Mom

Chapter Nine

The rest of the day I spent texting him during class, I never got caught. I asked if he would like to come over today after school, then I realized something, it was the one week after.

I had to make up my mind, to tell Michael or not to, because I still remembered the number, and I wasn’t going to back down on a promise to myself. And I sure wasn’t going to hide something like this from my long term friend.

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I walked home hand-in-hand with Michael. I remained silent and listened to him the whole way to my house. He said something then stopped and looked at me. I looked at him “what?” He smiled down me. “I asked you a question a full minute ago Kase.” Oh. “Sorry I’ve been thinking a lot lately and it’s kinda caused me to space out sometimes.”

He nodded. We stopped in front of my house and I was facing him while trying to get the keys out of my backpack. I took them out of my front zipper. I swung my backpack into place behind me. I looked up and moved moved my hair back up into place, it started to fall into a place in front of my ear instead of on top of my head.

He put his finger on my chin and lifted it up. He kissed my lips softly and then pulled back. He was starting out slow and I appreciated it, he was my first boyfriend after all. I bent over and put the keys in the door knob. I turned them once and back again. The door opened and I took my jacket and scarf off. Michael shut the door behind him.

I had gotten the scarf and coat for Christmas. They were the same shade of robin egg blue and were both new, not the normal hand me down things I normally get. The jacket was fluffy and made a slick plastic-like material. I turned around and he swiftly kissed me. like a married couple would after a day’s full of work.

I was puzzled. “What’s all the kissing about?” He shrugged. “You’ve been having a bad week and I thought I would try to cheer you up by taking your mind off of it.” I nod and smile.

He looks at me, “but you know you can tell me if you too, even though you don’t have to.” I swerved around him and went to lock the door behind him. I locked the bottom with my key and turned the top lock with the bar connected to it.

I turned back around and said “that’s actually the reason you’re here, so I can tell you.” He smiled and hugged me. “Don’t feel like just because we’re what we are means you have to tell me.” He said into my ear. I nodded. The real reason I wanted to have him here was because if I didn’t I wouldn’t be able to handle it.

I went to the kitchen and started to get a sandwich but decided not too. Instead I got a glass of water and brought it back to my room. I sat in front of Michael, who was sitting on my bed, in a white wicker chair from my desk.

I pulled it out and stepped up to the front of it and sat down. I sighed. “The real reason I brought you here is because I wanted to tell you what was going on.” Even though he didn’t do much I could tell by the way he tensed he was trying to keep himself from jumping jumping up and down like a giddy little school girl.

He was listening intently and nodded as if to say “go on”, before I even started talking. I told him the whole story of when I was in the principal’s office and what was said. also what I had promised myself. At the end his eyes were as big as saucers.

I looked at my phone, I had taken it out of my backpack’s front pocket before I had started the story. I was just looking at it almost helplessly. Michael attempted to pick it up. I closed my eyes. “Don’t” I warned. He set it down.

My eyes fluttered open. “I need to know before I call them that you are going to stay here in this room with me no matter what happens and what is said and be my rock until I need you to go. If you don’t-” I paused “-I might not be able to do it without.”

I looked at him, he hesitated then nodded. “You can trust me, I won’t leave. I won’t ever leave you when you need me, just know that you could do this without me, you just choose not to.”

I nodded. I wasn’t going to argue with him about that last part before I called… whatever their names were. I picked up the phone. It rang. Once… Twice… Then they picked up.

When it was connecting Michael grabbed my hand and held it. My breath hitched. “Hello?” A female voice said though the speaker. My mind went blank, every time I was about to say something I forgot what it was.

Michael leaned in close to my ear. “You can do this.” I nodded. Hello, My name is Kasey Mitchell. I watched a news cast the other day on the missing girl that disappeared fourteen years ago. I was wondering-” I was cut off when the woman called to another person. “Derek come here quick!” I hesitated to talk again. “But the game is on Liz.” He pleaded. He must have been watching the reruns because there’s no way there was a game on today if Michael was here with me.

“They have news on Karlee.” I heard the background noise turn off and footsteps becoming louder. Then I heard a scraping sound, like a chair moving backwards on a hard floor. “Hey can you put it on speaker phone?” The male’s voice said.

My eyes welled up with tears. I didn’t know why but that voice was so familiar to me. Like I had heard it once before and it was buried deep in the back of my mind, behind the years of being lost and never heard again. It was strange honestly, but it was tugging at my heart. It hurt so bad not knowing why I wanted to scream in frustration.

“Sorry honey,” the lady said. “Go on with your story.” I looked over at Michael, tears in my eyes. He nodded encouragingly. I nodded back.

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