Without You

Part 4 "Why the hell are you in school?"

I pulled up into my driveway and all of us got out of the car.

"Your house is so pretty," Izzy gushed while Olivia nodded in agreement. We walked up to the front door and I took out my keys and unlocked it then walked inside.

"This is really nice," Olivia observed. I mumbled a thank you and I continued on to the kitchen since I was really hungry.

"No dogs?" Izzy asked seemingly disappointed.

"No, I wish," I replied. Olivia went over to a white door and pointed to it.

"What is behind this door?" She asked.

I haven't really spent much time exploring the house.

I walked over to the door and opened it. A set of stairs led down to a hallway but I couldn't see further than that.

"I don't know," I shrugged. Olivia and Izzy both looked at each other confused.

"Why haven't you explored this place, it is awesome, I would be excited to move and exploring would be the first thing I would do," Olivia said turning back to me.

I wasn't exactly excited to move.

I began walking down the stairs with the two girls trailing behind me. I came to the hallway and could see two different doorways. I chose the one on the right while the other two chose the one on the left. I opened the door and walked inside.

There was a huge movie screen on the wall with about ten, black, comfortable looking chairs and a few sofas facing towards it all with decorated pillows and blankets. On the other side of there is a huge kitchen with a fridge and everything. On the wall straight ahead of me, almost the whole wall is made up of a glass sliding door that leads out to the pool where I sat with my feet in yesterday.

"Wow," I whispered to myself.

"Wow is right, holy crap this place is awesome," Izzy exclaimed coming beside me.

"How did your parents get all of your house set up in a couple of days?" Olivia asked with a disbelieving tone. I froze. I don't know if I should tell them or not, they may ask more questions.

Questions I'm not sure I'm ready to answer yet.

I guess it won't hurt.

"I-I moved from North Carolina, not my mom or step-dad," I said in a shaky voice and Olivia nodded then she turned confused.

"Then why di-," Olivia was fortunately cut off by Izzy squealing.

Thank you, Izzy.

"Oh my gosh, I found the pool!" Izzy yelled excitedly. Olivia and I laughed then joined Izzy outside the glass doors.

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"I wish my room was this pretty," Olivia looked around my room.

"I mean come on, a personal bathroom? I have to share a bathroom with my fifteen-year-old brother and it is horrid," Izzy said with a disgusted face.

"You aren't finished unpacking yet?" Olivia asked pointing to the box filled with my dad's medals and uniforms. I froze and my eyes widened. If I knew they were coming I would have hidden the box.

"U-um, we were waiting to get a special tub for that stuff because....it's....important stuff," I struggled moving around my bed and towards the box to put in in my closet.

"What's in it, I wanna see what's in it," Olivia said jumping off my bed and going toward the box.

"W-Well, maybe we should just leave it be," I said trying not to sound desperate.