A/N: All the chapters start with the title of different songs. This one is Teenagers by My Chemical Romance. I know this chapter is kind of short...review please!
Katrina woke up to the regular sound of her alarm clock and groaned as she rolled over to turn it off. 5:30 a.m. was the time on the clock and she got up to go down stairs and fix breakfast. Half way down the stairs the smell of bacon (and shock) hit her. She walked into the kitchen to find her dad fully dressed and turning bacon in a pan.
"Hey Kat! Thought I'd make breakfast for change," he said smiling.
"Who died?" she asked being totally serious.
"No one. I just thought it would be a nice change," he said, the smile no longer on his face.
"Uh-huh. You might want to turn that off. I think it's done." She walked over to the table and noticed a big sports bag on the floor. Her dad saw her looking at it and cleared his throat uncomfortably.
"Well, I forgot to tell you last night, but I'm going on a two week hunting trip."
"I really don't need this right now, Ben." she said with a sigh.
" Since when did you start calling me Ben?" her dad said frowning.
"Since you started going hunting again. Didn't you go a week last month?"
"Yes, but I want to bring home something good for our Christmas dinner. Why do you oppose me going all of a sudden?" he said, his face truly unhappy now.
"Ben, the last time you went hunting, other than last month, was five years ago. Plus you were still with Mom." He brought the plate of bacon over to the table and sat opposite of her.
"Honey, you know I love you, but I have been taking care of you for five really great years. You know all I did was take care of you and go to work. That's all I had time for. But now that your older I have time to do other things. You understand, right?" She stared at him and was surprised that she wasn't angry. She knew he was telling the truth and she was being selfish.
"Yeah, I understand." she said quietly.
"Good," he said smiling. They were quiet for a long moment before he started to talk again. "Here is the number for the cabin." He handed her a piece of paper. She looked at it and recognized the number instantly.
"Your going hunting with Uncle John?" she said outraged .
"Yeah, what's the big deal?" he said as he picked up his bag and set it on the table.
"The big deal? He's blind in one eye! What is he mistakes you for a deer?"
"That's not going to happen," he said laughing.
"Whatever you say," Katrina said skeptically .He smiled and went on with his instructions.
"You know my cell phone number, but I will have it off in the morning while we are hunting." He reached into his pocket and pulled out his wallet. "Here is the credit card and five hundred in cash."
"Do you really think I'm going to need all this for two weeks?"
"Honey, it's almost Christmas. That's for food and gifts. You can buy your friends something and I would really like a new pair of hunting boots."
"I don't have any friends, but I will be sure to buy you a gift." He ignored her comment about having no friends.
"You have your car and please don't go out after dark. You get out of school a four which gives you two hours of day light to go shopping or whatever your planning to do. And remember to arm the security system before you go out and when you go to sleep." He got up and started to walk to the front door and she followed.
"What if I throw a wild party while your gone?" Her dad nearly doubled over laughing. She frowned. "What's so funny?"
"Be good and don't burn the house down," he said, wiping tears from his eyes.
"I've been cooking for you for five years. I'm not going to burn the house down. You really need a girlfriend." she said crossing her arms.
"Buy me one for Christmas," he said as he hugged her and ruffled up her hair. " Bye Kat. See you in two weeks. Love ya."
"Bye. Love you too," she said as he walked out the door. She looked around. The house was ridiculously big for only two people. Alone again, she thought. She walked back to the kitchen and ate some bacon. She looked at the clock on the microwave. 6:05 was the time it gave. She went back upstairs to get ready for school. She picked out an outfit and headed to her bathroom to take a shower.
She looked in the mirror and saw a lonely little rich girl looking back at her.She examined her long blond hair and her blue-gray eyes. She was pretty but she had never had a boyfriend and she never really had any friends. She was shy and didn't talk to people and they thought she was stuck up. Her father made a lot of money which added to her stuck up image. She had never been in trouble and she was a straight A honor student. The reason her dad laughed at her wild party comment was because he knew that was the last thing she would do. She hated herself sometimes. She looked away from the mirror to turn the water on.
When she was done she put her clothes on and headed downstairs to her bag and homework from the office. She was junior in high school and the work was getting harder. She grabbed her car keys and turned on the alarm system before leaving the house. On her way to school she decided to break one of her dads rules to make herself feel better.
She was going to go out after dark and see a movie. A scary movie. Maybe she would even walk there, but she quickly pushed that idea from her mind. The movie theater was only a couple of blocks from her house, but only a suicidal idiot would walk there. Austin was the New York City of Texas, very beautiful but filled with criminals.
She parked in her space and walked to the doors of the school where she was an outcast. All her teachers loved her of course but the students just passed her by, never speaking a word to her. She took a deep breath and prepared for another predictable, boring school day.