Where were you? ( slow updates)

~Chapter 4~

~edited~

     I finished my last class which is the gym and go to the locker room. 

    I barely have friends in the gym except for a boy named Mason. I mean we aren't really close like some of my other my friends. But still is a great friend,  also he has some of the best parties in the school year. I always wonder how he never got caught or why his neighbour never called the cops on him. Since his parents always have business trips a lot he tends to throw a party even though his house will look like a zoo after it. He says it's worth it but sometimes it can get out of hand.

  I try to change fast so no one sees me and stares at my body. It's not that I  feel insecure about my body but it's just plain weird to me.  Before I grab my gym bag and put in my tiny locker and head out Mason comes in and nods to me indicate the acknowledgement of hello. I do the same but without the hey he said after.  

   The bell rings through the school knowing that school is over now. I speed walk to my locker and unlock it. I grab my backpack and put what I need for the weekend which I'm glad isn't much.

  I remember I have to go to the flower shop for for the dinner tonight.  I leave the school without a bye and go in my car to start it. 

 I see the flower shop near so I park a little far but able to walk with no harm. When I open the door a bell ring's probably meaning I was inside.  A young woman appears at the wooden desk. I walk up to her, seeing more clear of her. She has dark brown silky hair but only at her roots, then turns into blond at her tips of the hair. She seems very pale as if she was going to faints or see a ghost. But maybe she just looks like that in daily . " hello there welcome to summer rose, how can I help you this fine day"? " Well um, maybe I could get help to find some flowers that I need this afternoon," I say in a voice that I seem to use with new people I talk to. " Okay, what are you trying to find in order for me to help"? I wonder if she was this nice in general. " Okay, I would love some lavender and Daphne". "Oh, a good choice right this way" saying while leading me to the store with a bunch of flowers that I  don"t know the name of.

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  My next stop to go in the corner store that's near me but this takes me about 10 just for looking around for one. I didn't want to aunt Karen to worry where I was so Park near and run into the store to grab the soda. I pay the guy who was the desk and goes back to my car. I try to not run over someone while driving a bit more than I needed to but  I didn't want a full-on rant back at the house. 

  When I finally get home I put my jacket off and put it on the hook near the closet. In my hands, I still have the soda and flowers to give. "Here you go ", I give Aunt Karen the stuff I bought and saying no more to her I  go upstairs.  

       When I reach the bottom of the stairs, my heart starts beating and my chest starts to tighten.  As well I feel my anxiety rise, but all because of a girl in front of me. 

     I'm sitting on the couch finding myself thinking why at of all people to have a roast dinner, needed to be Laura.So what for me trying to forget her but this doesn't mean anything right?

   The air felt awkward and so much tension. Aunt Karen knew what she was doing to me but then why did she invite Laura also a woman who I guessed was Laura's guardian for now.                Well, at least it wasn't somewhat close who was taking care of Laura before. You see Laura was taken away from her family well because she has a different brain it wasn't normal then the mediocre human brain of a child and any age. 

  The guy who was the previous guardian named  Jacob had treated Laura anything but respect. I remember one day I went to her house and Jacob was pass out of the cause of drinking full-on alcohol. Sure enough, he would sometimes hit Laura but I never saw Laura defend herself which I fought was super unlike her. Maybe I will know why she never did .. wait no I'm supposed to forget about her again not act like everything fine now. But maybe that thought wasn't so bad in my head but of course, I'm going to overthink this.   

  I haven't looked Laura in the eye and I'm not planning anytime soon. But I do give Karen a what did you do this? kind of glare. But at the end of the day, this will be nothing, and I can live that happy life I've been waiting for years now. 

   "So your Aunt tells me that you know Laura, and you were best friends at a point," the woman unnamed tells me. I wanted to tell her no but I  knew lying will bite me in the buttocks later as well there was no point to lie if Karen already said I did. 

    "Yup but that was in middle school .... long time I guess" I tried to say it without saying rude and kind. There's was more to this history of our friendship that nobody guessed really. 

    I notice that Laura hasn't even talked once or looked up. She was sitting there peaceful not saying a single word but also probably having a deep thought about something but I couldn't guess what in the world she was thinking at the moment. 

   "Aaron dear could you take Laura to your room, me and Stacy need to finish up some of the food that needs to be a cook". ' What heck no, its just going to be awkward and stuff' but of course I didn't say that instead "alright". I get up from the couch and start walking up the stairs. I wasn't sure if she was following me from behind but both ways I didn't care. I pinch myself hoping this is a dream that not going to end unless a bang happens at the end. At least I knew the mystery woman called Stacy but that did nothing to me none less . I guess I was trying to think positive but how could I if everything that comes goes down the hill and negative. I really want this dream end and I could get over it. 

~julieth♡~