Sorry for taking a long time to continue but my Internet was out for a while and now finally I got it back ^^. I tried to make this a long chapter and I hope I succeeded ^^. Now enjoy!! ^^ Oh and ch. 3 will be up fast ^^.
"The Little Things Give You Away"
Chapter 2
I made it to Kai's room unseen and as I leaned against the door I heard pounding coming from downstairs. I was catching my breath when everything came to me, all the pain. My body was aching from the fall earlier and my palm was stinging.
I could hear John yelling from downstairs and I regretted breaking his statue. I couldn't make out what he was saying exactly but he was upset as he slammed the front door when he finished yelling. His engine roaring to life a few minutes later and relief washed over me, knowing he wasn't coming to yell at me next.
I was standing there in the dark with my eyes shut tight and my right hand tightly clenched into a fist while my left hand stayed at my side motionless. The fear that left me before slowly crawled back into my mindas the voice of the man echoed in my ears with his laughter. Tears trickling down my face as I slid down the door and hugged myself, my left hand laying on the floor.
After a few minutes I wiped my tears away and slowly got up while I opened my eyes. The lights were off but that was okay I felt safe in Kai's room, it had the comfort my room lacked. I looked around trying to distract myself. His room was big, one of those that you would see in a movie.
It didn't work the pain enveloped me, tears on the brim of my eyelids. My hand was in pain as I stood there, blood trickling down to my knuckles. I got a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach as I realized I would have to bandage it and clean it off.
I made my way across the room and stood in front of the bathroom door taking slow deep breaths as I tried to calm myself. A cold chill slid down my spine and I shivered as I reached for the door knob, afraid to find someone inside. Maybe I was still asleep and in any second I would wake up but I wasn't. I was wide awake even though I was tired. My hand shook as I turned the knob and pulled back, nothing inside as I opened the door.
Once I was inside I carefully closed the door behind me and turned on the light switch. I stood there leaning against the door, the room spinning around me slowly adjusting to the bright light. When everything stood still I carefully moved towards the sink tripping as I did, to land bowing down to the sink, grimacing in pain. I was definitely bruised either from the fall or my nightmare.
Even though I didn't expect to fall it got me closer to where Kai kept the first-aide kit, under his sink. Aside from his first-aide kit there was only one more in the house which was kept in the guest room. I sat up and stared at the design of figurine carved on the ground, tracing it with my right hand. It seemed familiar yet it was the first time I had noticed it there. My eyes were glued to it but I had to hurry if I wanted to bandage my hand in the light because storm was causing the lights to flicker.
I reached into the cupboard under the sink and took out a briefcase, my brother had made a few changes to the original small box due to "my accidents." I put the briefcase down beside me and sighed, wincing as I removed the cloth around my palm, feeling sick to my stomach. I rinsed it off in the sink and gently washed off the dry blood on my hand. "To think I always get hurt but I still can't handle the blood." I sighed, a silent laugh escaping my lips as warm tears rolled down my cheeks.
It was a challenge, it being the first time I ever tended my wounds for other times my brother helped me out but I finished. My bandaged hand shaking as I put everything away and cleaned the bathroom from my mess. I grabbed the flashlight hanging on the wall and quickly cleaned the carpet in Kai's room, leaving everything as it was before.
The room was cold and the light continued to flicker as I put the flashlight away and dried off the cloth I had left in the sink. Everything hurt almost like time moving slowly but it wasn't. I held onto the sink as I looked down to the dripping water and closed my eyes for a second. When I looked up into the mirror, my vision slowly clearing as I stood there frozen. In the mirror fog slowly disbursing and his laughter echoing.
The silence surrounded me and the bathroom was clear as I tried to relax. When I looked at the mirror again I looked different my usual fare skin color was pale, my eyes were puffy and red from crying but they weren't the same color. I tried to take a closer look and instead I knocked down one of the crystal cups that were on the sink. I caught it in my bandaged hand wincing as I did and placed the cup back in its place. When I looked into the mirror again my eyes were blue green nothing different.
I walked to the door and turned off the light, closing the door behind me. I took one deep breath then walked to the headlight next to the bed where I always left my cellphone, to keep John from taking it away. I unhooked my cellphone from the charger and took it in my right hand. I carefully climbed onto the bed and crawled to the middle being really gentle with my bandaged hand.
