You Don't Know Me

Attempted revision

CHAPTER 5

  I get home shortly and sprint upstairs to my room. My mum hears me return as she comes into my room and asks 'how was school?'

'Okay.' I reply, not wanting to make small talk with her.

'You say that every time I ask you.'

'Well then quit asking me!' She looks at me and sits on my bed.

'What are you doing right now?' She asks.

'I'm revising.' I sigh loudly because she is distracting me.

'But you just got back from school.'

'Yeah didn't you know? Stupid people have to put in double the effort of normal people.' She looks at me and just walks off. It is annoying when she randomly wants to start a conversation with me and she only does that when my dad is not home. I get some revision done for my biology exam but I cannot carry on so I just nap.

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I feel cold hard hands on my duvet. Knowing who the hands belong to, I immediately wake up. 'What the hell are you doing in bed?'

'Erm... sleeping?' It comes out as a question rather than an answer.

'Get up you lazy pig!'

'I'm up.' I instantly reply as I rise out of my bed.

'You're only up because I woke up.'

'Either way, I’m up.'

*SLAP*

I feel a burning sensation in both of my cheeks and I hear my dad say 'that's what you get for being cheeky, now get your lazy backside downstairs and start cleaning.' I do not trust my mouth so I just nod and he screams 'Now!'

I quickly go downstairs and begin cleaning. Wow, he made so much mess. There are cans of empty beers scattered all across the floor as well wrappers and rubbish all over the tables. He clearly does not know that there is a bin in the same freaking room.

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After I finish cleaning his filthy mess, he says 'your mum told me you were revising.' I just nod and he continues. 'You want to know what I said to that?' He asks me. I really don't want to know what he said but I am not going to say that am I?

'Okay.'

'You don't say, "Okay" you either, say "yes" or "no" so which is it?' He replies as he mimics me.

'Erm... yeah.' I state.

'Good choice,' he replies. 'Well I said instead of revising, Kiera should just stick to being in the kitchen.' I just look at him in shock. How can he say something like that? Like seriously? He looks at my facial expression and just laughs like a maniac. 'Oh, is stupid Kiera offended?'

'I'm just going to go out.' I reply quietly and turn towards the door.

'No, you're not, you're staying right here.' I stop in my tracks and turn around to face him.

'But mum said I could,' she totally did not but he doesn't need to know that.

'She didn't mention anything to me.'

'She promised me.'

'Okay fine, whatever.' Thank God. I go upstairs to change my clothes and I put on some make up to cover up the red mark on my cheek.  Then I grab my phone and call Lily.

'Hey.' I say.

'Hey back.'

'What are you up to?'

'Nothing.' 

'Well, in that case Lils, can I come over?'

'Erm... I’m kind of busy.'

'Doing what? I thought you said you were doing nothing.'

'I am but-'

'I get it, you do not want me to come over, fine, whatever.'

'Kiera, you can't just come to me whenever you want something though, you did ignore me and that's just irritating but yeah of course you can come over.'

'I'm sorry.' I say hoping to fix things.

'Sorry just does not fix things though does it Kiera?' She asks coldly before hanging up on me.

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I set off to leave to Lily's house and when I get there, I realise why she did not want me to come over. Lucy opens the door and asks 'what are you doing here.' I roll my eyes at her already feeling irritated by her presence.

'I could ask you the same thing.'

'Hey, don't just stand there, come in!' says Lily and I come in. 'Let's go back up to my room,' states Lily and we all go all up to her room. There are revision books on the bed and I ask 'you guys were revising?'

'Yes, is that a problem? Lucy sarcastically asks.

'Did I say it was?' I reply and Lily interrupts by saying 'Okay, let's get revising for bio.' Lucy and Lily get comfortable on the bed with revision guides on their laps. 'Are you just going to stand there all day? Get on the bed Kiera, it is no biggie, remember we used to do this all the time.' I roll my eyes at Lily and sit opposite them on the bed.

After a short while of revising with Lily and Lucy, they begin talking about the heart so I just ask them a question out of curiosity. 'So what blood vessel carries oxygenated blood?'

'We're not even going to bother; we're not going to teach someone who can't be bothered to teach themselves. I mean, I am not being rude, but it is just a waste of time,' finishes Lucy. I pretend not to look offended but I am. I was just trying to involve myself in their conversation. 'Maybe you should actually revise Kiera, what are you going to do in the exam if you don't even revise?'

'I'm just going to the toilet.' I announce and Lucy replies with 'eww tmi!' Urgh, like grow up for crying out loud. I leave the bedroom and go to the toilet. All I do is look in the mirror, wash my face from the makeup I have on and just cool off. I go back to Lily's room but quickly stop outside it as I hear them both talking about me.

'Remember the stunt Kiera pulled in school in biology?'

'Yeah and I tried calling her name and she just walked off? I remember; how could I forget? I’m not Kiera.' Lily laughs.

'She has not spoken to me since, except now and she is just acting all weird.'

'Weird how?'

'I do not know, just different and distant, I think it is intentional.'

'I doubt it, why would she intentionally keep away from you? Not even I would do that intentionally.' Lily laughs again before saying 'I don't know.' I take that as my cue and go inside her room.

'How long have you been there?' Lucy asks as she quickly stands up to face me.

'Long enough.' I shrug as if it is nothing big. Lily turns to look at me and says 'what happened to your face? I swear you were wearing heavy makeup, you looked like Barbie.'

'Gee, thanks.' I state sarcastically.

'No, I didn't mean it like that-'

'No offence Lily but I really don't care how you meant it.' Lily gives me a look that says she's offended but what do I care? Lucy looks at me and asks 'how did you get a red cheek?'

'Blusher.' 

'You washed your face though.'

'Waterproof blusher.' I say as I collect all of my belongings and leave.

'Wait, you can't just leave,' says Lucy.

'I have some stuff to do, I’ll see you guys tomorrow or something,' I tell them before I leave the house.

I walk out of Lily's house and head home, regretting that I came here.