In the Beginning Ch. 3

I was running out of the crowded house, and I witnessed a fight in the making. I quickly ran past as Caleb started fighting with some other boy. It always amused me to watch Caleb fight, because he was like an animal. He could be cute and cuddly and sweet one second, but if you messed with him or his friends he was ferocious. 1

If  had stopped to notice that boy Caleb was arguing with, I could have stopped it all, and maybe things would be different. I was so blinded by Gabe that I didn't see it. I blame myself as much as anyone else for this. 2

I stopped by the bathroom to quickly apply some lip gloss, and run a brush through me hair, and then I rushed out to meet Gabe. 3

He was standing by the window, looking beautiful, when he saw me, his face lit up like a Christmas tree. He reached his hand out, and I took it, ready to be in his arms again. We walked towards my house, and when we finally got there, he stopped on my doorstep. 4

He lit a cigarette, and handed it to me. I took it, and inhaled deeply, letting the smoke fill my lungs with that familiar feeling, and let the nicotine calm me down. My mind was racing, and I could feel every place that he had touched me, because it was humming with excitement, eager to be touched again. 5

He lit his own, and we sat on my swing. I was leaning against him, when he spoke so softly into my ear that I couldn't be certain that I really heard it. "I think we should go back to the party. Something is wrong."6

I turned to look at him, "Gabe, what do you mean?"7

"I dunno, Brady, but something awful is about to happen. I can feel it."8

He was right, something awful did happen, and it was my fault for not stopping it. The beginning of me and Gabe was the end of innocence in Blue Lake forever. The beginning of a scar, a stain that would stretch on forever, and the only person to blame was me...9