Once in the middle I laid down and curled up clutching my phone in my right hand. I closed my eyes tightly as warm tears burned my cold face. It was cold and the storm sounded worst as I shivered, not bothering to cover myself with the sheets. I just laid there restless crying in Kai's huge bed, twice the size of mine.
"What did my mom do this time? That jerk he has nothing better to do than yell." I sighed in an uneven voice, quivering and unrecognizable as tears stained my face. I curled up and hugged myself careful not to hurt myself even more than I was. I stared at the door, never blinking as all the dark shadows around me stretched up against the walls and the wind outside caring the rain and the thunder carrying throughout the walls. The window behind the headset screeching from the branches rubbing against it.
The tree's shadow stretching into the room to stand as a man against the dresser. I reached for one of the many pillows and covered myself, clutching my phone in my right hand, hoping Kai would call, like he usually did. My eyes were closed tight behind the pillow as more tears stung my eyes.
It was midnight as it continued to rain, the thunder getting louder. My heart stopped as I heard the thunder outside the window, my phone vibrating in my hand. I didn't notice the phone vibrating in my hand, until a few minutes later. I swung it open, noiselessly gasping for air to hide my panic as I moved my lips to answer, the other voice beating me to it.
"Crystal what took you? You don't want to talk to me?" he sounded a bit confused as I sat up on the bed to get myself comfortable. The pillow that was covering me before was now on my lap with my left hand laying motionless on top as I held the phone to my ear. Tears streaming down my face
"I'm sorry. I'm not Crystal." I tried to keep a steady voice but I couldn't.
"That bitch." he whispered moving the phone away as he did.
"Hey, I heard that." I tried to sound mad but it didn't work, my voice uneven and a bit shaky. Another voice speaking at the same time I did, in the background
"Hey." he yelled. There wasn't only one person on the other side but two.
My eyes opened wide and a giggle somehow escaped as I shut my eyes, tears sliding down.
"That wasn't for you to hear. I meant that for the girl that was supposed to answer. Sorry..." he paused whispering in the background
"Are you happy? I said what you wrote." I tried to keep from laughing, instead giggling into the phone.
"Hey your not supposed to hear that from the static." he replied disappointed as he got smacked once again.
"Well I'm use to the static, since I always listen to it." my voice still uneven
"Oh...so the static isn't from the rain?..." he paused
"I thought you were hanging up, I mean some stranger talking to some stranger." he continued, his voice confused.
"I am but then that goes to you too. I don't usually talk this long to strangers especially on the phone but its just tonight its okay and I thought you were my step brother since..." I paused taking a deep shaky breath
"I've been waiting for him to call and then my parents...wait sorry I'm getting ahead of myself. I'm hanging up, bye." I finished silently smacking myself for talking a lot to people I don't even know.
I sat there quietly after I finished talking, biting my lower lip while I stared down at my bandaged hand.
"No wait." they shouted in unison from the other end
"Hey, your not hanging up are you?" the voice talking in the background questioned a bit too smug.
"Well..." I sighed
"...no. I was actually waiting to see if you two would hang up first thinking I had hung up first but I guess that didn't work." I sighed my voice a little raspy and uneven, showing how relieved I was.
"Hey are you alright?" his voice sounded warm and comforting.
"Yeah...or...well, I'm alright I probably just don't look it. Not having that much sleep lately and having my hand bandaged or maybe having many bruises tomorrow. Just a few minutes ago my parents got into an argument and I will definitely end up getting yelled at for breaking my step dads statue during lunch. Then to top things off Ms. Becker, my homeschooling teacher, is coming in the morning to pick up my assignments and probably give me ten more or maybe she'll see me and give me a break. Yeah that will happen to be exact, in a million years and if my step dad catches me in his sons room I will most likely be grounded at least till I'm only fifty or..." I paused realizing everything I had just said.
"I'm sorry. I don't usually do this to people I barely met on the phone. I think I have a problem, I just start rambling when I'm scared or nervous maybe for many reasons but..." I breathed. "Your doing it again." the other voice cut in
"Oh sorry but see I'm alright." I sighed with a grin like they could really see me.
