Love Hurts
By, Abby Stephens
“No you cannot go out to that party!
You are too young and easy to capture!” argued Peyton’s mom.
“Mom you never let me do anything!
I’m practically an adult mom, I need some freedom!”
Peyton slammed the door sending an
echo throughout the lonely house. Peyton is a 17 year old girl that is
homeschooled because her mom thinks she could get terribly ill at a public
school. Peyton has long blonde hair that shines like gold and snow white skin
with bright red lips. She has the most beautiful green eyes that shimmer just
like her dads. Peyton’s dad died in a car wreck driving home from work then got
hit by a drunk driver, ever since Peyton’s mom, Terry, is very protective over
Peyton.
“Peyton open the door! I am your
mother!”
“Yeah but I wished you weren’t.”
whispered Peyton.
You could hear Terry walk back down the
stairs. Peyton rolled her eyes back at the door. Peyton laid in bed looking
through the window and eventually fell asleep. Peyton woke up seeing someone
pull into the house across the street that has been for sale for about a year.
She looks closely out her window trying to get a glimpse of who it might be. He
was tall and covered in tattoos, brown flowy hair, and green glowing eyes just
like hers, he was muscular and cute just like she hoped. She leans closer to
the glass and the boy turns around and catches her staring. She jumped back and
hit the floor, the boy laughed and took his bags into the house. Peyton smiled.
“Mom we have a new neighbor, let’s
go say hi!” Peyton screams while she runs down the stairs.
“Peyton how many times do I have to
tell you, don’t run down the stairs. You could get hurt!”
“Ok mom whatever.”
Peyton runs out the door to the
neighbor’s house, forgetting her shoes and jacket in the cold state of Colorado
where the high that day will be 23 degrees. She made it to the door out of
breath. She knocked.
“Hello.” Answered the new boy.
“Hi my names Peyton. I see you moved
in, not like I’m watching you or anything, like I watched you move in, but I’m
not just stalking you because that would be weird.” Peyton hits herself in the
forehead. “Ok let me restart that. Hi my name is Peyton, nice to meet you.”
She stuck her hand out to shake his
hand. He had the most firm yet gentle handshake.
“My names Cameron, you can call me
Cam for short, but nice to meet you.” He smiled a beautiful smile that melted
Peyton’s heart. She knew she was in love. “Hey, I’m going to a party tonight
with a few guys out of town. Want to come?” "Yeah!" said Peyton.
“Ok great, be ready at 8 tonight.”
Cam walked back in the house. Peyton was filled with excitement and ran back to
the house still not realizing she had no shoes on.
“How was the new neighbor?” asked
Terry.
“He’s great!” Screamed Peyton. “I
mean, he’s pretty cool I guess.” Peyton blushed.
“Well what is he like?” wondered
Terry.
“He’s my age. I think, he looks like
it. He’s super cute and has brown hair. I don’t really need to mention the
tattoos.” Peyton said to herself. He seems pretty nice though. Oh and mom, he
asked me to go show him around tonight. You know, so he can get used to the
town.”
“Umm. I guess. Just please be careful.
Take your phone and just in case put this pepper spray in your bag!”
“Ok
mom!” Peyton rolled her eyes.
Hours passed by and it was finally
time to go to the party. Peyton felt bad about lying but she knew her mom would
never let her go to a party with a boy she had just met. Cam came to her house
and parked his car. There was a knocking at the door.
“Hey Cam! Are you ready?”
“Yeah let’s head out.” Cam grabs
Peyton’s hand as if they knew each other for years. They go out and get in his
car.
“Ok let’s get to know each other.
You obviously know my name, but I’m 19 and moved here from my hometown in
Florida. I was in college but I couldn’t pay rent anymore, my roommate left and
never told me where he went. So I dropped out and someone suggested here. I
found the house and I decided to move there. I live by myself, my parents left
me in a foster home when I was 4.” Cam explained.
“Oh, well, I’m 17 and I’m home
schooled because my mom is too scared I could get sick at public. My dad died
when I was 8 and ever since my mom has been super protective.”
“Well I would hate to have a mom
like that, you must hate her.”
“I don’t exactly hate her I just
wish she would leave me alone.” Said Peyton in a winy tone.
“I can take care of that.” Smirked
Cam. Peyton laughed taking it as a joke. They’ve been driving for an hour now
and still haven’t gotten to the party. Peyton was starting to become
suspicious.
“Cam where are we going?”
“We are going to the party just
chill.”
“Cam, stop and turn around. I don’t
like this.” Cam pulled over on the side of the road.
“Whatever
you want.” Cam hit Peyton with an old pipe he had under his seat. He grabbed
her and through her out far into the woods knowing when she woke up she
wouldn’t be able to find her way home. Cam wrote a note saying, “This is what
is best for you. I’m taking you away from your mom, that’s all you wanted, and
don’t worry I’ll take care of your mom. I just want you to be happy. Love,
Cam.” He put the note in her pocket. He started his car and left in a flash.
Peyton woke up to the sound of a car racing down the highway. She looked up not
knowing what’s going on, she felt a throbbing in her head and reached up to
feel it. She felt a big bump and looked back down at her fingers and saw that
they were covered in blood. She couldn’t remember what happened. She looked in
her purse and grabbed her phone, it was 9 o’clock am. She felt something jab
her in her pocket. She pulled out the letter and read it slowly. She couldn’t
believe it.
“Is this really happening? I have to
get back home and save mom!” but Peyton fell in the feeling of failure thinking
she had no way to get back home. She sat and cried. A few minutes later her
phone buzzed with a warning. It was an alert from her mom’s phone. The alert
stated that she has been away from the house for a certain amount of hours so
it is sending a police officer to go pick her up.
“Oh my gosh, my mom chipped my
phone, someone is on the way! Thank you mom for being crazy and
overprotective!” Peyton waited as a police officer showed up 10 minutes later.
Peyton jumped in the car. Peyton explained everything to the officer and had
him take her home immediately. The officer and Peyton walk into the house
slowly, the officer checked upstairs and Peyton was downstairs. Peyton heard a
scream in the basement she ran down to see her mom tied up in a chair with a
sock in her mouth, but no sign of Cam. Peyton turns around and sees Cam.
“Let her go” Peyton ran at Cam. The
cop runs down stairs hearing the racket. The cop gabbed Cams arms from behind
him.
“You are under arrest, come with me.”
“Peyton I did this for you! For you!”
Cam got drugged out of the house by the cop.
“Mom! I’m so happy you are ok!”
Peyton rushed over and hugged her mom. They talked about how they were both so
worried for each other. The cop walked back inside.
“This isn’t the first time Cameron
has done something like this. His roommate that went missing was because of
Cameron. He drugged his roommate and left him to die in the middle of nowhere.
He has a condition of where he gets very attached to people but then will try
to hurt them if they disagree. It’s called Borderline Personality Disorder.”
Peyton and her mom felt safe knowing Cam was gone.
“Mom.”
“Yes.”
“Never leave me.”
“Never in a million years.”
