Topic > Friends in High Places - 1336

"Everett?" a voice shouted. “Everett, are you here?” It was her mother, Rosalie, dressed in her everyday attire: a brightly colored blouse, baggy jeans, and an apron draped around her body. She was a cheerful mother of two, who always took care of her boys when she could. At this point, he had a meal ready for the family and Everett was nowhere to be seen. Rosalie noticed Everett's flickering computer screen and was drawn to it out of pure curiosity. He was assuming he was doing homework, but when he read the first line, his cheerful smile almost instantly turned into a wistful grimace. He began to read further. “I don't want you to think I'm anything like the special snowflake you make me out to be. I just wish you would stop sugarcoating me with lies so you can make me feel good about myself. What kind of friend are you if you sugarcoat your feelings? ?Last time I checked, I never lied to you about anything, but now, how could I trust you? embarrassed every time I approach you for a quick conversation, but you talk to "that weird guy". the aimless campus, looking like a lost puppy, I might be considered a special case, but that doesn't mean I want people to keep giving me a free pass just because I do stuff like that, I probably can't even help it if I'm like that. I had to put up with it for years and years of my life - my mother buzzing around like a... in the middle of a sheet of paper... who cares what the hell they think anymore?" "You can't do this to me... I can't believe you could do this to me!" It was there that Everett began to cry. "It's only for the best, Mom." Sirens blared in the distance. The police, ambulance and emergency services were on their way . Everett shouted as he looked down, then back into the sunset. “Everett?” with his arms outstretched. “Who loves you?” he looked at the emergency personnel running, back down into the darkness sunset, and back to her mother. "You did." Richard and Emerett got out of the car, looking stunned. The sun slowly sank below the horizon , as the lights and sirens of emergency vehicles filled the air.