Song: She's an Actor- Austin Giorgio

Carter:

"Are you ready to go...I really don't want to be late," says my mom while searching for her purse.

I don't know if I am ready to see her just yet. The last time I saw Coralie she was in the hospital now they have her in a mental facility. Do you even know how hard it is to explain to my friends where she's at? Not a day goes by that someone has to ask me about her and all I can say is that I don't know because the truth is, I don't know. I can see her being way under weight and if not being too skinny is not enough I can see her still harming herself. My mind wants me plays tricks on me making me think the worst, like her being ghostly white from not getting enough sun or her hair all knotted up from not being able to take a shower or something. I'm mostly nervous going into a place like that and seeing all the crazy people looking back at me. I think I have seen enough movies of people in the crazy house.

"Yeah...I'm ready let's go." I yell back even though I will never be ready.

The whole way there, I stare out the window. My mind keeps going in reverse thinking of everything that had happened the last few weeks. I don't know how many fights I have been in because of her. It just pisses me off how people talk about shit they know nothing about. Of course the pictures didn't help any. Thankfully Daniel and I got rid of all the others Tyler had on his phone.

Tyler's parents took me to court to get a restraining order against me for breaking his jaw, but it all back fired on them. My dad of course was my lawyer and when I say he is good at what he does he really is good. Tyler was accused of date rape on several counts not just against my sister but all the girls that were on his phone. Poor guy got sent off. Since his dad has a lot of money and knows a lot of people in the community they talked with the judge and so he didn't get sent to juvie instead they sent him to military school. Not only that but he also got several hundreds of hours in community services.

Harley and I also have had our words. I know he has something on Coralie but he refuses to say what it is. But I warned him if he ever says or does anything I will kick his ass just like I did Tyler's and believe me I'm not playing around.

The first few weeks after everything went down was hard and I finally broke one day during lunch. I took my baseball bat out and slammed it hard on the table, which got everyone's attention. I told everyone to shut the hell up and that they all needed to mind their own damn business. Everyone knew what I did to Tyler so after I went off on them that day the rumors calmed down some.

We pull up and I so don't want to get out of the car. I keep looking up at this massive scary looking building and wondering about all the sick people that must be inside. This is just not my kind of thing. However my parents are not going to let me get by with that so I get out. When we go inside, no one is around and a nurse tells us that everyone is outside and she tells us where to go. We go out back into the yard to look for her. We spot her and walk down to tell her hi. As we get closer to her I realize that whoever she is sitting beside they are holding hands. What the hell...I can feel my blood start to boil inside.

The moment she sees us her eyes light up and she lets go of his hand. She jumps into dad's arms first. I can't take my eyes off of this prick sitting beside her. The guy that was holding her hand just moments ago and I know she has feelings for him. His ears have piercings and he even has one in his nose and the corner of his eye brow, not to mention the tattoos. It takes everything in me to keep my mouth shut.

She goes on to introduce the prick to us as a friend. Friend my ass...if they were just friends why in the hell was she holding his hand. Why was he smiling at her and I know that fucking look. I hate guys looking at her that way.

We walk back to the building because they have a meeting with the therapist to see how things are going. I don't go in because I really don't want to hear what they have to say. While I'm sitting there waiting for them to get finished I see him outside, so I go have a talk with him.

"Hey...Zayden right?" I ask as I walk up beside him.

"Yeah...nice to finally meet Carter right, Coralie's brother? She talks a lot about you." He holds his hand out but I don't bother shaking it.

Instead I insert my hands into my front pockets. "Yeah...well she never mentioned you," I say flately.

"I don't suppose she would...considering were just friends."

I really hate the way he says it and I know he wants to be more than friend or hell maybe they really are more than just friends. "About that....she doesn't need a guy hanging on to her right now. She needs to be getting better so she can go back home."

"And she will get better in time."

I shake my head as my eyes cast the dirt ground in front of me. "Not with you....one reason she's in here is because of dickheads like you giving her shit, then taking advantage of her. Are you giving her shit?"

He gets all defensive, "Dude...I'm not..."

"That's right you're not...and you better never give her anything. Besides when she leaves here it's not like you will be around, so let's just stay away from her."

He holds his hands up in front of him as if to calm me down. "We're just friends, man."

"Yeah...I heard her but I don't believe it. She said that about the others too...look I just care about her. I don't need her to lapse and stay here longer."

"Yeah...well I also care about her."

"Don't...she doesn't need guys like you in her life."

He doesn't say anything which is a good thing because I really don't want to have to kick someone's ass right now. I was waiting on him to go farther but he looks up and sees a woman close to the building and I assume it must be his mother so he takes off. I go back over to the bench and wait for them to come out. A few minutes later I see her walk out with our parents' right behind her.

She spots him in no time and hurriedly walks over to his side and then to beat it off...she asks his mom to eat lunch with us. What the hell. I'm too busy watching them that I almost missed the argument between her and our mom.

She mentions something about being pregnant which gets my attention. She looks at Zayden then back to them and yells out loud enough for other people to hear, "Seriously...we are just friends...we are not having sex, we're not even dating for crying out loud."

At this very moment I can feel my skin crawling...itching to kick his ass. She takes off running and everyone is calling after her.

Zayden stands up, like he is going to go after her but I stand up glaring at him. "I will go check on her."

I find her down by the river throwing in rocks. I pick up one throwing it in just right to watch it skip three times along the surface before sinking to the bottom.

"What do you want Carter?" she says without even looking up. At least she thought of me before thinking of him coming after her.

I kick a few of the pebbles at my feet and sigh, "I want you to get better so you can come back home."

"Home...what home...they sold the house."

"I know...but as long as we are all together it will be home no matter where we are."

"Whatever...." She rolls her eyes then throws in another rock. "So what's the real reason they are moving."

I shrug. "Dad just said we had to move."

"That's bullshit and you know it."

"Coralie..."

"Carter...just be honest with me I ruined everything and that's why they are moving."

 i kick around a few of the rocks and stirring up the dirt into the air. "Yeah...well what did you expect was going to happen?"

"I'm sorry Carter."

I sit down beside her. "For what?"

"I told you I would stop and I didn't. I didn't have the strength to stop. I'm sorry you had to see those pictures of me."

"You have no idea." Shit I didn't mean to say that.

She looks up at me and I see the worry in her expression. "What there was more than just the two?"

"Tyler had a shit load of pictures...hell you were in his bed...I know he drugged you but still there you were in his bed."

"Yeah well...I took it on my own it wasn't like he forced me to take it."

"Well I'm sure you didn't know what he gave you and you're not the only one he did it too."

"Wow...how do you know that?"

"I took his phone...to get rid of all the evidence."

"What...you did that...for me?"

"Don't worry about it; it's all taken care of. So about what just happened...I really think it came out wrong moms not that way and you know it."

"Yeah well Zoey is my friend and I just don't think it should matter how old she is...she is in love and things just happen."

"Yeah things happen and that's why we use protection."

I don't say anything, not once did I use protection. It was the last thing on my mind. And I know by looking at Carter I know he knows what I am thinking.

"Come on...come tell them bye. I don't want to have to deal with them all the way home upset."

I stand up and hold my hand out for her to grab, then we walk back towards our parents that are still sitting at the table where we left them.