TALES UNTOLD

CHAPTER 06: "CLUES?"

SUNNY ROWEN (PRESENT)

I walk with a confused and blurred head to school forcing myself to exist. Each step further feels draining But I need to talk about the letter with nicole afterwards and I have to take care of Anthony and make sure he keeps his mouth clamped shut about this. Once these obstacles are out of the way I'll be ready to confront Ricardo. I lift my head up and my eyes meet with Ricardo's as he glares but I catch something else in his gaze which is covered up within seconds. I brush the eery feeling off as I enter the hallway .

"Hey!" Addie calls out to me pulling me out of my thoughts as I smile while gathering my books.

"I don't know whats going on sunny but its like you're in your own world. You've barely been listening to me and you won't talk it out no matter how much I push. you always change the subject and it isn't fair that we laugh together but you carry the weight of your problems all alone." Addie says without taking a break its like she's following a script. I finally lift my head and meet her gaze as I feel tears pour in but I don't let them out. All I can do is sigh as I see her defeated face and I don't know what to say. That I've been r***d and its all my fault? Is that what im supposed to tell my best friend so I can see her disappointed face.

"No!" addie screeches.

"Your closing off again, I hate that you never open up sunny because that makes me feel worthless as I'm the reason this friendship is failing when its literally the opposite. And I need you to understand I need people around me it's part of who I am and you've failed to learn that even though we grew up together. " People stop in their tracks viewing the scene as Addie's expression is full of rage. I can't do this I already have far enough on my plate as it is

I feel the tears fall as I turn my back againsther walking out the school doors Im done I don't care about the consequences.

It's something I noticed that I've learned from tris, I turn my back on people when I need people the most and its like painful. I promised myself I'd be better then what tris is and I've actually turned out worse.

And I can't find a way out of this nothingness.

"its part of who you and your brother are, Sunny your a failure in life. you always have been and it disgusts me to call you my daughter. "

My mothers words storm into my mind as I collapse on the scool garden as my books scatter around the tree and my back against the tree . I let it all out I weep as I silence my wails and sobs holding myself through the break down. And no matter how much I denied it in the past I might have started agreeing to what my mother said.

And suddenly my eyes land on joggers as I look up meeting cold blue eyes similar to mine. wayy similar infact TOO similar.