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Post by Snake Bites on Aug 1, 2010 19:30:14 GMT -7
I ran. I ran faster than i ever could. It's not possible. it can't be. no humanbeing can run that fast. i pause my thoughts' attemting to block the next one. but it bubbles to the top anyway. what if im nt...human?
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Post by Admina on Aug 1, 2010 20:18:33 GMT -7
I open my eyes and stare at the place where a building stood moments before. Had I really done that? There wasn't anyone else around to do it. But how? I sit down and curl into a ball and begin to cry in frustration and confusion.
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Post by Snake Bites on Aug 1, 2010 20:44:42 GMT -7
should i tell someone? i wonder. should i let them know? what if there's something worng with me that can be fixed? I run home, the thought giving me hope. "MOM!" "what is it? is something wrong?" she asks, concerned, running down the grand staircase in the middle of the entrance hall of my mansion. "mom i... i have to tell you something." i'm shaking, almost vibrating... "oh my god," mom sit's down fear spreading like wildfire across her face, "honey. are you-- are you pregnant?" my eyes pen wide. "mom no. god no. that's not it." "oh my goodness don't scare me like that," releif, "what is then sweetheart?" her eyes still have concern. my heart races faster and faster. mom jumps and gasps. "andi? andi where are you? where di you go?!" she starts panicing and stands up. "andi don't play tricks on me!" what is she talking about? im right here in front of her face. i tell her that but she doesn't seem to notice. what's going on?
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Post by Admina on Aug 1, 2010 20:51:22 GMT -7
I stand up, all my tears shed. There's really nothing that I can do now anyway except find someplace new to stay. But this was the only building around for miles, except for a mansion not too far from where I stand. But would people like that take in a stray cat like me? And blind, even if it was really hard to tell as I have developed a keen ability to hide it. And destructive, even if it wasn't on purpose. Wow, when I put it like that, I'm not so sure that I would want to take me in. But still, it was either that or sleep on the open ground. And besides, the worst they can do is tell me no. I walk the ten minutes there and ring the doorbell.
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Post by Snake Bites on Aug 1, 2010 21:15:23 GMT -7
I try to calm down i might be causing this with my new found super ability. i close my eyes not only to help me concentrate but so i don't have to watch my mom frantically run around screaming. suddenly she stops and stares at me bewildered. "you-- you just disappeared." "i did? i could see you and hear you but you couldn't do the same for me. mom that's what I'm trying to tell you. i think there's something wrong with me. i was walking home just now and i--" I'm cut off by the doorbell ringing. our staff is off for the night so i walk over to answer the door leaving my mom sitting there trying to think about what just happened. the door opens to reveal a raggedy looking girl. "um hi. can i help you?"
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Post by Admina on Aug 1, 2010 21:29:18 GMT -7
I stand for a moment and just wonder how to address the girl who opened the door. I was expecting to be greated by a butler or maid, but she obviously wasn't either of those. Finally, I decide on politely blunt. "Excuse me, miss, but the place I was staying in was just destroyed. I was wondering if I could stay here, just for tonight. It's too late to go anywhere else tonight, so..." I look down and hope that I explained things well enough. I'm not used to talking to bags like this.
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Post by Snake Bites on Aug 1, 2010 22:12:57 GMT -7
Did she just say the place she was staying was destroyed? "um. i--i--." mom stands up and walks over putting on her big, nice smile. i love that smile. except when i looked at her face more closley, that's just what it was. a smile. nothing to it. a big, nice, empty smile. she's still upset. "of course! come in! you look so--so cold!" the girl stepped over the threshold.
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Post by Admina on Aug 1, 2010 22:23:55 GMT -7
I step in. "Thank you very much, ma'am. It's a real help." I couldn't help but notice that the two seemed very different. Even though she couldn't see them, she could sense that their relation ship was close but at the same time a little strained. "Um..." Where do I go? Not only am I blind in an unknown environment, but it wouldn't know where to go even if i could see.
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Post by Snake Bites on Aug 1, 2010 22:34:42 GMT -7
The girl just stands there, awkwardly, in the middle of the entry hall. "i havn't seen you around school," i say, "do you go to parkman high?"
I sit in my room alone, music blasting in my ears. suddenly my door swings open and slams against the wall, shaking the room. i slowly open my eyes and move my head up to see who's there. My mom stands in the doorway with an evil look in her eyes. her mouth is moving but i can't hear her through the music so i close my eyes again. suddenly my headphones are getting ripped out my ears and a hand slaps me in the face. "DON'T IGNORE ME I MEAN IT!! DO YOU HEAR ME?!!" i stare at her. "what?" i say roughly. "what is this?" she yells holding up a peice of paper in my face. "i don't know." "well you have to look at it to know." i move my head to the left to look at the paper in her hand. it's a letter from parkman high talking about how i'm failing every class for not showing up. "it's a letter." i say. mom just looks daggers at me and gets ready to hit me across my face harder but a hand closes around er wrist stopping her. my dad stands in my room now. "that won't do anything mary. why don't you just take a deep breath and stand in the hall." she looks daggers at him but does what he says. "your mom's just upset." i snort. "really? i hadn't noticed." i say sarcastically, rubbing my stinging cheek. dad sits on my bed and looks me in the eye. "why havnt you been going to class?" he says sternly. "as if you care." my words sting him and he looks at me with anger but deeper in his face is sadness. "i do care. you need to be in school. education is important." i roll my eyes. "you failed high cshool too. and look where you are? we aren't poor or anything." those words sting him more and angerily he says. "you don't know anything about what happened to me." and he walks away slamming the door behind him. i punch the wall really hard and cracks form around my fist. resisting the urge to scream i jump out my window and climb the tree down to the grass. i'm going to andi's. she can always calm me down after something happens with my parents.
