His daughter (Austin Carlile)

9

*next day*

Just yesterday I was told that I start school Monday. Monday is tomorrow. Tomorrow is hell. Tomorrow is..school. Yuck!

I had nothing to look forward to. I would yet again be the quiet, shy, weird, emo girl that no body liked and was scared of. I would have no friends, I wouldn't be sitting with people at lunch. I wouldn't be inviting people over or joking around with them. I was gonna be alone. But I somehow grew ok with that. I accepted the fact and was used to it because of my old school back in New Jersey.

"Erikaaaaaaaaaaa!!" I heard from outside my door. "Are you decent?" I heard Austin outside my door but I didn't want to answer. "Yeah." I whispered and then heard the door crack a bit. "Hey honey." He greeted. I nodded and kept staring at the ceiling.

"Guess what?" He said suddenly from his spot on my bed. He seemed really excited and I didn't know why. The only reason I could think of was because some big music thing happened. I nodded for him to continue and looked at his lightened face. "We're. Going. SHOPPING!!" He yelled and it made me flinch because I wasn't expecting it. I've never seen a guy get excited over shopping.

"We can get you new clothes and new shoes and a book bag..." He was starting out with normal things but then he gradually got more and more expensive. "And a new phone a new laptop and some cool headphones and.." "Stop." I said. He stopped and looked at me with a confused look. "What? Did I do something wrong?" I nodded and he immediately seemed interested in what I was about to say. "That's to much. I'm fine with the new clothes and school supplies but we are not getting me all of that." He looked down and nodded.

I had a feeling he was lying though. "Look me in the eye and tell me that you won't buy me all of that." He looked into my eyes and said it very clearly "I will not buy you anything expensive." I nodded once and agreed. He pulled me up and pushed me out to the car. "It's like early why are we going now?" He didn't answer and just kept pushing me and got me into the car.

The drive to the mall was short and definitely not long enough. Because he dragged me from store to store buying large amounts of shirts and skinny jeans and belts. I felt uncomfortable with the amount of money being spent. "Dad are you sure about this?" I whispered to him as he handed over his credit card. "If I wasn't ok with it I would've not brought you here at all." He answered bluntly. I just nodded and grabbed all of the hot topic bags and walked out. "Are we done yet?" He nodded. But something was off. Something..wasn't right? I felt it. "Just go pick out a bag at zumiez and meet me at the food court when you're done." I nodded and he took my bags and I walked off to zumiez as I saw him walk off to a different store upstairs.

"Hi how are you?" I was asked by an employee as I walked in. "I'm ok thank you." I said as I walked over to the bags. I picked out a rainbow one and grabbed a couple of beanies before going to checkout. "Your total issss," the cashier looked at the screen before turning back. "94.36." I handed him the hundred and watched as he held it up to the light. He put it in the register and went to grab the change. "Keep it. I don't need it." He smiled at me and nodded. "Thank you." I walked out and started making my way towards the food court where I was supposed to meet Austin. "Hey kiddo." I heard behind me and saw all the bags were doubled and he just smiled at me. "Do you know how bad I feel right now?" He shook his head and smiled. "Don't feel bad there's nothing to feel bad about!" He exclaimed as he handed me half the bags. "Lets go home now please. I feel like one of those rich and snobby kids who has a million bags with them as they walk around the mall." He laughed and led me put of the mall and to the car.

"So this is why we went early." I said as I looked at the time of nearly dinner time 4:56. He nodded and we made our way home.

He pulled into the driveway and parked the car. "Before we get out and you go upstairs and sort this mess out I have to tell you something." This was just like when he told me I was gonna start school tomorrow.

I grew slightly worried but I didn't think anything of it. "I lied." He spit out I grew confused tilted my head to the side. "Earlier today..." He said as he pulled a bag out of a hot topic bag. It was white. And had an apple on it. "You didn't!" I said. I was dead serious when I said that I didn't want anything like that. I already felt bad enough. "I can't and I won't accept that. Take it back. I feel bad enough." He shook his head and shoved it in my hands.

"But you looked into my eyes." I pouted. He laughed "yeah and you were looking into mine which meant you weren't looking at my crossed fingers." Slick. I groaned and tried pushing it back. "I ripped the receipt. You're keeping it." I just slowly took it back and carried it upstairs along with my twenty (i think) bags.

I had fun today. I got a bunch of new clothes and even things I told him NOT to get. I finally finished when I looked to see that it was nearly 9. I had to get ready for bed so I could actually force myself up at 5:30. I heard a knock on my door before it opened. "Do you want an apple or something small before you go to bed. You didn't eat and I didn't order or make anything." He reasoned.

"No I just brushed my teeth i'll be fine." He nodded and came in and kissed my forehead. "I'll be up tomorrow and i'll take you to school. Sleep well honey." He closed the door and I got my pajamas on and jumped into bed. I looked over to my right and saw the apple bag sitting on the little chest. I got up and brought it to my bed. I really felt bad about this. I opened it to see an iPhone, i looked into the bag again and saw a new MacBook. I took out the phone and started charging it along with the laptop. I sighed as I threw my covers over me and fell into a deep sleep.