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Kadence's P.O.V

She ran away from me... I hurt her to the point where I can't even try to comfort my girlfriend anymore. I mean are we even a thing anymore? I hope that we are. I felt Ellie wrap me up in a hug and apologized for what just happened. A couple of tears started to escape.

I can't believe I let Brooklyn run off into a state like that, what was I thinking? Both Ellie and I made our way outside to search for Brooklyn, but before we actually could we saw her car take off. Great.

"Ellie... I don't like this, what if something happens to her?" I said worriedly

"Hey, stop thinking like that... It's going to be okay."

She pulled me into a tight hug. We started to head back inside and went back to class.

Surprisingly the time went by fast, but I mean I've been dozing off. I couldn't focus, not with Brooklyn on my mind. Today I was heading to practice and I was really off my game today but the girls seemed excited to see me so did Ellie and Jamie. Probably because they didn't have to coach anymore.

They were sloppy... All of them, maybe Ellie and Jamie were bad coaches. I laughed to myself. I started to make them run two miles and then work on their tumbling skills. Sloppy, just sloppy. I rolled my eyes in disappointment.

"I told you... I was a bad... coach." Ellie said with choppy breath.

"No, no, you were fine! Just not the best." I laughed.

Following behind her was Jamie until she tripped over her own foot falling to the ground. A bunch of the girls laughed but both Ellie and I quickly went to her aid. I gave the girls a glare. I was sick of their attitudes.

"Alright, that's it." I sneered.

"If any of you girls or guys have a problem with a person you will come to me directly. I'm tired of you guys acting like children, we are a team but if we can't get our shit together I will be making everyone run extra laps today. I'm tired of it." I said strictly.

I glared all of them down and some of them had their heads down. I didn't want to be a mean coach but man, they are really pushing my buttons today. I don't like being a strict coach but if someone is making fun of someone else, also known as bullying, I will not tolerate it.

"Do you understand me?!" I yelled with a dominant voice.

"Yes, coach!" They responded.

"Now get back to work!" I said confidently.

I turned around to Ellie and Jamie and they looked at me wide-eyed with a huge smile.

"What?" I asked.

"Oh uh, nothing, just nothing." They both said laughing.

"You guys are my friends and I don't want anyone picking on you guys. I know you can defend yourselves but I'm not letting anyone get between our friendship. Especially them. We started together at the beginning and we are going to end together this year." I smiled.

They both pulled me into a hug and I felt like I was suffocating.

"Alright! Alright! That's enough. Now show me your jumps." I said laughingly.

After making the team do crucial hours of hard work, I think we have half of our routine done for the competition. All the girls gave me a hug at the end, which felt night considering most of them didn't accept me. I guess they are lightening up on me.

Ellie and Jamie followed me to the locker room as we got dressed out of our sweaty uniforms.

"Are you going to go check on her today?" Jamie asked.

She was talking about Brooklyn, I'm assuming Ellie told her what happened today. I didn't know if I was going to, it looked like she needed space. She seemed scared of me, and I don't want to push her away even more. Maybe in time, she will come to me but I was worried about her. I still can feel the pain in my heart sting just from the thought.

"Yeah, maybe..." I mumbled.

"Want us to come with?" Ellie asked.

"No, I don't think that's a good idea right now."

She nodded her head.

"Want to have a movie night babe?" Jamie asked Ellie cheerfully.

"I would love that." She smiled.

Jamie pecked Ellie's lips.

"Get a room." I laughed.

We soon departed from each other and drove off, maybe visiting Brooklyn won't be a bad idea. The drive wasn't that far but there was a gut feeling that something was wrong, I pulled near her curb and saw her car parked in the driveway. The light in her room wasn't on which was weird because that's when I could tell she's home.

I went up to the door and gave it a slight knock.

No answer.

I mean she's probably not going to answer because I mean it's me, Kadence. The person who technically killed her mom... After knocking on the door, I tried calling her. Her phone went straight to voicemail, which has never happened before. I started to worry but maybe she's just avoiding me.

I decided to go check her mothers grave. Entering the gates of the sacred place, I made my way to the tree. The place was wide and various, there were multiple graves laid out linear to the grass. The grass seemed fresh and the dew was dropping nicely, seeing Mrs. Scott stone from a distance I could tell Brooklyn wasn't there.

Making it up the small hill a fresh flower was laid down, she was here. I sat down and looked at the stone, the silence was settling around the two of us. I felt my lips quiver at the thought that my parents lost her, not just my parents but Brooklyn.

"I'm sorry..." I whispered to her grave.

I felt the need to apologize for my parents, what she went through, and Brooklyn.

"Your daughter Mrs. Scott..." I paused

"She's the best thing that has ever happened to me. She's beautiful, smart, anything that anyone could ever ask for." I smiled.

"I don't really know what to do, I-I don't really know how to earn her trust back..." I sobbed.

"I love her." My voice cracked.

I sat in her grace just a while more. The sun was slightly peeking out behind the clouds and a warm breeze blew through my hair. Slowly I started to believe that maybe everything will be okay.

