Chapter 6

Pacey


     "What do you mean your ready?" I asked getting up from the driveway and leading Harley over to the swing on the porch. 
     "I think i'm ready to tell my mom!" I looked at her stunned, Bennett and I still didn't know what happened and yet she was ready to tell her mom, was i missing something here? I mean it is her mom but still, crime, cops, their mom, i'm pretty sure that won't go over well, compared to telling your friends. 
     "Pace are you going too...." my mom began to say opening the front door to see Harley and I on the porch swing. "never mind...why didn't you tell me you had company I would have just saved a plate for you?" She smiled gesturing toward Harley.
     "Mom this is Harley," I said looking from Harley to my mom hoping my mom might remember her so i wouldn't have to like how i met her and all.
    "Harley," My mom repeated tilting her head up like she does when she is trying to search her memory for information "That name sound familiar?"
     "Try middle school.... Harley and I use to hang out all the time, she left in 8th grade though," I looked at Harley and reached over to pat her leg hopping that what i said was okay with her she just smiled a little stood up to shake my mom's hand.
     "Nice to meet you again Mrs. Parker,"
     "Nice to see you again Harley," my mom said shaking Harley's hand back "I'll go inside and leave you two to get back to your discussion,"she said walking to the front door as Harley sat back down next to me "oh and Harley," my mom said turning as she opened the door "If you want to stay for dinner your welcome too and I can drive you home later?"
    "Oh thank you Mrs. Parker but my brother might swing by and pick me up at around 11pm if that's okay?"
    "That's alright, just come inside if you guys get to cold, i don't want you to get frost bit, it's getting kinda nippy out here now that the sun has gone down, you can defiantly tell winter is on its way!" and with that she disappeared into the house. I let out a sigh
     "What she's nice," Harley said  "she looks the same." I smiled
     "She loves to hover though,"
     "She care about you that's all," 
     "Yah, i guess.....anyway about you telling your mom? How like do you plan on telling her?What brought all this one anyway?" Harley looked at me and rolled her eyes, it wasn't like the you know eye roll thing, it was the i have to explain eye roll.
     "It's Conner,"
     "Conner?" She had caught my attention with that my brain all of sudden came to a halt "How is Conner involved?"
     "Long story short, he is and we got into this huge fight earlier. There was yelling and he punched a wall and well yah, now i'm here and he's gone." I kept my eyes fixed on her trying my best to make since of all that was happening, so many pieces where flying at me left and right and she was talking so fast. "After Conner punched the wall he ran upstairs to his room, his parents went to check on him and he was gone. They weren't worried i guess when he gets upset he runs away a lot, they said if he's not back my later tonight then they will be worried." I don't know where Skyler went but i left the house soon after that and came here...to tell you I can't do this anymore!"
     "Wait a second though," I turned so i was facing her directly i could barley follow her story i was trying so hard but she lost me in the beginning "What does any of this have to do with Conner anyway?"
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Conner
     At first i struggled tripping over rocks, taking wrong turns but after a while i came upon familiar surroundings and got my bearings back on track. Rage was pulsing in my clench fists but i couldn't get it to go away no matter how hard i tried, the fist i had punched the wall with was so swollen and cut up i don't think i could even move it. I could feel the hot tears in my eyes threatening to roll down my face but i tried my best to hold them back! "Why did i allow Harley to drag me into this, i was only trying to be a good friend, until he messed everything up!" my voice rose with anger and i kicked a tree as hard as i could. The pain shot into my body and i fell to the ground unable to stand, then the tears came i couldn't hold them back anymore. I crawled across the ground to a rock and sat down bearing my face in my hands. That's when i heard voices, they where faint voices but they were getting louder and they sounded familiar. 
     "Conner," I heard the girl yell, i looked up to see Kairi running toward me, Bennett not far behind her. "Are you okay?" She said coming over to me and looking at my hand. 
     "It's fine!" I said pulling away from her and trying to stand up so i could walk away from her, I just wanted to be alone right now. As i stood though i fell back down as pain shot up my leg. 
     "You need a doctor?" she said pulling out her phone after seeing the pained expression on my face. She didn't dial anyone just placed the phone back in her pocket and called Bennett over. "Help me get up to the car, and then we have to bring him to the hospital." Bennett sat there and looked from Kairi to me trying to figure out what exactly he was suppose to be doing. 
    "I can't go to the doctor!" I yelled before anyone could do anything to help me up. Kairi just looked at me like of course you can, you've got too and Bennett still just stood there clueless. "I just....i can't go okay?" Seeing the look on my face Kairi being Kairi began her push for answers.
     "Conner,"
     "Stop talking to me!" I berried my head in my hands again, they where shaking so bad and i felt sick. I didn't want to be the one to tell them. It had to be Harley! I felt Kairi's hand on my shoulder but i shrugged her away surprisingly she didn't push she just walked away. I could here her and Bennett talking a few feet away from me but there voices where so low compared to the pounding in my head that i couldn't make out anything they where saying! 
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Bennett
     "He needs help Kairi!" I whispered glancing over at Conner who was all doubled up on the rock, he looked like at any minuet he was going to like keel over. In all the years i had known him i had never seen Conner like this, he was always a very happy kid, or at least i thought he was? 
     "I know he needs help! But what are we suppose to do in the mean time, we can't all just sit here in the woods, it's getting dark!" She was trying to control her voice but every so often she would drift out of a whisper in anger.
     "Call Harley!"
     "Really that is all you got?" She walked away from me throwing her hands up in the air, then she turned back around to face me "You want me to call the girl he broke up with me for to get help for Conner?"
    "Yes i do, and if you trust me enough and want to help Conner you would do that! And remember she is also my sister, so don't say what you just said again like she descust you because right now you descust me! It's not about you it's about Conner and if we don't help him or get in help I don't know what will happen to him! Heck i don't even know what is happening to him!" I paused to take a deep breath and calm myself down before i continued, Kairi just stood there looking at me like she wasn't sure if she should run to Conner, or the car, or just stand there. "Now give me the phone and I'll call her, I left my phone at the house." She gave the phone to me without argument but she still didn't move.
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Harley
  "Is that your phone?" Pacey interrupted pausing the PS2 
     "Probebly," I said getting up from the bed and walking over to the desk in Pacey's room "Hello," I looked over at Pacey and whispered "it's Ben."
     "Wait," I said turning away from Pacey "We are on our way then....yah....we will be there as fast as we can....yah Pace does...ok bye!"
    "What's wrong? Whats about me?" Pacey was now on his feet 
    "We have to go, can your mom drive us to the park by your house? The one with the tree house and the lake!" I was feverishly running around trying to put on my socks and shoes while trying to explain to him what was going on. 
    "Well yah, but i still don't know what is going on?" Pacey slipped into a pair of flip flops 
    "Conner is introuble, and they think i'm the only one that can help!" With that i walked to the door and made my way down stairs
    "They? What's the matter?" Pacey said taking the steps two at a time to catch up with me
   "Kairi and Ben... now go get your mom we need to go!" My hands where starting to shake in my mind was racing so fast. By the time we made it to the field Pacey still had no idea what was going on because i wasn't going to explain in front of his mother but we both bolted form the car and into the woods before his mother could even say goodbye.