Wounded Not Defeated

16: Fran

"Oh well, should've changed before you laid down." I say with attitude, crossing my arms.

"Fine." He gave up.

"Ha, ha I won." I sang,

"Shut up." He stuck his tongue out at me.

"Very mature, Mr. Max."

"I know right?!" He says with exasperation,

"Oh stop, you big baby, it's not that hard to change." I say smiling,

"Hmph. Well I'm just that lazy." I get up and kiss my frowning boyfriend, and he smiles.

"Don't frown, I hate seeing you frown." Semi quoting him from our phone call,

"Copycat." He smiles and kisses me again, then I stop us,

"Change!" and I push him playfully, he crosses his arms and pretends to pout,

"You scared me." He playfully scowls,

"I'm sorry." I say oh so sincerely.

"Shut up no you're no. OH MY GOSH!"

"WHAT!?!"

"SPIDER!!!!"

"AHHHHH!!!" I run on my bed and scream like a little baby, "Where is it?"

"Above your head." He says calmly, how? How can he be so calm when a spider could possibly eat us?!

"What??!"

"Babe, you are so gullible."

I scowl and frown, "Not funny!" I chase him around the house. Well at least he changed while scaring the shit of me. Asshole. Now he's in black basketball shorts and that's it. Once my mom gets home she'll make him put on a shirt. Ha. Ha. He starts chasing me now and then he tackles me.

'The future sounds boring without the one you love so while we're here in here and now can we have some fun let's make out'

"Wait!" I say as try to pull my phone out from underneath Blaze.

"Hello?"

"Hi." A voice says sleepily,

"Arie?" I ask pushing Blaze off of me and backing my butt up against the wall. Blaze sits next to me and I put her on speaker phone, but I hold a finger against my lips to signal Blaze to not say anything. He nods, I pat him on the head praising him like a little puppy, he just gives me a look and I smile at his cuteness as I often do.

"Yeah?" Arianna replies back,

"Why were you going to do it?" I say breathlessly,

"Ugh! Justin told you, didn't he?! I should've known better."

"No he didn't someone from the park did, she saw you and told and that I should check on you."

"Well I'm fine. People need to mind their own goddamn business! And refrain from running their mouth."

"Can't you just tell me why?"

"Why? Because what's the point of living if I feel this way everyday."

"How or what do you feel?"

"Pain! I feel like I'm worthless and pathetic and everyone would enjoy life without me dragging them down." Tears form on my bottom lid, how could she feel this way? I couldn't live a day without her. She's like a sister to me. No. She is a sister to me, it kills me to hear her so hurt.

"You are not dragging anyone down. Believe me. Please just hang in there. We'll save you."

"What do you mean hang in there? Who's we?"