Color Me In {Interracial romance}

Chapter 4

I woke up to the sound of my mother opening my door and turning on my lights.

“Wake up sleepy head.” She sang.

I buried myself deeper into my warm bed to block out the blinding light that was streaming in. After I left Holden’s house I drove for hours to clear my head and didn’t come home till midnight. My eyes burned and my head hurt from crying all night. I still felt an overwhelming sadness, and I knew school wouldn’t be the best decision for today. So I just decided to stay home.

    “Would you like to explain to me why you aren’t at school today?” she asked softly as she sat down on my bed.

I pulled the sheets from my face to let her see my red puffy eyes, and I could see the way her face filled with concern.

“Oh honey…..”

“I should have known.” I spoke softly with my voice full of the threat of tears.

“Go shower and put some clothes on honey. I want to show you something.”

So I did what she said mostly because I didn’t know what else to do with myself. I turned on the hot water to the shower and stood there letting the water run off my body. It wasn’t until a few minutes passed that I realized I was crying again. This was my entire fault. I knew that a boy like Holden would never work out, but I went ahead anyways because I thought maybe this time would be different. It’s hard, feeling like people judge you because of the color of your skin. Yet when I was with Holden, I just felt like I was normal. Like being with him was natural. Though I refuse to be with a boy whose parents can’t accept me. That is just a heartbreak waiting to happen.

I got out the shower and put on my favorite pair of yoga pants, sneakers, and long sleeve shirt. I took a deep breath and was about to leave my room when I caught a glance of my phone on my night stand. I turned it off last night to avoid calls from Holden. I was so tempted to turn it back on just to see if he really did call but I stopped myself before I could. It wouldn’t do me any good anyways. So instead I walked out of my room without looking back.

   When I got to the kitchen my mom tossed me the keys to my car.

“You’re going to be driving today.” She said before walking out the front door.

I was confused to why she would want me to drive if I didn’t know where the heck we were going, but I followed her out the door.

What I didn’t notice was that it was still dark outside. I looked up at the beautiful stars that were shining brighter than usual. 

“Come on Sarah, we have a long drive ahead of us.”  My mom said, I didn’t even notice her standing next to me.

We got into my car and I pulled out of my driveway and onto the street.

“Where are we going mom?”

“Just keep driving straight. I’ll tell you when we get there.”

The next hour and a half consisted of silence and the open road. I didn’t mind the silence or driving, it gave me a pleasant wave of peace. I still had no idea where we were headed to, and my mother gave no hints of our destination either.

“You can stop right here.” She said

I looked around at our surroundings and stared in awe at the view.  All around us were miles of green fields filled with the prettiest flowers I’ve ever seen. I got out the car to get a better view and I was hit with a soft sweet scent.

“Mom, where is that smell coming from?” I said looking to my right where my mother has taken place.

“It’s the flowers sweetie, they’re said to have a calming effect on people.”