Misunderstood - Rebecca K (best novels for teenagers TXT) 📗

Prolouge
People say you never find your true love. They say that you may think that you'll have one. But in an honest opinion the person you thought loved you will just hurt you in the end. Amelia learned this the hard way. She was just another normal fourteen year old girl. Trying to get through the pressure of middle school. She was doing pretty good. She had some close friends. An awesome family. And what she thought was a great boyfriend. But she learned the hard way that no love is forever. And the last words anyone heard from her were, "I loved you forever."

Chapter One
Amelia woke up to the sound of her mom cooking breakfast and her older sister, Sarah, trying to find her lipstick. It was the best sound she could ever hear. The only thing she was waiting for was her little eight year old sister, Carmen, to come running in. The instant that thought went through her head Carmen came in.
"Amelia! Mom's making pancakes. Hurry up before they're all gone. Josh and Dave are all ready down there."
"MOM! Save some food for me!" Amelia screamed while trying to jump out of bed.
"Sure thing Amy! But hurry up. They're going fast."
Amelia jumped out of bed and on her way out of her room yelled to Sarah, "Lipstick's in the top drawer right side!"
"Thanks Ams! You're a lifesaver."
"No problem."
Amy ran through the hall way and slid the rest of the way down the banister. It was a tradition on Saturday mornings. Pancakes, lipstick search, and most important. Banister slide.
"Hey Mom! Any thing left or did the cave men get to them?"
"Hey!" Josh yelled defensively. "We are not cave men. We're hooligans. I'm just messin with ya little sis! Come here. Don't worry. Mom saved some."
"Kay. Thanks Josh! Hey Mom. Can I go out with Kimmy and Lilly later? We were going to go out riding."
"Yeah that's fine. Just make sure to remember your date with Jake."
"How could I forget? He's the best! Especially on Saturdays."
"Would you quit talking mush and eat some food?" Dave asked kind of annoyed.
"Shut up and let me talk will ya?"
"What ever. Oh! Mom! The guys are here. I'll be back around two. See ya!"
"Bye Dave. Have fun at the movies."
With that Dave walked out the door. Amelia sat down at the table with her two sisters and started eating. After about ten minutes Carmen started getting kind of jittery. She was always like that after having sugar. Amelia noticed it immediatly and pulled back the syrup. Just then the door bell rang.
"That's probably the girls!" Amelia said loudly.
"Ams. We're right here. You don't have to yell." Rose said laughing.
"I know. Sorry. COME IN!"
A few seconds later Kimmy and Lilly came in.
"Hey girls. I'll be with you in a minute. I'm finishing this up then we can go riding. You called this time right?"
"Yes." Kimmy said sounding hurt. "I even called last night to make sure. Don't worry."
"Good. I don't want the same thing happening like last time. That was the most embarassing ever."
"What ever. Will you just hurry up?"
"I'm coming. I'm coming. Bye Mom. Bye Dad."
With that Amelia and her friends ran out the front door and to Kimmy's new car. This was going to be the best day ever.
Chapter Two
Amelia and her friends pulled up at the stables about an hour later. They had been riding here for over a year. The nice thing about Kimmy and Lilly were that they were just like Amelia. They were all tomboys. They all loved being outside and riding. And most of all they looked out for one another.
Kimmy was the first out of the car and the first one to talk.
"YO Billy! You got our horses?"
"Sure thing Kimmy. But just to let you know Thunder's been a bit ornery. Think you can handle him?"
"Sure. Come on girls."
They walked into the stables arms linked. They had been around horses pretty much all their lives so they could tack and saddle up by themselves. The only thing they needed help with was getting up on the horse. And Billy was fine with giving 'em a leg up.
"Okay. Let's go. Race you guys to the stream." With that they all took off at a gallop accross the meadow.
After a while they slowed down so they could talk.
"Okay Ams. That's it. Dish." Lilly said trying to contain her excitement.
"What do you mean?" Amelia asked innocently.
"About you and Jake. I know you guys are going out today once we get home. Where are you guys going and what are you doing?"
"We're going out to dinner and after that a movie."
"OOH! A movie?" Kimmy said trying to get more out of Amelia.
"I'm not saying anymore. Oh. We're here. You guys wanna give these guys a break and go swimming in the stream?"
"Sure! You got the stuff?"
"Yep. I got your swim stuff. Jeez. Must you make it sound like I have drugs and alchol?"
"Sorry. Force of habit. Okay. No one else is out here right? I am not going to get changed in front of a bunch of strangers."
Amelia looked around and said, after a few seconds, "We're clear. Let's get changed!"
They stripped down and changed. It was a very warm day so Amelia was glad to have changed.
"All right. Let's go swimming. OH! I heard about this little area with a bunch of black berries."
