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“Please…” All Penny could do was grip feebly at the forest green of her last companion’s hoodie sleeve, that hold she had now the only thing left keeping her from walking out of her life altogether.
She would leave Penny alone again, alone with only her own thoughts as her her only company, as not even the faint hope that somebody out there longed to be her friend as much as she did any of the other kids around her remained. As she had longed to be Carla’s friend before that dream had come to fruition for those few fleeting months.
Before she messed it all up, leaving her nothing left to do but sob and plead. “Please stay… I’m sorry-“
“Let go of me, Penny.” Carla said darkly, her voice almost a snarl as she sent a glare back at the other girl.
Icy amber met teary blue as they stared at each other, Penny’s fingers still gripping the green fabric. Her legs, they were wrecked and bleeding green- leaving her unable to do much more than sit immobile on the cold concrete floor.
“I have no reason to stay here anymore.”
Penny let go only due to the numbness that tore through her, (considering she would have held on forever if she could,) her arms and shoulders going slack probably from the steadily increasing blood loss. Her head swam and pain piercing her heart like shards of glass as Carla’s words sunk in. ‘No reason to stay’.
Penny was not a reason. Of course she wasn’t, why would she be?
Tch- she didn’t deserve to be.
Carla stuffed the formerly captive hand back into her front hoodie pocket, jagged stoniness lacing her features as she sent one final glance at Penny before tensely stalking off. “I’ll let the lunch lady know you’re here, if she’s even still around anyways. But other than that, don’t expect any more kindness from me. After today- you’ll be lucky to even see me again.”
She paused just before the doorway to freedom, the doorway far too far away for Penny could even think about trying to crawl to in her state, and ultimately for Carla, the doorway out of Penny’s life.
“And if you do happen to, by some awful chance, see me? Don’t talk to me. Don’t try coming after me- and don’t ever think I could ever want to be your friend again. Because… we, are done.”
And then Carla was gone.
And Penny was left there- sobbing her heart out in a pool of her own oozing green blood.
She was alone.