Hi people, sorry it took sooo long, and sorry it took sooo long for them to be finally be free!
I just had writers block. Sorry about that! There was a thunderstorm today... which can only mean one thing. Speed dial my hunting team! We're searching every field in a five mile radius! Vampire baseball people!
And one more thing who else is Team Edward, except when Jacob is shirtless...
well anyway here is chapter four:
Warning:Hating Twilight will cause eternal shame and depression. Just kidding.
The thick haze that blurred my days now was sometimes confusing. I was surprised when I found myself in my room sleeping, not clearly remembering the walk home from school or even opening the front door. But that didn't matter. Losing track of time was the most I asked from life.
The confrontation with Mari, didn't matter any more to me, all I cared about in life was caitlyn and our freedom. Maribel was always a bitch in many ways and I was too dense and stupid too see that until now. I knew that Travis was only using Maribel it was so obvious practically the whole school knew, but Maribel didn't care about what I thought she never did unless i'm complimenting her on her new dress.
But know nothing from this boring old town will ever matter to me anymore, finally I was getting my freedom, today is the day that we will meet up with Carson. Today is the day we are finally getting something we spent years searching for but all for a price. I have to give up hundreds and hundreds off dollars, something around at least 800 bucks all for freedom. Is it worth it? hell yes! but that means that I will have to work extra harder for my college fund and for school. I definitely know that Carson won't pay a single dime for my education and he already has grandma's and mom's wills. I already know that I could never get a scholarship, I'm already dyslexic and most of the teachers didn't even know that. I try really hard and I work my but off but the simplest of things confuse and freak me out, I have a hard time knowing which way is left or right and even simple 3rd grade maths freak me out. I used to cry in bed every night while my daddy sings me to sleep with one of his tribal lullabies. Now that he is gone, I don't really have anyone to comfort me except Caitlyn.
She's been quiet a lot lately especially after I told her that we were delaying the running away for a day. Now, I already told her a hundred times when she has one of those tantrums that running away isn't going to solve all of the worlds problems, and when you run away from home it's mostly much worse than before. She listens, I guess but I don't think she actually believes that and neither do I.
I laid awake for a while now thinking, just thinking. Nothing more, I just sat there like a frozen statue not moving my body or head and not even blinking, Well I tried not to blink but after a while was just too damn hard. I forced myself to think of all those hidden dark memories in the back of my mind. I kept them there because I was just too afraid of everything. It's hard to face my memories and nightmares, Too scared to even stand up to something that can't even physically hurt me.
I repeatedly told myself over the last few days that I cannot lean on caitlyn for support, she is only a kid and I am acting like a middle aged single mother of four, I am only fourteen and I should certainly act like it. Except that I don't know how to. I should encourage her with words, maybe play with her when I can, I can tell her stories and then we could sneak Ice cream. All those thing I got to experience she will never get because of our mentally deranged mom and Larry who is a PMSing dirt bag.
When we are free of this life, I will try to forget the life we had with Larry and the ' new' mom. It will be hard but I will try, I want to be happy and my thoughts are keeping me away from my happiness. caitlyn I'm not so sure, but I want to erase every memory of our mom and Larry from her mind, even if that means taking her to some creepy lab, I'll do it to keep her happy.
Caitlyn and I got dressed, with our bags we need for ' school'. It was only a few bags each, It's not like we have that much. I put my savings into my bag on our way, I made me and Caitlyn our special pancakes that I promised to make this morning, after consulting myself that I need to act like a sister and a friend.
Today I purposely forgot to make mom's and Larry's food. Oops!, that will show them bastards. That's what they get for making me get up at six o'clock and make them breakfast, I know it doesn't look like revenge but we don't really have time for that, we have to get out of here before they wake up.
Oh but before we did go, I left mom that diamond necklace that dad gave for her in high school or whatever, I stole it from her when I was four and lied that I flushed it done the toilet when really it was under the bed. She had a real tantrum and cried for hours, I remember crying with her constantly repeating that I was sorry. She forgave me after that and we moved on with our lives, me still not giving her that necklace and soon forgetting about my guilt. Don't judge me I was four. And her forgetting about the necklace in a couple of years, and soon after forgetting about dad.
The necklace was encrusted with turquoise gems that is wound over the silver chain. It is light as a feather and shines beautifully in the sunlight, like glitter. Dad said he won it by exchanging his red sox tickets for this necklace to some cheesy dealer guy with a cowboy hat and sweaty palms back in high school. But he didn't tell mom that - she still thinks it's store bought...from Tiffany's.
