Hidden Gem

Bullshit

I wake up once again, only this time I find myself on the counter. I guess I fell asleep reading that book. It was good. It's about this girl who moves to the house that she saw in her dreams. Then she starts finding these items on the beach and through them, discovers the past! All this while her brother doesn't want to talk and she struggles to fit in. Kinda like me when I first realized I had Kai.

^^I'm not sure what Kai is. I'd never really questioned it until middle school because I was so used to him being there. He's a sort of presence. Like a spirit, but more of a general thought. He's always been there. We're connected in some way. Like a bond. If I'm too weak, the bond is weak too, so I can only communicate to Kai if I'm strong enough.^^

I get up and rub the back of my head. Right away a pain shoots through it. I look around for the book which was laying on the floor. I pick it up and tell Kai to set it back on the table with the others. I drift my phone over to my hand and turn it on. 8:47 am.

Shit! Should I go into work today? I don't really know how hurt I am. I'll ask Kai.

I head to the mirror in my bathroom and stare at myself examining the giant ass bruise on my jaw. I speak in my head, preparing for Kai's heavy profanity.

'Kai? Are you there?'

I hear Kai's creepy voice echo and answer back.

  Ị͙͉͡'̩̜̬̲͎͈m̻͎̬̜̰̭ a̻̳̭͇͈l͎͔̮̞w̧̖̠͕̲̣̱ͅa̤̙y̩̣̖̰͚͍͡s̱̲ ͞h̭ͅe̪̫̮̲r̹̮͕̞̙͉̮ę̤͖ ̙̟̙͇̣̜́y͓̲͓̫̤͢o̢̼̝͕̠͙u̬̮̺̫͓̟ ̧̖̼̙͉d̷̰̻ưm͓b͚̥̠͈͟a̳̘͎̼̝̻̟s͏̻͉̗̖̻̮͕s̴͉  

'Okay, no need to be a bitch. So, should I go to work today?'

  H͔ę̪̘l͉̼̭͔̤l͎ ̭͖n̨̥ò̞̣͔̼͎ ̸̰̗̜̦ͅb̮͚͚̤̩͘ͅi̡̗t͉͘c͖͜h̘͉̮,̘̪͍̺̯̥̯͢ ̫͕͎̙̹w̯̤̹ḙ̴̺ ̙̖̟ͅl̯̭a̹̝̺̖̫̬̖z͙̳̱̱̜͕̗y̹ͅ ̫͇͎̖̣͓mo͏̩t̘̪͕̯̠͍͖ḥ̬̳͚e͎̲r̭̮̣̘̺͎f̨̰͈͚u̗̩̪̥̜̤̹͞c̠̯͎̙ͅk͖e̘̬͓̤ṟ̳̰̥̬͔̰s̗͖͙̺͜!̭̻͔̣̭̦͖͝  

'Stop cussing! Seriously, how hurt am I?'

  Y̖͍òu̦̰̖͔̲̪͉r̮̞͙̤̰͇͝ ̷̬̤r̛̺̠i̼̻̤b̙̥̻͈̞̘s̨ ̞̰̦͚͜a͕r͏̮̮̬̗̲̖͔e̸͚̺ͅ ̻͚͓̟̙̜̙͟f́u̧̟̝ç̻̦͍̼̫̮k̻̺eͅd̬̙̪̜͕,͙̟̙̣͚̣̖ ̖͙̮̝͇ṣ̱̮̩̮̰̳o̫̗͖ ̲͔̹̬w̦e̴͍͚͔ ̼͘a͍r̗e̫n̵̩'̸̹̖̻̘̳ͅt͏̳̙̦̥ ͝d̰̱̘̱̩̝o̯̭i̞͚̞̲̖̞͟n̨̩̠̮̠̲ͅg̣͝ a͕n̢̟̯͖̲̻yt̳̤̩̜͕͍̹h̭͟i̪͎̘̪͢ńͅg̫̯͞ ̭̖t̘od̘͟a͖̱̣y̝̹̱͓͇.̹̳̻̜̹  

I roll my eyes.

"Why do you need to cuss so much, idiot?" I say out loud.

I sigh. I need to rest from the beating I got yesterday anyway. No work it is.

I walk to the cupboard and grab a cup and rush to the sink to fill it with water. Recently I'v been waking up with headaches and shit. It's some BS I know, but I think it has something to do with Kai. I'v always wondered if Kai feels the same pain I do.

After gulping down a whole two cups of water, I close my eyes. Then I hold my hand out in the direction of the medicine cabinet in my room. In my mind, I go to cabinet and open it, taking out some ibuprofen. Then, still in my head, I bring the medicine back to the kitchen and place it in my hand. Like always, I open my eyes and there it is. The bottle of medicine is in my hand like I saw in my head. I down 4 pills (more than I should, I know). Then I drink two more full cups of nasty tap water. I don't care that it's gross though. Its really all I have to drink except for the occasional juice or Coke.