When the news of Mary's panic attack reached the girls' parents, it was not pretty.
"What were you thinking, Mary?" Mother asked, her tone rising with every word. The family of four were out in the hallway, outside of the principle's office. Mother towered over Mary who was sitting in a chair placed against the wall, her blue eyes staring down at her shoes, not even daring to look up into her mother's fiery crimson ones.
"Not only did you terrorize your class, but you got expelled! Do you know how hard it will be to get you into a school that is as good as this one?"
Ib couldn't help but wince at Mother's voice, it was very rare to get Mother mad, but when you did, that cheery woman would turn into a demon. She kept looking back and forth from Mother and Mary. Ever since the incident that was about a half and hour ago, all Mary could say was 'I'm sorry' over and over again. She never mentioned Gary again, but it didn't stop Ib from thinking.
She remembers! She actually remembers! Ib silently cursed herself as she began to feel happy that Mary now remembers the pain and horror they both witnessed.
"I-I'm sorry-" Mary tried but was quickly stopped.
"Enough of that, it's already hard enough to have a daughter who needs therapy! What happened to you two?"
Ib felt a hand go on her shoulder, she looked up to see the soft brown eyes of her father.
"Ib, let's go home now." He began to lead her out the door, knowing Mother was only going to get worse over time.
"Honey," Father guided his wife's attention to him, "I think we should take the girls home now, we can talk about this later." He indicated the people roaming in the halls, staring curiously at the family.
Mother gave a long sigh as she rubbed her temples, "Fine." She pointed a finger at Mary, "We are not done with this, young lady." With that she walked away, back to her car to go back to her job in the fashion industry.
Father decided to walk the girls home, to make sure Mary wouldn't create another incident. Ib was thankful that it was Father taking them home, he hardly raised his voice at them and tries to keep orderly in a calm matter, unlike mother. The walk home was silent, Ib was holding Fathers hand, constantly sneaking glances at Mary. Mary was the same way she was this morning, looking down at her shoes looking at no one. She was no longer apologizing and just remained a dark and gloomy figure. Whatever was going on in that head of hers, Ib wanted it to stop, it was starting to scare her.
When they arrived at the house, Mary went straight to her room and locked the door,not saying a word. With Mary gone, Father bent down, now looking at Ib right In the face.
"Hey, are you going to be okay here with Mary being all...you know..." His words trailed off but Ib understood, she nodded.
"Good, I've got to go back to work now, but stay safe okay. Don't answer the door for anybody and just in case, stay in your room and make sure it's locked. Just keep that door locked stay there. Only come out of your room if you really need to, okay?"
Another nod.
"Just until we can figure out what's wrong with Mary. I'll be back soon, just stay safe." He got up and waved goodbye before walking out the door, leaving Ib completely alone.
Following Father's instructions, Ib walked to her room and checked three times to make sure it was locked. She was fine the first few minutes, but she soon felt trapped. Normally, Ib was comfortable in her room but now, she felt forced to be there, not allowed to go out. Even in her spacious room, she was beginning to feel claustrophobic. She needed something to do.
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw her backpack. She walked over and searched its contents to find her journal. It's red cover matching Ib's eyes.
Nothing better to do.
She grabbed a pencil, sat down and began to write.
So this one is pretty much a filler, there will be more stuff added in the next chapter I promise.
I need your guys' help though, for the next chapter I'm going to need names for the parents (possibly a last name as well). If you guys can give some suggestions in the reviews that would be great. As always, I hope your enjoying and please tell me what you think, I don't know when the next chapter will come out but it won't be long I promise. See you guys later!