All I Can Do Is Shrug

Chapter 2: Pothead State

I land in Oregon and I see my mom next to a man and I am heavily confused. "Ay hija, gracias a Dios que estas aqui. I am so glad you're here now and safe. This is Denny." She introduces to me the man who is staring at me and I am deeply disturbed but I can handle this like an adult.

"Hello. My name's Roseanne." I say with my hand out. "Nice to meet you too. I'm Denny, a friend of your mothers." He says to me with a smile.

I am really hoping that this isn't my moms boyfriend. Is it bad that I question my mother like this? She sometimes makes the wrong choice in men.

No that doesn't make sense. We walk towards the restroom and my mother is talking to me, excited about me being there which is pretty weird because my mom really didn't like me when we were back in California.

She might not even like me now. Who knows?

"Okay pues necesito usar el baño. I'll be right back." My mom says as she hands me her purse and heads into the restrooms.

I lean against my luggage and Denny asks me, "So are you sad that you can't have a little bit of a break from school? Are you sad that you have to go to school tomorrow?"

I look up at him and respond, "No. I actually prefer it. I don't like waiting and I like school." He looks at me shocked at my response. "Oh usually you kids like breaks."

Of course. People always question me and always think I'm "faking maturity" just because I say I like school. I actually do enjoy it. I may not be that good at my academics but it takes me away from my family and I prefer becoming busy so I don't have to focus on my friends back home.

"Oh well I guess I am just not one of those kids." I say shrugging my shoulders. He smiles at me and my mom comes out.

"Okay lets go. Ya vamonos." I sigh with relief and give her back her purse.

We find the exit and as soon as the doors open it smells like none other than you guessed it... marijuana, pine trees, and pollution.

I've just landed in a pothead state. I can feel my heart ache with pain and all the memories of this person back home wash over me cause the smell reminds me of him and I can feel my eyes water.

"¿Que paso? Estas bien? (What happened? Are you okay?)," my mom asks me when she realizes I stopped in my steps. "Oh si, estoy bien. (Oh yeah I'm okay.) I'm just tired." I respond with a light smile.

"Okay pues let's go. Laurie misses you." my mom tells, her voice full of excitement. I look at her with my eyebrows furrowed and I'm confused cause my little sister Laurie is six and I knew damn well she didn't like me either.

Hmm maybe she changed? Nope that can't be it cause she's hated me forever. Welp, I guess I'll find out soon enough.

I look around at my surroundings as we get to the car and I see the cute boy from the airport. Maybe he's new here too since his mom, I'm assuming, is practically squeezing the life out of him with a big hug. Ha even he looks shocked. Me too man me too m. I chuckle as he looks around at two other guys who are laughing hard. He ends up looking at me and I quickly look away, embarrassed that he caught me staring.

I can feel my face warming up and I walk away. Thank God my hair is long enough to cover my face. If I am destined to see him again I will for sure ask him his name.
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Well crap. Who knows what Roseanne is gonna do with her time there. I should know I'm the author!

Sorry if this chapter is a bit crappy I spent such a long time rewriting it and fixing things that I kinda just rewrote the whole thing.

Please leave a comment about what you think. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. :)