kiara - monday night
i roam the halls of the empty house wondering where everyone is. my mom doesn't work and my dad makes so much money you'd think his business is illegal. the house is too big for an only-child family so we have the occasional maid or chef here and there.
my favorite maid is marla. she's an older woman but she's like the only person i can actually open up to about my problems. you'd think with my money i'd at least have a few friends. you know the fake ones that only care about your popularity or how much cash you got in your pocket.
one. i have one friend, tana. she's been with me since kindergarten yet i still don't tell her as much as i tell marla. trust issues, i guess.
marla's my secret keeper and she's the closest thing i have to a mom. my mom is hardly a mom.
i know what you're thinking: wow, that's harsh, it's not though. she's only with my dad for the money. actually, i'd rather prefer my father who is never home over my mother who sits on her ignorant ass all day.
everyone thinks that i, kiara pelton, lives the dream life of any teenager. big house, amazing and supportive parents, popularity, grades that could get me into the best college, and lastly, friends. it's all for show. my parents don't support me on anything but they also don't care.
as for the popularity, people just pretend that i'm the mean girl of school because i don't make an effort to make new friends. i do but they don't see that side of me; i don't let them.
the house is dark as i walk towards the front door grabbing my keys and leaving. i need some fresh air.
i park in the vacant parking lot, getting out and locking my doors. i walk towards the swing set and sit down letting my emotions get the best of me.
i sit in silence my mind absorbing my thoughts. and then my phone rings.
tana.
i answer and her voice barely echoes into the phone through all the music in the background.
"kiara! what the hell? where are you?" her irritated voice shouts out.
shit. alex's party started at eight.
"i'm sorry, i guess i just forgot," i say my voice coming out croaky.
"kiki, come on. you never forget about parties, especially not alex's," she argues back not believing me.
in all honesty i didn't really want to go.
"it's whatever, tana, i'm not coming," i say, frustrated that she won't leave me alone.
"whatever, i hope you're okay, though, cause this isn't the real kiara," she says before hanging up.
the real kiara left a while ago. this is what you're stuck with now, tana.
i place my phone on my thigh and continue swinging. i sit there for about thirty minutes more til i decide that this isn't solving my problems. nothing will ever solve my problems.
i get up and let a few more tears slide before i walk towards my car. a black, shadowy figure stands in the parking lot leaning against the fence, staring up at the sky.
i wipe my face and glance at the stranger just as he looks down at me. we make eye contact. his eyes, something about them seem so... so empty. and his face, something about it seems familiar. maybe he goes to my school. or maybe i've just seen him around town before.
i feel his stare burning holes in the back of me as i get closer to my car. i unlock it and climb in, starting it up.
the headlights illuminate the place where he once stood, now empty.
huh, he was just there.
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