His daughter (Austin Carlile)

10

Erika

~dream~

"You know I only did this out of pity right?" He said. How could he have done it out of pity when he's told me so many times how he's wanted this. "I-I'm sorry I disappointed you." I looked down and played with my thumbs while I felt his eyes burning holes into my skull. "YOU RUINED MY RELATIONSHIP!!" He screamed and flipped a table. "IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!" I cringed not only at his tone but his demeanor. I've never seen him this angry. "Why don't you just kill yourself already. Do us all a god damn favor Erika." Austin said and walked out.

~dream a.k.a nightmare over~

I shot up and looked at a wide eyed Austin. "Woah Erika you ok there?" He said as he wiped my forehead. I didn't know if I should tell him or not. Maybe it was a dream where something I said caused all of this. I don't think i'll say anything.

"Yeah totally fine! I just had a nightmare." I admitted. He looked worried, sad almost. "What was it about?" He asked. I knew he was gonna ask it. I. Just. Knew. "I knew it was a nightmare but it was just one of those dreams where when you wake up, no matter how hard you try you can't remember." I lied. He squinted and I smiled. He just pointed his index finger towards me and poked my nose. "Promise?" I nodded really fast and he nodded and smiled. "Great! Now you have your first official day of school today! Chop chop get ready, be downstairs by 7 and i'll drive you." I got up and walked towards the bathroom where I tried my hardest to make me look presentable for my new classmates.

I don't know why I felt the need to try so hard but maybe it'll all work out. It's a new start after all, maybe i'll meet some actual friends this time. I finished putting my hair half up half down with a bow and went to pick out clothes.

Everything looked bad to me. One shirt was felt to big. One shirt felt to small. One was not black, the other was to colorful. I was stumped. I stood there in my skinny jeans and bra looking at all the shirts. I suddenly jumped up and started taking off my pants to switch them for leggings and put on a tank top before opening the door slowly.

I snuck into Austin's room and went to go find a white tee shirt. "What are you doing?" I swung around to see Austin smiling. "I-I um-um ummmm uh.." I couldn't speak. I was scared that he would yell at me. "I don't speak 'I-I um-um ummmm uh..'" He laughed. I sighed before hanging my head low. "I wanted to wear one of your tee shirts cause I couldn't find a shirt of my own that I liked." He nodded and walked towards me. He held out his hand and I placed the shirt in his hand. He took my arms and put them straight in the air.

"Why do you look like a criminal that just got caught by the police?" He joked. He pulled the shirt over my head and situated it to look nice. "I could've done that y'know.." I said monotone. "Yeah I know but I wanted to scare you so bam." Well....he didn't really scare me..just made me feel bad....ok and scared. "Lets get you off to school!!" He yelled as he grabbed his keys and ran out the door.

~school~

"You call me, text me, anything if you need me." He said as he counted all of the things on his fingers. To be honest I didn't really listen to anything he was saying.

I was thinking about school itself. What if no one liked me. "And have a great day little one." I shot my head up and nodded. He kissed my forehead and I started walking towards the doors. I grabbed my new schedule out of my bag and looked for my locker.

But on my way there I bumped into someone. "Oh my fu-god I'm so sorry!" He panicked. He was going on a rant about how sorry he was and I couldn't help but laugh. "It's cool bro. If anything it was my fault I was looking down at my schedule. I'm Erika. Erika Carlile." He smiled and shook my hand.

"I think it was my fault for deciding to look out the window. I'm Alex. Alex Jett." I nodded and he started walking with me. "So Erika what brings you to here."

I gave him a weird look and laughed. "School?" I said. He just laughed and shook his head. "I'm trying to get you to tell me more about yourself." He hinted. Oooohhhh. Wooowwwww I'm not smart.

"I recently moved here from New Jersey with my dad." Was the only good thing I could think of. My story was to depressing and I'm sure he didn't want to hear about some troubled girl with a bad past.

"I can tell by the slight accent. It's cute. What class do you have." He asked. I looked down at my schedule and before I could answer I heard

"that's so cool we have the same schedule! C'mon i'll take you to first period my friend Sabrina has that class to. You'll get along great!" I smiled and followed him to English. I don't know why I was so worried! Things are turning out great.