Life After

Chapter Four - Delilah

Boarding school wasn't as glamorous

as I was trying to trick myself into believing. I instantly missed the California sun as my plane landed in cloudy Washington. My parents and I could have had a lovely road trip up to Davenport Boarding School, but they wanted me gone as soon as the idea popped into their heads.

I guess I understand why they were scared but I just wanted my best friend back. Morganna and I become friends seemingly out of nowhere and we had a friendship I couldn't replicate with anyone else even if I tried. It was hard to try and play off like I was going to have a great summer after attending her "funeral." You couldn't even properly call it that because her body was never found.

I wish I could believe she was still out there somewhere, kicking around. Raising hell and making the best out of any shitty situation. But in all reality I was stuck here alone without my best friend, without my parents, and wondering how I should try to get out of here.

Maybe if I stay here for a month and act like I'm trying they'll take me back. If not, I had a game plan.

I did meet a couple of people here. I was at a boarding school during summer so there weren't many people to try and socialize with. Elizabeth, a girl I met here, was stuck here every summer. Liz was a shy girl who supposedly disappointed her parents even though she seemed like the type to get grades. I didn't want to pry considering I wanted out of her faster than Morganna and I wanted out of a lecture we got after dying her hair sea blue one night.

Every time I saw Liz I couldn't help but compare her to Morg. I knew they were totally opposites in every way possible but I just wanted her back. I would've rather been arrested than her dying. Her parents were sad, desperately wanting their baby girl home. And all I could do was give a shrug and try not to feel at least a little responsible even though my hands weren't stained with the invisibility of her disappearance.