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I walked through the garage door to my house and went into the kitchen. My parents were home, but I simply ignored them. There was no need for them to talk to me. The smell of Italian pasta was wafering within the house and my stomach grumbled.

"Someone's hungry." My mom laughed.

"I'm fine. I'm not hungry." I replied with a monotone voice.

I heard my mom call me from a distance while I made my way up the stairs. I laid on my bed from exhaustion, my whole body was nearly shutting down. I didn't have the strength to move. I was planning to eat later at night, cheer practice gets me crazy afterward.

I decided to push myself back up off my bed and started to take a shower. I've been crying every day, I've been slacking on my school work, and losing sleep. I turned on my television after I got out and started to flip through the channels. There was nothing really on so I decided to go on Netflix.

I still couldn't find anything and I could tell it's late considering outside my window was pitch black. I turned on a movie but put it on mute. Sometimes I like to just lay down with no noise but to have the feeling that I have comforted me.

My bed covers still ha Brooklyn's scent lingering around and I couldn't help but cuddle deeply into it. I miss her. The way she wrapped me up, the sensation when her lips were on mine. I miss how I use to run my hand through her hair. A loud grumble from my stomach erupted and my cheeks flushed red in embarrassment.

I guess I should probably eat. Making my way into the kitchen, I opened the fridge. I guess I'm eating leftovers. I turned around to see Jester laying on the floor, and he started to make a high pitch whine causing me to smile at him.

"Hey, buddy..." I mumbled.

I sat down next to him on the hard wooden floors and stroke his head. At the same time, I was eating my food and making sure he didn't try to steal it from me. I laughed when he kept sniffing my hand for the food.

"You're up late." My mom's voice echoed startling me.

I looked up to see her apologetic face but she also had a frown. I wanted to walk up and leave, I was still bitter from her lie. This lie wasn't just a normal one, I couldn't even stand to think about it right now. I just didn't understand why she would hide it from me. Before I could get up she gently set her hand on my leg.

"Please don't go."

I pursed my lips in hesitation.

"Give me a chance to talk."

I really didn't want to talk to her, but... She's my mom. I let myself settle back down on the floor, she let out a sigh. All I could do is stare at her in disappointment.

"I don't know where to start... I know you must be furious with me, but I need you to understand that I didn't want to hurt anyone."

"Didn't want to hurt anyone?" I scoffed.

"You have not just hurt me but you have hurt Brooklyn as well. Don't apologize to me, you should be apologizing to her. You need to explain to her what happened."

"...I know, I just don't know how-" My mom was cut off.

"What are you two doing up so late?" My dad yawned near the fridge. Great, more people.

"The file honey." My mom said.

Her eyes were still locked on mine, they were filled with empathy and sorrowful.

"Oh, don't worry about it.We couldn't do anything else to get her back." He said emotionless.

I was losing my temper, my parents were now arguing. I felt my jaw clench and fist balled, how dare he. How could he talk like that?! My mom was trying to keep calm with him but he was just being an emotionless prick, he is always so caught up with himself. He turned around and opened the fridge to grab some food before my mom could speak he put his hand up telling her to stop.

Soon after my mom stopped talking. Usually when he does that we have to stay silent. I was fuming.

"What the fuck is wrong with you guys?!" I yelled.

I stood from the ground holding both of my hands in front of me. I heard my voice crack and felt a tear fall. They stood there staring at me in disbelief and taken back by my outburst. I couldn't hold it in, my face was red and hot.

"How could you just stand there dad and... and say don't worry about it. Each person that you operate on is a human being! You guys both shrugged it off on Brooklyn's mom as if it was nothing! That was her mom! Now I-I would understand that if... You couldn't save her and do anything more but at least give some respect!"

My voice was starting to hurt from how loud I was yelling, it shocked me considering I was a cheerleader and I yell most during practices and games. Tears kept falling down hard, I felt the heat rush to my head and I slammed my fist down on the table.

"I know this is hard for you to understand Kadence-" I cut my dad off.

"No. You know what's hard for you to understand?"

He straightened his back, waiting for me to give him an answer.

"A person who can't tell the truth to someone, and you know what's that called..."

He didn't respond.

"A coward," I said calmly.

Not a pin dropped in the room. Everything felt slow, and I can feel the heat rush out of my system. I wanted to drop to my knees from exhaustion and pain but I couldn't stand to look at them. I guess letting out anger was a good thing but I lost my appetite again.

I headed up the stairs leaving them standing there without any sudden moves and silence. Halfway up the stairs, I wanted to collapse, my chest was burning from the argument.

Why does this have to happen?

Before reaching the top I heard a loud knock at the front door. I rolled my eyes in annoyance, who the heck is at my house in the middle of the night. Yet I thought to myself... Could it be Brooklyn?

I started to make my way to the door with hesitation and fear yet I was a bit excited. I just hope it was her. I fixed my hair, straightened myself back up, and ruled my sweatshirt against my eyes wiping the tears away. My hand were inches away from the doorknob and the knocking was getting louder, I let out a sigh. I bit my bottom lip in hopefulness.

I opened the door but just to find...

"Casey," I mumbled.

A/N: Tell me what you guys think about Kadence in this chapter! Much love xxJess.

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