Life's Too Short to Break Promises

"Its too early!" Jamie complained, stumbling over his own feet. elbowed him, knocking him into Tony. "what the fuck man! you made me spill my monster" i laughed as tony attempted sucking the spilt monster off his shirt. we fumbled down the street for a good hour and a half now in search of a dell taco cause Violet said she was hungry but she was too lazy to move off the couch. usually we would tell her to get your own damn tacos but while you're at it bring us some, but she drank a lot last night, and i could imagine she feels like shit. "its cold as balls up here!" said mike. i laughed at him. "i told you you should have brought a jacket dumbfuck" "thanks dad!" he said with a fake plastered smile on his face. i ignored his comment then the guys started talking about the new game we bought and how Violet is probably back at the cabin looking up cheats so she can whoop our asses when we get back with tacos. we walked past a few houses and got to a lightly wooded area. we walked through there a bit to see who could find the biggest pinecone. "hey guys watch this" tony was about to put a pinecone in his pants when a high pitched screech came from across the field just through the wooded area where we stood. "the fuck!" i said louder than i intended to. but i didn't care. we jogged toward where we heard the noise. we were about a quarter of the the way through the field when a petite girl, tiny and fragile, sprinted through the field a bit further in front of us. i looked at mike, and he had the same confused look i know i did. we stopped running and looked at each other "what the hell?" Jamie said. she stumbled over her own feet as she ran, her hair whipping around behind her. reaching the end of the field, she fell to her knees and picked up what looked like a child covered in blood. "oh shit" mike said to himself. we continued running and watched as a man comes out from the trees and smacked her in the back of the head with a crowbar, then continued to smack the child. "HEY WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING" i screamed at him. we finally reached them and before i gave him time to answer, i punched him right in the jaw. he swung back, and got me in the stomach, knocking me to the floor. Mike and tony beat him and held him down as me and jamie tended to the girls. i glanced up to find that they knocked out two of his teeth, split his lip, and gave him a black eye. "serves that bastard right" i thought. a phone covered in dirt and blood was next to the older girl, she was face down in the dirt. i effortlessly scooped her into my arms and grabbed the telephone. it was still on a call. i held the phone to my ear. "hello?" "sir this is the police, whats going on?" " i- i don't know, there was a scream and a girl ran out to the kid on the floor and some guy comes out of nowhere and hit her with a crowbar, both the girls are unconscious." i said, overwhelmed. "we're coming right away sir" then the call went dead. i tossed the phone into the grass and caught sight of Jamie cradling the child, he was crying. i looked down at the girl in my arms. her face was covered in blood, and she obviously had a black eye hidden under her makeup. she had tunnels and red, white, and black hair. her pale skin bright against her dark clothes and blood. i couldn't help but stare at her. even when beaten and bruised, she was truly gorgeous. the police arrived moments later, and arrested Ryley. they took the lifeless, bloody child out of crying Jamies arms and asked him, mike and Tony to come with them for a few quick questions and told me to stay with the girl. "hey tony, you might wanna text Violet and tell her tacos will be later than expected" i called to him. "will do" he said back. i turned my attention back to the passed out girl in my arms. her slow, even breathing excelarated and she sturred a bit in her sleep. her eyes droopily opened, staring at the sky for a bit then looked over to me. i felt awkward not saying anything, i was concerned for her, she looked half dead. not knowing what to say, i quietly said "Hey, can you hear me?" she hesitated, and gave me what i thought was a nod. that was good enough for me. "hey guys she woke up!" i called over to the guys. mike was still talking to the police along with two ladies with their dogs, which I'm assuming was the neighbors. the girl wiggled around, attempting to sit up "no no no, hey, its okay, you need to rest for a minute. she gave me a frustrated look and sat up anyways. Jamie and Tony came trotting over to me and the girl and kneel next to us. she looked at all three of us like she had never seen a human before. my concern heightened when the thought crossed my mind that he hit her so hard she got brain damage or something. she looks down at the grass and looked scared for a moment, then confused again. "do i…um. uh. have i.. seen you somewhere before?" she said quietly, stumbling on her words. relief spread over me "thank god he didn't hit her that hard" i like the sound of her voice.. its almost soothing. i couldn't help myself from smiling. her golden hazel eyes lit up like stars. i pointed to everyone as i said "I'm vic, thats mike, tony and jamie." she looked around at us and back up at me. "im.." i looked into her eyes for a moment, the twinkle in her golden eyes made my heart beat a bit faster. she stuttered "Im um… my name is Kat". Tony was texting Violet, obviously not really paying attention, smiled and said "its nice to meet you hat". she looked at him like she was so confused i almost laughed at her expression in itself. Jamie had just recovered from his crying and looked over at him and bitterly said "her names Kat, not hat, dumbass" "oh" he said stupidly. Kat giggled and my heart stopped for a moment. "her laugh, and her smile…" she looked at me like she saw the sun for the first time in her life, and all i wanted to do was pull her close and call her mine. i shook the thought from my head "what are you thinking, you jut met the damn girl and you already like her?" "here, let me help you up" jamie offered. i got annoyed by his eagerness to help her. i was the one she woke up to, i should help her. we all three kinda helped her up and she swayed around a bit. she looked around a bit and looked really concerned, fell slightly, and tony caught her. she looked around to all three of us and slowly asked "…wheres cameron" shit. i thought maybe she didn't know her…apparently she did. i looked down to my feet, i couldn't manage to tell her. who knows how she would react. Tony spoke up first, "…cameron…." he paused "cameron…passed. that asshole that was her-" i cut him off. i knew anything else said would just make her more upset. "Were really sorry Kat…" i said. i looked up at her and her eyes were filled with tears. in the next moment, she collapsed into my arms as i pull her into them and sobbed continuously. i whispered into her ear "it'll be okay, were not leaving you i promise." i caught myself off guard by saying that, but i meant it. i didn't want to leave her, she seemed so… helpless.

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