Angel's daughter

Chapter 18

I continued with school. It became more bearable with friends actually. Jack is hilarious sometimes because of how clueless he was. I'm surprised he keeps up in school. Often times Katie or Hannah were sitting at break or lunch with him, helping him with anything he didn't get. It was actually a very nice group. Katie is the most adventurous of the group, she is just shy around people. I've been over at her house though. She has like five dogs, all of them as big as her when they jump up. Her mother is a vet and often brings in foster animals when they can afford it. I got to nurse one of a small litter of kittens,

"This is adorable" I smiled as they all made squeaking noises at the smell of milk. I held one as it suckled on the bottle and moved its tiny paws like it was padding the air. Jack was holding one too and another was climbing up his leg to get at the same bottle of milk. Katie smiled, surrounded by her own dogs and Hannah too had this huge grin from ear to ear. You can't not smile at kittens,

"So Grace, what about your family?" Katie asked, "We don't really hear much about them"

"Well, my mum works here in town, my dad travels for work" I said. I'm not technically lying, "I also live with a couple friends of the family. Well, they inherited the place and there was just so much room they had us move in, they're often travelling with my dad"

"Waw, really?" Jack asked, "That's so nice of them" I smiled at him, he's almost like a five year old with all that innocence. Nobody better mess with that while I'm around,

"What about you?" I asked him,

"Well my mum takes care of me on her own. My dad left before I was born so she's sort of protective of me" I nodded,

"I know what that's like" Then I looked to Hannah,

"I live with my older sister" She stated, not wanting to get into detail. The kitten I held squeaked in protest when it finished the bottle, wanting more,

"Greedy little kit, aren't you"

"You have no idea" Katie sighed, "They get fed every few hours. Even during the night, my mum's up feeding them. Sometimes my dad" I smiled. This was one of the many times we'd actually hang out. My fear of leaving the bunker is practically gone now and I wasn't wandering around the bunker with nothing to do, which everyone appreciated since I tend to make my own entertainment. As time went on, we left Katie's house and walked home. Hannah split ways with me and Jack while we wandered through town. My phone rang and it was my mum,

"Hey mum"

"Hey, I'm just leaving work, are you still in town?"

"Oh yeah, I'm just walking back now with Jack"

"Do you both want a ride home?" I took my phone away from my ear to ask him,

"Oh, if it's not too much trouble" He said. I smiled and went back to answer my mother when there was static that interrupted us. It was short but made me look up. I saw a man, leaning against a wall. He was dirty, his hair was filthy and long. He wore a pinstriped shirt that was covered in muddy marks with the sleeves rolled up and his brown waistcoat looked tattered and old. He wore brown trousers to match the waistcoat and they too were wrinkled and dirty. His tie was loose around his neck and the top button on his shirt was undone. On his head, he wore a brown flat cap. He looked like he was leaning on the wall for support,

"Well?" My mum snapped me out of it,

"Huh? Oh yeah, sorry I thought I had low signal" I looked to Jack with a smile, playing off whatever emotion flashed on my face when I saw this man. I told my mum where to pick us up and we waited for her. As she pulled up alongside us, I got in the front and Jack got in the back. Before he did though, that man from earlier got in before him. I remained silent, not acknowledging him and Jack and I continued our conversation as normal. My mum had picked us up plenty of times so she knew where to go to drop Jack off. We've never really met his mum though as she works a lot,