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Chapter 14
It’s been four whole days since I had last seen Loanna. No letters have come from her. It was like she had fallen off the face of the earth. I was going out of my mind with worry. What if her mom made her go live with her dad? What if the reason Loanna hasn’t tried to contact me, was because she was hurt? Would her mom do something to her? What is going on over there?
I needed to see her. I needed to know she was ok. I needed to know she wasn’t mad at me for getting her in trouble. My mind was set. I was going to sneak out to see her. Nobody has checked in on me all day, so I should be ok with leaving for a few minutes.
Throwing on some clean clothes and putting my shoes on, I looked at my closed door for a moment. When nobody walked through, it gave me the green light to go. I slid open my window and jumped up onto the sill. Throwing my legs over the side, I pushed off and fell onto all fours on the ground, making more noise than I wanted. I stayed motionless on the ground, listening for any sounds of movement in response to somebody hearing me. Nobody came. Smiling triumphantly, I walked through the next backyard, using the trees to shield me. Three backyards later, I was standing underneath Loanna’s bedroom window. Taking a quick peak inside, I spotted her lying on her bed, her back facing me. Seeing that she was alone, I quietly tapped on the window to get her attention.
I watched as she rolled over, her lips turned down into a frown. She looked completely miserable. But when her bottle green eyes made contact with mine, they widened. She quickly jumped from off her bed and let me into her room.
“Elliot! What are you doing here? Was your mom mad? I’m so sorry. I shouldn’t have stayed. I just…I didn’t want to come home. I was being selfish. I’m sor-”
“Lolo. It’s fine. Really.” I chuckled. Her lip started to tremble and she looked away from me. She was as happy to see me, as I was to see her. This made me smile.
“What about you? How did your mom react?” I asked quietly.
“She was livid. She even threatened sending me off to my father. I have a feeling she didn’t even know I was gone until your dad knocked on the door.” Loanna bit her lip.
“I’m sorry Lo.” I said sympathetically. She shrugged it off and looked back at me.
“Not your fault.” She smiled.
We spent the next hour or two catching up and just being in each other’s presence. I had forgotten how to be happy these past four days. It was like my soul was singing when I was around her. I don’t know what I would do without Loanna. She seemed to feel the same way about me. We kept each other alive.
“Loanna!” we both jumped as steady footsteps came toward her room. Her eyes grew wide, and I did the first thing I could think of. I jumped underneath her bed, just as the door flew open.
“I told you to clean those dishes an hour ago! What’s wrong with you? Whatever it is, you better get over it soon. I am getting tired of your bull. You are acting like a little princess. It needs to stop now.” Her mother practically screamed at her.
I cringed into the carpet. I knew what happened at Loanna’s house, but I’ve never seen it up close. It saddened me that she wasn’t exaggerating about her mother.
“I’ll do them in a second.” Loanna’s soft voice was right above me. I could see her ankles right in front of me.
“No. You will do them now!” her mother yelled. When Loanna didn’t move, her mother screamed, “GO!”
This got her moving, and they both walked out of her room. My heart was still beating rapidly, as I crawled out from underneath her bed. I quickly jumped onto her windowsill, and pushed off onto the ground. I felt a stinging pain go across my arm, and I found that I had cut myself on the ledge. Letting out an angry breath of air, I hurriedly made my way back to my house.
When I made it to my window, I peaked in before climbing up. My eyes closed painfully as I found somebody sitting on my bed, watching me with disappointed eyes.