Sophie Wilson is a girl from a small town who doesn't take shit from anyone. Her and her ex-bestfriend Hayden Parker had a falling out so she befriended his sister. They fight and argue over every little thing. She spends most of her days and nights...
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The tires of Sophie's car roll over the potholes in the police department parking lot. I park the car and start sprinting towards the glass doors. Olivia and theo are supposed to bring me the money to bail her out. My feet skid against the concrete coming to a stop infront of the double doors.
I see the back of Sophie's head as she stands next to her father. I mental scold myself for taking so long to get here. She turns around with her arms crossed over her chest and an emotionless expression. When her big brown eyes land on mine she shakes her head. Probably noticing the anger radiating off of me. Every time I have ever been around her father I get so angry at him for the things he has put her through.
They start making their way towards the door her father towering over both of us. He stops when he sees me standing there staring at Sophie. "Hey...Hayden I haven't seen you in quite awhile. What have you been up to?" he says as he pats me on the shoulder. I grimace at the though of him treating me better than he treats his own daughter. She is staring at her shoes while playing with her fingers nervously. "I've been drawing and painting alot more recently" I say.
I look to Sophie to see her looking at me with a guinune smile on her lips. When I got together with daisy I stopped drawing and she noticed. She would never admit it but she hated that I stopped drawing. When she sees me looking back at her her smile drops and she looks the other way.
"OK Hayden sorry to cut the conversation short but we have to get home" he says grabing Sophie by her arm and dragging her towards his work truck. "Wait...I uh need her help studying" I say making up an excuse to try and take her back to my house or anywhere her father wasn't. She looks backwards shaking her head at me with a sorrowful look. "Well you will have to catch up with her another time!" James shouts and doesn't even look back at me.
As he tosses her into his truck I feel my stomach twist and my hands start to sweat. I turn around pulling at the roots of my hair. I see my car pull up behind her's. Olivia and theo hop out and quickly make their way towards me. They must have noticed the disappointment written on my face because Olivia's shoulders slump and theo shakes his head, while holding the brown paper bag with money in it.
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It's been 9 hours since anyone has heard from Sophie. Olivia hasn't even heard from her. Me and theo are sitting on the foot of Olivia's bed with all three of our phones In a pile just watching them waiting for Sophie to call. "You know when you got with daisy she stopped singing and playing?" Olivia questions out of nowhere while burning a hole through me with her eyes.
I swallow the lump rising in my throat and ignore the pain the comment inflicted in my chest. "No, I didn't know that" she is so talented and I used to love to hear her sing to me. I stand off the bed groaning while running my hands through my hair "ok I can't take it anymore I have to go check on her." I say grabbing my phone and pulling my keys out out of my pocket. I stomp down the stairs hearing foot steps behind me.
I exit the house heading to my car. I turn around to see Olivia hot on my heels. With theo standing at the top of the stairs. "Only one of you can come with me because only two people can fit in my car" I say as I continue walking towards my car. I get in the drivers seat and look up to see Olivia and theo both sprinting towards to passenger seat.
When she thinks he is going to pass her she sticks her foot out in front of him causing him to face plant and I internally laugh. When she takes a seat on my red leather seats I start backing out before she even has her door closed. I see theo laughing and shaking his head as he pushes himself off the ground.
I look over at Olivia as we are now making our way down the street that Sophie lives in. Her leg is bouncing and she is tugging on her seat belt. "Do you think she is OK?" Her voice comes out muffled as she holds her head in her hands. "Yeah....yeah she's fine" I say not knowing who I'm trying to convince her or myself
I try to calm myself down as I tap my finger on the steering wheel. I stop infront of her house not seeing any cars in the driveway. Her car is still at my house. I take the keys out of the ignition and round the front of the car Olivia following close behind me. I knock on the front door waiting for an answer. There was a time where I wouldn't knock but it's not the same anymore.
I knock one more time before mentally yelling fuck it. I twist the brass handle pushing the door open. "Sophie!" Olivia shouts as she walks through the kitchen. My eyes roam around the entrance way as I see broken pictures and vases. Tables are flipped and I notice blood on the stairs leading up towards her bedroom. I sprint up the stairs skipping steps on the way.
"Sophie" I yell hearing Olivia doing the same thing downstairs. Her door is cracked open and I place the palm of my hand against it pushing it open. My stomach drops and I feel nauseous. Sophie sits at the end of her bed with her head leaned backwards towards the ceiling with her eyes closed. She has blood running down the side of her face coming out of her mouth. The same thick red substance running down her forehead coming from her hairline.
She has bruises covering the left side of her face. One of her eyes swollen shut. I rush to her side seeing her chest rise and fall rapidly. When she notices my presence she turns her head to the side to look at me with her head still leaning on the end of her bed.
"Hi" she says slowly with a smile stretching on her lips. "Liv she's up here" I shout as I lift her chin carefully to look at me. She squints her eyes and groans. "Shhhhh don't yell" she wispers lifting her bloody finger up to her lips when she shushes me. I hear Olivia enter the room along with the auditable gasp leaving her lips.
She squats down next to Sophie pulling her hand into hers. I can see her shaking and the tears building in her eyes. Liv's eyes bounce from her to me. "Hayden she's weezing" Olivia points out as she swallows harshly. "Hey Sophie can you tell me where your inhaler is?" I say softly holding her face in my hands.
She shakes her head taking deep breaths but not freaking out yet. "I don't have one" she wezzes. I feel the panic grow within me. I look at Olivia and see the same panic on her face. "Go home get the inhaler out of my top drawer hurry and be careful" I say as I toss her my keys. She sprints out the door as Sophie leans her head against my hand as she closes her eyes.
