Chapter 3

                                    

                                          
I ran and ran as fast as could to get away. My mind kept going back to running into James. Why did I run away from him? Oh right, I wasn't running from him. 
                          
I was running from the girl I used to know so well. My best friend, Melissa. Why was she doing this? What did I do? There has to be a reason, right?
                          
I started to slow down to catch my breath. Wow, i'm so out of shape. I wasn't even that far away from the school, but far enough so no one could see me. 
                          
My mind began to wonder to what would happen tomorrow at school. What have I got myself into? There is no way I could stand up for myself. It was just me, myself and I. I was all alone, no one could help me. 
                          
Let's just say no one would even mumble a word to me. When you're bullied by the most popular girls in school no one wants to be your friend. I understand why, so I don't blame people for not talking to me. I mean I like being alone. Sounds lonely, well it's the only time I can even have peace and quiet.
                          
Home? I'm going home, well the place I call home. I live with my mother and her husband, Chris. It's not that I don't love her because I really do she is the world to me. I just don't like the fact that she could move on so fast and especially with a guy like Chris. 
                          
Before I knew it I was in front of my house. I wasn't ready to go in to be questioned why I was late coming home. I don't even want to go inside. It doesn't feel like home anymore. It just feels like a memory of how happy my life used to be, who I used to be. Life just isn't the same without him. 
                          
I did the first thing that came to mind, I called my older sister Penny. She was almost 23 and already moved out and has a place to stay in while she goes to college. Maybe she would let me crash their for the night. 
                          
RING RING RI- 
                          
"Hello?" she asks into her phone probably not knowing it was me calling.
                          
"Hey Penn." I say to her.
                          
"Oh hey lil sis. What can I do for you?" she asks curiously.
                          
"Umm.... I was wondering if I can stay with you for a while?" I ask nervously.
                          
"Of course you can. Do you need a ride?" she asks sounding excited.
                          
"Yeah." I say thinking of where she can pick me up at.
                          
"Where do you want to meet?" she asks.
                          
Think, think! She can't pick me up here because she would want to see mom. Ummm.... where then? Just as I was thinking my stomach made a monstrous sound. Damn, I haven't ate all day. I got it!
                          
"How about the diner?" I suggest.
                          
"Yess!" she shouts clearly excited about the food.
                          
Let me explain. Chance is the best diner in town. Their food is absolutely the greatest thing I have and will ever taste in my whole life. Penny and I would always go there after school to talk and just hang out and eat.
                          
"Okay i'll see you soon." I say getting ready to hang up.
                          
"I have something to tell you, so get ready to talk." she says and hangs up which makes me very curious as to what was going on in her life right now.
                          
Penny and I have always been close and shared everything with each other. Secrets, stories, gossip you name it. We were inseparable. I feel bad that I stopped telling her everything. I just don't feel like I should ruin her chance of being happy. It doesn't seem necessary or that important to bring up.