The sun rays enters through the window dousing the room in the early morning sun waking up the room's occupant, Lindsay, along with too it too. She stretched out sleepily before waking up and getting out of bed. After donning her robe she descends downstairs. She takes the seat at the table while her mom prepares breakfast in the kitchen.
"How did you sleep?" asked her mother.
"Not good at all. I would have slept better if I was still in California" she complained bitterly.
"Lindsay, you know why we couldn't stay in California anymore" admonished her mother.
"Yeah I know Mom. I just wish I had never seen that man killed in the store that night" sulked Lindsay.
"Maybe this new town will give you the opportunity to make friends like you did in your previous school." encouraged her mother.
"I don't think there is anybody in this town I want to be friends with" Lindsay replied gloomily.
"You never know you might meet your someone special here." said her mother with a twinkle in her eyes.
Her mother then laid out two plates of scrumptious breakfast in front of Lindsay and herself on the table. Lindsay and her mother both ate food together in comfortable peace. After finishing their meal Lindsay's mother out both plates in the sink and starting climbing upstairs.
"I am going to go upstairs to get ready to take you to school" said her mother.
While Lindsay went over and sat down on the couch and took out her cell phone and she looked at all the pictures of her friends she had on her phone. Lindsay wished so badly to talk to them again but she knew that was never going to happen now that she was in witness protection program.
Just then her mother came downstairs wearing a green shirt with black jean along with some gym shoes.
"Are you ready for you first day of school Elizabeth?" She questioned jubilantly.
"No Mom I am not ready at all" Lindsay replied sharply. "My name is not Elizabeth anymore it is Lindsay remember" she said a bit exasperated with all this new drama in her life and none of her friends to support her through this.
"Oh I am sorry sweetheart I forgot" said her mother calming. She understood Lindsay's frustration and just wanted to help her start anew.
Lindsay grabbed her book bag and put it over her shoulder before her mother grabbed her car keys and her small purse and went out the front door. They both walked downstairs and got into their car and started driving towards school. Lindsay took out her MP3 Player and put the earphones in her ear and listening to music to pass the time and also to avoid any pep talks in case her mom felt the need to do so.
After the hour long drive her mother stopped the car and Lindsay took the ear phone out of her ears. Lindsay and her mother got out of the car and walked into the school. Her mother went up to the first woman she saw in the building to aid her.
"Exclude me" she said.
"Yes, what can I do for you?" Asked the woman sweetly.
"I am new to this school and would like to know where the principal's office is?" She asked.
"Oh sure it is right down that hallway" she said pointing in the said direction.
"Thank you" said her mother and gave her a pleasant smile while the lady replied in kind.
Lindsay followed her mother down the hallway of the school until she both reached the principal's office. Her mother knocked twice on the door and entered while Lindsay waited in the hallway.
"Can we help you miss" asked the woman sitting at the table in the corner of the room. There were some couches on the opposite side around a coffee table.
"I am Diana Martin and I am here today because I want to enroll my daughter in this school" said Diana.
"Aah... Alright. The principal is slightly busy right now but I don't think there would be a problem so why don't you just wait here and the principal will see you after she is done in her office" she spoke warmly and gestured towards the comfortable looking couches.
Lindsay's mother beckoned her inside and both sat down on the couches to wait for the principal.
"This seem like a nice school" commented her mother while looking about the room.
"Yeah it is alright I guess" said Lindsay with a non-committed shrug.
While they were waiting a boy came into the office.
"Good morning Mrs. Perkins" he said in a chipper tone.
"Good morning Jimmy" she said equally enthusiastically."What can I do for you today" said Mrs. Perkins.
"Can I used the gym room today in my free period. Me and my band want to practice" requested Jimmy.
"Sure. I do not see any problems with that but still run it by the coach" said Mrs. Perkins.
"Thanks" he said and flashed a smile before leaving the room.
"I see they have some handsome guys here" said her mother with a wink.
Lindsay simply rolled her eyes at her mother's antics. 'They had better looking guys in my old school' she thought with a sigh.
Just then the principal opened her office door.
"Next time you will be kicked out of this school if you ever pull anything like that again" said Ms. H in a condemning tone.
"I understand" muttered Sean with his head hung slightly low and hands stuffed in his pocket.
"Now go to class before I have to censure you for tardiness too" huffed Ms. H.
