Whatever Remains - T. Richardosn (best ebook reader .TXT) 📗

be here, understand.” I’d expect someone to stop me now. “I advise you to go off with your little friends and have fun celebrating my death like you said. Don’t force Rigor---Matthew…” I exasperated for a moment. “Don’t force Matthew to come back because obviously he doesn’t want to.”
“When did you care so much for my boyfriend?!” she yelled. I was shocked. Why did some people think we were together? Glytherin stared up at her expressionless.
“I don’t.” I said. “I mean I do, but not like that.” She threw herself at me but a hand held her back just like that day when Keely and Amanda were fighting against me. It was Glytherin. He was always there when I needed to be protected.
“Keely, I advise that you go on off to that special place of yours, and cry. Cry, do you understand? The poison was meant for you, Matthew wanted you dead, and so did I. Please go without a mention of us to anyone, please?” She looked remote and sober now.
“Orphelia, were you apart of this too?” I shook my head. “Yes you were!” she yelled. “You probably influenced them to do this to me!” She was crying now and was no longer serious. “You hated me so you wanted me dead anyway!” This was the same reason why she suspected me of killing Rigor/Matthew. I didn’t want to kill anyway. “She didn’t cause it!” Glytherin yelled. “God, Keely! You can be so over dramatic! Go away!” All of a sudden, a pile of students entered the hallway along with some teachers. Emptiness overfilled me. I felt nauseous and I felt like I was supposed to run away. Like a huge mob had flown over me and I was trapped.
Glytherin put on an easier face now. “Hello.” He said waving. Rigor was over flown too. He was laughing in disappointment. I was the only serious looking person there that was actually paying attention and realizing how much more worse this was than it had already been. A couple of eyes screened over me, not a couple, but the whole thing, then they went off to Glytherin and then to Rigor. Glytherin let go of my hand now trying not to cause anything. “Lea?” the principal said. Tears were all over his face. “It’s ghosts.” He whimpered. The whole hallway was staring at us incredulously.
“They’re not ghosts,” Keely said. “They’re the real thing. They look different don’t they? Glytherin’s a little bit more, I don’t know---I don't know. Matthew somehow, is a little bit more, less wrecked? And then Lea, well, we already know what’s different about this girl. She’s alive, she looks different in appearance, and she’s done something.” I looked up at Glytherin.
“Do I look different?” I whimpered. He looked as confused as I did. He slowly shook his head.
“I don’t know what they are seeing but I’m seeing the same person that I’ve seen before, after the princess gave you back your identity.” I nodded. Suddenly, a girl ran up to me and felt my face. Amanda. She put her arms around me as her glossy texture of tears soaked Glytherin’s jacket. She sniffed as her red eyes turned to me. “You don’t look different,” she whimpered. “She’s just jealous, and so was I. You’re the prettiest girl I know!” She didn't have to flatter me with her falseness. She sunk deeply into the sweater. “I thought you were dead!” I didn’t put my arms back around her. What was she talking about? I felt extremely bad. Glytherin took her hands and pushed her away a little.
“Glytherin? What are you doing here? We thought you were sick.” said the principal. “Well who’s telling stories?” he asked. The principal looked around. “Rudolph-Cory said he was close to you and you told him you were ill.” Glytherin shook his head. “Who the hell’s Cory and why would he make that up? Who said Orphelia was dead? Who makes up these jokes?”
Cory came from out of the crowd. “Who says that someone they know-Matthew-is dead when he knows he’s well alive. Who makes that kind of joke? You’re practically talking about yourself babe.”
The crowd began agreeing. “I had a purpose.” said Glytherin swallowing harshly. I hadn’t spoken to anyone but Glytherin and Keely since we’d gotten here.
All of a sudden, in the middle of the crowd. Three people stood out. “If that is really you, give me a kiss, on the mouth.” It was Shane. Why did this idiot do this to me?
“Even before I left Shane, I didn’t kiss you. That’s disgusting.” I said. He looked at me now. He was so young. Much younger than I’d been anyway. Shane was crying.
“Where have you been?” he blubbered. Guiltiness came now. It was spread all over my face. Anyone who wasn’t stupid could see this. Glytherin was watching carefully seeing what was happening here. “Don’t cry,” he murmured. I fought the urge.
“I’m sorry Shane.” I said with a bit of a waver to my voice. “I didn’t really think you’d miss me that much.” I was angry at Glytherin now. Why had he told me I wouldn’t be missing out?
“Especially showing up with this guy!” Shane yelled pointing at Glytherin. “Do you know how that makes me feel? Knowing that you’ve been gone and cheating with me with some guy you’ve known a month or so?” Blush…blush…blush. Glytherin especially, the blush came right to his cheeks.
“I wasn’t cheating you, if we weren’t ever together.” I said now getting the guilt out of me. I thought he missed me like family. Not like what he was doing now. “Who spread the rumor that I was dead anyway?” I asked. A hand rose up. Shane’s. “Great,” I murmured. Why would Shane do that anyway?
A hesitant silence came along. It crept all over me. Things began getting blurry and everything. I couldn’t even stand the amount of eyes that were all over me. My father looked angrier than any other feeling. Why was it so silent now?
My eyes blurred now. I turned to Glytherin who was patting me on the shoulder talking to me. The whole entire hallway was talking as well. Not again. Please tell me this isn’t happening again.
I moved, but I couldn’t feel it. Now I was running. I knew perfectly well that I was running. I couldn’t see anything now. Just a faint darkness. The air smelt dusty.
That was the only thing I had in experience right now. The smell. We were obviously outside and I could sense a smell of pastries filled my nose. I tried to scream but there was no vibration at my mouth. Where was I going? I felt a sudden vibration around my ears. There was nothing there.
I mouthed something but it seemed that no one heard, or I didn’t hear the reply. I lost grip of my mother’s and Glytherin’s poetry book. I stopped steady as something pulled on me to keep going. I refused to. I would not keep going without those things. Where was I now? I fell down off something that seemed like a pothole. This blackness was confusing. Who was near me? Who was surrounding me?
I felt no vibrations now. I felt nothing. Suddenly, I had something in my mouth. It was a piece of the bag. At least I could still taste. I was running again now and my teeth had a grip on the bag.
My mind wasn’t empty of anything. I wanted to know what was going on around me but there was no way that I could tell. I was terrified but I couldn’t express it. Where have I been now? The smell felt rainy now, and extremely cold. I felt something on my tongue now. It was cold and it was precipitating hail. I swallowed a piece by accident but didn’t choke on it. Then as it did before, I was in that same space that wasn’t black, but was white.
Two arms were at my side and I could see them both. Glytherin, Rigor and myself. I feel them I could hear them breathe. That certain blankness left when I was again, in the infirmary with the bag in my mouth, their arms at my side. And myself in its place.
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Publication Date: 03-12-2012

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