Different

Chapter 3 New

Chapter 3

New

I ring the doorbell and wait. Nothing. I reach for the door knob and slowly twist, it's unlocked. I have an internal battle on whether I should just waltz right in or stand out here until someone comes. This is my new home, so would it technically be rude just to enter? My aunt is taking us in on top of her family. I really don't know where my boundaries are, but I most certainly don't want to overstep. Luckily for me my cousin Nathan must have seen me walk up and came to my rescue. "Al! Al! Al!" He yelled as he skipped around in circles. "Hey Nate!" I say putting on the biggest and brightest fake smile I could muster up.

Nate is 15 but as a child was in a terrible car accident and went into a coma. He wasn't supposed to wake up. His older sister never did. Eventually and miraculously he did. He wasn't supposed to be able to function as a "normal" human being, and all things considered I think he does. His brain doesn't mature as fast because of the damage, so mentally he's around a 12 year old level. Their whole story honestly sounds similar to a Hallmark movie, but the situation is anything but fabricated. 

At the time of the accident Nate, his older sister, and my aunt and uncle lived up north. They only moved back a few years ago and since then me and Nate have been best buds. People tell me it's because I remind him, subconsciously, of his sister. I like to think its because we get each other. We're different. A few years after the car accident Sophia was born and diagnosed with Downs syndrome. "Al, mom says your coming to live with us! You can live with me in my room!" I chuckle at the idea but before I can even begin to deny him my aunt swarms me in a bone crushing hug. After exchanging introductions Aunt Jodi informs me that my younger brother will be rooming with Nathan. Where me and my little sister will be staying is still to be determined. Nicole, being older by 3 years, will be starting her junior year at a college not too far by the end of the week. Until then I assume she'll be in between here and her boyfriends apartment.

Right now, my aunt is telling me and my younger sister, Ann, about the renovations she made to the her game room so we didn't have to share the guest bedroom. I told Ann that she could choose which she wanted because I didn't care. She picked the game-room and I was secretly grateful. Even though the game room/ bedroom was much larger than the guest room I had liked the idea of solitary that guest room gave me. As the movers put my belongings into the already decorated room I sat on the bed. The room was pretty generically decorated with a black dresser, a black desk, and an old fashioned type of bed with a walk in closet and tan walls. The closet wasn't overly large. I could set my back against one wall and have my feet pressed against the opposite one. Right out of my room is a bathroom which I will probably get the most use out of, because no one else is really over here.

Looking around I suddenly felt really constricted. Like the walls were swarming around me just waiting to pounce. I needed to get out out of the situation. Maybe I should just run from everything. Run from everyone.

I was already wearing a tshirt and Nike shorts, because let's face it Nike shorts are life. I grabbed my Nike shoes out of my overnight bag and and quickly laced them up. Plugging in my head phones to my iPod I walked out of the house, not uttering a word to anyone before leaving. I just can't deal with people right now; I need to be alone.

I start out walking looking through my playlists for one that matches my mood. And if you say you can do that while running you are lying. I finally decide on listening to my Ed Sheeran album. He may not be McDreamy but he's just so adorable and has a way with lyrics. His music is just so deep. It makes you think hard about your life and decisions.That's what I need to do, without any walls. As I run, I think about my life how everything's changing. How I'm changing. Even right now, I've never been a huge runner but here I am starting Ed's album over again for the third time. Eventually my thoughts drift from the old me and the past to what the future holds. No one really knows me here besides my family. I can be who ever I want know. No restrictions on how people expect me to be. A clean start. Hope. As "The City" plays I begin to wiggle around as I run trying to both dance and run. This is one of his song with a more upbeat, but still has meaning behind each lyric. "What I do isn't up to you if the city never sleeps then that makes two" I sing along what I think is quietly but I am wearing headphones so who really knows. Somewhere I left the side walk path and started on my own trail. I looked down on my iPod to change "U. N. I. " to "Super 8" because it's one of my favorites when I run into a tree. "Dang that was a hard tree" I whimpered. "What are you blind?! I'm not a freaking tree?!" My head snaps up now noticing the sweating male in front of me. "Oh man, I'm so sorry" I saw quickly still sitting up still on the ground. "Whatta idiot" the still unnamed boy with a face that looked vaguely familiar mumbled. "Whatta douchebag" I mimicked. "Oh and don't worry I don't need a hand down here or anything I love the way dead grass feels when I sit on it" I roll my eyes as I start to get up. Still with no help from Mr. Tree over there I might add. His face looks of shock and confusion at first but then turns into one of those stupid smirks guys like him seem to always wear. "You don't know who I am do you?" He says with a slight chuckle. "No, I always learn the names of guys I will meet before I start my runs." I said sarcastically. "Well sweet cheeks let me introduce myself, Mason King" He says with a hint if smug in his voice. "Annnnd is that supposed to mean something to me or.." I was cut off by his phone blasting 'Birthday Song' by 2 Chainz. He looked at his phone then to me then to his phone. "Go ahead, answer your booty call! I mean if that's all you want for your birthday then don't let me stop you" I said as I began to walk away swaying my hips because I know he'a staring. When I'm a few feet away I hear the chorus "all I want for my birthdayy is a big booty hoeee" I smirked knowing he probably wasn't expecting me to know the song. And so I set on my search out of the trail I got myself into and looked for my aunts house, my new home.

A/N Decent length right y'all? So you saw the more sarcastic side of Allison as well as the sweeter side when she's with Nathan. Also if you didn't get the reference to 'McDreamy' when talking about Ed Sheeran then it refers to Grey Anatomy! The interns and mainly Meredith give Doctor Derek Shepard the nickname. If you still don't under stand then hit up that google bar

~Lou