Chapter Three
The Unexpected Visitor
"Kat? Are you alright?" said a new but familiar voice. I dashed to the door to greet them. But being naturally clumsy. When I opened the door my body kept going. And I went crashing into him. Then he chuckled again. That wonderful silky chuckle.
"Are you okay Kat?" he asked in between laughs. "Yes." I said sternly. "What are you doing here?" I continued. "I heard your frantic screaming. So I wanted to make sure you weren't dying." he said. "Well I'm not." I said. "That's good. Um, do you mind?" he said. "Mind what?" I asked. He looked me in the eyes and glanced down. So then I glanced down and realized when we collided I landed on top of him.
"Oh, sorry." I said. I managed to scramble up off of him. Then my face turned scarlet red… again. "Um, would you like to come in?" I asked. "Uh, sure." he said. "Then come on in." I said.
"You have a nice house." said David. "Sure, it's out in the middle of the woods." I said. "What's wrong with living in the woods?" asked David. "Well, I'm used to living in the city." I replied. "Oh, well I'm used to it." he said. "I'm sure you are." I said.
"When will your parents get home?" asked David. "I don't know. Usually they would be home by now." I said. "Perhaps the new time zone has confused them." said David. "I don't think so. They lived here when they were kids." I replied. "Oh, well there goes my theory. Well I need to go." said David. "Wait! I want to talk to you." I exclaimed. "About what?" he said. "About earlier." I said. He paused. Then he spoke.
"What do you want to know?" asked David. "When you saw your family coming towards us, why did you tense up?" I asked. "Let's just say my family is… different." he said. "I'll see you tomorrow!" he said. Then he walked out of the house. I waved goodbye solemnly. Sad at heart to see him walk out. "But I'll see him tomorrow, right?" I said. "See who tomorrow?" asked my Mom. "Mom!?" I exclaimed. I turned to fast and well… fell. "Where were and Dad!?" I said. "Out back in the garden." she said. Feeling stupid to not look out back, I slapped myself on the forehead.
"Mom, I'm going to the store!" I said. "Be back before nine!" she yelled. "Okay!" I replied.
I walked out to my car, listening to the soft chirp of the evening birds. This place was great so far. As long as they have a mall nearby. I stopped at the first store I saw. It was a hiking store! (o) I LOVE to hike! I walked in and I was greeted by a somewhat familiar voice.
"Kat Collin? Is that you?" said the girl. "Uh, yes. Um, who are you?" I asked. "Oh, right. I'm Kinomi Nigi Yuki! I'm in your Japanese class! But please, call me Nigi." exclaimed Nigi. "Oh, okay. Do you work here?" I asked. "Yeah, I love to hike!" Nigi said. "Me too! We should go on a hiking trip!" I said. "Yeah! But not tonight, it's getting late." she said. "Well I'll see you tomorrow!" I said. "Bye!" said Nigi.
'Kinomi, I mean Nigi is nice. I should sit with her at the lunch table tomorrow. It's good to have friends! Who knew I would make some so quickly!?' I thought to myself.
I drove home in silence. It was pretty boring. At least they had good radio reception. I listened to The FrayJames Blunt, and Rhianna. Other than that, silence.
"I'm home!" I said. "Hello dear." said my Dad. "What store did you go to?" he asked. "To the local hiking shop." I replied. "Ah, should have known you would go there first." he said. "Yeah. I met up with a girl in my Japanese class." I said. "Did you two arrange a hiking trip?" asked my Mom. "Not yet, but we're going to." I said. I yawned. "I'm beat. I'm going to bed." I said. "Good night Kat." said my parents.