Chapter 11 - Slight Reassurance
Meg petaled her bike home one day and went to the kitchen for dinner. The past month, Meg have been quiet and haven't been the same as she once was. She seems to having a bit of a silent streak at school, due to Meg being told to answer a question and she didn't.
Meg's stomach growled as her mom cooked. For the past month, she have been sick and had even been called out from school a few times. Her grades also started lowering slightly since she seem to enter a deep depression. Meg have been trying her hardest to actually forget her abused past but it have been a challenge for her. She had been spending nearly 14 years being given presents, receiving high praises, and had a greater childhood then most kids dream for. She have grown up with a wealthy family and had a fulfilling childhood.
Sadly, no one understood her. Meg had continued to be quiet and her parents fear they had done something so they gave her space, so the silence continues.
Meg knew she shouldn't be giving her parents who raised her for the past 12 years this treatment. "Mom, dad," she said nervously. "I have a field trip in four more weeks."
"Yes?" Her mother asked, sensing there was more then this.
"It's to Quahog, Adam West High School," Meg stated, her eyes starting to fill with tears. "I never thought I was going to go back but it seems like my past still hunts me."
Her father patted her gently on the shoulder. "Perhaps fate wants you to confront your past," he assured. "You can't run from it forever, dear. You have to stand up for yourself. You cannot allow this to hunt you."
"Even should my real parents find me?" Meg questioned.
"Meg, your real parents won't find you," he said affectionately. "Even should they do, you know what I have taught you. Plus, your teachers would be there with you and you have our number."
"Yes, dad," she said as she took out her permission slip. "Maybe I should go and try to push aside the trauma and fight against it."
"There's my girl," he said, touching her on the hair softly. Plus, Meg doesn't claimed the last name Griffin no longer, and now is clutching Bowman. "Also, after I got home, I saw something in the mail." He pulled out a paper and showed it towards her.
Immediately, the topic of Quahog was gone from her mind for a minute, and now she was interested into this new topic. Grabbing the paper, she looked down only to see an A with a email paper. Opening it, she was shocked to see a driver license with her name, picture, and date of birth on it.
She have been so invested in her problem she had forgotten she have taken a driver lesson and test and passed it with flying colors. Well, her parents did also taught her how to drive since she was 15 since they knew she would passed.
"We have one more present," Meg's mother stated. "Follow us." They leaded her out and her eyes went wide when she have saw a red color car that have clearly gotten a lot of modifications; it was top branded and possibly cost a lot of money.
She hadn't seen this when driving up with her bike. She'd guess a mechanic drove it up since her parents are just that rich and have earned themselves a great living. Meg looked at her parents, and they nodded allowing her to run and open the door and getting in.
"It has many modifications," her father told her. "For one thing you can switch the top, and for another it can be change between a four seater and a two seater with one hit of the button."
Meg watched as her father hit the button and the chairs behind her seemingly went in. He hit another button and the roof from the top went down and showed the sun in replace.
"I love it," Meg says joyfully and saw a very tiny package on the seat beside her. She picked it up and opened it only to reveal car keys. Putting the key along with her chain that only consists of her house key and the mail key which have a different color so she won't be confused.
She gotten out and ran up towards her parents, "Thanks, mom, thanks dad." She gave them both hugs, really loving them for giving her much a kid can wish for in 12 years. "I can't wait to drive it three more days."
Since the weekend is coming and tomorrow would be Saturday, it would take three days before she showed her friends her car.
After getting her clothes on with her bookbag, along with her headphones, Meg decided to match with her car so she was wearing a blue and white shirt, pant, jacket, and shoes. Her parents have told her that she would have to get gas on the car every five days because the gas was high. So on Friday she placed her bookbag in her car seat beside her, hop in the car and prep the vehicle, taking her keys out and putting it on the lock cylinder with the other keys, such as mail or her house, or her locker in her school, leaning on the side.
"Bye, mom, bye dad." She said towards her parents.
