The Only Girl In The World

Chapter Fifteen

Edited

~Kaylee

Slowly, the darkness around me vanished as the lights flooded into my eyes. Letting out a small groan, I adjusted my eyes to the lights and sat up looking around.

Gathering from the white walls and small beds in the room, this was the school’s sick bay, how I ended up there? I had no idea. My head ached as I tried to recall, all I could remember was the word blacking out as I laid on the bathroom floor.

I tried to get up but almost tripped because of how light headed I felt. Thankfully the school nurse walked in coming towards me.

“You’re awake, good. How are you feeling?” She asked placing a hand to my head.

“I’ve been worse.” I mumbled.

She gave me a small smile. “You’ve been out for most of the day and you looked so exhausted. Have you been resting and taking your medications?”

Having my medical records, she was one of the few people that knew I had cancer.

“Yes, I just...I slept late last night.” I lied. “How did I get here?”

“Oh yes, a girl is waiting to speak with you outside. She was the one who carried you here with a guy.” She said going towards the door before she opened it and Becca walked in.

“You have ten minutes, besides school will soon be over.” the nurse said walking out as she shut the door, leaving just the both of us.

“Um...thanks for bringing me here I guess.” I said looking away.

“Kaylee...” She called, her voice cracking.

Turning back, I realised she was crying.

“I’m sorry.” she said walking towards my bed. “I’m so sorry.”

I stared at her shock. This wasn’t something I expected at all.

“Sorry...for what?”

“I haven’t been a good friend.” She said as she sat down on the chair next to my bed. “I haven’t been a friend at all. I was afraid....and I know it’s a stupid excuse but just hear me out ok?”

I just nodded not knowing what to say.

“Bella and I were having a hard time. Our Dad had been cheating on mom and every evening, he would come back drunk and reek of alcohol.” She started. “Whenever our mom tried to confront him about everything, he would beat her up and threaten her. He would spend all our money on his drinks and leave us with nothing, he would beat us up every night even when we were starving.

 One particular night, he came back really drunk and angry. He ended up taking his anger on mom, he nearly killed her but I don’t know how it happened. Mom kept yelling for us to go back upstairs and when it became quiet, we went downstairs and dad was lying in a pool of his blood with mom sobbing next to him on the floor. We weren’t kids, we were 13 but everything was too much at that point.

When the police came, mom got arrested and we were taken to our aunts’ house. Eventually, when the day of her trial came, she was let off because it was self-defence. She lost custody of us because she wasn’t herself anymore and she needed therapy. It kind of broke us, to lose both our parents at once. And in a horrible way at that.

I guess that was what made Bella so bitter, she got jealous of you. She would always complain about how you never stopped talking about your perfect family. I didn’t say anything, why would I get angry at someone who wasn’t at fault and had no idea. It was so messed up, we lied about everything to anybody who cared to ask, saying our parents travelled abroad for work because we were ashamed.