The Story of Kaiden and Lilac

10

"Oh umm."

"You don't have to tell us where you were, but you're grounded for 2 weeks." She told me.

"What's grounded?" I asked.

"You can't leave your room or use your phone for 2 weeks." My dad explained.

Oh, I always do that, that's easy.

"Okay," I replied, handing my mom my phone, and ran to my room.

I don't feel good.

I went to my bathroom and started coughing, blood falling onto the sink. This is horrible.

I got into my bed and went to sleep.

What if I only have 2 weeks left?

K A I D E N

I got back to Raphael's place and he was FaceTiming his—I honestly have no idea.

I decided to text Lilac. What if I'm too clingy. Ehh whatever.

"Hey."

Five minutes past and there was no response.

She left me on read.

Of course, she has her read receipts on.

"Is Lilac answering your messages?" I asked Raphael.

"Let me check." He replied and texted her.

20 minutes passed and Lilac left him on read too.

Why the hell is she avoiding us?

I decided to call her, maybe then she'll answer.

She finally picked up.

"Lila-."

"Who is this?" A man's voice asked.

"Lilac's friend from school. Who is this?" I asked.

"Her father. Do not call her. Delete her number from your phone." He said.

What the fuck?

"Where's Lilac?" I asked him.

"She doesn't want to speak to you anymore." He replied and hung up.

This dude gives off major bad vibes.

L I L A C

I was wrapped in my purple blanket and it felt like someone was stabbing my chest with a knife.

I looked at the time and saw that it was 11 A.M.

Is it the next day already?

I slept for more than 24 hours?!

I forgot how much pain I'm in when it comes back.

My parents don't take me to hospitals, they say it's not safe. That why they have their own medical room inside the house.

But I'm grounded so I can't leave my room.

I really want to see my friends.

I started coughing again and my throat was killing me.

I don't like this.

I went back to sleep as tears fell down my cheek.

K A I D E N

It's been 2 whole weeks since I saw Lilac. I decided to give her space, maybe we were getting too close to her and she got scared.

But now I'm getting worried.

"But bro, what if she's dead or worse, she doesn't like purple anymore?!" Raphael asked me through the phone.

"She's probably okay. You're worrying for no reason." I told him.

"You're not worried?" He asked me.

"Obviously I am. But I saw her enter her house, why would she be in danger in her own house?" I replied.

"I'm going to knock on their door." They said.

"Raphael no-." But he hung up.

R A P H A E L

"Mom, I'm going out!" I yelled out as I wore my shoes.

I ran to her house and knocked on the door.

A lady, who looked nothing like Lilac answered the door.

"Who are you?" She asked.

"Hi, I'm Raphael a friend of Lilac. Is she here?" I replied.

"Yes." The lady replied.

"Can I see her?" I asked.

"RAPHAEL!" Kaiden yelled pulling up to Lilac's house.

"No, she's busy." The lady said.

I'm about to knock that bitch out.

"Okay sorry for wasting your time," Kaiden said and grabbed me.

The door closed and we walked away.

"What the hell?! That lady is weird." I told him.

"That doesn't mean we can enter her house." He replied.

What are they hiding?