Acquaintance
Chapter One
A new family have just arrived in the village, the Barnes family. Mike, Kathy, Sarah and Amy. As they move into the village, they were right next door to Louise Summers and Warren Fox. As Sarah pulled her suitcase across the pavement. She smiled when she seen Craig Dean who walked past her.
"Hey, Sarah; quit looking at boys and help me out" Kathy called.
"I'm pulling my suitcase" Sarah replied, looking back over. Amy lifted her own suitcase out of the boot and pulled it along Sarah.
They looked to their side when a black cab arrived next door, with Louise walking out in a white wedding dress. It was quite puffy, as her and Mandy Richardson were finding it hard to get in the taxi.
"Come on" Mandy said, with a secret smile.
She did feel bad, as she slept with the bride's groom. So it was a little awkward. Well more than a little, Louise hasn't told Mandy she knew yet.
"She looks bloody awful" Kathy commented to Mike when Louise and Mandy shut the door of the cab.
"Leave it out Kathy, your lucky she never heard that" Mike replied to her. As they both took out their suitcases, shutting the car boot.
"Do you think there's a gym here?" Sarah asked.
As they all walked down the path, with Mike opening the door to their new home. It wasn't what the company promised, it looked a mess.
"No, no, no" Mike muttered under his breath, as they all entered.
On the outside of the house, it looked fine but on the inside it was a different story. It looked like it was going to fall. It looked like it was seconds from being blown to smithereens, Mike tried the light; nothing worked either.
"Is this the right address?" Mike asked, looking at Kathy.
"Yeah, twenty-two Fern Street" Kathy replied, while looking down at the address which was written on the letter she held.
"This is our new home?" Sarah asked, sounding as disappointed as her father.
"Yep, this is it; look maybe the electric meter box just gone out; I will have a look, girls you can choose your rooms" Mike started.
"Okay, if we can see our rooms" Amy mumbled as she and Sarah made their way upstairs.
Amy pushed her long blonde plats back as they were in her face slightly. As she stepped on one of the steps, her foot went straight through it. Amy screamed once, she was startled. They heard Mike rushing, as he was at the bottom of the stairs now.
"Amy; whats wrong?" Mike asked, walking up to where both his daughters were.
"Nothing, I just got my foot struck; no its okay" Amy replied, as she finally pulled her foot free from the hole on the step.
"Bloody hell, this house is already falling down; I knew I should have looked around first; no wonder it was so cheap" Mike muttered under his breath, as he made his way back down.
Both girls carried on walking, Amy now looking at where she walking. As she looked down, Sarah looked up, the wall had some graffiti on it.
Terry + Pauline - 1981
"1981? Cool" Sarah commented, as she walked past it.
Amy was already down the hall and opening doors. She walked into one bedroom, which had one small window. One bed, which had a blanket but no quilt. A dusty wardrobe and some more graffiti.
"Great" Amy spoke, Sarah went behind her. Amy screamed again as Sarah playfully pounced on her.
"Sarah" Amy said, turning around to see Sarah laughing her head of.
"Amy, you're too easy" Sarah insisted, as she made her out and opened the door which was a little more down the hall. Amy followed to see if her bedroom was any better. It wasn't.
It was just the same really, with a little difference.
"Why do you get a quilt" Amy said simply. That was the first thing she thought of as they both stepped into the bedroom.
"And you got a poster" Amy added, pointing towards the Pulp Fiction poster. Which must have been left by the previous owners Pauline and Terry Hay.
"I don't know" Sarah said with a shrug. As she pulled her suitcase inside. Amy walked behind her, as they looked around more.
"I'm dreading going to school tomorrow; it's going to be so weird without Kylie and Dana" Amy admitted, as they both sat down on the bed.
"I know, I mean we have to make new friends, find our way round; we will get use to it though; we always do" Sarah replied to her.
"Yeah" Amy gave a small smile.
They heard footsteps coming up the stairs, with a door opening and shutting. Then their door opened with their mother Kathy.
"Amy, Sarah; here you go" Kathy commented, as she passed over their school uniform. Two red blazers, two jumpers, two skirts, two shirts, two ties and two pair of shoes.
