Blind As A Bat

The Hugging Problem Part Two

I twisted my head as fast as I could to see Dakota not even ten yards away. I froze but looking back towards Jonas.

"Schuyler?" Jonas asked.

I took one look at him behind I looked back to Dakota to see him walking away. My heart slightly broke as I saw him leave me, probably forever.

"Schuyler," Jonas said around and you could hear the desperation in his voice.

My ears heard him but I kind of ignored it as I watched Dakota leave.

"I'm sorry, Jonas," I said in a whisper before running after Dakota who have almost made it out of school grounds.

I had to get to him. I couldn't lose Dakota too. He was the only one in the whole school who was my friend. He may have been my bully first but I think that he's my only real friend in this whole school. He's more important than Jonas and even those that sounds bad, I can't help it.

"Dakota," I yelled, trying to find him before he disappeared in the crowd.

Dakota was getting closer to the crowd and he wasn't stopping. "No, I muttered, feeling my heart break.

"Dakota! No! You can't leave me!" I shouted, dodging the people in the way the best I could. There was a lot of people who I ran into or hit their shoulders. Someone cursed at me but I don't even give them a glance. Dakota was slowly disappearing and with all the people around, my clicks weren't successful and I started running into everybody before I finally gave up.

My shoulders slumped as my heart slowly broke into smaller pieces. I slowed to a stop, knowing that it was useless for me to run after him, since I couldn't even see him.

I stood in a middle of a crowd, feeling absolutely horrible. I hanged my head so that no one could see the state that I was drowning in.

"Schuyler!" I heard Jonas yell. He must have been following me this whole time and he knew that I was running away from him and towards his enemy. He must be feeling horrible and it was all my fault. I should have talked to him before I ran away from him. I am such a horrible person. I quickly raced away, not having enough strength to face him right.

I ran all the way home, suddenly glad that James didn't wait for me after my detention. He must be doing homework or he somehow got caught up in a teacher's office.

I raced up to my room, almost tripping on the stairs on the way up. I fell onto my bed with a groan, placing my head in a pillow and just started screaming, glad that it was muffled. I may have just lost my two best friends and my only friends at that. I was truly all alone now, all I had was James but somehow I felt like losing Dakota was more important.

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I woke up the next morning with wet cheeks. I had been crying the whole night, falling asleep even before my new parents got home. I woke up way before I should've been; the house was totally silent. I guessed that it was somewhere between four and five. Since I was already awake, I went downstairs to eat a quick bowl of cereal before exiting the house. I needed mental time to prepare before I see either of them this morning.