The Blink of an Eye

Chapter 34

I pressed myself against my own bed, my own bed. Oh, how good it felt to be in my room again. It’s been exactly three hours since I left the Zeleski house for good, and I already unpacked, and everything, John even offered to take us all out for dinner in a couple of hours to celebrate. Of course he hasn’t moved in or anything, yet. I sat on my bed with Haley by my side; I was painting her nails in a light pink shade color that John had got her. I didn’t dare to tell my mom that my last drink was actually yesterday, I decided to keep that one to myself. It was a mistake and I think Elaine had tricked me into drinking anyway.

I’m not sure if he goes to my school or not, but if he does, I’ll ask him why he did it, and there would be no use in lying about it to my face.

“So…are you happy you’re back?” Haley asked in a high-pitched giddy voice.

I smiled lightly at her, even if I felt mournful about what happened between Brandon and me earlier, right now the sound of her voice made me still hopeful of everything going on in my life. In fact, seeing the insides of this house made me still hopeful of life. I nodded at her, holding her gaze for a long time. I’ve missed my little sister so much; she was probably the only thing left I had of dad, and vice versa. She looks so much like him, except her eyes were a bit different, but still.

“Are you staying for good?” She suddenly asked, her big eyes settling into mine. I stared at her for a little while, a little unprepared for that question. But I managed to gather myself and respond with a,

“Mm hmm.” While nodding me head. She smiled at me again, staring at me for a little while longer before looking down to see her nails. “Done.” I finally announced, taking a look at them myself.

“Thank you.” She said, observing her nails.

“Don’t touch them, though. They need to dry, blow on them softly to make them dry faster.” I advised with a soft smirk. She did as she was told, and thanked me again, walking back out of the room. I chewed on my lip and glanced at the bottle of nail polish, “Wait, Haley. You forgot your-”

I stopped myself, settling the bottle of polish on my room dresser. When she comes back in, I’ll give it to her…no big deal. I sighed and looked at my own nails. They were plain but goodly manicured, in my opinion. I don’t really do nail polish anyhow. I gazed at my reflection in the mirror and with my hair, chewing on my lip at the same time.

When I sat on my bed and grabbed my nearby stuffed animal that my dad had gotten me when I was four, I held it close to me. I don’t know why I was upset, I mean, this is good for me. Being away from Brandon and all, I think he’s the one causing my miserable life, because I stress over how much I love him. I hate his parents, for creating and giving birth to such an amazing, smart, funny, and beautiful creature. I hated them

. I hated the fact that that same amazing, smart, funny, and beautiful creature was in love with me, and I hated that I was in love with him, too. Just as I thought about this while cursing in my thoughts, I heard a tap on my room door. I stared at the door for a little while.

“Come in.” I finally allowed, scooting closer on my bed to see who it was. It was my mom, smiling gently at me as she entered the air I breathe in.

“John is taking us out to dinner in an hour, you should get ready.” She initiated with a soft smile.

I held her gaze a little while before responding, “Sure. No problem.”

I got off my bed and sat my stuffed animal back on my bed with the rest of them that were gathered around my pillow and the headboard of my bed.

“Uh, is there anything you’re not telling me?” She quickly asked before I could go into my bathroom to prepare. I stood still, thinking.