Left, Right &Centre

Chapter Two

After having lunch with Mason, the day went by pretty quick. I met a girl named Trinity who literally had the best personality ever. I sat next to her in my last 2 classes and it was actually fun. We even exchanged numbers.

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My mum is giving me a lift home today since it's my first day but she's not here yet. Where could she be? It's 4pm and school finished at half 3...

"Hey," a voice said from behind me. I turn around to see Mason smiling at me.

"Oh hey. Why are you still in the school premises? School finished half an hour ago.."

"Um I was talking to er um.. a teacher! Yes I was talking to a teacher about um some work thats all."

"Mason I haven't known you a long time but I can easily tell that you're not telling me the truth."

He blushed a deep red.
"Ok fine! I was waiting to see how you were going to get home but you didn't leave so I came to meet you."

He's so cute. It's rare to find a boy that will tell the you the whole truth.

"You're taking things too far again Andee!" my inner self reminds me. She's right. How do I know he's telling the truth? He may be planning how to kidnap me or something.

Look I'm doing it again! Why do always overthink things? I really need to start giving people the benefit of the doubt.

"Oh ok. I was just waiting for my mom to pick me but she's running a bit late." I replied.

"Oh. Do you live far? I could drive you home if you like.."

Shit. What do I say? Am I gonna let some guy I've known for 7 hours drive me home? No I can't. I mean I can't having him know my address!

Before my concious steps in to answer for me I reply, "No it's okay , my house is only a few streets away so I think i'll walk."

He sighs, "Oh ok then. Um i'll see you tomorrow?"

I nodded and then quickly walked away.

The further I got from the school, the more I thoughts I had about this boy. Why did he want to help me so much? Should I have let him drive me home? There's something about Mason that I can't seem to forget. A part of me is saying that I need to be careful around Mason but a bigger part of me is saying that I need to get to know him...

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I'm finally walking down my street now and I'm about five houses from home. I've now tried my mum's line about seven times now but what do I keep getting? No answer. Ugh. Why is her phone switched off?

As I approached my door , I see it swing open without me having to knock. Ah Caleb must be home.

"Hello? Caleb?! Mum??"

"BOOOO!"

"OH MY GOD!" I screamed.

After my mini heart attack. I see a pair of twins on the floor in fits of laughter. Xavier and Vienna are the best little brother and sister you could ever dream of. Although they are annoying most of the time, they know how to have a good laugh.

"Oh you little idiots, you scared the life of me! Just watch I get my hands on y...COME BACK HERE!" I screamed

They ran off leaving me in mid sentence before I chased them. Boy, I really need to start working out. They're just too fast.

They ran across the living room, down the corridor and into the kitchen. So I chased them until suddenly I bumped into my older brother Caleb at the entrance to the kitchen. A sudden outburst of laughter filled the atmosphere as Caleb, Xavier,Vienna and I fell to the ground laughing hysterically .

After a good 5 minutes of loud cackles and uncontrollable giggles, it finally dawned on me that my mom still wasn't home.

"Caleb, have you heard anything from mum? She was meant to drive me home today after school but 30minutes after school had finished she still wasn't there so I decided to walk home." I asked.

"No I haven't actually. She hasn't called or anything. This morning I told her I would pick Xavier and Vienna up from school today and then she left for work. That was the last time I've heard from her today.."

RIIINGGG!

"I'll get it!" Screamed Xavier. Damn .
My little brother has a weird obsession with being the first to answer the phone.

"Hello? Aunt Paula? Aunt Paula! What are you doing with mummy's phone? Are you with mummy? Where are you ?"

"Woah Xavier, let me have the phone now. Your asking too many questions. She won't be able to understand, " my older brother ordered. Caleb then took the phone and put it on speaker so that we could all hear Aunt Paula.

Our Aunt then explained to us that our mum had been involved in a car accident and that the car has been damaged but not too badly. She said that what delayed her from picking me up from school was that she was trying to work out costs with her insurance team and the breakdown services.

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"Okay, thanks for your help Aunt Paula," Caleb sighed.

Since it would be a while till mum came home and it's already 10pm, Caleb put Xavier and Vienna to bed and then around 10:30 I decided to go up to bed too as I had another long day ahead of me tomorrow.