Letter to new old buddies

Rachel

I walked upstairs to find him locked up in his room. He was sobbing but not loud enough to hear, just loud enough for you to know that he was hurt and he was trying to hide it.

I knocked on his door and he immediately stopped sobbing, now it was just some loud sniffing. I waited a bit by the door before knocking again. Hopefully he was going to consider talking to me.

"Go away Araceli, I just want to be alone for now," He sniffed and I heard some ruffling sound like he was coming down from his bed and entering his bathroom. The water ran for a bit before silence ensured again.

"Ace, please let me in..I need to explain something to you, I promise you it will all make sense at the end okay?" I knocked on the door again but there was nothing but silence.

"Ace please, I just want to talk. There are a lot of things going on that we didn't tell you about because you are just a kid and sometimes we need to protect you from some things," I tried to just make sure he opened the doors fi