One Last Cut..One More Memory..Chapter 2

One Last Cut…One More Memory Chapter 21

Chapter 22

The Arcade…3

"AHHHH Skunk don’t do that to me!!" I yell as he jumps out at me from behind the picture booth.4

The arcade...one of my FAVORITE places to be... I love video games and the way they are designed and all...the one thing I don’t like about this place is I feel like every ones staring at me; like the walls are closing in on me and no way to get out and just as I start to think what if they can see...5

"BUTTERFLY!!! Come on its open!!" Skunk yells and I quickly snap back to reality.6

"I’m coming!! CHILL!!" I yell back as I run to find Skunk.7

Ahh Battle Field; the complex game of Strategy and Luck, one of which I am very good at and Skunk, very bad at. Skunk and I are very competitive with everything; sports, board games, video games, school, grades, anything really. Now Skunk has always been ahead of me in sports and school and grades, but I have always been one ahead of him in board games and video games, and anything that you need to look at through a different kind of eye; one that not every one uses…8

"E1" Skunk says, looking right in my eyes.9

"Miss… E5" I say back avoiding eye contact.10

"Damn it Butterfly every time!" He says with a slight grin and a chuckle.11

"Hey don’t go blaming me now, it was your idea to come play this!" I say back with the same slight grin.12

"Umm Butterfly?" He asks looking down and his shoes again.13

"Yeah Skunk?" Curious of what he’s going to ask.14

"Umm, well, I think we need to talk. But I don’t know if it’s a good time so never mind forget it." He says with a cracking voice.15

"Come on Skunk you promise you'll tell me later?" I ask a little worried now.16

"Promise Butterfly" He said looking me directly in the eye.17

"Good now go it’s your turn!" I said with a smile.18

Did he know? If he did, why doesn’t he want to talk to me? Or is it something else? Is he sick again? Are his parents breaking up? Is he leaving? Did I do something wrong? Is he mad at me? So many questions, but I’m not getting any answers. Skunk had been in a hospital from when he was born till he was six. He had been born without one of his lungs and he was very sick. That’s where I had met him. I was in the hospital after having a surgery on my lung to close a hole that had happened due to a birth defect. He was sitting there playing Mario Cart. And looked very lonely so I had sat down by him and started to play to. He was Luigi and I was Yoshi. To this day when ever they are in a game I’m still Yoshi and he’s still Luigi.19

"I3" He says with a look like he was gonna take over the world so sure he got me this time so positive.20

"Miss H2" I say back crushing his moment.21

"Hit. Damn how do you do it butterfly?" He says with a slight sign of a frown.22

"Luck I guess" I say a little uneasy.23

They're closing in on me again...all the eyes are on me again. I need to move, I need to leave, I have to get out of here before I...24

"Come on Butterfly lets get out of here" Skunk tells me as he heads for the door.25

I'm guessing he felt that I needed to leave. That I needed to get out...He’s really good at doing that.26

"I’m coming" I say fallowing him out the door.27

It goes silent; neither of us wanting to speak, neither of us wanting to say something wrong. Both of us having something to say...as we walked silently passing by the woods, by the houses, across the highway to our street...I look for my house; and there’s a black pick up truck. 28

"Damn he’s home." I say with a frown no one could miss.29

"Butterfly you can’t go home. I still need to talk to you!" Skunk says with the slight sound of a plea in his voice.30

"I have to Skunk. I’ll see you tomorrow!!" I yell as I run off…31