How To Escape From Home

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*Bell Rings*

I am the first to walk out of class. Without hesitation, I speed walk towards the bus loop.

"Zenon!" I hear someone shout out to me from down the hall.

I turn around and it was my close friend Quinn. I stand in place as she headed towards me.

"You thought you were going to leave without saying goodbye?" She says, knocking my shoulder with her fist.

It was the last day of school.

"Sorry." I respond. "You know, just trying to leave this shit as quick as possible." I continue.

"Well that makes the two of us." She responds.

Quinn was my friend since the beginning of the year. In a way we sort of connect, probably because we both dressed goth, minus the makeup. She has been here for me through it all and made my freshman year pretty much a thousand times more enjoyable.

"Well, better catch my bus." I tell her in an awkward manner.

I reach in with open arms, offering a nice big hug. She takes a couple steps closer grabbing my face instead. My eyes meet her eyes, catching each others gaze. I reach in connecting my lips to hers. From there, action took place.

"Well are you gonna give me a hug or just stand there?" She asks with open arms.

I immediately snapped out.

"Oh yeah, um, sorry." I stutter grabbing her waist.

"See you next year you silly goose." She says with a smile walking away.

My awkwardness got the best of me, as I stand there nodding my head to her. I then realize the hallway is completely cleared.

"Shit!" I mutter to myself, racing towards the bus loop.

I get there and the loop was empty. There was no one. Completely vacant. I guess there was no such thing as a perfect day. I reach into my pocket to grab my phone. I quickly dial up my dads number. I stand there, listening to the phone ring. Then, my dad picks up.

"What?" He says in an intimidating tone.

"So you see..."

"I'm on my way." He says cutting me off.

"Okay, thanks." I respond, ending the phone call.

I then grab my earbuds from out of my pocket and inject them into the headphone jack at the bottom of my phone. Then I shuffle my favorite playlist. It's full of songs that me and Quinn both love and just songs that remind me of her.

I start heading towards the car loop, putting in my earbuds, ear by ear. Redbone by Childish Gambino starts playing. I tap the volume button twice, turning the volume up.

I reach the car loop. Then I find a bench that's occupied by someone. They have short black hair and are also dressed goth. I've never seen them before this year. I take a seat next to them ignoring their presence, because I'm a socially awkward slut.

My leg starts shaking as I wonder why I put myself in this situation. My heart starts beating faster as I notice from the corner of my eye that they were looking at me.

...

I try to calm myself but it's not working.

....

I see their hand reach closer and closer towards me. Then I feel a tap on my shoulder.

...

I pull out my left earbud and turn towards him.

"Did you not hear me calling you?" He says in a questionable but slightly concerned tone.

"Uh, n-no I-I, my music was really loud, I guess." I say scratching my neck.

"Well whatcha listening to?" He asks.

I press my home button and show him the song I'm listening to.

"Ahhhh yes, Childish Gambino." He says. "Good stuff." He continues, connecting his pointing finger to his thumb.

"Yeah." I say with no confidence at all.

"What's your name?" He asks me.

"Zenon. You?" I respond

"Huh?"

"You, as in What's your name?" I said.

I could tell he was a little nervous too. My guess is he's slightly new here and trying to make some friends.

"Charles." He says.

A loud honk appears. It was my dad who just pulled up in the loop.

"That's my cue. It was nice to meet you Charles." I exclaim quickly grabbing my bags and rushing towards my car.

I heard him mumble something under his breathe as I was walking away. Hopefully it was nothing.

I pull the handle of my car door and hop inside. I toss my backpack to the back seats and turn towards my dad. He looked rather upset or mad, I really couldn't tell.

"Everything okay dad?" I ask him.

He lets out a soft sigh.

"Zeno." He says.

"Your mom got arrested today."

My heart Immediately dropped. Again said, there's no such thing as a perfect day.