Why Me

I walk to Tiana’s from the school, and instantly regret that decision. It’s freezing cold out, and feels like it’s going to snow at any moment. But I love it. Winter is the best. When I get to her front step I grow nervous wondering what she meant by bad news. I knock on the door timidly and Riley, Tiana’s brother, opens the door. He smiles at me then turns around and yells back to Tiana. “Tazia’s hereeeeeeeeeeeeeee, she’s at the dooooooooooooor!!!” He yells at the tops of his lungs. He skips away gleefully, and I almost don’t hear the clacking.

I look at my feet anxiously wondering what is taking Tiana so long. When I look up the first thing I see is the crutches. So that’s what took her so long. “Hi.” She whispers, scared she’ll upset me, I guess. I walk towards her and shut the door behind me. “
Your room, living room, or basement?” I ask. She mimes thinking with her hand and then looks at me secretively. “What about...the treehouse?” She asks, excitement in her eyes. I squeal and nod my head before going to the back door.
I didn’t think of how slow she was moving, so I had to wait a while for her to catch up. When we got outside we didn’t think through how she would get up, but were both relieved when we saw she could easily climb the stairs.
I stood behind her, ready to catch her if she fell.
We got comfortable and she looked up at me. I saw true fear in her eyes.

“We need to get away.” She told me. I nodded in agreement. So we began to plan.

“What do we need to decide?” I asked, whipping out a notebook and pen.
“Where we’re going… what we’re going to do….how we’re going to get there...who-”
“Wait you’re talking too fast.” I said. “Slow down, I gotta write. I have two things down. What else did you say?”
“How we’re going to get there.” She paused letting me write it down. “Who else is going.” She stopped looking at me.
“What do you mean who else is going? You’re crazy. I don’t want to deal with anybody else!” She nodded once, agreeing with me.
“Okay then just we will go. But where to?”
We started bouncing around ideas, some of them so farfetched they were funny, until finally, it hit me. “SYDNEY!!” I shouted.
“What?” She said, kinda shocked.
“We can go to Sydney. And audition for the X Factor!” I exclaimed.
“yeah, but how do we get there?” “we’ve got money saved up. We can get bus tickets. But we have to wait for your leg to get better. So that means a few more months in hell with the boys. Think you can make it?” I ask her. “I can. But can you?” I think about it and nod.
“Then it’s settled. We’re getting out!”

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