August 10th, 2012

　　"I don`t want this anymore," I told Cody. "I want you to hate me."

　　Cody stopped walking. He looked up into the forest`s trees. "I won`t ever hate you."

　　"I don`t love you."

　　"It doesn`t matter."

　　"Andrew fucked me."

　　Cody didn`t say anything. He looked over into a tree stump that was nearby and sat on it. Cody looked up again.

　　"He fucked me all night long. I loved it. He actually came, unlike you. You only come with Emily, right?"

　　"I knew that. Andrew told me."

　　"What?! When?"

　　"Right after."

　　"What, why?"

　　"Because he`s a dick, he wanted this to happen."

　　"Then it`s over."

　　Cody stood up, "No. I forgive you."

　　"Why?!"

　　"Because you`re lost."Unauthorized duplication: this tale has been taken without consent. Report sightings.

　　"I`m not."

　　Cody walked up to me while I still tried to process his words. I couldn`t believe Andrew would do such a thing after I told him I wouldn`t tell Cody. I guess Andrew`s a dick after all. "Look at where we`re standing, Elizabeth."

　　In the tall grass.

　　No.

　　A migraine came by rushing through causing me to wince. It only lasted for a short while but when I came too, my nose was running. Cody frowned when I wiped my nose. I looked past his shoulder and we weren`t in the forest. We weren`t even in Darkwood.

　　It was the Seattle Skate Park. Andrew was talking to Emily in the distance. The sun was dusking. I was imagining things.

　　"How can you forgive me? Why don`t you go find some other girl who`s not going to hurt you? Why don`t you go to Emily?" Cody stayed silent. The tree stump he was sitting on was actually a bench. People around us started to leave as it grew darker and darker. This was the time where we usually left too. "I`m fucked up, Cody."

　　"Then let me help you."

　　My nose was still running but I let it slide. I thought I was crying and I just hadn`t noticed the water from my eyes yet. "Why are you so nice? After everything, I put you through? How can you forgive me after I fucked Andrew."

　　"Things happen. I know it didn`t mean anything."

　　"But you love Emily&"

　　"That doesn`t matter."

　　"Then why don`t you come when we have sex?"

　　"I don`t know&"

　　A familiar face showed up to the park, one I haven`t seen in years. It`s my brother, Matthew. He was skinnier than I remembered and looked like a corpse. My mother was right.

　　I cut Cody short to run up to him. He recognized me instantly and for a brief moment, I knew it was all going back to normal. That went away when he hugged me. He smelled and felt weak like he hadn`t eaten in days.

　　Emily and Andrew walked up to me to make sure I was alright. Cody stood in his place.

　　"I can`t believe you`re here," he said. "I missed you."

　　"I missed you too!"

　　"How are you doing?"

　　"I`m good. Uh, these are my friends," I looked back to Emily and Andrew, "This is my brother, Matt." I wiped my nose again because it started to get into my lips. It wasn`t running at all, it was blood.