Theo leaves me outside of my house, thinking over what he said. I hear a door slam and I turn around to see my mom racing towards me. Behind her comes 3 men, all in uniforms. Oh my god.
" Mom! You freakin called the police?! What the hell?!" as she starts to move towards me I can see she wants to give me a hug. She wraps her arms around me tightly and I can feel her start to cry. My anger at her immediately melts away and for the first time in a long time, I hug her back. Between sobs she tries to talk but all I can make out is " thought...were...kidnapped...worried... sick...scared...to...death...don't...ever...do...again."
I reassure her that I wasn't kidnapped and she apologizes to the police. They soon leave and my mother pulls me inside. Once she slams the door I know she's mad now.
" Where the hell were you?! When I got to school to pick you up they said you were absent? Did you even go to school?" I set my school bag down and take off my shoes.
" Of course I went to school, but at lunch..." I trail off. Should I tell my mom someone smacked my butt and that then I proceeded to smack him across the face? That then I was dragged away with a guy I had just met and he took me to a warehouse where he boxed instead of going to dance class? And that then I started to box but then I hit Theo in the stomach and we had to stop? I choose to lie.
I tell her I wasn't feeling good after lunch and I went home. I know this isn't a logical explanation because obviously I wasn't home but when she tries to ask me more questions I say I'm tired and head up stairs. She tells me we'll talk about it in the morning. Yeah right. She'll probably forget by then.
I enter the first room on the right and climb into bed, not bothering to change into my pajamas. I stare up at my ceiling for a while and then Théodore's sayings pop into my head. I realize he said two tonight but I only focus on one.
" Nothing ever happens like you imagine it will."
That 's certainly true for what happened today. I was not expecting to be boxing with people I didn't even know, or to be smacked on the butt, but it was the best first-day of school I had ever had.
This school is going to be very different from the last.
(Hi guys! Sorry it took me a while to update! Super busy with sports and the end of the school year and what not. Sorry that this chapter was shorter! I'll make the next one longer. Don't forget to vote! 135 reads! Love ya guys!)
~Katrina
