Eternal Spring for the Sinful

The Night of the Comet

 This chapter does contain implications of self harm so please proceed with caution if this topic makes you feel uncomfortable.

I woke up after the bonfire with a major headache and the morning sun wasn't helping at all. I don't remember drinking that much, maybe I drank about three beers and they weren't even that good, but I know I wasn't that wasted. It wasn't until I looked at my phone to see the ten missed calls from Tyler that everything came flooding back. I looked into the mirror to see the tear streaks that still stained my face. I tried to take a deep breath to clear my anxiety, but it didn't work. I still continued my morning routine by putting on a light coat of makeup this adding some foundation and concealer to my arms as well before putting on a bagging sweater and a skirt long enough to cover my upper thighs. A loud cawing noise makes me jump because it sounded a lot different then the normal blue jay. My head shot to my now opened window to see a black crow. I know all crows look the same, but it was too much of a coincidence so against my better judgement I slowly walked over to the window to see if the silhouette was outside. I let out a sigh of relief when I didn't see one.

"Hello Birdie." I greet it with a smile but flinch when I loud screech coming from the bird fills my ears, I thought it was strange how it responded right then and there, but decided not to think much of it. I quickly closed the blinds missing the man that crept behind the trees. I made my way into the to grab a pair of black before I took a look in the mirror one last time to make sure I looked presentable before walking out to go curl my hair.

"What do you think, do I look adult?" I was only able to take a step out of my sanctuary before I was getting jumped by a crazy member of this house hold. "As in respectfully parental." Jenna gave me a little spin in her cute blue dress so I could see the whole thing before I gave my final answer.

"Cute, where are you going?" She walked over to the hallway mirror that was next to the top of the stairs so she could fix her hair as she explained what was going down this morning.

"I am going to a conference with Jeremy's teacher" She messily put her hair up into a bun with her hand and then dropped it. "hair up or down?" She then proceeded to put it up with her hand again so I could take in the look this time and give her my honest opinion.

"Sexy stewardess" She then proceeded to lay it down giving light touch up before moving her hands out of the way.

"Boozy housewife" I tell her truthfully. She gave me a look of disgust.

"Up it is" We both chuckled a little and she started to actually pin up her hair.

"Who's the meeting with?" I ask her confused as to why she was getting all fancy if it was just for a single teacher, but then again this was her first time doing it. I still remember my mom's first time going with Elena. She got in trouble for throwing something at Bonnie so they called her parents. She was so nervous and spent hours trying to look presentable for her principle.

"Tanner." His name alone made me want to gag.

"Yuck." It was my turn to give a disgusted look at just his name alone. "Don't let him bully you around, ok?" I warned her knowing his games. "I know you're supposed to respect your elders, but that man is no good. He basically told me that it doesn't matter that my parents are dead when I didn't know the answer to his question even though the rest of the class didn't know it." She gave me an appalled look of disgust as I looked in the mirror to fix my sweater sleeves to make sure they were covering my forearm. "Wait, a minute." I look into his room when I don't hear anything I began to question things.

"He left early." Jenna informed me when she saw the confused look on my face. "Something about getting to wood shop early to finish a birdhouse." This only left me more confused, but when I went to correct her, realization struck her hard. "There is no wood shop is there?" She asks, defeated. I gave her an empathetic smile as I shook my head no. She let out an annoyed sigh before heading to her room to get ready. I let out a small laugh at how easily Jeremy was able to sneak out of the house just to see Vicki.