Adopt a Yognaught

Chapter 18

It's been a month since the kidnapping. My ankle is much better, and Simon's feeling better, too. Martyn's leg was healed long before our's, but I'm glad he's okay. Simon is supposed to have his bandages off in two more months, and I can walk aroung with out the crutches now. Although I can't do it often, I practice it. 

I'm still having nightmares. I still get frightened when I'm left alone for too long, or in the dark. I have a nightlight in my room now. But I'm not afraid of these things anymore; there are more scarier stuff to think about. 

Like school. 

I'm starting school in Bristol next week. I am terrfied. I've never been to a public school. I was always home schooled in the orphanage. I've read about public schools in books; they have drama, and cheating, and nerds, and popular people, and bullies. And on occasion, murders. But maybe that's just me. 

Simon reassures me that everything will be okay. I don't doubt him, but I don't fully believe him, either. 

Another thing that bothers me: When Dr. Stevens was talking with Simon and Lewis at the hospital that day, I finally found out what they were keeping from me. Dr. Stevens suggested a therapist for me. 

So now, I have to go to a therapist everyday after school. It bothers me, but I'm sort of relieved that I may have someone to talk to about my fears. I'm too embarassed to tell them to anyone, but a therapist might actually help me. 

I haven't seen the red headed girl, either. I wonder if I'll ever see her again. Maybe she goes to Bristol school. I don't know. 

Simon also said that I could have a YouTube account. By Christmas, anyways. But he says I'll be in other videos. Once we start going to back to Yogtowers, which is tomorrow, Kim and Sam are letting me be on YogNews. 

Speaking of videos, Lewis, Hannah, Duncan, Martyn, and some other people I can't remember made a video explaining where they've been and what had happened. They got so many comments and tweets on twitter, it was crazy. So many concerned fans, most concerned about the injured Yogscast members, but some were concerned for me, too. 

One time Ms. Hilton dropped by, and she offered to take me back to the orphanage to 'get me off Simon's back'. Simon refused, and Ms. Hilton went stomping away. 

I can't believe I've been in Bristol for over a month and I still haven't made any friends. I've only hung out with Yogscast members, not kids my own age. Come to think of it, I haven't had much friends in the orphanage, either. 

So that pretty much wraps up the summary of the month. Besides the fact that being incredibly bored and in constant pain, it was a boring month. 

The bruises on my face and arms hadn't fully healed, so now I have these ugly yellow-and-green splotches across my skin. Good thing I never part with my hoodie. Not ever again. It gives me a sense of security, lets me forget the feeling of coldness. In a way, the Yogscast is my cure. 

Probably the reason that I have no friends, is the fact that I never go out. I always stay inside, mostly by Simon's side. I almost lost him once, I'm never going to lose him again. 

Again, I think I have everything summarized. Let's get back to the present, shall we?

***

I wake up with the morning rays shining on my face. I groan and cover my head with my blankets. After a few minutes, I get up, and investigate the house. 

Simon is already up, making a cup of coffee. He smiles at me from the kitchen. 

"Morning," He says. 

"Morning," I yawn. 

"We're going to Yogtowers soon," He says. 

"Mmhm." 

"So could you get dressed?" 

I nod. I walk back in my room and change. I grab my crutches and walk back out to the kitchen. 

I see Simon swallow some pills, then put the little container in his pocket. His pain killers. He doesn't use them as often anymore, but he still keeps them around. 

"Want to get something to eat?" He asks. I shrug. He chuckles and gives me a slice of toast. 

We hear a beeping sound, and look outside to see Lewis and Hannah with their car. We walk out, the toast hanging from my mouth, and get into the car. 

"Good morning," Lewis says. 

"Ready to come back to Yogtowers?" Hannah asks. 

We nod. The car jerks foward and went on it's way to Yogtowers. Lewis parked the car in front of the building, and we quickly went inside. 

"Ready for school next week, Candie?" Hannah teases me. 

I roll my eyes. "No. I'm terrified." 

"Don't be," She says, putting an arm around my shoulders. "It'll be fine."

I sigh, but smile. We walk down the hallway, Lewis and Simon leaving to go to their office, when Hannah and I run into Kim. 

"Hey, Candie," Kim said. "I was just looking for you. We're shooting the YogNews right now." I smile, and follow Kim while Hannah goes down the hall towards her office. 

We walk into the room where YogNews is filmed, but Sam is nowhere to be seen. 

"Where's Sam?" I ask. 

"He's out of town," Kim says. "And unfortunately, Teutron is sick. So, your going to substitute for our News reporter." I smile. 

"Sweet," I say. 

They give me a jacket that's too big, and set some papers down in front of me. I see it's the script. We go over it a few times, then begin recording. 

After the recording, we're laughing and getting drinks of water. Since I was suppost to substitute Sam, I also substitute Stan. They weren't making me do Stan, but I wanted to. They drew a beard on me with a marker and put me in the clothes that Stan wore. They were too big. I kept laughing, so when I finally did one that was good, I was grinding my teeth to keep from laughing. 

It all came out nicely, and I was proud of it. It wasn't the best I could do, but it was the first video, so it was good. 

After that, I came back into my office that I used before. It was a little dusty from the last use, but the computer still ran. I played Minecraft a bit, then tested out one of the mods. I played Tekkit for a bit, then decided it was too difficult for my brain to handle. How did they all manage to make such awesome factories and buildings?! 

I did Voltz next, which was easier, especially condsidering I was in Creative mode and spawned everything in. 

After a few hours, I decided to check the comment section of the YogNews video. It was uploaded right after the recording and editing was done, which was a while ago. It should have had a few views now. 

The video had a lot of views. I read the comment section, and I saw that most people were saying that they were happy to see me recovering. Some didn't know who I was. Actually, about a third of the comment section didn't know who I was. 

There was a knocking sound and my head snapped up. Simon was opening the door, and peeked his head in. 

"We're leaving now," Simon said. I nodded and shut down my computer. We left and went back to the house. 

It was Friday that day. The weekend we didn't go to Yogtowers. 

That meant that on Monday, I was going to school.