In Love With The Grand Guignol

Ran Away

After school I went straight to Liz. I need to know if Derik knows something or not.

"What are you doing here?" Liz asked me. She looks stressed and tired. Maybe she had a bad day at school or something.

"Do you know a guy named Derik Norton?" she looked confused. Maybe he is just weird after all.

"Umm....No? Why would I? What did you do?" why does she think I did something? "You didn't came here to look in the book, did you?" I mean...I could do that, but I didn't! I really just want to know if Derik know something about the Grand Guignol or not.

"What? No! I just wanted to ask if you know who he is. That's all." I don't think she believes me. She is looking at me a little bit suspiciously. She doesn't trust me and I don't trust her either.

I got home. My mom isn't here so I am home alone, which means I can go and think of some activities for the kid I am babysitting tomorrow. My mom didn't tell me if it's a boy or a girl so I have to think for activities for boys and girls. I have to think of what to do if a monster comes to take the kid. To be honest I ask very scared. I have never babysitted before and I have never been babysitted. The thought of having to take care of a child scares me. What if I lose him? What if he gets hurt?

I go upstairs and open my laptop. I watch a lot of videos about babysitting. Now I realised I don't even know what age the kid is. What if I think he is ten, but he is actually two? You can't do the same things you would do to a ten year old when you babysit a two year old. You just can't.

After one hour my mom finally comes home. I need to ask her about the kid.

"Hey, mom! Do you remember yesterday when I asked you if you have a friend that needs a babysitter? Well I need to ask you some questions about it." she looks at me. She is tired as always. Dad is not home, again. I am starting to doubt my dad is going to work. My mom and dad fought a lot lately.

"Sure, honey, ask." I looked at her. She clearly doesn't want to talk to me.

"Ok so....is the kid a boy or a girl? How old are they? Are they nice? Do they like cars or dolls? What about candy? What candy do they-"

"SHUT UP!" my mom yelled. I was shocked. She didn't yell at me since the night I asked about Liz's brother. She threw a plate at me. I run upstairs as fast as possible. I pack some clothes, my laptop, my charger, I took my phone and run outside the house.

I run on the streets not looking back. After a while I sit under a tree. I call Mira. Please answer. Please answer.

"Hello? Skylar?" she answered.

"Mira! I ran away from home and I don't want to go back and I don't know what to do and it's cold and I'm scared." I started crying. Why did I ran away?

"It's ok. Come to my house. I'll talk to my parents. Everything is going to be ok!" she said. Then she hung up. I get my backpack from the floor. I looked back. My mom didn't run after me. A tear was running down my cheek. Then I went to Mira's house.