I also left a note telling her I always loved her in my heart. I guess the message is kinda true, I will always love her. Caitlyn won't because she never really experiences the good times with our mother, but I did and from those years she was the best of the best. I will always cherish those moments, forever.
We took our usual rode to school, but instead of going down the block and crossing the rode we turned right and headed straight through Ark lane, the way to Mike's Autos.
The walk was tiring, let me tell you that But I knew I probably shouldn't complaining out loud in front of Caitlyn. I mean she practically kept her mouth quiet this entire time only talking about random things such as butterflies and ponies - Little girl things you know.
I decided to make this little trip a little easy for her. seeing as how I never actually acted as a sister rather than a over protective mom, I think this is the point where that all has to stop. I still have to do those small mommy things for her, like kiss her boo-boo or read her bed time stories or hold her when there is a big thunderstorm and especially make her those oat meal cookies she loves so damn much!
We decided to pretend to be hiking through an forbidden forest. I was thinking more on the lines of outer space but whatever floats her boat. So we pretended to hike through ' the forbidden forest' as she calls it. I must admit it was actually kinda fun, I never really got to experience any kid stuff, I was always in role of the adult after dad died and Caitlyn was born, It seems that me and mom just switched our roles.
" Watch out kitty Cat there is a large wolf behind us, run! " I screamed as I threw my hands in the air frantically, getting dirty looks from a few passers by across the road. I dragged her by the hand,while the other hand dragged our luggage with us.
" No, No Stop Claire, That isn't a bwig bad bwolf that is a pwincess unicorn wolf it came to save us Claire and takes us to Carson's house " She replied pulling my arms to a halt. I know it seems kinda silly, but I have to keep her entertained until we are fully happy in our lives, I know she will miss mom too even though she did treat us pretty bad. Heck I even miss her a little now, well I miss the old her. But I need Caitlyn to just be a kid for once, this is just too much for her.
" Alright, what do we do now, Do we ride the princess unicorn wolf, to Mike's Auto...My princess" I bowed my head as we walked on slowly. I'm guessing she was enjoying the game too much too notice that we hadn't taken a break since we left the house and mike's auto was on the other side of town. I don't even have a bus token and my feet are killing me and I'm starting to get blisters. I just can't imagine how bad her feet must hurt.
" Yay Yay Yay, I'm a pwincess yay! " she squealed with joy and jumped in the air rattling her backpack with her. " pwincess, pwincess, pwincess " she chanted as she skipped a few feet ahead of me.
" Not to far, Caitlyn ! " shouted at her. She was now jumping around the puddles still chanting princess which is now her mantra.
We walked a few further feet, she was still playing her forbidden forest game, and I only pitch in when she gets a little bored. My stomach growled an unpleasant roar and I assumed it already must be lunch, a few hours left till school closes and then mom will be looking for us. I gulped, I haven really thought of that till now, I just thought that she will be too drunk or too ' intimate ' with Larry that she'll probably forget about us till the next day when there is not breakfast on the table again. But if we do go, would she come looking for us? Would she change her ways and go back to the old mom that I know and love ? I highly doubt that, I got to stop hoping from now on. Hoping is just for the sick, losers in life who believe that their dreams will come true and they will fall in love and have a fairy tale ending, As if. This is the real world and in this world there is no hope left, Well at least not for me. The rest of these delusional people can dream and hope for a better future but I doubt they'll get very far, I mean look where I got with all the hoping for a better mom and happy family one day. I am practically homeless now and with only a few hundred bucks that's caitlyn's and goes straight to her college fund.
After a couple of feet we reached mike's auto. Mike was one of my dad's closest friends he even came to their wedding. He's been through everything with us and we consider him like an uncle. But after mom's change, they had a huge fight and he just stopped visiting.
He is a great guy but just has a lot of bad jokes that I still laugh at anyway. He's getting a little old now and pretty soon he'll be hitting his sixties, He has a son who is in his early twenties - and I used to have a possible crush on when I was little, well His son who I think was called Andy doesn't really like the grimy mechanic business so he plans on selling it, for which mike doesn't approve off.
As I stared at the shop, I could see it was really out of shape. The red painted walls were faded and had graffiti all over it, there was a broken window and some old tires out in the front. The old sign was so bad, you could hardly read anything on it.
