Life's Too Short to Break Promises
Encounter
Voices swirled around me and i couldn't differentiate the ones in real life from the ones in my head. i was swaying back and fourth, my head whirling. i hazily opened my eyes, it was still light out yet everything seemed dull except the occasional flash of a red or blue light. i glanced up to find myself in the arms of a guy with brown shoulder length hair, a nose ring, and deep brown eyes. he stared down at me intently and asked softly "Hey, can you hear me?" i barley nodded my head, but it was enough for him to understand. he called to his friends nearby "hey guys, she woke up" two guys rushed over toward us and the other remained and spoke with the police as i attempted to sit up "no no no, hey its ok you need to rest for a minute." he said, concerningly. i disregarded his concern and sat up anyways. i looked around at the three guys kneeling beside me. i felt so small compared to them, even though they were kneeling i still had to look up at them. "they look so familiar" i looked around for a moment to see where i was but the guys blocked my view. i looked down, confused as hell when i saw grass. "am i in a field? what the fuck?". i stuttered on my words as i asked the guy holding me "do i…um. uh. have i.. seen you somewhere before?" he smiled down at me and i swear to fuck my heart stopped. "his smile…" "I'm vic, thats mike, tony, and jamie" he told me as he pointed out who was who for me. "I'm.." i looked up at Vic for a moment, and we caught each others stare. i felt like my heart was beating a million miles an hour "I'm… uh. my name is Kat.". tony was typing something on his phone, half paying attention, looked at me, smiled and said "its nice to meet ya hat". i looked at him confused. "maybe he's deaf?" i thought. Jamie looked at him and said "her names Kat not Hat, dumbass". "oh.." tony said dumbly. i giggled at their stupidity and i caught vic smiling at me again out of the corner of my eye. "here, let me help you up" Jamie said to me kindly. all three boys helped me up as i wobbled around. i felt like a baby deer on ice. As i stood up i finally got a glimpse of what was going on. Ryley was in handcuffs being stuffed into the back of a cop car, beaten half unconscious. cops were interviewing Mike and two women. one was tall and busty and had a dog that looked like a wet rat on a leash, the other resembled a monkey. a really fat monkey. then i realized... i chocked on my breath and almost fell over, Tony was quick to catch me. i stabled myself out, looked to them and hesitantly asked, "wheres Cameron…" the three boys looked at each other and fell silent. i saw a tear roll down jamie's cheek. tony cleared his throat and said "…Cameron…." he looked at me, back down at his shoes as he sighed, then continued "Cameron…passed. that asshole that was here-" vic cut him off "were really sorry Kat.." i looked at the boys, my vision blurred with tears. Vic pulled me in close and i broke down in his arms as he whispered "it'll be okay, we're not leaving you i promise.." i didn't even know any of them, this felt so odd for me to feel… loved i guess. i had known them for all of 20 minutes and Vic promised they would never leave me. but what is a promise in my life, anyways?