"Cheers" Sarah replied simply.
"Oh, red blazers; they looks hideous" Amy made a face. Sarah wasn't too impressed either as she looked down at the blazers.
"Look I'm going downstairs; we can order a takeaway tonight; well unpack girls and I make you both an orange juice" Kathy stated before rushing back down the stairs to help her husband with the electric meter box .
"Sure" Amy replied, as she stood up and started walking down the hall again.
As she worn her red top and jeans with red laced trainers. As she unpacked all her things, placing them one by one in the wardrobe. Sarah doing the same thing in her bedroom.
A couple of hours later, they were all sat in the living room. Which had no couch, so Mike without much choice had to bring in the outdoor wooden chairs which were soaked because it had rained.
Kathy has ordered the takeaway. As they were all waiting for the takeaway to arrive, as they were all watching a movie on the very small television. Glitter. Which was the only DVD in the house.
"Oh Mike, why didn't you look at the house before we came" Kathy was understandably annoyed.
"Oh I'm sorry Kathy, maybe we should have been homeless; seriously we just lost our house to a fire and all our possessions; So I'm sorry that I wanted a house bloody quick" Mike was slowly losing his temper.
"This film is shite" Sarah spoke quietly to Amy who nodded back. As they wanted to cut of their parents quarrying. They heard a knock on the door.
"Suppose you want me to answer that!" Kathy shouted at Mike by accident. She was annoyed at him still.
"Just go and don't shout in front of the girls" Mike replied, looking between them and Kathy.
Kathy signed, as she grabbed her purse and made her way to the door and opened it to find some young-looking man at the door. As she passed him the money and he passed her the food.
"Ta" he said, as he placed it in his pocket.
"Cheers" Kathy replied, shutting the door as he went away from the door and down the path. She returned to the living room.
"I'm starving" Sarah commented. Licking her lips, as she brought the food closer.
"I get some plates, if we have any; your lucky I had some money to buy your school uniforms and that our next door neighbors let you have some of their daughters clothes" Kathy was exhausted.
"Kathy" Mike started, following her into the kitchen.
"What? I'm trying to keep everything together for our daughters Mike; I lost some very valuable stuff in that fire" Kathy told him, as she opened the cupboard.
"No plates" Kathy signed. As she took out the food.
"Listen Kathy, everything will be okay" Mike insisted. As he pecked her cheek, she nodded. As she looked in more cupboards.
"I can't believe my life has come to this; putting ours and my children's food in a freaking cake container, what type of people live here before us?" Kathy asked, placing the food in the four cake container
"Some guy called Terry, he really wanted to sell the place; him and his wife Pauline lived here since they were teenagers and they just upped and left; no ideal why" Mike answered.
"No, you don't think some gangster is after them" Kathy said, Mike smiled.
"You have a strange imagination sometimes Kathy" Mike chuckled. As they both picked up the cake containers.
"Thanks" Amy smiled when she took the cake container, Sarah grabbed the other one.
"Why is it in a cake container?" Amy asked.
"God knows" Kathy replied, sitting back down. As Mike put his arm around her, they were both feeling a lot better now.
"Well you got to go to school in the morning" Mike told them. Amy was fifteen, while Sarah was sixteen.
"Okay" Sarah signed, as she started eating. Amy signed as well as she too started eating. The Barnes looked towards the television.
"This movie is really bad" Kathy commented.
"Your telling me" Mike muttered. The looked towards the television again.
"No offense, but they only got one film and out of all the films they could have chosen, they brought glitter" Sarah piped up.
"I know, there idiots" Kathy grunted.
"Comes from the people watching it" Mike replied. They all started laughing, as they carried on eating.
"I like the music in it" Amy shrugged. Sarah shook her head, she didn't like any part of the movie.
An hour later, Amy and Sarah were sent to bed at ten. Both did so, they were exhausted. They been on the move all day, as they both got into their bed. Waiting for sleep to come, they were quite nervous. It was a new school, new village and new people.
They had every right to be.