My eyes slowly started to open as they looked at the ceiling of the Shack. I felt like something was pushing down on me, wanting me to stay in the warm bed, but I knew if I did, I'd never get up. I lifted my head and turned to Mabel's bed, which was empty. She usually woke up before me.
I swinged my legs over and stood up. I reached over to my desk and grabbed my hat, putting it on. I grabbed my jacket from the closet and slipped into it. I headed to the stairs to the kitchen. Mabel was sitting eating a bowl of cereal.
"Morning Bro-Bro. I was wondering if you'd wake up." I went to the cabinet and grabbed the cereal. I made my own bowl and sat down next to her.
"Did you sleep well?" She asked me.
"Better than I had hoped for. It is really great to be back here."
"I feel you. Today I'm gonna go into town and try to find Candy and Grenda. They've probably missed me. What about you?"
"I don't know yet. I haven't really planned anything for today."
"Good." Stan said, walking into the kitchen. "That means you can spend today working." He said while pouring himself a glass of orange juice.
"Aw come on Stan, It's my first day back. Do I seriously have to work today?"
"Well..." Stan said, thinking to himself. "I guess you can start tomorrow."
"Thanks Stan." I told him. "I think I'm just gonna walk around in town, maybe say hi to some people." I finished my cereal and grabbed some snacks from the pantry. I didn't know how long I'd be out. I might even stop by the forest and catch some monsters. I still didn't need my journal, even though I thought about taking it with me. I pretty much memorized it, how many times I looked at it.
I said bye to Mabel and Stan, then headed out the door. It took a while to walk into town, so I went to pull out my iPod, until I turned my head, and saw the cart. I ran into it and hopped in. I opened the compartment where the keys were stored. I turned the key in the ignition and the engine started up. "It was gonna be great to drive the cart again." I thought to myself. I sped off towards town, letting the wind blow over me. I'm guessing I went about 40 miles an hour, just looking around and seeing the sights. It wasn't long until I was back in town. I parked the cart and just started walking around.
No one noticed me for a while. I didn't meet that many people when I was there last summer, so I wasn't that surprised.
"Oh my gosh, is that City Boy?" I turned my head to see the police on me. No other than Durland and Blubs
"Never thought I'd see you again." Durland said. "How's Nevada?"
"It's California, and It's been good, for the most part."
"We never really apoligized when we thought you destroyed the Gideon Bot." Blubs said in a guilty tone.
"Water under the bridge." I told them. "Well, I'll see you guys around." They tipped their hats, then walked off. Although they weren't very good at their jobs, I had nothing against them. They were good hearted people, and I respected them for that. I started walking around more. I even ran into Toby Determined. He even said hi to me. After a while, I looked at my watch. It read 5:00 pm. I wanted to stop by the woods before it started to get dark, so I turned around and started heading to the cart.
While walking back, I turned my head to see a food donating stand. It was run by a homeless lady, who was wearing a dirty brown coat. I always felt bad for the ones who were less fortunate than me, so I walked up to the stand. I remembered I carried snacks with me. I went to the stand and pulled them out.
"I hope this helps." I said with a smile. She grew a grin on her wrinkled face.
"Bless your soul, child." She told me. I walked away, feeling good about myself. About halfway across the road, I heard the lady talking. I turned around to see her talking to a kid, about my age, who was also wearing a coat. I couldn't see who she was, until she turned her head, and I saw her face. It was Pacifica Northwest. When I saw her, she saw me, and a worried look appeared on her face. She turned back to the lady, grabbed some food, and started coming towards me. She approached me.
"Don't tell ANYONE you saw me here." She said, with a hint of anger and worry in her tone.
"Pacifica, I thought your parents were loaded, what are you doing?"
"None of your business!" She said getting angry.
"It is now, since you told me not to tell anyone. Her angry face turned into one of pure sadness.
"If you must know..." She looked around, seeing if anyone was watching her. "We need to go somewhere silent." I motioned her to the cart, and we started waking to it. It wasn't that far away, so we walked at a slow pace, not taking to each other. We climbed in, and I started the engine. We started driving out of town, to the woods.
"I didn't know you were back in town." She told me.
"I just got here yesterday."
"Oh." We soon arrived at the entrance, and we climbed out. We walked into it, and soon got to a clearing. We sat down on two tree stumps. I looked at her with concern.
"You can take off the coat, no one can notice you here." She looked at me hesitantly, then toon it off, revealing her whole self, wearing middle class clothes. She was wearing just a T-shirt, jeans, and sneakers. They were generic clothes, worse than mine, which caught me off guard.
"Now, tell me what the problem is." I said, looking into her eyes.
I'd like to thank alucard31, who told me they were from Pidemont, not Pasadena. I totally forgot, and that's the name that popped into my head.