Forever and Ever | Kenjorine

Chapter 15 | The Beginning

I woke up, there was complete silence. It was dark in his room. Craig and I had fallen asleep playing monopoly. I got up and opened the blinds. The sun was shining.

"What time is it" I said sleepily.

I walked over to Craigs desk and turned on his computer. The time read, 10:27 am. My face turned to shock. I quickly went over to where Craig was sleeping.

I shook him awake.

"CRAIG WE ARE LATE" I shouted.

"Huh? What?" He said as he woke up.

He slept on the floor, no blanket no nothing. He had monopoly money stuck to his face.

"We are late for school" I said pointing at his computer.

He gave me a blank stare.

"Im not going" He said peeling the money off his face.

"What do you mean you aren't going"

"Im not going" He said as he laid back down on the floor.

"You can go if you want to, since you're a nerd or whatever" He said yawning.

"Well i'm going, they are gonna call my... caretakers if I miss" I said as I walked to the bathroom door.

"You really want to go after what happened? You ran away. They haven't even called you, you really think they are going to care about some phone call saying you aren't in school" He said sleepily as I reached for the doorknob.

"Take this as a me day" He said as he fell back asleep.

I let go of the doorknob.

"A me day" I whispered.

"Thanks Craig " I said as I turned around to thank him.

He was already asleep and drooling on the carpet.

I giggled.

I grabbed my phone and went out the room quietly and went to the kitchen. I grabbed a glass of water. It was pretty much deserted. You would've never known a whole family lives here.

My phone buzzed. I checked it, it was Kenny. I opened the message.

You aren't in school?

I quickly replied

No

He responded quickly

Why?

Decided to take a personal day

Everything okay?

Yup, let's hang out later today?

Okay sure

I liked his message and turned off my phone. I leaned against the counter, what do I do? How do I have a me day?

I sighed and went back upstairs. As I made my way upstairs I heard Craig's phone ringing. I opened the door and saw Craig still sleeping. The phone stopped ringing. Suddenly it rang again. Craig groaned and reached for his phone, he missed a few times but then grabbed it.

"Hello?"

There was a faint voice, I couldn't hear anything really.
I walked over to my suitcase as Craig continued to speak on the phone.

"I'll come tomorrow" He yawned.

"Uh huh" He said as he slowly sat up.

I rummaged through, looking for something comfortable to wear.

"It's raining, what if I slip and fall and crack my head open on the way to school, im not willing to take that chance" He said as he stood up.

Crap, it's raining still.

"Relax I was joking" He laughed.

"Honey, I promise I was" (Craig)

He sighed. I grabbed some gray sweats from my suitcase. I looked around for a shirt or something. I had just put random stuff in there. I guess now I know to not pack when I'm feeling upset and angry, or else I'll end up with the most random assortment of clothes.

I picked up a shirt. It was a plain black shirt. It looked a little too big. Then it hit me, it was Alex's. I felt my face get hot. My heart dropped. I felt anger, I felt sad, I felt like I wanted to throw this shirt into a garbage and set the garbage can on fire, and watch it burn, burn till nothing is left but ashes of what it once was. I balled it up and threw it at the wall. It made a faint thud.

"I'll talk to you later babe" Craig said as he hung up.

He looked at me with a puzzled look.

"Burn it" I said as I looked at shirt on the ground.

He walked over to it and picked it up.

"Mm" he said holding it up.

"It's Alex's, I don't want it" I huffed, I turned to look back at the suit case.

He put it back in my suitcase.

"Let's just relax" He said.

I looked at him, with an upset expression.

"I get it, you just have to let your feelings out, about him. You can't keep it bottled up till it explodes. Because then shit gets messy" He said as he sat on his bed.

"How do I express it"

"Everyone's different, everyone lets out their emotions in all sorts of different ways" (C)

"Mm"

Our phones vibrated.

We both checked, it was Clyde.

"Welcome Home Tolkien party, open invite, tonight @ 7 pm" I read the text out loud.

"That's one way" He said as he made the drinking gesture.

"Drink it away" He flopped back in his bed.

I grabbed the black shirt Craig had put back.

"Drink it away huh?" I mumbled.

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sorry if this chapter sucks, its just filler and to lead up to the next chaptersssss, the beginning.