You Saved Me Once Book 1

It was now the end of the week, and Friday came quicker than expected. For the whole week I ditched every class except photography, and instead did extra shifts at the Coast.

It was starting again, I’m losing myself, and the memories were coming back.

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It was about 5 months after Hayes, and his father had moved away. No one knew where they went, we all thought they would come back.

Months passed when we got the news that they moved to Hawaii. The news hit everyone hard. It got to my mother the most.

She started getting depressed, still wouldn’t let go of Mr. Bart-ley though.

I think it fueled her, fueled her long enough to keep her breathing. Even if he didn’t feel the same way.

She’d secretly call him every day. Even if that meant calling around and asking for him. He changed his numbers, not us.

I think deep down she knew the truth.

A year has passed without them, and my mother is now a smoker. She lives in her room, and barely eats.

She is hurt, she feels abandoned by Mr. Bartley. Most nights I hear her crying. It’s bad.

Maybe things went south, maybe Mr. Bartley and my mother had planned another life.

Another life, just the two of them.

Would she have left us behind?

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It’s a Friday afternoon, and I’m eating a popsicle while sitting on my car. Something hits me right in the face.

“Alex, throw the ball back over!” Adam shouts.

that hit me, bounce on the

car, holding my nose, in fear it

Thankfully, it was just in

brother, they were in a middle of a

Hayes’s hair was hanging over his face, he was drenched in sweat, and he was shirtless. I

“You could’ve just thrown it over.”

“Oh, you’re talking to me now, that’s great.” I mumble. He ig-nores

me in the face, you’re

threw that ball.”

say, then throw

you’re going to be like this, Jeff can’t

know about Jeff?”

“Who’s Jeff?” Hayes

“What party?” I ask. My

time does the party @ your house

-Rochelle

some

starts to bleed.

“It’s fine. I totally deserve this anyways, right?”

just leave me alone.”

back to the house, grab a kitchen towel,

shaking now, I try to breathe. I’m one to fear blood when I see it,

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pants that covered my slip-pers. Followed by a crop top that said I HATE YOU in bold letters. The top is covered by my red

and laughing. In the kitchen I see her, and Hayes making out, hands all over

is back together? I’ve missed you, where were you all

looking at me again, he won’t

I let go of