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Madison Tanner (metrogingham) wrote in bellumlogs,

Madison was used to loss.

By all means she shouldn't have been, but the world seemed fit to toughen her up and expose her vulnerability at those times when she wasn't expecting it. When Aaron entered her life, it had been by awkwardness, friendliness and the kind of friendship that could only occur by two people who had gone through so much yet knew so little of the world as a whole at the same time. Still, he was a grounding post and an opportunity for Madison to relax, be free and have someone treat her more on a level of equality rather than, well, a kid.

But now bad things were happening and she didn't know if she was remotely prepared for it. How she wished she could have lied to Mr. Evans, pretended that Aaron's absence wasn't a bit deal, that everything was really okay and she didn't need to keep worrying because he would turn up with his moose sweater and all would be well. She had made a similar lie for her parents too. But she told Cole she could handle it and that he needed to tell her in person.

That was the biggest lie of all.

She kept Rex in a doggy kennel right after she got home. Checking to make sure her aunt and uncle were still at work, the knocks interrupted her though process, each one sounding louder than the prior. When she opened the door, her face was pale but her stance was almost confrontational, daring Cole to sugar coat the truth.

"Hi Mr. Evans. Please, come in," she shakily started, opening the door and gesturing to the living room where a couch sat across two chairs. He was free to sit wherever he'd like.