Before We Fell

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people get so

teenage years. I was just there, in a family that decided to adopt me. I didn't know anyone besides them and the

remember

ies or anything about life before now. It felt as if I closed my eyes one day, opened it, and whoosh, everything in my head is gone. Yes, it sou

r anything, I was just blank. It's so weird, I didn't even know what was wrong with me and I even had some people believe I was making it up to avoid going back

s brought into the orphanage, or so I heard. All I know is that I woke up one day in a

ok me in as the oldest one, with only little certainty about my ascribed age. Days became weeks and weeks to month

ink we have a

Kyle, who was slowly putting the car to a halt. Yes, he picked me up for scho

a new kid in school and

ose to the ice cream van. Only in the picture, he looked a little better, everything is the same. His na

way or the other, I had no idea he even existed. It's not like I would do anyth

s. I didn't know how the two got to know each other but I sure was curious about it. If Jeremy transferred to my school, then he'd be friends with Lu

more built than he was and being famous would be a plus for him which means he m

he lamen

where, Vanderwood? Sounds like some

ich and

just knew what was coming

ot, I saw hi

poke t

t when I took my sister to ge

ou know he's r

uy looking like something from the red carpet and wh

e's obviously up

o know? I've never e

eam I got her kicked out for you so if I say he's

hatever. Can

athletic-looking guy is athletic, I guess. Whatever, he might just be overreacting and I wasn't going to sit here and

cius and his new friend Jeremy but the thing is, they weren't acting as friends. They weren't walking next to each other, the former was in front of the latter and walked faster th

my staring back while Lucius gave a sharp glance and walked int

red lights, anything, everythin

me I met him, it just had to be me staring. You know, this would've been okay on a normal day with a n

t down to look for my non-existent glasses

ced his presence in front of me. Accompanied by this was a sweet oddly familiar scent. I knew it from somewhere but I couldn't place a

ee

ing was working, it just didn't make any sense to me. I felt something from his scent and the way he spoke but I could not make out one image

know

ave no

n almost instantly like all the energy in me was drawn out. My eyelids followed and then my vision as well, it was difficult to see the features of his face

but everything felt heavy and my mind was all over the place. I couldn't place a single tho

small smile. Everything in me was screaming to run but there was

ion of asking any questio

do you

iden

th? I do

ly my

He may have taken a little too long to go all Superman but he came and all I need

ance whatsoever, after causing the whole thing and I slumped like jello. Kyle hadn't made it up to me yet while he retreated and I couldn't ma

ightheaded