Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 16:32:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Jake Harper Subject: Forget About It ; Chapter 8 Forget About It Chapter 8: Not Good At Goodbyes (Ben's View) So what if I was leaving before the break of dawn? It happens all the time in movies. Hell, it wouldn't even be the first time I've done this. But I just can't be around this drama. I stuck around too long before and now I'm making sure it doesn't happen again. Anyways, getting on this bus and never looking back is so deja vu. I go to step on the bus when all of a sudden I'm flying backwards. (Jake's View) Well, look what we have here. Ben is gone again. And am I surprised? NO! Ben hurts people! That's he ever has and will do! "Good Morning Jake," Mason says and smiles at me as he sits up. "Hey." "Ooo someone's a little grumpy. What's wrong?" Of course I would get that question as soon as I wake up. "Hey, Ben's gone." "Yea, and I hope he never comes back." Gunshots ring outside the window. Mason and I rush down the steps and outside. What we find next changes our lives forever. (Mason's View) Jake rushes to Ben's side on the front lawn. Blood is everywhere. I don't know what to do. I stand here, on my front porch just staring at the catastrophe in front of me. Was this really happening? Through the crowd of people, I see one face that answers my question. Jake was right. (Jake's View) What has happened? How did it get to this point? WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?!! "Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to stay here." I take my place in the waiting room as Ben is rushed into operating room. The doctor said that the bullet just missed his heart. Of course, she also said that they might not be able to get the bullet would could result in his death anyways. Tears couldn't come faster out of my eyes then they are now. Mason has been here the whole time, yet he hasn't seemed sad at all. In fact, he has had this angered look on his face the whole way here from his house. "Mason, what's going on?" "I gotta go." So he wants to leave me alone now? "Mason, tell me what is going on." He get's up and rushes through the hospital doors. After Mason leaves, the doctor that first talked to me approaches me. "Jake, I'm sorry that this has happened." "Is he alright? "Jake, we got the bullet out but..." "Is he alright??" Just then, a man rushes into the hospital and walks towards us. "I'm Zac, I got a call from here saying that Ben was shot? Where is he? Is he ok?" Zac? Voicemail Zac? This bitch! I tackle the him to the ground and get a couple hits to his face. "What the fuck are you doing?" Three men pull me off of him. "What the fuck are you doing?? Why are you here? Ben doesn't love you anymore! Thats the reason he came here in the first place; thats the reason he might be dead right now! As much as I want, I can't stay strong anymore. I collapse to the floor. The last thing I see is doctor's rushing to my aid. They don't need to help though. I'm done fighting. I'm not getting back up. (Mason's View) "You shot him." I say. "Well that was the plan right?" The lady at the door says. And I know that the mission has finally been completed. (Ben's view) The last thing I remember is a swingset. In fact, I remember two little boys swinging on that swingset. One of them I recognize as me. The other one I'm not quite sure. We are swinging, laughing, having fun. Then, a familiar face walks out of the house in front of us. My mom. "Ben." My mom comes to the swingset and gives us both hugs. We laugh and run away to go play with a soccer ball in the sandbox. A little later, an unfamiliar face comes out of the house. "Jake, come here now," the man shouts. The other boy is Jake? My mom rushes to the man and tries to calm him. Jake looks at me with terror in his eyes. He doesn't want to go with this man. "Daddy scares me," Jake says to me. The man is Jake's dad. Why is Jake scared of him? The man pushes my mom and comes for Jake. As the man is pulling Jake away I try to hold on. I'm screaming for him. I tell Jake that I won't let his dad take him away. Jake's dad shakes me off and then takes my best friend away. I wake up in tears. Zac is leaning over me, tears in his eyes as well. "Hey there stranger." "Where's Jake?" "Jake?" I start to panic. I need to find Jake. "Where is Jake?!" "Ben, calm down. We'll find him but you need to rest." No! I need to find him. A doctor rushes into my room. Zac whispers something to her and I presume that it's that he thinks I'm going crazy. "Ben, how are you feeling?" the doctor asks me. "I need to find Jake." The doctor suddenly turns to my right. I follow his gaze to the bed next to mine. I then see my best friend. He's here. "Hi Ben." (Mason's View) "He's alive??" I shout. I hang up the phone and look to Jackie. She looks back at me with the same look she had when I told her Jake was coming back to Missouri. Hateful and Malicious. We hop into her new car and make our way to the hospital. This mission will be finished. *** I'M BACK, BITCHES. -J