Kids

~Poppy~

©Kids Hannah2014

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I don't know what happened.

I had been reading for a while and Hazel and Mia fell asleep next to me. I went back into the house to go get my other book, since I had just finished the one I was reading. I went upstairs to the room and I found it on my bedside table.

I heard music coming from the attic. The boys' room, I assumed. I went upstairs to check it out. Harrison was sitting on his bed flipping through a magazine when I went up there.

"Hi." I said, a little confused. He was listening to 5 Seconds of Summer by himself up there. He looked up when he heard my voice.

"Hey." He tossed his magazine off the side of his bed. "Why're you up here?" He asked.

I shrugged. "I heard my dad singing and got curious." Harrison laughed at me. He got up and turned down the music a little bit. I looked at all the junk on his bedside table. I spotted a summer math packet in the mess, and I was intrigued.

"Asymptotes?" I asked. He spun around and then realized what I was talking about.

"Oh, yeah. I don't get it." I laughed and flipped through it. "Wait, how do you know that? Aren't you a sophomore?"

"I just finished sophomore year, so I'm technically a junior but really I'm a senior." I threw the packet back on the table.

"How can someone 'technically be a junior but really be a senior'?" He asked me. Common question, actually.

"Well, I will have enough credits to graduate in May of next year. I'm skipping junior year." I answered. He seemed surprised.

"Wow. I knew you were smart, but wow." He remarked. He turned the stereo back up, and my favorite song came on.

Harrison went to skip it since it's a slow song, but I stopped him. "Stop! This one's the best." He threw his hands up in surrender. I sat down on Leo's bed and he sat down on his.

I sway slightly back and forth to the rhythm of the song. 'Wherever You Are' makes Mum cry every time.

The song ends and I stood up to leave. "I should probably go wake Mia and Hazel." He nodded, but he wouldn't stop staring at me. I grabbed my book off the bed and Harrison stood up awkwardly.

"What are you reading now?" He asked, noticing that I wasn't clutching the same book as I was before.

"Pride and Prejudice." His head tilted in confusion. I giggled and then began to elaborate. "It's by Jane Austen. She writes about Elizabeth, who is a rebellious girl, and Mr. Darcy, someone she hated at first but then fell in love with."

He was still staring at me, so I continued. "It's kind of funny actually becau-" I trailed off when he started leaning in. Like he was gonna kiss me. 

It took me completely by surprise. I didn't know what to do. I looked at him and did what they do in the movies: I slapped him.

"What the hell was that for?" He asked, wincing.

"You said you liked Mia! You told her so! And you're standing there trying to kiss me!" I yelled, hitting him on the arm. I then retreated downstairs.

I could hear him following but I kept running. I ran out the back door. I was so frazzled, I didn't know where to go. I heard his foot steps behind me and I freaked out.

"Get away from me." I backed up. "Leave me alone."

"Wait!" He said as he came after me. 

"Stop following me! I'll scream if you get any closer." I threaten 

"Poppy, come on." He sounds desperate. I ignore him.

"Stay away from me, or I tell Mia. Got it?" I ran away. I can't believe how crazy these last two days have been.

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I skip dinner and go up to bed early. I'm exhausted. There has been more drama in these two days then there ever has been in my entire life. It's like that bad reality TV show that you watch compulsively.

Hazel has been checking up on me every once and a while and Dad came in a few times. But I'm not ill. I'm just home-sick. 

I kind of hate it here. I knew the idea was gonna be a bust when Dad mentioned it, but it was for him, not us. 

I don't think I can do this. It's only been two days and I want to jump out a window. 

I think I have to go home.

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A/N Hey this was just a short chapter...

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