After hanging up the phone, I open the letter and skim it again. The letter is the one Billy sent me when he was informed I was coming to live with him. The letter contains basic information, my train ticket and numbers I can call to reach Billy. I call Billy's cell phone. It rings over twenty times and there must be no voicemail because the phone just ends the call. I sigh and put my phone away.
The station has several benches and garbage cans scattered around the platform, a few vending machines line the wall to my left. I fish a few dollars out of my pocket and go over to the vending machines. I buy a bag of potato chips and a Snickers bar. From the soda machine I buy a Pepsi.
I walk to a bench, debating what to do. I decide to stay put, for now. I start to eat my chips and put my headphones in. I plug the headphones into my phone and turn the volume up. I really don't care what I'm listening to, so I put my music on shuffle.
After thirty minutes, I try to call Billy's cell again. All that answers me is that endless ringing. It's obvious I'm going to be here for awhile so I grab my book. My music is up so loud I don't notice when another train pulls in.
What does get my attention is being tapped on the shoulder. I look up, startled. It's much darker then I had realized and even later then I thought. I take my headphones out.
"Kiki."
"Hey," it's obvious who this is. It's Billy. He doesn't look much different then he did in that picture from thirteen years ago.
"How was your train ride?"
"Fine. I slept through most of it." I answer simply.
"Are you ready?" I nod and he grabs my suitcase. I stand and pick up my duffle bag. As I pass a garbage can, I throw away my empty chip bag. Billy leads me into a small parking lot. Most of the cars look old; like they're falling apart. I groan inwardly. From the look of the train station and the cars in this lot, this is an old 'traditional' town. I probably won't even get internet here.
Billy stops beside an extremly old Volkswagen. I think it was dark green at one point. It's hard to tell now though, the majority of the car is covered in rust. The back bumper is missing and he has the licence plate taped, TAPED, into the back window.
He fumbles for his keys and finally finds them. He unlocks the trunk and pushes it open. He tosses my suitcase into the car and then grabs my duffle bag out of my hands and tosses it into the trunk too.
"Get in." I go around to the passenger door and try to open the door. It's locked and I have to wait for Billy to get in and manually unlock it from the inside. When he does I get in as quickly as possible. I want nothing more then to leave this stupid train station.
The inside of the car is just as bad, if not worse, then the outside. The leather seats are ripped and stuffing is coming out. A few springs pop out of the backseat. The visors are gone and the rearview mirror is dirty and cracked. I pull my seatbelt out and frown when I see hoe frayed it is. I click it on anyway.
Billy turns the key three times before the engine sputters to life. He says nothing as we pull out of the parking lot.
After five minutes, I realize he doesn't plan on talking so I put my headphones back in. It's after seven-thirty and the sky continues to darken. I lean my head against the cool glass and watch the trees go by.
Before I know it, I've slipped into bittersweet memories of Mom and how things used to be.
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Kiki Matthews
De TodoAfter losing her mother in a tragic house-fire, Kiki must move in with her father, who abandoned her when she was very young. Two strangers seperated and reunited with tragedies. Kiki knows nothing of her father except what her mother told her and t...
