I let out a sigh as my feet touched the ground and breathed in the humid airport air.
I was home again, home sweet home.
After getting released from the hospital, I went back to Richard's house to get my things and have lunch with him one last time. Trevor was nowhere to be seen, granted the fact that I would probably backflip kick him in the neck if I ever saw him again. I promised Richard that I would email and call him to keep in touch, but we both agreed that I would be staying with Mother.
As Mother's car pulled up in the parking lot of the airport, I felt a buzz in my pocket. I took it out and scanned the screen.
Ry: Where r u?
Me: South America
Ry: Nooo, the longer ur away, the longer I can't love you :(
Me: Sucks for you ;)
"Brookie? Can you hear me?", Mother's voice got my attention.
"Huh?"
"Get in quickly, daydreamer. It's going to start pouring soon."
I climbed in and shut the door behind me with a slam. I was doing too much thinking on the plane, all I wanted to do now was go home and sleep in my own bed.
When we managed to get home through the plummeting rain, I flopped down on the couch instead. What? A girl can't gorge junk food and watch chick flicks after a traumatizing experience?
I flipped on the television and a news broadcast was just starting to air. I ripped open the bag of sour cream and onion chips in my hand and popped one in my mouth.
'This just live, less than an hour ago, there was a terrible accident on highway 43. There seems to be 4 cars involved in the mess, with 6 people. 2 dead, 4 injured. One of the dead appears to be a teenage boy and the other a middle aged woman.', the newswoman stated.
The camera that was filming from the helicopter zoomed in onto the gruesome scene.
'From a look at the teen boy's hand, we see his phone and his I.D When we check out his I.D, we can see that this was a student of Merrifield High. Remember kids, texting and driving do not go well together.', she reported after glancing at a card.
A fellow classmate in a car crash? Yikes, I wonder who it is. Everyone will be talking about it on Monday.
'His name: Ryland Walker'
My heart skipped a beat. The woman's lips kept moving but I couldn't hear anything else she was saying. There was a ringing in my ears, a painful ringing. Then there was pain in my chest, a sudden throbbing impulse.
The room was beginning to spin and I desperately reached out for the couch's arm.
All I could think was...
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Teen Fiction"It was Ryland Walker. Only the most popular boy in school. He was the captain of the lacrosse team, one of the top ten students in the district, and was incredibly rich. One more fact? I hated his guts." Merrifield High is where the story takes p...