I pushed the old doors open and trudged in. Caitlyn was a few steps behind me, taking this all in.
I noticed that mike has not cleaned up since last time I worked here in the summer which was a few years ago, I still remember that apple pie incident and there it is plastered on the wall. The floor was scattered with beer cans and doughnut boxes. There were oil puddles on the floor, Caitlyn was amazed by them saying it was like a rainbow, I used to think that too.
I saw mike working with an old red ford mustang, It was in pretty decent shape but it looks a little waxed out but other than that in pretty good shape. I hate it when I get obsessed with cars, it's always like this and Maribel warns me I am not being a girl and guys won't like me, Oh well who cares what Maribel thinks she always hated me anyways, always telling me how to walk, what to eat, what to wear, when to hang out away from prying eyes so it won't make her even less popular than she already is, blah blah blah. I am sick of drama, cars just takes my mind of that.
Old man mike looked older than I last saw him, and that's saying something. His hair is starting to go much whiter and the wrinkles by his eyes actually doubled, most of his hair has fallen out as well but I can see that he still lives in overalls.
" Mike " I shouted as I waved at him, I stood there awkwardly by one of those old school muscle cars that mike loves so much, I think it's a dodge challenger not really sure but whatever it was, it could use a decent paint job.
" Claire, whatcha doin here bud " mike asked clearly confused, well not for long. He wiped his greasy hands on his rag cloth and then he noticed the bags.
Surprise and utter confusion etched his entire face, as he whispered my name again. " Claire? "
I chewed on my lips as I walked up to him whilst towing caitlyn along the way.
" hey mike, we er...we're waiting for Carson to pick us up " I replied shrugging, trying to sound nonchalant which was obviously not working.
" so your they finally let you outta the nest ha kid " He said laughing a rough laugh, that kinda made me think he was choking. Wow he really has gone old.
" Nope we're running away mister " caitlyn stated as she came to stand beside my legs.
Mike only nodded " hey there, princess long time no see " he laughed as he picked her up and spun her around, he high pitched giggles that filled the shop made me instantly smile taking away all the anxiety and doubt.
He set her down quickly with a pain look and I felt sorry for the man that was like an uncle to me in so many ways, he is aging and soon his son will take over this place and turn it into whatever he wants. I wish that when I turn eighteen he will still be alive so I can at least visit him again.
" So did you call him? You sure he's comin' kid " He narrowed his eyes at me. He knew Carson way before I was born and he know's how he is.
" yeah, he said he was coming, he knows the time " I nodded at him and made my way to my Volkswagen concept, I had this ever since I was ten and I loved it still, It's not new or anything It was made in 1998 so about six years older than me and It's in alright shape but I just want to fix it up a bit, I did two years ago with mike's help of course and I made him promise me that only I can fix the car, for which he surprisingly kept his word for.
I can't believe no one even wanted this car, this car is my baby well other than caitlyn but this car is one of my biggest accomplishments. I still remember the day when I first met him - so I call my car a him, so what sue me. Guys call their cars ' her' or ' babe ' so you know don't get all bitchy with me brain.
So the first day when I met my car was when this guy walked in, he looked pretty rich with his Armani jeans and his Rolex watch and then he comes in with the car and my mouth just drops thirty feet, I guess he notices cause he smirks at me and then says to mike ' you can keep it, I don't want this piece of crap with me anyway ' I half expected the car to turn into optimus prime but then that wouldn't actually happen since it's just fiction, can't expect everything in the world to be real, can I?
So that was the day I got the car of my dreams, well not exactly but this is the closest I can get. I always wanted a Mercedes guardian or a Porsche Yeah but like that's ever gonna happen. In my dreams mate.
So for the last few hours all I did was help out with the cars a bit and cleaned the whole shop whilst Caitlyn was playing with the kitty from down the street and by the looks of it I don't think the cat like's caitlyn very much.
It was around six and so far only a few customers stopped by. We had macaroni and cheese from Rita's down the street, It was good and Caitlyn got another serving. This time around mom and Larry will be home and probably looking for us, I just hope Carson get's here soon.
After lunch I mostly sat in the office sorting out Mike's files and I kept Caitlyn with me too just in case you know mom shows up. Caitlyn got really bored however and passed out a half hour later, so I done the paperwork in silence.
The rest of the evening passed in a hazy blur, the only thing I could remember was fixing up my car.
