Cigarettes And Ultra Brite Toothpaste ~kajemac~

6 ~ Milkshakes

It was getting late, so the girls decided to leave the hospital. leaving KJ alone with her thoughts. Her parents had phoned half an hour ago. Saying they'd be there soon, so KJ was anxiously waiting for them. The nurse made the call instead of kj, so she has no idea what her parents were feeling, or how'd they react.

She hoped they would understand that it wasn't kj's faut. Or at lest she hoped it wasn't her fault. She didn't do anything wrong, right?

Her thoughts were interrupted by a knocking on the door. As the door swung open, her mother's voice rung out.

"Karina J. Brandman! What on earth happened!" Her mother sounded pissed, but she clearly just didn't know the full situation.

"I was attacked mom, it wasn't my fault I promise, I- I was just trying to deliver my-"

"Of course it's because of your paper route, I should never have let you become a paper girl, it's not even a girls job, it's for boys" her mother interrupted.

"No mom! Please I love my paper route, and if it wasn't for the other paper girls, I'd be alot more hurt, they saved me mom" she tried explaining to her mother. But she just wouldn't understand. She started talking, but all KJ could think about was losing the one thing that gave her control over her life.

Her father saw kj's face, and immediately knew she wasn't listening to anything her mom was saying.
"KJ. Listen to your mother" her father sternly said, kj wouldn't have noticed he was in the room, if he didn't speak. He was always the quiet one. I'm the corner whenever KJ would argue with her mother.

Tears were pooling in the corners of her eyes. Why did this have to happen, her paper route brought her actual happiness. Sure, yeah it's scary sometimes. But it's when she felt free, from her mom, from the world. Biking early in the morning along empty roads.

KJ found it peaceful, it was the one pice of peace KJ felt like she deserved.

"Mom I promise, I'll be more careful, just don't take this away" she pleaded.
Her mother sighed, unsure what to do.
She knew her relationship with her daughter was iffy. So, maybe letting her keep this would make KJ like her more.

"You need to stop messing around and grow up, Karina... Thoes boys could have done serious damage. But you can keep your paper route. As long as you're more safe. "

Of course her mother thought it was kj's fault. why wouldn't she? She already blamed everything in KJ, so why would this not be her fault. Why would it be the 'teenage boys who held her against a wall's fault.

But her mom let her keep the paper route, maybe she'd get to meet up with the other paper girls again.

When their car pulled up in the driveway KJ saw her friend waiting for her. Her bike up against the garage door. Lauren sat criss cross on the concrete sketching in her notebook.

"Fuck" KJ whispered under her breath, she forgot that she was supposed to meet up with Lauren after school. And before school, and during school.

"Hey" KJ said getting out of the car, a smile on her face, Lauren has been her best friend since, forever honestly.
"Hey?" Lauren said in a questioning tone. "where have you-... Shit what happened to your face" her tone quickly switched to worry, when KJ got closer.

"Teenagers" kj said, grabbing Lauren's hand and taking her around to the back of the house, so they could play hockey.
Lauren didn't love the game,  but would play with KJ. Because she know that kj did love it.
Plus KJ would help give Lauren drawing ideas. And sometimes pose so she could work on proportions.

"And then mac shot fireworks at Wally!"
KJ said, as she went to grave her stick then remember it was broken. And she had no idea where it was.
"Fucking hell, my stick." She cursed.
"Maybe it's still in the tunnel where they broke it?" Lauren questioned.