Where The Shadows Rise

~ Chapter 2: Part 8 ~

Creak

I heard the door open but didn't feel like opening my eyes. I could sense the person sitting next to me and watching me. I shuffled in my bed trying to sneak peek as to who it was.

It was Mikey. I had gotten enough sleep so I decided to get up. I slowly got up from my bed and opened my eyes. I blinked them a few times to regain my consciousnesses.

"You doing okay? Dad messaged me saying you had a temperature" Mikey asked.

"I'm fine, I just wasn't feeling it I guess", I replied.

Mikey nodded. "So how was the first day of college like?", I asked.

Mikey half smiled and then said, "It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be".

"Oh that's good", I said.

"Yeah, and your first day of school here? How was it", he asked with concern.

I took a deep breath. "It was good, it was good", I tried not to look him in the eye when saying it because I knew he'd figure out I was lying.

"Look me in the eye, and tell me it was good", he said.

And there it was. I looked him in the eye and said, "It was good, cuz I made like two friends". He smiled at me. "But it was also a total disaster".

"How so?", Mikey asked.

I explained it all from the beginning to the end. The second after I finished Mikey hugged me tightly. I felt really happy being able to talk to someone after such a horrible day. Mikey has always been there for me, even in the hardest times.

Mikey wouldn't let go of me. "Hey, thanks you don't need to hug me for that long. I'm doing just fine now", I said. Mikey slowly started to let go of me. "I know, but things have been hard...", Mikey said in a subtle tone.

I half smiled then tried to switch the topic. "How long have I been asleep for?", I asked as I looked at my watch. It was 5:15 pm. I reached the house 12:47 so I was asleep for around 4 hours.

"4 hours! Get off you lazy bum, let's make some food!!", Mikey exclaimed as he pulled my arm to get me off the bed.

"Okay okay!!", I exclaimed. I got off the bed, got into my fluffy white slippers and chased Mikey down the stairs.

We went into the kitchen and started cooking. We grabbed a bunch of ingredients from the cabinets, the fridge the freezer and got to cooking.

Mikey and I were always big fans of cooking and we learned from the best, our mother. We continued cooking and made a few dishes for dinner.

50 minutes later someone stuck keys into the front door. I could hear keys clinging onto each other but stayed put. The doorknob turned to the side and the door pushed forward with dad entering the house. He shut the door behind him and smelled in the tomato filling air.

"What are you guys cooking, it smells great?", he asked as he placed his laptop bag on the desk and took his shoes off.

"We are making chicken lasagne with potato sliders and fruit salad", I said while mixing the different fruits.

"You didn't have to do this you know, we could have ordered pizza", Dad said smiling.

"Oh no, Shade needed to get off her bum so we are doing this!", Mikey said while adding oregano to the potato sliders.

"Well, it certainly smells great just like your mothers' food! I'm going to get changed", Dad quickly went upstairs to his room and got changed while Mikey and I continued to make dinner.

The second dad came downstairs, the doorbell rang.

Ding Dong

My dad walked towards the door and opened it. Mikey and I stayed put. "Hello.", Dad said to someone outside the door.

"Hi, you probably don't know us but we are the family that lives next door to you. The house on the right.", A woman said.

When I heard the sentence that has the words next-door house on the right, I was curious to figure out as to who it was that was looking at me on the first day when we reached here.