Painted Boots

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I’m gonna talk to my mom about it.
    K
     
     
    Aspen Brand AspenBlovesyouback
    To KyleKDTlovesyou
     
    Hey Kyle,
    Stay in Salt Lake and do what you need to do for yourself.  That’s my say, anyway.  I’m sure your doctor has stuff he wants to cover, I mean, your mom scheduled an entire week of appointments for you and that doesn’t come cheap or easy.  Don’t worry about me too much.  When you come home, I’ll be here.
     
    Things with Em didn’t turn out as bad as they could have, right?  She didn’t punch me or anything, and she was sent to the principal’s office so maybe that will mellow her.  Maybe it’s my lucky day and she’ll get suspended.  She’s angry and insecure and probably bi-polar and sociopathic, but no way am I alone in knowing that.  The powers that be will deal with her.  Missing you. -- A
     
     
    KyleKDTlovesyou
    5:01 PM (0 minutes ago)
    To me
     
    Aspen ,
    I hope you’re right, I mean about the powers that be.  I already know you’re right about the psycho stuff.  I guess what I’m saying is that Em is predictable in an unpredictable sort of way.  She’s always mean, underneath, but she can blindside you with it.  It can seem like everything is fine and then, wham.  Goes without saying that I’d feel better if you stayed out of school until I’m back on Monday.
    K
     
     
    Aspen Brand AspenBlovesyouback
    To KyleKDTlovesyou
     
    Hey Kyle,
    I’ve got stuff due tomorrow.  I’m going to go to school.  And anyway, if I’m not there Em will see it as an invitation to pick on me even more the next time I show up.
     
    Your dad is downstairs and I can hear my dad telling him about my day.  Your dad is really angry at Em.  He’s saying he wants to get the cops involved and get her hauled off to juvenile.  He’s saying that he hopes Em is eighteen so she’ll be tried and put away as an adult.
     
    Now my dad’s saying that it probably won’t be that simple, that unless someone comes forward to act as a witness in her crimes against you it falls into the category of circumstantial.  Your dad’s saying no way, that your scars are proof enough, not to mention that she’s going around confronting me in the hall.  My dad’s saying yeah, but a solid case requires that Em be caught in an act of violence against another person.
     
    You’re dad’s saying he can arrange that.
    A
     
     
    KyleKDTlovesyou
    5:32 PM (0 minutes ago)
    To me
     
    Aspen ,
    Our dads watch too many crime shows.  At least mine does.  But my two cents is your dad is right, that Em needs to be caught in the act of hurting someone and that’s not a good thing to think about.  I don’t want the someone to be me, and I definitely don’t want the someone to be you.
     
    I’ll stay here, for now, but only ‘cause you want me to.  I’ll ask Dylan about Em in my session tomorrow.  I’m sure he’s heard it all when it comes to the law and bullies. But whatever he says, it seems like there’s not much we can do.  Em needs to get on with her life, for sure, but I worry.  If she knows we’re together she’ll do her best to tear us both to shreds.  You stay clear of her.  Promise me.  My fantasy world involves a life with you.
     
    I swear, girl.  I’m sorry for the mess with Em.  I didn’t know I’d be dragging you into it the way I have.
    K
     
     
    Aspen Brand AspenBlovesyouback
    To KyleKDTlovesyou
     
    Hey Kyle,
    I’m with you because I want to be with you, so you didn’t drag me into anything.  Even before we got together Em was singling me out, so I think whatever happens with her was destined to happen, no matter how it comes into being.
     
    We started a journaling assignment in English this week.  We’re supposed to write about something secret, something we’ve never told anyone.  I decided to chronicle Em’s rotten treatment of me, every sordid detail.  But it’s weird to write about being bullied, you know?  Until I moved to Gillette, I’d never experienced

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