Chapter 18
When school ended, I grabbed all of my homework and stuffed them in my backpack. I shut my locker and then started walking towards the locker rooms to change into my cross country clothes.
I walked inside and saw all of the other girls changing.
"Hey Camila, I heard the coach is going to make us run 7 miles today," Belle, another cross country member, told me as I dumped my clothes out of my bag.
"You've got to be kidding me," I groaned and sat down at the edge of the bench and out my hair up.
"Nah, I'm not kidding, well I'm heading outside. You better change fast, she's in a bad mood today," she warned me and left. After putting my hair up, I quickly change in one of the stalls and then ran outside.
I was the last person to leave the locker rooms so they were all waiting for me. I quickly jogged over to them and then the coach started talking.
"Alright we'll start the warm-up with 2 miles and then we'll run 5, now get running!" she yelled and we all groaned and started jogging towards the track field. We got in our positions and then the coach blew the whistle and we set off.
I took deep breaths and before you knew it I was in front of everyone. I blinked and then began thinking about everything. It helps to keep your mind distracted so you won't focus on the pain or how tired you are.
I first started thinking about my mom. She's coming over on Friday and I've been going crazy.
It wasn't anger I was feeling anymore. It was fear.
What if Uncle Ben leaves us in a room together and she...
No, Uncle Ben knows what happened with me and her. He wouldn't leaves us alone together.
I wish I had someone to talk to about this. But no one knows about my mom...
Except Kevin, but last time he asked me about it I yelled at him. But I'm sure he would want to know everything and he can help me out right?
I'm going to his house after this anyways. Maybe I can ask him. I'll go crazy if I don't let this all out to someone.
But what if he thinks of me differently after I tell him everything?
He'll probably think of me as the weird psycho girl with a messed up dad in jail and a mom who beat her and didn't want her.
Energy filled up inside of me and I ran even fast until I passed the finish line and looked behind and saw that even the fast girls were still on the other side of the track.
"Great job Camila! We have a meet on Friday. I know you'll get us that trophy!" the coach yelled and slapped me on the back happily and she waited for the others to come while I walked back to the school building to get a drink of water.
I bent down and tasted the water and then a thought suddenly occurred in my head.
The meet is on Friday!
My mom is coming on Friday.
What if she comes? She will distract me and I'll lose for sure. I stood up and felt so dizzy so I put a hand on the wall to steady myself.
"You aii?" a voice asked behind me and I jumped a little and turned around to see Kevin.
"Aren't you supposed to be in detention?" I asked with a smirk and he shrugged.
"Yeah I'm supposed to be, just wanted to see ju practice. You look dizzy tho, you aii?"
"Yeah... uh... just a lot of running. I'm getting dizzy," I explained.
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