Chapter 6:
Storm nearly dropped the phone all together.
"You know about my father?"
"Of course I do."
He silently said, "YES!" But then he started to get suspicious.
"Waaaiiit, how do I know if I can trust you?"
"Then you don't have to go at all, that's totally fine with me if you're not interested-"
"I'm interested! It's just-" *sigh* wait. What do you mean 'go at all'?"
"It's not safe to talk here."
"It's just a phone call..." He whispered.
"I just texted you for where you shall meet me."
"Uhh..." The phone vibrated.
" I got it."
"Good..."
"Ok so now what do I do-"
The phone started beeping to indicate the call had ended.
He rolled his eyes and ended the call. Then he opened up the Text Message and it said:
3006
Poplica Ice Cream Shop
London, England
40023
"Oh, London. Then that's okay- LONDON?!" He rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't seeing things.
"Where am, I going to get the money to fly to London?!"
He started searching for any spare money he could find. He looked in pockets drawers, his piggy bank, his wallet, the dryer, Ray's room, in his satchel, and under the bed.
He gathered all the money he could find, and counted it up.
"$56.23 is not going to get me to London."
He shifted his eyes to the little shiny card on the night table.
Aha!
He grasped the small object in his hand, and thought to himself:
I wonder how much money could be in here? Uhh! But mom said this is only for emergencies: like college. But this is an emergency! For DAD!
He held up the card like it was an angel itself. He packed all needed supplies:
Cell phone, (duh!) wallet, (of course with the money inside) snacks, Nintendo, (obviously) books, driver's license, photos of his dad, extra clothes, acne cream, (don't judge) toothbrush, (and toothpaste) lucky coat, his Jordans, and his laptop. (which he conveniently found in his mom's room).
He stuffed it all in his satchel, and quietly tried to sneak past the sleeping silhouette of his mother behind the canopy of her bed. The floor creaked a little but all it did was make her shift sides. Storm sighed a sigh of relief and continued.
He quietly creeped down the stairs, trying not to wake Ray up from her movie time. The floor creaked a little too loud that time.
"Where are you going?" Ray asked nosily.
"To the store...?"
"Mom! Storm's trying to sneak out again!" She called.
Storm did the "cut it out!" signal, but Ray didn't care.
"Mooooooom!"
"What is it, sweetie?" Sally said as she shuffled down the stairs.
"He's trying to sneak out again," Ray pointed at Storm.
Sally gave him a "are you serious?" face.
"Where are you going?" She scolded.
"To the grocery store...?" Storm lied.
"With a satchel?" She said in a "are you serious?" tone.
"Yes to put the groceries... inside?"
"Where are you really going?"
Storm had to think.
Aha!
"To the mall... with Joy!"
Sally's face turned from suspicious to adoring.
"It's so nice that you want to hang out with friends!" She hugged him.
"Right, mom... Soooo I'll just be going now..."
He opened the door and started to leave.
"Make sure to come back before curfew!" Sally yelled out to him as he pulled out of the driveway.
"I'll try mom..."
He hated to lie to mom like that but he knew that she would have never let him go if he told her the truth.