Sean started walking to the door to leave but accidently bumped shoulders with Lindsay who was standing near the door.
"Oh! I am sorry" he said apologetically.
"No it's alright. Don't worry about it" said Lindsay with a shrug and started moving out of the way.
"You sure you are alright" he asked a bit worriedly.
"Yes I am fine" said Lindsay this time flashing a smile in his direction.
Sean then returned the smile looking relieved and walked out of the room. Lindsay turned around and saw Sean walking out.
"Lindsay come on we have to talk to the principal" ushered her mother.
She stopped looking at Sean and entered the principal's office. After 3 tedious hours Lindsay and her mother came out of the office with all of the papers confirming that she was enrolled into Degrassi School.
"Welcome to Degrassi Lindsay" said Ms. H. "I hope you like it here as much as you liked it in your old school in Chicago" she continued.
"Don't worry she is going to love it here" assured Miss. Martin.
Lindsay gave a weak smile at this comment and started making her way out of the office after thanking the principal. Her mother followed her out and soon both were walking down the hallway again.
"This is so unfair" murmured Lindsay.
"What is wrong?" her mother heard her despite her murmuring.
"Now I have to be this perfect little school girl that comes to school all the time and never skips class or takes off from school" cribbed Lindsay.
"You knew things were going to have to be different when we signed up for this witness protected program" said her mother.
"Yeah I knew that but I didn't think that I would have to be that different. I mean come on what if I get sick again like I used to be when I was little Mom" she continued complaining.
"You are older you have grow out of it" said her mother.
"Don't know that for sure" said Lindsay sounding hopeful.
"Lindsay I don't want to talk about this right now so just drop it" her mother said in a no nonsense tone.
"Alright... fine. I just hope I don't get sick when I am in school" Lindsay half whispered to herself.
Lindsay and her mother got into the car and shut the door and her mother drove down the street to get back home.
Later in the day past midnight at around 2 in the night Lindsay was in her bed twitching because she was in the throes of a nightmare.
The two man are standing there with the gun pointed in the back of the head of the strange man.
Lindsay is just standing there in shock not being able to move even an inch. She wanted to scream and shout for help but it seemed like her throat was blocked and no sound made its way to the surfaced through her lips.
"I am giving you one more chance tell me where the money is. Otherwise... He spoke threateningly with a malicious grin plastered on his face.
"I don't know where it is at" he replied crying and stuttering.
"You are telling me now that you lost all my money" said the man clearly annoyed and very much pissed. And everyone knows that a pissed man and a gun is never a good combination.
"No…No…..No….I didn't lose it I just don't remember where is it at... but if you give me some time I will find it I promise" pleaded the man actually more like groveled and if he didn't have a gun pointed to his head he might have even fallen on his hands and knees to beg mercy for his life.
The man then looks at his friend that is standing next to him quietly asking him for his opinion about the matter.
"I think he is a mother fucking liar and you should shoot him in the head" said the other guy.
"My friend is right I think and I should kill you" said the man a bit too happily for someone about to commit murder. He was clearly a psychopath.
"No please don't do this. Please! I will find your money. Just give me another chance" he said begging and pleading.
"Time is up for you" said the man and then BANG!
The next thing that Lindsay sees is the man falling to the ground with blood splattering everywhere. His eyes were wide open in fear and bulging out and he was not breathing.
"What we going to do with him now boss?" he said.
"Dump his body into the river. Shouldn't be too difficult at this hour" said the man.
Lindsay was in the back of the store and she leant on the counter reeling from the shock of seeing a man murdered right before her eyes. She slowly leaned in more and more when something fell off the counter on the floor with a loud clank.
"Did you heard that noise. Why don't we go check it out" said the boss man.
The other guy took out his gun and walked over to the back of the store and just when he was about to find Lindsay.
Lindsay wakes up with a jerk and started screaming and yelling loud enough to wake up the dead.
Her mother rushed into the room and holds her in an effort to calm her down.
"Shhhhhhhh... it is going to be alright. It was just a nightmare. You are safe now" consoled her mother.
"I just can't stop dreaming about that night" sobbed Lindsay after she had calmed down.
"I understand sweetheart, I truly understand" said her mother.
Her mother kept holding her until she stopped crying and she eventually cried herself to sleep. Seeing her daughter calmly sleeping she left the room praying that her daughter could find peace even if it was just for a night.
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