Dangerous Souls by AJC

1

I started to pack up the rest of the stuff in my room I'd already packed up my furniture and it was already in mine and Nat's new apartment. All I had left was miscellaneous things like clothes, pictures, and a few boxes left. I looked around my room, taking a mental picture I looked at the almost empty room and didn't want to leave it. I looked at my bare Lilac colored walls where my many posters and bulletin board with pictures plastered all over it once was, the bare wooden floors where my purple area rug once laid, then I looked at the bay window where I'd spent many nights wide awake reading my books or doing my homework this was my home where I was born where Tyler and I played, where we laughed and grew, where all my moments of childhood began.

I went to walk over to the bay window to sit and stare out it to take in the scenery one last time, when my foot hit the loose board in my floor, making a hollow creaking noise. I smiled to myself thinking of all the times I'd used that as a hiding place, I used to hide my cigarettes there back at the beginning of high school, back when I was fearing getting caught. I would also hide my diaries there so my brother wouldn't read them, he always had a knack for invading my privacy. I sat down looking out the window taking everything in, my beautiful Lilac painted walls looked brighter when the sun shone in through the window lighting the room making it look vibrant. It was almost like every memory played in my mind of this house mom, dad, and Tyler I was going to miss them all so much, I still remembered the many slumber parties Natalie, Maria and I had together, how we would stay up late talking and listening to music and we would occasionally gossip and play video games. I felt like tears were starting to welling up. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes, trying to push back the hot tears that wanted to flood from my eyes, this is supposed to be a happy moment, I'm becoming an adult I reminded myself this is a new chapter of my life a whole new adventure.

As I opened my eyes, Natalie was leaning against the threshold, staring at me with her arms across her chest "are you going to be alright hon?" She said with a soft expression and a hint of a southern accent, her bleach blonde voluminous curly hair was up in a somewhat messy bun atop her head, she was wearing a tight fitting white tank top that hugged her hourglass figure, but exposed the sleeve tattoo that went from her wrist to her shoulder and caused her over busty chest to look like it wanted to spew out of her shirt and you could see a lump where her belly ring is, she wore desert Camo jeans that hugged her loosely with black leather steel toe boots. She looked like she was ready for combat, but she always dressed in Camo and almost always wore tank tops so I was used to seeing her dress this way.

I sat there for a moment while she walked across the room to wrap me in a hug, I hugged her back " I know I'm supposed to be happy about leaving home and starting a life but..." She cut me off and stared at me her piercing baby blue eyes that were staring at me sympathetically " Alice, this is everything we have been dreaming of since we were kids and it's not like we're that far away where we can't visit we will only be two hours away " she was right, I felt like the weight was lifting from me it's not like I can't visit and besides I will be fine I had always had a great relationship with my family they were always supportive of me and always there for me. She smiled at me and got up picking up one of the tall boxes that contained a lot of my clothes holding it against her to help hold the weight of the box " but we do need to start heading out though hon, we got class in the morning and I'd love to get coffee before we head out" I shook my head " of course must not deprive the coffeeholic" I laughed she giggled " that's right I need my fix now hurry up bitch" she said playfully as she picked up the bulletin board that now was bare " I'll take these to the U-Haul, don't take much longer you're mom wants to talk to you as well" and with that she left the room and towards the stairs. I picked up the two boxes that were left looked over my room once more making sure I didn't miss anything then headed down the stairs.