomes totally crimson as thought of hate cloud my mind. Matty is sitting on the bed with Benny. The same burning tears fall down my cheeks. "I THOUGHT YOU OF ALL PEOPLE WOULDN'T DO THIS!" I shout at Benny.
"Please, oh god, Ari..." Benny says getting up off the bed.
"Don't come near me! EVER again!" I shout so loud my throat becomes hoarse.
"Ari! Don't do this!" Benny shouts back.
"I didn't do it. YOU did." I hiss back. "Don't expect to ever see me again you lying bastard."
I run out of the room down back the stairs. Benny chases after me pleading for me to stop. He gets a hold of my arm and twists me around to look at him. And endless river of tears is flooding from my eyes. I look at the boy I may have loved. I just couldn't believe it was happening again. Was god done with me? Getting stabbed wasn't enough!?
"Listen to me baby, please" he says cradling my face in his shaking hands "I'm sorry, LOOK. AT. ME. ARI" tears start to form in his eyes.
"Why in the world are you crying." I spit, in a venom coated tone.
"I don't know what to say. I don't know why I did it. But you have to understand me, I thought you were dead."
"And yes that makes everything better! You would move on that fast!"
'But I was lonely!"
"That is no excuse. You didn't lay in an alley, bleeding, DYING, alone for 4 hours. If you were lonely, you should have cuddled a stuffed animal! Not a whore!" I hear a car accelerate behind me.
"Get your hands off her." Jesse spits at Benny grabbing my sobbing, shaking body. Before Benny says anything more Jesse takes me back to his house were his parents are on the front porch talking. They see me crying and clutching my heart as if there was nothing left. As if I were bleeding, or my heart was just tired, and had finally stopped. Jesse takes me inside while his worried parents follow. I sit on the couch, still clutching my pain-filled heart and sob.
"Dear what's wrong!" Angela pleads holding me. It was liking having a mom there, holding you after a break up.
"He..He cheated on me! Just like Aaron." I sob as Jesse tells the whole story. Hannah is by my side clutching my hand telling how now I have a family. Now I have people to love me. I spill about how my parents never come home. How they want me to stay out of their life. Angela looks horrified by this.
"Well don't worry, we talked and we want you to live, stay, grow up with us." Angela whispers. I look at them bewildered. And before 'I'd love to' escapes my quavering lips, I fall into a deep dark sleep.
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