Finally Seen

Finally Seen-Part 8

Chapter Eight

(Jonah)

As much as I hated homework, it kept me busy when there was nothing else to do.

Unfortunately, my homework was finished, and I had nothing else to do. I had nothing to read, I had to make a trip to the library and I wasn't fond of television now a days. So I was lying on my bed, at nine o clock on Thursday night, racking my brain for something to entertain me.

I pulled out my phone to scroll through my contacts. Natalie virtually never answered anyone after nine, Milo was still upset about his parents and was probably not in the mood, Jazmine's phone died an hour ago, Archie was visiting his aunt in a place without service and Penny... well she was still mad at me. I was fuming over my limited number of friends, when I remembered I now had another person I could talk to.

"Hey, hope you're not sleeping." I sent Mary through Imessage. It was weird that she didn't have an actual phone. I know she said it broke, but most people would have got another one as soon as possible.

"No." Mary responded quickly. "Who goes to sleep at nine?"

"Ten year olds." I typed as I thought about Daisy asleep in the room down the hall.

My phone chimed with another message. "Or senior citizens."

I chuckled and sent her an Lol, which was the only text abbreviation I really used

"Still babysitting I assume?"

"Uh huh." My mom was out of town for some reason, but Dad would be home soon and I would be off duty. Daisy wasn't even a hard kid to babysit, she usually kept herself busy, but I guess it was just that I didn't like being in charge. If something went wrong, I had to be the one to deal with it, which I didn't enjoy.

"Bored?" Mary sent.

"Mind reader."

"There's really nothing for you to do?" she asked. Clearly she was unaware of the increased lack of entertainment at my house.

"Not a thing." I answered.

"No T.V, no movies, no books?"

"Nope." I said. "Nothing on and I have nothing to read."

"I find that hard to believe."

At that, I looked over at my bookshelf, which was as tall as me and overflowing. "I have nothing new to read." I corrected my earlier statement.

"Ever heard of a book store?"

"Obviously but I'm broke."

"Library?" she questioned

"Not open."

"Go tomorrow."

"Maybe I will" I said. I already planned to go anyway. "Care to make a trip with me?" I was going to see my grandmother and friends the weekend, but we weren't leaving until after dinner, which gave me time to hang out and grab some weekend reading material.

A minute later, Mary answered "Count me in."

"Great, meet you in front of the school."

"Ill be there."

We talked back and forth for a while. Mostly about books we've read, and how the movies ruined them. I learned her favourite novel was Journey to the centre of the earth. Mine would always be silence of the lambs.

Dad came home around ten thirty, and when he did I realized my phone needed to be charged and I was overly tired. I told Mary I had to go and would see her tomorrow, then went downstairs to get something to eat before I fell asleep.