Halloween Night Monologue

That fine Halloween night (yes, the same one Arsen forgot me), Arsen ditched me in the middle of the night.

He just left me stranded.

It was as if he had never seen me before. Whether he was acting or not, I couldn 't tell. Consequently, I had to hitch a ride in a cab.

Usually, when someone stops being friends with someone, both parties still have a vague idea of where each other lives.

In my case, I couldn 't even guess the street--wait, I couldn 't even guess the general area Arsen and his uncle live in. Therefore, checking up on the "amnesic" arse was a hopeless case.

Talk about the turn of events.

What if a ghost got into him? It was Halloween, after all.

I 'm just being paranoid.

Maybe Arsen wanted to erase me out of his life.

Once again.

Now, two days later, I still have no idea if Arsen 's okay or not.

I show up for school on Monday, searching around for the ruthless rebels, which is a short-lived

"Are you all PMSing together or something?" He asks jokingly.

"No!" Danie, Isa, and I say simultaneously.

"Then, why are y 'all so stingy around each other?"

No one wanted to explain the Diner problems during his absence. Slowly, Isa accuses, "Val chose new friends."

"I did not!" I deny in disbelief.

"Oh please, ever since we went after Arsen for revenge, you started hanging out with him more, putting us all in danger," Danie says, her voice raising. "We all know him and his friends! They 're terrible people, especially Arsen."

"You 're judging him without even knowing anything about him!" I argue. Maybe because we used to be friends or because I 'm a nice person, I 'm defending the arse.

"He set our school on fire once, ran his bike over Ben 's leg, and even threatened us at the race. What more do we need to know about him?" Isa retorts in disbelief.

"Why don 't you share your adventures with him?" Danie taunts. "Maybe then we 'll understand."

No, they won 't. We all know that.

No one understands other people 's stories