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Post by Admina on Aug 2, 2010 13:08:58 GMT -7
Hyein sighed and shook her head. "I don't go to school," she answered simply. She just didn't have enough money to even go to a public school. She had gone to school until her parents died, which was in seventh grade. Since then, Hyein had barely scraped by on the measly pay she could get from doing odd jobs. Mostly she scavenged. She had even stolen, but never enough to pay for anything more than food and clothing.
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Post by Snake Bites on Aug 2, 2010 16:54:09 GMT -7
"oh. so then why did you decide to come here? we're in the middle of nowhere. you had to have walked a long way." why here? is she up to something? "that's enough questions. she is our guest now." my mom comes into the sitting room with a tray of hot chocolate, eyeing me to shut up. i slump back into my seat and take a cup of hot chocolate. it has a mesmorizing smell. "i don't think we ever learned your name." my mom says. "i'm sherryl and this is my daughter andi. she doesnt talk much. i felt the need to introduce her." she squeezes me with one arm. "mom!" i say, glaring at her. she laughs.
as i take the long walk up to andi's house, i guess its more of a mansion, i try to keep the thoughts of my parents down but they just keep coming back. i don't think i can take anymore of them harping on me all the time. And my mom is just so, so... the thought makes me scream and lash out on the gravel path underfoot. i kick the dirt and it flys everywhere making me cough and close my eyes. i open them and the dirt hovers there for a few seconds. i jump back. must've just been a trick of the eyes or something. i keep walking, but in the back of my head i know. i could feel something in me that did it. i just can't let that get to the thinking part of my brain becuase it's not possible. it's not.
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Post by Admina on Aug 2, 2010 17:06:35 GMT -7
Hyein knew that she didn't have to answer the question, but she felt obligated to, anyway. "Well, the building that I lived in was actually just ten minutes away from here, walking. So this really was closest." She smiled at the girl's mom, who seemed nice. "My name is Hyein." She answered.
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Post by Nova on Aug 2, 2010 22:03:30 GMT -7
I roll out of bed and get dressed. Maybe Alex can hang or something. I grab my board and start to roll down the street, thinking about nothing in particular. As I come to a stop at Alex's house, I know something's up. I walk up to the door and ring the doorbell. The door slams open. "WHAT?!" His mom screeches at me. I stare at her coolly as she breathes heavily. "Oh, it's you." she sneers. "Alex isn't here." she hisses."Know where he is?" I ask her. Her hands clenches into a fist. "Can't you talk in a complete sentance for one, JASON." she spits out my name like a curse. "No, I don't know where he is. Try Andi's house." she growls and slams the door in my face. Andi Emosewa, Alex's best friend. She can always calm him down, so I don't blame him. Her and I really weren't that close, but those two were my only friends. Too bad the didn't know the whole truth. I roll towards Andi's house. As I come to her gravel drive, I push down on the tail of my board. Andi's house was more like a mansion, with the wrought iron gate and everthing. Of course it was open. It always is. I walk up to her door and ring the doorbell. Her mom answers it, wiping her hands on a towel. "Jason!" She says in surprise. "I really wasn't expecting you! Andi and Alex are upstairs." I nod and walk past her. As I walk past the kitchen, I see a girl sitting at the kitchen table, her head bent towards it. ~wonder who that is~
I stare up at my dad with an expression of loathing etched across my face as I rub the red mark that his hand had made on my cheek. "Don't you ever disrespect me like that again." He growls. I nod and stomp out the front door. As I am walking down the street, it starts to drizzle. "Stupid New York." I mutter as I throw my hood up and shove my hands in my pockets. I stalk down the street as the rain gets heavier, but I couldn't go back. If I went back, he would be drunk and I would get punished for it. I close my eyes and stop, letting the rain wash down my face and mix with my tears of anguish. It had been like this since the death of my mom. She had died in a terrible car accident and ever since then, my dad had been getting drunk, then abusing me. "Please, momma." I whisper, not really sure why I'm saying please. ~I hope Alex is ok!~ I stop breathing as I halt. That thought was definitely not mine. I take a deep breath and giggle. How absurd! Of course I can't read minds! I start forward again, only to trip on a rock in the road. I fall on my knee and gasp. I inspect it carefully, but I can't see anything against the rain. I can't go home, for fear of being beaten, so I do the only thing I can. I go to the mansion across the street from me. I ring the doorbell and fidget uncomfortably as I wait for someone to answer.
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Post by Snake Bites on Aug 3, 2010 14:29:22 GMT -7
I hear the doorbell chime and Arty, our buttler, answers the door. "yes?" he says. a girl's voice answers, "Um, I fell when I was walking and I can't go home because...um...my dad is gone and I was wondering If I could clean it up here." "hold on a sec guys." i say to alex and jason and quietly open the doo and crouch at the railing just outside my door. Peering through the wooden bars i see a girl with blonde hair with blood on her knee. "mrs. emosewa!" arty calls for my mom. he whispers something to her unintelligable from this distance and she whispers something back and stands ion the dorway. "come in! we'll get you cleaned up. just come sit over here." she motions towards a chair in the entry hall against the wall. and the girl limps in and sits down. "Martha!" mom calls for our maid and tells her whats happened. i haven't seen the girl we took in since yesterday. i wonder what happened to her.
Andi walks out of her room to see who's at the door leaving me with jason.
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Post by Nova on Aug 3, 2010 14:34:44 GMT -7
I glance over at Alex and sigh. "So...what's up?"
I stare around the large mansion and my heart constricts. To have such a large house with caring parents and friends. I almost can't take it. I bite on my lip, trying to keep my tears at bay as I wish for my mom.
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