Just Another Day

Chapter 29

Jenny's POV

"I love you," Jerome says as he kisses me goodnight.

"Love you too," I say.

I lay down and Jerome wraps his arms around me. I try to fall asleep but I can't.

It's 5 a.m. I walk outside onto the balcony.

Why am I still awake? I asked myself as I sat on the balcony, watching the stars. Do I have sleeping problems? I couldn't sleep well all week and that first night without Mom. Mom..... That's is. I have Mom on my mind. Gosh, she was only forty-five.. She dies young. I miss her...

Tears start to slowly drifr down my face. I get up and get dressed. I take a shower and get all ready. I make it back to the balcony just in time for the sunrise.

The sun comes up over the horizon and shines lightly. It slowly glares upward and makes the sky pink. It then, goes gold. Then, sunset-orange. And in a second, the sun is shining up and the beauty show is over.

That was really pretty, I think. Now for the woods.

I grab my knife and head out for the woods behind our house. I walk across the dewy grass and make it to the tree-line. I duck into the woods and start walking. I finally find the perfect tree for me to rest in. To keep my mind off of Mom and to focus on other things. Give the others a chance to live their lives with out me.

"They don't need me," I say as I climb the tree. I swing up and around. I finally get to the aimed branch. "I d-d-don't nee-e-ed them." Tears trickle down my face.

I hang out in the tree. My stomach starts to grumble. It's a good thing I thought ahead and packed a breakfast of fruit for myself. I pull out my apple and start eating that. When I finish, I chuck the apple deeper into the woods.

I'm almost on the tree line so I can still see the house. I look up closely with my binoculars and see Jerome on our balcony. He looks worried.

Oh, no. I forgot, I think. He's gonna be worried sick. I gotta get back. Now.

I swing down the tree like a monkey and fall out. I just bump my knees on the ground real hard and scrape my knees but I keep running to get to Jerome.

I get to the house and come in through the front. I run up to my room. Jerome is sitting on the bed, probably deep into worried thought about me.

I swing my bag off my body and toss it onto my pillow.

"Jenny! Thank God! Where have you been?!" he asks.

"Jerome, chill out. I've only been gone for about a half hour," I say.

"No, you've been gone for about 3 hours!"

"I must've fallen asleep in the tree..."

"The tree?! Damn it, Jenny! You were in the woods?!"

"Yes, but-"

"No! You know I don't want you in there!"

"Why not?!"

"You know why!"

"Fine!" I scream and storm downstairs.

I walk into the elevator from downstairs. I slam the door shut and curl into a ball in the corner. I start bawling.

"Jenny?" I hear screams for me. I don't answer.

Someone opens he door about two hours later.

"What?" I ask.

"There you are," Lilac says, gently closing the door behind her.

"Yeah. What do you want?"

"I wanna join you," she says.

She joins in on the "fun" of bawling in a ball in the corner.