It was half past eleven at night, I was dusting of my car and Caitlyn was fast asleep in the passenger seat. Mike was in his office doing something, but by the loud snores coming from there I'd say he's asleep. Poor Mike.
There was a faint tap on the big metal doors. I froze unsure what to do, should I wake mike? what if it's mom or worse Larry? but then again It could be Carson.
With a deep shaky breath I crept my way to the door while holding the metal crowbar over my head just in case.
My heart was pounding in my chest each time a I took a step, I knew nothing about self defense all I know is how to throw a few punches hence me being the punching bag for Larry.
I pushed the door open with a huff and there stood in front of me was Carson.
Relief washed over me in an instant, I was just glad that it was him this whole time but I was a little pissed out too he could have given a little indication that it was him like I don't know maybe something in the lines of ' hey Claire it's Carson ' yeah I don't know, something like that.
Carson stood over me, glaring at me in a way that made me that made my the air turn suddenly colder. His angular face looked more like it was cut out of marble than usual especially with the dark stubble along his straight jawline. His eyes were the same sandy hazel like all the young's and his hair was now gelled to the side in a clean fashion. He was wearing what looked to be like very expensive chinos and a light blue cotton button up shirt that looked incredibly soft just to look at.
" Carson, hey It's so good to see you again. It's been so long " I mumbled, In awe. I missed him so much, I had to dig my nails on my forearms just to hold myself down.
" Yeah yeah yeah, just give me the money and we'll go " He mumbled and his voice echoed through the shop.
" what? wait - " I asked, didn't he want to ask us how it's been? didn't he want to even hug me?
" The damn money Claire! " He shouted glaring down at me.
" shh! " I cried. I ran to my backpack that was on the hood of an old sedan and counted the money I owed to my own brother. " here " I handed him the load and looked away.
" Is this all of it " He glared at me again, slapping it inches away from my face.
" yes that all of it, 800 bucks to be exact "
" If your lying, you and caitlyn are out " He stated sounding serious, whoa dude was he seriously serious, no he was actually serious. Seriously!
We stood face to face in total and utter silence. Me looking shocked and mouth open like a fish and him, well he was glaring and looking bored at the same time.
Then he sighed a huge big sigh that could blow the whole shop down! He looked down at me and smiled.
" come here eclair " He pulled me into a tight hug and I found it really uncomfortable to breathe. If anything I think it wasn't even a hug, I think he was just squeezing all of his anger into me, well It won't work.
Actually it did, now I am angry! Grrr!
When he let go of me and I my breathing came to a barely normal level I stared up at him and glared while stamping my foot at the same time.
" Where the hell were you, We were waiting for hours, mom could have got to us and you show up at this hour. How could you even - " Carson stopped me with his hand on my mouth.
" Just shut up Claire, now get caitlyn and lets go! " He looked exasperated. He picked mine and caitlyn's bags and headed for the car.
I turned around on my heel and made my way over to the car where Caitlyn was still sleeping - snoring peacefully like an angel that snores like a heavy smoker chain.
" Caitlyn wake up, Carson's here...and he bought uh chocolate! " I whispered in her ear while tickling her neck, she is really ticklish there!
She bolted up looking around her and rubbing her eyes. " Carson has chocolate" She mumbled at me, her big doe eyes even more doey if that was possible and if doey was even a word.
" No silly billy, Well Carson IS here but I don't think he has chocolate " I said helping her out and carrying her on my back, she loves piggyback rides and like to sleep that was as well.
I carried her all the way to mike's office, and as I pushed his loud creaky door open he shot up, looking confused at his surroundings.
I told mike we had to go and that Carson is here but he didn't want to meet him, for whatever reason he won't tell me. Well he started going on and on and on about staying safe, what I am doing is right, we are the only good people in my family and I have to visit soon before he dies. I nodded and smiled at all of them without really paying attention, well except the last one, for which I promised him for.
" Goodbye Mike, I'll miss you and I'll see you soon k " I hugged him tightly and he kissed my forehead and Caitlyn's too, who was asleep on my back.
" see ya kid, remember to visit me and your precious car anytime soon " He called after me as I exited through the front door and made my way to Carson's jet black Toyota corolla.
for the rest of the ride was filled with silence, and Caitlyn's loud snoring. But this is also the ride to freedom, our freedom.
This is where we are finally freed at last.
Thanks for reading the 3rd chapter!
Hope you enjoyed it!
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