sweet caroline

CHAPTER TWELVE.

- PRESENT

the two boys sat in the living room
of jack's home,
having textbooks and papers out,
studying for an upcoming exam.

" what were you like
before you moved here? "

jack had always wondered this.
what if he had a bad reputation
at his old school?
what if he had a good one and
grew tired of it.

" i've always been the same guy. "

the same guy,
with a different look in each state,
running around killing anyone
who was stupid enough to love him.

" did you love someone
back where you used
to live? "

he hoped the answer was no.
he wanted to be the only one
zach loved.

he wanted zach to think of him
and know that jack was the one.

" i had a girlfriend, caroline
but things ended between us
right before i moved. "

by now,
the work in front of jack was forgotten,
and his full attention was focused
to zach.

"what happened? "

zach looked around,
seeming to try and find
the correct words for the situation.

" let's just say,
i blew the brains
right out of her skull. "

the curly haired boy furrowed his eyebrows
and put his head in the palm of his hand,
not knowing what he meant by this.

" she was crazy for me.
sweet caroline was never the one for me, though.
so when i broke up with her,
it was like her heart shattered
and her brain blow out of her head. "

" so she was really sad
when you broke up with
her? "

" you could say that. "

she obviously couldn't feel sad,
she couldn't feel anything.
caroline turner was dead.
dead because of zach dean.

just as jack was about to be.