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 pavement. The rhythm of

holding my

Thankfully, it was just in the garage. This was

my brother, they were in a middle of a

his face, he was drenched in sweat,

thrown it

to me now,

ball hit me in the face, you’re

ball.” He says,

then, you both suck!” I say, then throw

the hell Alex! Hey, if you’re going to be like this, Jeff can’t come to the

know about

“Who’s Jeff?” Hayes

I

party @ your

-Rochelle

needs to meet some of my college peeps. Guess whose house

nose starts to bleed. Adam tries to

I totally deserve this anyways, right?” I

just leave me

back to the house, grab a kitchen towel, and some

now, I try to breathe. I’m one to

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I took a cold shower, and put on some-thing decent. Which for me meant, flared pants that covered my slip-pers. Followed by a crop top that said I HATE

I see her, and Hayes making out, hands all over each other. Rochelle sees me and gives me a

who is back together? I’ve missed you,

me again, he

asks. I let go of Rochelle and ignore