More Than Just Words

Chapter 2

I can't believe I'm saying this! But it happened to me again! Morely warned me to be careful of...ants. I know! Ants! Of the things but then that afternoon ants started to run up my legs while I was studying on a picnic table at school! I had bites all over! I'm starting to think these arent coincidences. And that scares me.

The next day I planned to confront her about them. So when we went to get sushi during lunch, i asked her, "Morely. How come you warned me about all those things like the ants? How did you know?"

She replied with, "I bet they were just coincidences. I mean it's not like I can tell the future." I couldn't tell if she was lying. But when she said that I almost fell out of my chair. Was she lying? Or was she telling the truth? 

That night I couldn't go to sleep. The words she said kept repeating and repeating in my head. over and over again. 

'Its not like I can tell the future'

'Its not like I can tell the future'

'Its not like I can tell the future'

This aggravated me. Then I began thinking about my parents and all the good times I had. But then I thought of all the good times we would have had after the...accident. I started crying. It was the pitiful kind of crying that left me feeling worse about everything. Why did this happen? Can't I just go back to how it was? Why me? I started to drift of after about 20 minutes of this...

When I wokeup I was drenched in sweat.This made me anxious. I never wakeup like this. What? It was as though I knew, I just knew, something bad happened. But I couldn't put my finger on it.

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During school Morely said something that only confused me more.

"I feel like something bad is going to happen," she paused, " Sad. Something sad. Maybe even...happy? It changes the way you look at it." 

"What do you mean?" I said sitting in the desk beside her. It was the class before lunch and I was starving. I could hear my stomach roar. 

"I don't know," she said almost cluelessly. "I don't know."

"Hello" the announcer form the office said through a speaker that was in every classroom. "Can you send Alexa to the office? Her Aunt is here with some news. She will be leaving for the day." 

The teacher replied with a nodd. "She's coming." And the speaker shut off. 

I looked at Morely as I was getting up. My eyebrows furrowed together with a confused look on my face as I walked to the office. I hate this. This slow patronizing walk. So I ran. As fast as my legs could take me. I reached the office within seconds with my books and bag. 

I sighed and opened the door praying for no bad news. 

"Alexa please sit down. I know that these last few weeks have been hard for you." There was a long pause and I looked my Aunt who sat next to me. The prinicpal continued, "Alexa, the police found your parents in the woods by the edge of the road where they were supposedly in a car accident." He finished quickly. 

"There are mutliple stab wound in their bodies..." My eyes clouded over, " They are now being examined by the police." 

I was stuck. I didn't now if I should be happy or sad. They found them. They are dead. And they were killed. I shook my head, got up and walked out of the room. Aunt MIndy called after me. Then she became quiet.

"I..I'mm coming back..."I studdered. I turned around and there was Morely. She was sitting on the bench by the Prinicpal's Office. It hit me. She knew all along about my parents.

"You knew didn't you?" I screamed. "How is that good? My parents are proven to be dead! Are you happy about this?" Anger raged through me. 

"I thought you would've been happy that you know what happened." Morely whispered. She looked hurt. Relief washed though me. But she didn't answer my first question. 

"Oh."

I knew Morely knew that I was leaving and next to her was her book bag. I guess she was coming too. 

We went home after that. No one said a word. Aunt Mindy was silent until she asked what we wanted for dinner. I could barely speak so we agreed on Mexican. We would be definitley ordering out. 

I didn't feel anything. I felt completely numb. Like a robot. And I just sat there. It was terrifying. I didn't feel like me. I felt worn out.

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