Bad Little Californian

Chapter 15

My body stiffened at the sound of her voice, a cold surge shooting through my spine making me cringe and scrunch up my nose. Ascending from my low position I turned to face her: the blonde first grader softly clinging to the back of my leg with a confused and uncomfortable expression scribbled on her face. That makes two of us.

"Funny how you suddenly give one for my whereabouts" I breathed in her overpowering perfume, making my stomach churn and leaving my lungs feeling as if they would collapse at any given moment. I internally gagged as she plastered on a fake smile that paraded off her disgustingly white teeth that contrasted with her beady eyes; making them seem a lot more lifeless and psychopathic then I remember them being.
The word uncomfortable doesn't begin to cover how I feel about this up close and personal situation, and just as if she knew how I was feeling, she took a tiny step further; invading my personal bubble in the progress. She opened her mouth ready to give a sickly remark back but she was thankfully cut off.

"Gina! I didn't know you were in the state!" Mrs. Grier's perky voice drained out the obvious tension in the room, I took a step to the side as she walked closer to Cameron's mom; arms wide open. 
"Same goes for you too Elizabeth" they broke from each others embrace just as fast as they engulfed themselves in it.

"Well, I'm here for my son. Thank God its nothing extremely serious, I wouldn't be able to handle that" 

"Same goes for my children, I couldn't even imagine anyone of my children going through any form of pain. I definitely wouldn't handle it. That's why I can't talk for long, Kylie's got a checkup in a few minutes, get rid of whatever she caught from the East" My eyebrow rose up to compensate for me biting my tongue; holding a scoff and the comment I really wanted to spit out, but Mrs. Grier doesn't know about the 'Dallas family situation' and I want to keep it that way. I'd prefer it if no-one else is dragged in to my shit. 

I diverted my attention to the fact that someone was standing in front of me, placing their hands delicately on my shoulders. Mrs. Grier gave sent me a warm smile as she scanned over my body and face, "you grew up to fast sweetheart, one minute you were sleeping over at my house almost every week then in the blink of an eye you're attending a school on the other side of the country! How was it?" 

It took me a few seconds to actually respond to whatever she was saying, my mind was somewhere else. She hasn't changed in the last few years: still the same dark brown hair that matched with her eyes which always seemed to carry their own perky expression and not to mention she still carried a motherly aura that my own parent lacked. That I admired and still do.

"Uh, it was good, but I thought It was time to come back" I put on a small fake smile and in return she gave me an unsure look, I don't doubt for a second that she senses somethings wrong, she's just too polite to snoop around to find out so instead she brushed it off and cupped my cheeks, letting her hands slide down to my forearms.

She  sighed and looked into my eyes "So beautiful, so much like your father" I broke off her gaze and watched as Cameron's mom's eyes went wide and a hard expression washed over her, she gripped my wrist and pulled me closer to the door, the blood felt as if it had stopped circulating due to her titanium grip.

"We have to go, Cameron" she hissed as she gestured for him to come with her, I noticed how -like his mom's- his expression changed into a dark and hard one at Mrs. Grier's slip up. I snatched myself away from her grip and rolled my eyes. If anyone should be triggered by the 'F' word it should be me! I'm the one it affected the most! Shoving my hands in my pockets I went out the door that Gina had flung open making it hit the wall with a firework like bang. I stalked out in the hallway slowly, not needing to look back since I already know everyone's exchanging confused and awkward glances. Of course Gina had to put on a show.

With the door closing behind me I watched as the two figures rushing ahead, likely talking about the previous situation before turning the corner.
"What the hell was that?" I said once I found them sitting opposite a closed door. Gina glared at me whilst Cameron seemed to sink ever so slightly in his seat, staring into the opposite direction with his arms folded across his chest.

She flared her nostrils in anger and continued to ignore my presence,
"Quit being so overly dramatic, it was your fault any-" she stood up and balled her fists.

"Stop talking and sit your ass down! I'm not talking about this, especially to you" her finger jabbed through my collar bone, making me step back a tiny bit because of the force she put into it. Fine. If she wants to be over dramatic, I'll give her something to be over dramatic about.

Before I could say anything else a man in a white doctors coat stepped outside his room and looked to us, he smiled before quickly going over a clipboard he held in his left hand.
"Kylie Dallas" I nodded my head,
"Come inside and sit on the bed"

Before I walked in I brushed past Gina's shoulder, I lowered my head down and whispered in her ear, she went stiff at my words.

"I heard it's a small world out there. Dad still lives in California, right"