"Well then. We'll have a snack. Now quit the chit chat, Lil. Let's go."
"Sorry. Let's go!"
With that they ran off to the water and jumped in. It came up to their chest out in the middle of the stream so there was plenty of depth to swim.
"So. I have one more question Ams." Kimmy said.
"What's that?"
"What would you do if you found out Jake was cheating on you? Not that he is. I just want to know."
"I don't know. Probably bawl my eyes out. Scream at him. Cry some more and then get over it. You obviously don't remember what happened with Mark."
"Oh I remember. Hey. Where'd Lilly go?"
"I don't know. Lilly? Lilly?!? Dude! This isn't funny. Where are you?"
Kimmy and Amy got out of the water and started looking around. Suddenly a blood curdling scream broke the air. Kimmy and Amelia looked at eachother and said in unision, "Lilly!" They ran towards the scream as fast as they could with out tripping. When they finally got there all they found was Lilly's beret and bestfriends bracelets.
"Dude. Where'd she go?"
"I don't know. But if we can't find her in the next five minutes we're calling the stable to get some people out here. Deal?" Amelia asked antsly.
"Deal. Let's look around by the stream. She might have slipped and hurt her self. But we're not splitting up this time."
"Okay. Let's go."
Kimmy and Amy started searching around where Lilly's stuff was. They called out her name but she wasn't responding. Once it hit five minutes they ran back to the horses and called the stable. Within a few minutes about ten stablehands showed up in trucks and on horses.
"What happened?" one of them asked looking around.
Kimmy was a nervous wreck so Amelia answered.
"Well we were swimming in the stream and Kimmy and I were talking when we saw that Lilly wasn't there. We called out for her and when we didn't get an answer we decided to go looking. We found her beret and a bracelet down there. We didn't touch them just in case. You know. We decided that after five minutes if we didn't find her we'd call you and well. Here we are." Amelia said matter-of-factly.
"All right. Thanks Amy. We'll take it from here. Okay guys! Listen up! We have one missing girl out here. Her name is Lillian Miller. She went missing approximately ten minutes ago. Two items of Lilly's were found down that way." he pointed to the west side of the meadow. "That will be where we look first. But if we can't find her there after ten minutes we'll check everywhere else. After an hour we will be calling the cops for a search and rescue! Okay. Every one! Spread out!"
With that everyone took off towards the beret and bracelet. No one touched it but looked near it and in the stream. After ten minutes everyone split up in groups of two. After about twenty minutes there was another blood curdling shreak. Everyone looked up and around. After a couple seconds there was a mad dash towards the scream. When they finally reached it what they found was a relief but also kind of distressing. Lilly was stuck in a tree with a bobcat right below her. It was growling and circling the tree waiting for the chance when he could pounce. Suddenly there was a loud shot and the animal dropped dead. Amy looked towards the shot and saw Billy with a 243 in his hands. He emptied the shell, put the gun down, and went up to the animal.
"It's dead." he announced after several seconds.
"Lilly!" Kimmy and And Amy yelled happily.
"Okay. I am SO done with bobcats. They look cool but that thing just about freaking ripped my throat out. Now will some one please help me down from here. I scraped up my knee really bad but other then that I'm fine so nobody worry about that."
After helping Lilly down and moving the bobcat the girls decided it was time to go home. So after they got changed and mounted their horses they went back to the stables where they ate a quick lunch and Lilly got her knee looked at by the stable nurse. She said it would be fine just a little sore for a while.
"Okay. Next time no walking off by ourselves and all of us bring our knives." Kimmy said looking at her friends.
"Deal!" Lilly and Amy said together.
After that they climbed into Kimmy's car and left for Amy's house.
"Well you're here Amy. See you later tonight. Call us when you get home so we can get over here and start the party."
"Okay. See you guys later!" Amy jumped out of the car and ran inside.
Chapter Three
After greeting her family she ran up the stairs to her room.
'What to wear? What to wear?' she asked her self mentally. Since she didn't own any skirts or girly stuff she settled on a nice pair of jeans and a Metallica T-Shirt. She went and looked in the mirror and did her hair up in a pony tail. After putting on her sneakers she ran back down the stairs.
"How do I look Mom?" Amy asked seriously.
"Umm... When or why do you care?"
"I don't know. Just wondering. But seriously though. Do I look like I don't care about our relationship or do I look like we're just friends?"
"Umm... You look fine to me. But you might try asking Jake."
"Why would I ask Jake? He won't be here for another like five minutes." Amy said confused.
"Just turn around you big goof." she heard behind her. She turned around to see Jake standing there.
"JAKE!" she squealed happily! After releasing her grip on him she asked, "So. Where are we going to dinner and what movie are we going to?"
"Having a sleepover with the girls tonight?" he asked with a