Chapter 6:
I was finally gone. I was out of that hellhole. My life will really begin, starting now. I'll find a place, where people care. I walked for about 3 hours on the side of a road. Hoping to finally find a place. Eventually, I came up to a small little area on the side of the road. A gas station. I was starting to get hungry, so I might as well. I walked inside and looked for some food. I saw some turkey. I needed protein, so I went ahead and grabbed it. But as soon as I put my hand on it, someone's hand went over mine. I looked to my right, and it was some girl's. She seemed to be about my age. I lifted my hand away.
"Oh sorry, did you need this?". She just giggled. Why did she giggle?
"Um, what's so funny?" I asked.
"Your clothes." she said.
"What about my clothes?" I asked.
"They're all messed up. And dirty." she replied.
"Oh, heheh, well I have been walking for a few hours."
"You walked all the way here?"
"Yeah, because-"
I stopped myself. I was leaving my old life behind, bringing it over here will just make me the freak again.
"I...got kicked out of my house."
"Seriously? Why?"
"I, pissed off my parents."
"Well what'd you do?"
"Does it really matter?"
"No. Just wondering."
"Well then there's no need to make a huge deal about it."
"Haha, you're weird."
I blinked.
"Do you think I'm a freak?" I asked.
"No. I mean funny weird."
"Oh, heheh, I guess I am."
"I'm Carolyn Lessler."
"I'm Greg Meafe."
"Cool name."
"You too."
"Haha."
"So, why are you here?"
"Oh, just grabbing some turkey for my brother."
"Oh, is he here with you?"
"No, I walked."
"You too?"
"Haha. Well yeah, but it was only like 5 minutes."
"Huh?"
"Yeah, our town is only like right over there."
"Don't your parents care?"
"Oh no. My parents died a few years back in a car accident. It's just me and my older brother."
She's just like me, except.....my brother is also dead. This was really weird. I just met this girl, and I already know pretty much her entire life.
"How old are you anyway?" she asked.
"Oh, I'm 13." I replied.
"No way, me too."
"Really?"
"Yeah. You know, if you don't have a place to stay, you can come and stay at my place."
"Wait...really?"
"Sure!"
"Won't your brother mind?"
"Heck no! I have the coolest brother ever. We'll have to be in separate rooms across the house though, since my brother is a bit paranoid."
"I don't blame him."
"Haha."
She thinks of him as I did my brother. I just wanted to sit down and be silent for a few minutes, but I had to chin up. I know that girl would.
"So, are we gonna head to your place?"
"Yeah, lemme just get the turkey."
"Yeah no prob."
This girl was great. She was my age, had the same interests as me, and pretty much has the same lifestyle(besides the whole town hating and dying thing.) I mean she was just perfect. I then thought to myself and realized that I was hitting on her. Damn. So after getting the turkey and walking for 5 minutes, we arrived at her house. It was in the middle of a small town. In fact, it was like 1/3 the size of my old town. It was one of those towns on the side of the road.
"Here we are. Lessler mansion." she said.
"Awesome, you seem like you live in a good neighborhood." I stated.
"Eh, it's decent. Gets boring really fast though, since nothing ever goes on around here."
"You should be happy nothing goes on around here."
"Hm?"
"Nothing."
"Uh...okay."
She doesn't realize that it's better like that. Anyway we walked inside.
"Kevin! I'm back!" she shouted. "And I brought a friend! Can he live with us for a few days?"
I then heard someone shout from another room, "Sure! But he has to stay in the guest room!"'
"Understood!"
Wow, that was easy.
"Come on, I'll show you my room." she said.
I followed her upstairs, and we went into her room. It was just a plain room. No posters on the wall or colored walls. Just a room with a bed, tv, and computer.
"So, you're not a big fan of anything?" I asked. "Movies, bands, shows?"
"No not really. My room is my room. This is everything I need." she replied.
"Makes sense." I said.
"I do have a good view out my window though."
I looked out the window, and it was her backyard. Behind the fence, was what seemed like an endless field. And it wasn't one of those pure grass green fields, but one of those tall grass fields that you can just run through forever.
"Wow, that is a great view. I'm sure you'll want to be a farmer when you grow up."
And then I hit myself on the inside. 'Be a farmer when you grow up'? Stupid. But she laughed. I never made a girl laugh before. There's a lot of things I haven't done before because of my shit hole of a town.
"You're funny." she replied.
"Well, you know..." I said, "I try."
"Haha. Man where'd you get a good sense of humor?"
"Probably just from hearing around back where I lived."
I really got it from my brother, but, I didn't want to mention him out loud.
"You seriously are one mysterious kid." she said.
"Am I?" I asked.
"Yeah. I randomly meet you at a gas station. I've already pretty much told you my life story. You've made me laugh a lot. And you're already living with me. And I've only known you for like 15 minutes."
"Yeah well..." I was blushing. "I guess I just have that charm."
She laughed again. But then she walked up to me.
"That's not all your charm is doing." she said.
I sat there frozen. I just blinked. She started to lean in on me. But then there was a knock on her door. And she pulled back. On the inside of me it was like a raging bulldog. I was about to get my first kiss, and it's interrupted.
"What?" Carolyn said.
"Dinner's ready." her brother said.
"Alright we'll be right down." she said.
She started walking towards the door.
"Well?" she said.
"Huh?"
"Are you coming or what?"
"Oh, right. Sorry."
How could she act like nothing just happened.
She was one mysterious kid.