"Well from what we heard you don't sound alright. Oh and so we won't be to much of strangers you can call me Seth and the guy who talked to you first can be Gus and you can be Sky." he replied satisfied with the names he picked out
"Hey, why not say your real names and its not fair you picked all of them what if I don't like those names? Nope, not fair. If were going to use code names then something has to change you pick, keep my name or your names but if you keep my name, one last question, why Sky?" I wiped my tears as I replied.
"No real names because it leaves it more of a mystery or secret..." he paused
"Yeah, to keep things interesting, since Gus fits me well." the voice in the back shouted annoyed
"Okay what he said and you got Gus...well you know why. Fine, we'll keep your name and Sky its because theres only one sky out there which makes it special." he replied, his voice soft
"Also because the sky is free and open and your just as open." the other voice shouted in the back.
"Hey what are you trying to say? I'm not open at all. Oh and I made up my mind, I know what your names should be." I answered smugly.
"No I didn't mean it like that I meant because your rambling..." he paused a bit embarrassed
"So what names did you pick out?" he asked in a low voice
"Oh okay, I'll let it pass. Only because we just met and we should be on good terms." I smiled
"So your new names are Pinky and the Brain. Pinky will be for the person who talked to me first and your the Brain. So thats the end of that, no more changing them." I answered laughing towards the end
"Hey." answered Pinky in the background
"I'm sorry." I teased
"I thought you said you wanted to end this on good terms" Pinky teased back as I continued to laugh, catching my breath as my hand started to sting.
"Hey now you sound a bit better..." the Brain replied as I yawned interrupting him.
"I see someones tired. We'll let you get some sleep but before we go, one last question...since you get home schooled, does your brother get home schooled too or does he work?" the Brain asked.
"Well he doesn't get home schooled but he does go to school. Actually, he goes to Spenser Academy and he doesn't work. Oh and I'm not tired, really. I just yawned." I answered failing to hide how tired I really was.
"That doesn't fool us." Pinky laughed
"Eh...whats your brothers name?..." Pinky asked catching his breath as he beat the Brain taking the phone away.
"Well his name is...wait why do you want his name but we have to have secret names? Just asking." I exclaimed
"Its just our names. Family names or friend names can be said." the Brain explained
"Okay I guess I'll take that as an answer and well his name is Kai." I sighed, suspiciously.
I was tired but not for sleep.
"Hey what are you guys doing, calling Crystal in the middle of the night anyways? Huh?" I scolded
"Nobody's going to change the subject. Someones tired here and there not admitting it." Pinky teased.
"I'm not trying to change the subject here, I really want to know and really I'm not tired but I can't go to sleep I don't usually after nightmares." I answered defeated smacking my forehead for blurting out that I had a nightmare. I gently laid my bandaged hand back down as it pounded in pain, tears falling to the pillow.
"Here we'll help out then. Lay down and close your eyes." the Brain whispered as I listened obediently then paused.
"Hey, how did you know I was sitting up?" I asked confused
"Well you have to be standing up or sitting down most of the time so its an easy guess. Now do as we said." Pinky scolded.
"Wait, are you guys going to call again? or did we pick out names just for a few minutes, I mean hours, we talked to say goodbye at the end." I yawned.
"Don't worry about that we come out every morning at five." Pinky teased.
"Hey, I don't mean the show you guys." I cried
"We'll call tomorrow again, same time remember we have your phone number. Now, what did Pinky say, lay down and close your eyes." the Brain answered comfortingly.
"Okay, okay, I'm laying down." I sighed taking deep breaths as I laid down and closed my eyes, tears sliding down.
"Now listen." they answered in unison.
Even with all the static somehow it was comforting to hear their voices as I lay there covered with the bed sheet, listening to the tune they sang into the phone.
"My dad use to sing that to me when I was little." I sighed suddenly becoming more tired than I was.
"Okay but you need to sleep now." the Brain whispered softly and in a matter of seconds I was asleep. Pinky and the Brain had stopped and whispered good-bye as they hung up. My phone still against my ear as it hung up and slid closed held in my right hand tightly.
