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The Park

Chapter 26/Grace:

"Mom, we'll be fine, right Buddy?" I said, kissing his nose. Today was the day I have my first 'date' or whatever you call it. But to be fair, I was with a two year old, almost three. This was not my dream date.

"If he even tries anything..." Dad starts.

"Daddy, he won't." I laugh, kissing his cheek and moms before picking up Buddy and leaving.

"It worked sis! We out GG!" He squealed. To be honest, we didn't know if mom and dad would let us go alone. Like, without security and them. So they have Jeff(Ananya_0817 isnt he just so lit?) following us. He was our security guard.

"Okay, do you see 'em?" I asked him.

"Yah. Jill and Zack are on the slide." He squealed again, clapping his hands and laughing for some unknown reason.

"Hi Jill! Hey Zack." I smiled, waving, staring at all of his angelic features. Like holy crap, he could be a model.

"Sup." Jill said, spinning around in her tutu. She was wearing a Elsa shirt with a blue tutu and some blue shades.

"Little girl in blue today I see."

"Yep. Buddy, let's go play." Jill said, grabbing his hand and dragging my brother away.

"They're so cute." He smiled. Not as cute as you.

"Yeah, totally. Soooo... Is this like a..?"

"Yeah umm it's a picnic? Yeah, lame. But I didn't know how else we could talk and all with them being happy. I had to watch Jill today since moms out again."

"What about your dad?" I asked.

"He's in jail." He spoke casually. "So what happens to your original family?"

"I dunno. They tried to kidnap me so I'm guessing they're in jail." I said, shrugging it off.

"What the heck? That's pretty...."

"Messed up? Yeah. Kidnapping their own daughter. Sad life they live now, eh?" I laughed. He chuckled, smiling at me. "Why's your dad in jail?"

"Murder. Wait! Not like actually killing, just he was drunk driving one day for like the tenth time, and he hit some 12 year old boy." He sighed. I spit out my water.

"Holy crap. 12 year old boy? Do you know the name or anything... Or even which street?"

"It was in some alley, so he was speeding fatser, hitting anything he could. The kid? Some kid from an adoption place, Wil... Wilb..."

"Wilber." I whispered.

"Oh my gosh, you know him?"

"Yeah. His name was Rory. Long story." I muttered, looking up at the sky, as if expecting to see a dove with a rainbow of empty grey colors fly by.

Flashback

"Rory, why'd you even take me here?" I said sighing. It was some old run down coffee shop where he said he needed to 'urgently take me because it was a life or death situation'. Yeah, right. Maybe the only life threatening thing here is the actual coffee.

"Well, G, I wanted to show you something." He smiled, his dimples showing. The kid was pale as a pastry, with an adorable smile and cute green eyes. His hair was a light shade of brown, and he had a calming voice whenever you talked to him. Me being my ten year old self was jealous of his nice clothes, when I wore ratty old ones.. I'm a weirdo. A freak.

"Promise me you'll call me a,freak or idiot? Because I don't wanna be called anything worse by you. Rory you'll never be my fried, I don't need friends, but it's nice to have company..." I said. He smiled and nodded. "Here, what do you wanna show me Rory. I should go back."

"Look. I can draw!" He smiled. I looked in awe at his picture of a sky with a dove holding a grey rainbow.

"Wow Rory." I said. "That's cool."

"Yeah it is. It's kind of like you."

"What do you m..."

"You should go, G! See you around, friend. " he smiled sheepishly at me and ran away.

"I AM NOT YOUR FRIEND." I yelled back slamming the door and walking away,M still holding the picture he drew.

Flashback over

"Grace! Earth to GG?"

"Sorry. Uh hey, thanks for everything. I just have to go, k? I'll call you later?"

"Umm... Sure. See you then." He faked his best smile, which I could see through, and left to get Jill.

I just needed time to think. I mean, Rory's killer was my 'boyfriendish-persons' dad.

I kind of like Rory now. Weird. I'm so tired, gn!
-XoxoKaye