Shattered by Nicole Banks

Author:Nicole Banks [Banks, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: -
Published: 2013-03-22T13:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

We were in his room. We left the cemetery in silence and walked back to his house. I didn’t want to go home. I couldn’t. I didn’t want my mom to see me like this. She worried enough over me. I didn’t need nor want to add to it. Angel knew without me saying a word not to take me home. It was weird how well he was able to read me, and my emotions. He always seemed so in tune with me. Part of me wondered how he never knew something was off in the letters I wrote him. Another part was grateful that he never knew. He couldn’t afford the distraction where he was stationed.

We walked through the front door and we kept moving towards his room. Angel leaned up against the wall with his arms crossed. He was watching me, probably waiting for me to break down again. Or maybe trying to figure out a way to let me down gently, now that he knew about my past. He had this weird look in his eyes that I couldn’t quite decipher. I should have been worried about the look, me not being able to tell what it meant, but I was too mentally exhausted to figure it out.

He had pictures on his dresser. A couple of family shots, one from school, one of him throwing Kris in a pool and a group shot of him, Kris Jay and me. I picked that one up, being thrown back to the day the picture was taken. We were at one of the carnivals they had out here every summer. My brother made me go on this one ride that Angel was too chicken to go on, and Kris was too short for. It was the ride that took you straight into the sky, stopped and then, pow, a sudden drop. I swore my heart stopped at least five times on the way down.

I remember when it was time to get off, I couldn’t move, I was shaken so badly. I was convinced my insides were still somewhere dangling in the clouds. Jay came running over. His excitement was clear. My brother was always the adrenal junkie. “That shit was awesome,” he said. “What a rush. You know Jasy, it’s pretty dope that you’re down for this kind of stuff. You’re not chicken shit, like Angel is.” He laughed, “Don’t get me wrong, he does stuff, but it’s like pulling teeth with him. You? Tell you one time, no questions asked, you’re down for it. That’s pretty cool for a little sister.” I remember he looked at Kris and Angel and suddenly appeared very serious. He took a long breath and turned to me all hint of humor and his carefree nature gone. “Jasy, always remember one thing, life is and will always be meant to be lived. Taste it, savor it, consume it and let it consume you. Get lost in it. Life is intoxicating if it’s lived right.

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