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Chapter 23

Chapter 23

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I ran into Austin’s house and slammed the door with anger.

“Olivia? What happened dear?” Mrs. Mahone asked and ran over to me.

“I’m fine,” I convinced her.

“Why are you here? Why didn’t they call?” she asked with worry.

“I just don’t feel good,” I explained and sat down on the couch.

“You don’t look good, do you need medicine?” she bombarded me with questions.

“I’ll be fine, don’t worry,” I reassured her.

“Did you get to eat lunch?”

I shook my head and lied down on the couch.

“I’ll make you a cheese sandwich,” she said and rushed into the kitchen.

I was left there all alone. I didn’t know what to think of what happened. I was mad… and sad. Alex stopped being mad, then became mad at again. We have an on and off friendship, and it kills me to think that he can’t trust me anymore.

I looked up at the ceiling and took slow breaths. I had a feeling our friendship wouldn’t be on again. I just wish I could just come out and tell him what Sarah did. Believe me I want to tell him so bad but every time I am going to… it just doesn’t come out.

I was about to blurt out everything, but then I chickened out. But I’m glad I finally stood up to Sarah. I’m glad something good came out of this.

Soon Mrs. Mahone came out of the kitchen with a sandwich and a glass of water and set them on the table in front of me.

“If you need anything I’ll be in the kitchen,” he informed me and went back into the kitchen. I looked at the sandwich and scooted it away. If I thought about food any longer I was afraid I was going to puke.

I tilted my head back so I could see the whole ceiling. It was a weird looking ceiling. It had little designs on it all around. Like flowers and if you thought of it like clouds you can make some into shapes.

Yeah, I was bored I was thinking about this…

In two hours they would be back, and either way I am going to have to go downstairs for dinner and face them. I just hope it was only Austin and his crew wasn’t here.

I clutched my stomach because it hurt so much from running from the school to here. It was a really long walk. It took me about 30 minutes, and lunch was at 12:30.

I bit my lip and tilted my head forward so I wasn’t facing the ceiling anymore. I grabbed the water and took a few sips from it. Then I got up and limped back upstairs to my room.

I have hid in this room so much it was like my second home, but it wasn’t. No matter how long I lived here, this place would never be my home.

I shivered and lied down on my bed and before you knew it, I was asleep.

*Dream*

“No one likes you just get out of here!” Alex shouted and shooed me off.

“Yeah you heard him just back off, no one likes you just go kill yourself!” Sarah shouted and laughed.

We were in some kind of room like my dream before. It had no windows or doors or anything.

We were trapped… I was trapped. They were all surrounding me and taunting me.

“Didn’t you hear us? We hate you! Leave!” Austin yelled harshly and pushed me into Zach.

“Ew get this thing off of me!” he yelled in disgust and pushed me. I fell face first onto the concrete ground. I felt the blood roll down my cheeks.

“No one likes you!” they repeated and kept stepping closer and closer to me. I was breathing heavily. I was surrounded and there was no way out.

Suddenly the floor disappeared and the scene changed. I was on a beach, the same beach where I was a few days ago.

There was no one else in sight… I was alone. At least I thought so.

I looked over at the other side of the beach and saw Sarah and Alex holding hands in the water. They didn’t seem to know I was here.

It was like the same thing as when we were here during the camping trip. I looked behind me and saw Austin, Zach, Tyler, and Rob looking at the jellyfish, but where was I?

Why was I here?

“I’m so glad Olivia left us and went back home to Tennessee, things are way better without her,” Austin laughed.  

I moved back to Tennessee? Why would I do that?

“Yup, I heard she is in this really bad foster family,” Rob laughed and then Tyler snickered along with him.

They didn’t even care! Did they know about Sarah yet? When they did, I hope they leave her. That’ll be the day.

“Olivia? Is that you?” Zach asked and walked over to me. I backed away from him quickly.

He reached his hand out and he touched my arm to make sure I wasn’t a ghost. Then suddenly he slapped me across the face… hard. I gasped with pain. He had dug his fingernails in my cheeks again.

Then suddenly another whole appeared behind me. Austin came up and pushed me into it. Then I went down falling and falling and falling…

*End dream*

I awoke with fright. I was sweating so much my clothes were basically attached to my skin.

It was just a dream, I thought to myself, it was just a dream. But I wished I had gone back to Tennessee, but then I would have to live without Alex, and I could never do that.

It’s weird that only a month ago if someone said his name, I wouldn’t have thought twice about it. Not that I didn’t like, just that I didn’t know him!

I glanced at my clock. 3:00. I gulped. They would be home in a few minutes. All of them. In this house…

I took a few slow breaths and got up from bed. I didn’t want to go downstairs because then if they came in, they would see me right away, but I was starving.

I was suddenly regretting not eating that sandwich…

I yawned and stretched and then looked at my reflection in the mirror in front of my bed. My hair looked neat but a few strands were in my face, and I was right, I looked really pale.

I sighed and then my heart nearly stopped when I heard the door open and lots of voices. I brought my knees to my chest and breathed in and out. Suddenly, I heard knocking on my door.

“If you’re here to yell at me, I really don’t want to hear it,” I yelled, but the person still came in anyway. It was Alex.

“Look Alex if yo-,” I started but was interrupted by him.

“I broke up with Sarah,” he blurted out. My mouth dropped open.

“Why?” I asked quietly and he took a seat next to me.

“Well obviously you don’t like her, and if it means losing my best friend, then it wasn’t worth it,” he explained and looked up at me.

“Wow,” I whispered. I bit my lip to keep from smiling because that would be kind of rude.

“And… I kind of having feelings for another girl,” he mumbled. My heart stopped again. He liked ANOTHER girl? I mentally groaned.

“Really? Who is it?” I asked shyly. He put his hand over mine.

“You.”