Colors of Solitude

Chapter 8

Lexi's POV

Since that hooligan started using my walk-in-closet as a stake-out, I had to keep my guard up even when I am sleeping. I wish my dad was alive so he could drive away any boys that tried to come inside the house. My mom is still on her business trip so we will be alone for some time I guess.

"Hey, do you have any food?"

"None for you."

"You're mean."

Of course I'm being mean, I have the right to be mean. He barges in while I'm having some me time, and to top it off he's not even going to school in fear that the police are going to catch him. But, being the righteous human I am, I made some eggs and bacon, we both had eggs and I had all the bacon. "I'm heading off to school now!" I grab my bag and run out the door. Before I can cross the street to get out of earshot, I hear a very high and exaggerated voice call out.

"Come back soon honey!"

I'm going to kill him, and I hate to admit it, but when I passed the street sign and the grass; I could see the color, green.

Halfway to making it to school, I spotted Luna and Winter in their usual place.

"Hi!" Luna is always the first to greet me and start a conversation, never Winter because she is just being her usual quiet self.

"Hey, did you study?" I reply.

"What?"

"Same," I thought in my head, but I didn't want to admit it, so I laughed it off.

Finally, we arrived at school, the buzz of students reminding me I was back in jail. I arrived in my first class a couple of minutes before the bell rang. Winter was with me so I knew I wouldn't talk and pulled out some homework that was due next class. My first class was foods, so I had a lot of time to do it because my teacher is always late. Even if I didn't finish it then, I could still do it when she was demonstrating something because she takes forever. Although, today she was right on time, but spent the whole class on was we were supposed to do and postponed it for the next time we'll see her.

Socials was my next class, I think socials is the only subject that should end with an 's', maths and sciences sound weird. Unlike my food's teacher, Mrs. Hudson got some work done, except she is a very boring teacher and doesn't realize no one in our class likes socials.

The bell rang and I immediately stood up and went to my shared locker, we have to share them because this school didn't have enough for every student after my school moved in. A pitiful addition to my pitiful excuse of a life. Luckily, I was sharing it with Haibara Mitsuhiko, I feel sorry for her, because everyone started making puns about her last name. For example: she is not ko-rean, she ko-operates with projects, she gets almost every question ko-rrect in math, and things like that. It is a shame I don't have her in math, she is a nice girl so she would probably help me in not failing.

Speaking of math, I have it next block when break ends, in math we are going to have a chapter test, it was the one I was talking about when I was walking to school. Damn, I should ask Haibara some questions if I bump into her, if I did it would be a ko-incident.

The rest of the day went by like a flash, I probably barely passed on that test, so I wanted some alone time so I could rethink my life. The only place I could think of was the roof, the place where I hopefully thanked Clay for saving my life, I forgot if I did so I should ask him later. When I scaled the familiar stairs, opened the familiar door, and stood on the familiar ground, I was met with a familiar face. For a second I expected it to be him, but it was Winter. She was sitting down on the side opposite from the door reading a book. "Whatcha reading?"

"Mmmhmm."

"..." that book she is reading must be interesting, that won't stop me from bothering her. "What would you do if someone just started living in your house because it would stop them from going to jail?"

"No one would come to me in the first place."

"Ah.... Right." At least I got a conversation going "Would you kick them out or keep them?"

"It depends, but if it's too much of a bother I would kick them out, what is the purpose of asking me this Lexi?"

"I'm just asking because it might happen, and you'd kick them out anyways wouldn't you?"

"Yup, but you wouldn't ask something like this if something wasn't wrong. So, tell me Lexi what is wrong?"
"Okay it's a secret so if you tell anyone-"

"A secret is something someone tells everyone not to tell anyone."

"Saying that doesn't make me want to tell you you know."

"Sorry, go on."

"Do you know someone named Clay?"
"He's the one that killed your brother right?"

"Yeah, and he's the one staying in my house, and I don't think he killed him"

"Even if he didn't, I'd give him to the police for the bounty."

"...How much?"

"I don't know, a couple hundred? Probably a lot."

"..."

*RIIIIIIIIING*

A sense of deja vu swept over me as I was reminded by how loud the bell was up here was my ears were deafened a second time. Then, I proceeded to make dying animal noises because I had realized that I did not study for math at all. "Would you really give him to the police?"

"If I was you, yes."

When I finally arrived home, I let out a sigh of relief as I imagined myself plopping onto my bed and taking a nap. Loud clangs and the sound of water running brought me back to stupid reality, they were coming from the kitchen and there was only one person who could be doing this. "Clay Valentine what in the hell are you doing!?!"

"I thought I could express my gratitude with making you something, and as you can see, it's not working very well."

"It's not working at all! What if you broke something?"

"I get no thanks?"

"This gets you nothing! If murdering wasn't illegal you would be dead before you knew it."

"At least I tried."

"Don't try ever again you idiotic brainless buffoon," the thing that happens next made me want to strangle myself.

"Hi honey, surprise!" it was my mom.

Quickly motioning for Clay to hide, I abandoned the ruined kitchen and shoved him inside my closet before going back downstairs. My mom stood motionless in front of the kitchen and I awaited my fate.

"WHAT ON EARTH HAS HAPPENED HERE?!?!? I LEFT YOU IN CHARGE OF THE HOUSE BECAUSE I THOUGHT YOU WERE RESPONSIBLE!! LOOK AT THIS KITCHEN, HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO TRUST YOU AFTER THIS?! I CAME HOME EARLY BECAUSE I THOUGHT YOU WERE SAD ABOUT YOUR BROTHER'S DEATH, BUT I GUESS I WAS WRONG."

"I thought I would make you something..." it was my turn to be the one to take the punch, I felt sorry for Clay because I got mad at him too, I should apologise later. It hurted when she yelled at me like this, there was no reason for her to get this angry, and I didn't do it. Now my motivation to apologise to Clay has gone way down.

After a few more minutes of getting scolded, she also added how I wasted precious time that could have been used to clean the kitchen when she was the one wasting it. Also, she said I wouldn't help her clean, but in reality, she wanted to clean it herself to make sure nothing was damaged.

Walking up the spiraling stairs, I reached my room, when I entered Clay was there giving me an apologetic smile. But I ignored him, and noticed the flowers on my blanket were no longer yellow.

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Hey you guys thanks for reading again!

This chapter was sorta long so I hope you survived

There might be some grammatical errors so plez ignore those

Pun of the day:

I relish the fact that you've mustard the strength to ketchup to me.