Contradiction

Chapter 4

I sat outside crying, staring into the darkness, for just a bit longer, then turned and walked back inside and grabbed a bag of ice -to reduce the puffiness of my eyes- on my way back up to my room.

"Hey Sam!" Mom called as soon as I had laid back down, "Did you eat dinner?"

"Not hungry," I lied. Truth was I was starving, but I knew if I went down there, Mom would want to have a little therapy session with me and I didn't want to do that right now, so I just continued reading Twilight.

An hour and a half later I closed my book with a sigh, yelled down a goodnight to Mom, and turned off the lights before laying down with the bag of ice covering my eyes. After finishing the first day of my new life, I was so exhausted.

The rest of the week was less exhausting. Gina, Shay, Zeke and Conner were my closest friends here, and I was learning people's names and they would say hi to me; to me that was major progress. I ate with Gina at lunch; Zeke and Conner never seemed to be around and Shay was usually off somewhere different every day. Classes were pretty easy, and I had managed to get almost caught up thanks to spending late hours with an incredible amount with effort; I can be a quick learner if I want. After school I would spend an hour or so and hang out with Shay and Zeke and Conner when they came, which seemed to be getting more frequent.

My stuff arrived Wednesday, the same day I painted my room. I borrowed Mom's car and high-tailed it to the nearest hardware store to get paint. I bought  a clear plastic tarp, seven huge paint brushes and seven cans of paint: neon green, neon orange, neon yellow, bright purple, a bright blue, neon pink, and black. The guy at the store offered to help me carry them to my car, but I shocked him by carrying them all in one trip. Once I got home I placed the tarp over the hardwood floor and opened each can while sticking a paintbrush into each can. I then methodically pulled each paintbrush out and flicked it at a random area, splattering the wall with the bright colors. Splatter painting was always so much fun, and when I was done I must say it looked awesome. That took me two hours, then I had to wait another four to make sure they were completely dry.

It was then time to move in my furniture in, and by then the sun was starting to set. By the time Mom and I moved all  my furniture and stuff into my room, it was pretty late. I wouldn't get to unpack my things until the next day because I was so exhausted and needed to sleep a lot before school. I was a little sore the next day, but I still managed to unpack everything and complete my own personal sanctuary. My car arrived on Friday at last.

Saturday was finally here. I decided to laze around in my pajamas all day, the only reason I got out of bed was to make myself a cup of hot chocolate (I don't drink coffee). I had just started to sip it and was about to withdrawl to my room again when the doorbell rang. I opened the door to see two smiling high school dudes standing on my doorstep.

"Did you forget?" Conner said with a devious laugh.

I gasped. Crap! I was supposed to go to the beach today! I let them inside, gulped down my hot chocolate at an alarming speed, and ran upstairs to change. I put on my black bikini with neon green dinosaurs and covered it with tan swimming shorts and a purple Gir shirt with 'Cupcakes!' written at the bottom. I ran back downstairs, grabbed my black flip flops and phone, said goodbye to my mom and ran back to the livingroom where Zeke and Conner were waiting patiently.

"Okay I'm ready," I said as I put my hair into a small ponytail.

"Wow that was quick," Conner said, surprised. Zeke was abnormally quiet; he jsut stared at the floor.

We walked outside and there was a shiny black jeep in my driveway. "Wow this is nice," I whistled, "Whose is it?"

"Zeke's" Conner said, "I prefer faster cars."