I had just finished packing when I heard a knock. "Come in." I said, knowing they would anyways. I have absolutely no privacy here. I thought as my mom came in.
"Are you almost ready to leave honey?" She asked as she scanned my room for stuff I forgot.
"Yeah, hang on a second ok?" I said, "I'm just going to call Brad and Sam and tell them to come over before we leave."
My mom gave me a look as I said this but left the room anyways. Brad and Sam were my best friends and part of the reason my parents were forcing me to go to La Push. Why I would even want to go to an Indian reservation is beyond me, but they were making me. Ever since freshman year, Sam, Brad and I were missing curfew almost every night. Now, in the middle of my sophomore year, my dad got sick of it. I was not happy.
"KATIE!!!!" my dad yelled as I walked into the house.
"What?" I replied, in a voice that I knew would get me into trouble if he wasn't already mad.
"Do you know what time it is?" He asked as I shrugged my shoulders. "It is 3 O' clock in the morning!! What have you been doing all night??"
"Oh you know, just hanging out with Sam and Brad." I knew that would make him mad. As much as he hated to admit it, he really liked Sam and Brad but when we stayed out that late he absolutely hated them!
"Well I have had enough of it," he said, "I called your aunt in La Push yesterday and she said that she would be glad to take you off of our hands. Friday right after school you are going to pack and then move out there. And it doesn't matter what you say because this is what is going to happen. Now get upstairs and go to sleep, you have to be up early tomorrow."
And that was that. That was a Tuesday, so I had 3 days to tell everyone that I was moving across the country. It was really hard on me to say goodbye to my friends, but not as hard as I thought. The only real hard part was saying goodbye to Sam and Brad. They were my best friends, and I hadn't been away from them since I moved here!
I found my phone and called Brad first.
"Hey Katie! What's up?" he said when he answered.
"I'm leaving, remember??" I answered.
"Oh yeah, when is that again?" I could hear the hurt in his voice as he said this.
"In an hour. Come over here. I'm gonna call Sam and have him come over too." I said
"Ok," he said, "Call him and tell him I'll pick him up on my way over. We'll be over in 15, ok?"
"Yeah, just hurry. My parents want to leave soon. Bye." I said as I hung up.
I called Sam as fast as I could and told him what Brad said. They were over at my house in record time.
"Alright, you guys have 10 minutes." My dad said as he grabbed my stuff and brought it to the car.
"Sam! Brad!" I said as I ran to give them hugs, "I don't want to go!" No, I thought to myself, I'm not going to cry in front of them.
"We know." Sam said, "Just try to come back as soon as you can. And don't be getting into trouble!"
"Haha, yeah. NO guys! Right Sam?" Brad said.
"Oh you guys! I won't get into trouble, but I don't know about that no guys thing." I replied looking at their faces. The looks they gave me were priceless! "Haha you guys thought I was serious??"
"Well, you better be good so you can come back. And don't forget to call us every once in a while!" Sam said.
"3 minutes!!" My dad yelled from the garage.
I hugged them tighter," I don't want to go! What if something happens?"
"You'll be fine." Brad said, "We'll come out and visit you as soon as we can. Ok??"
"Yep!" I said letting them go, "That's what I wanted to know. See you guys soon!"
"You've got to be kidding? All that just to have us visit you?" Sam said.
"No, I really don't want to go, but knowing that you'll come out will make it a little better." I replied and hugged them again.
"Katie! You better get out here now before I come in there to get you!" Dad yelled.
"Coming Dad" I replied, "Bye guys. And you better be serious about coming out!"
"Yeah, Yeah. Why would we lie to you?" they said.
"Who knows, but I've got to go." I said and walked to the car. Trying to be brave I put a smile on my face and got in the car. I waved to them as soon as we started going, and it looked like they were really sad. That was it, I couldn't hold it in any longer, and I finally broke down and cried. We got halfway to the airport before I stopped, and as soon as I did, I just put in my headphones and listened to my IPod.
My dad tried to talk to me, but I really didn't want to listen. I felt really bad after about 20 minutes of that, because I hate it when he gets that sad look on his face. So I decided to listen to what he was saying.
"What is it Dad?" I asked him politely.
"I was saying that I am really going to miss you. And I'm really sorry that I have to do this, but you are going to love it with Becky. I know you don't know her that well but everything will be fine. She is really a lot cooler than you would think." He said.
"I know Dad. Everything is going to be a lot different though. I'm sure that Becky and I will get along fine." I replied
"Yeah, well don't forget that you have to listen to her and that if anything happens it will be your fault not hers." He said
"Thanks Dad that makes me feel a whole lot better." I said sarcastically.
"Now, Katie. Don't be getting all dramatic and throw fits on Becky. She is doing us a favor so you better be good." He said. We were at the airport so he was dropping me off at the terminal.
"I know Dad, I know. I'll be a good little girl and not get into any trouble ok?" I asked with a smile.
"Alright, but I don't believe you!" He said as he pulled me into a hug, "Call me when you get in ok?"
"Yes sir!" I said and hugged him back, "I love you."
"Love you too." He said, "Now get on that airplane!"
"Bye Dad."
"Bye kid."