Driving to school was a honest blast. As Meg came to a stop at her school, she gotten out receiving awe looks from the kids around. Meg driven up and came to a stop at the parking lot. Fellow students were surprised at the car she have now gotten. Meg's hand was on her stomach however, as she was unsure about going to school. Her parents tried to tell her to stay behind and not go in school, but she insisted that she can go.
She felt her phone vibrating and picked it up from her pocket, only to see her best friend text message, "Meg, where are you?" Ryan asked over text. She had told her friends about returning to school.
"In the parking lot," Meg responded as she put her phone away and walked away from her car, taping a button that close the car and locked it fully, so if anybody try to get any ideas.
"Wow, Meg, you have a cool whip," a senior stated, as she had gotten out of a car herself. Meg noticed kids were now checking over her cars. Luckily, she didn't have to be so cautious out here because security guards be out here and watched their cars.
"Thanks," Meg responded.
Meg showed her ID to the security guard whom nodded with approval looks. Just then her two best friends came up towards her along with a squad, Meg smiled and leaded them towards her car.
"Woah!" All of the students exclaimed, even her friends, were surprised at the car. They knew she was popular and had much money, but that car is easily the best car there.
"Funny thing is that if someone tries to steal the car, they would instantly get profiled and locked in the car and the cops would come," Meg declared, earning gap looks from the surrounding students. She was glad that her father have gotten a security code on all of her mother cars and on her car since it would catch attempted thieves.
"Wow, Meg," Ryan said with awe. "You are truly outdoing yourself." She was glad that Ryan were one of the first supporters. As the years passed, Ryan is one of her friends who she cared deeply about and would be supporting of her.
"Yeah," Perry agreed. "I too passed the driver lesson test but my parents are taking a bit to get me a car." Meg nodded, ignoring the kids who is begging to drive them around, and walked inside of her school with her best friends.
As they did, the bell ring, and they headed to their first period which they had together and sat beside each other. "Alright class, before I begin, I would like question if anyone had gotten their permission slips."
No one stood up because no one had wanted to go to that horrible school, until the seat creaked, and all turned their attention to see Meg Bowman coming forward with her permission slip.
Gasps erupted from the class as the most popular kid in school placed her permission slip down against the desk. She had been odd and off lately but some couldn't lied that they didn't lost that Meg Bowman didn't finally lost it. Being in high school they were many options then in elementary or middle. Like transportation, it can either be best or car, and since Meg now got a car, she would go by that instead.
Her influenced affected the other students as well, who immediately gotten up and turned their slips in. Soon, the whole class were forging their signatures of either their parents or just put their own name, since most of them are legally young adults.
After school, Meg went to her car. It was still taking some getting use to at not riding her bike no more and instead is riding herself a very impressive color. Meg pulled her keys out of her pocket and opened the door.
"Hey, Meg, wait!" Ryan shouted, accompanied by Perry who both had shocked looks themselves. "Why do you want to go to Adam West High School?"
"I had rather be from another school and shaming those kids then being in a class, learning old materials I learn anyways," Meg said, making her two best friends staring at each other. "So how are you guys going to get there?"
"I'm still thinking," Perry states.
"Yeah." Ryan agreed.
Meg allowed a smile to come onto her features. "You know, you two have been my friends for years, so maybe I can drive you both of you there and back. My parents has gotten a deal and we just have to wake up a hour before and I can come over to your house and pick you both up and then perhaps go out to eat and than go to school."
Ryan and Perry were both clearly surprised by that offer given by their friend. "Really?" Ryan asked, his mouth opened with clear shock. "We can't travel with you. Meg, I don't know. It would be too much gas."
"Too much gas?" Meg repeated. She stared at her friends for a minute then let out a laugh. "You honestly think my parents won't give me money for my own gas. Plus, our parents know each other and I rather us traveling together."
"Can Joshuna come?" Perry insisted. "His parents are best friends with my parents after all and you known him since fifth grade, Meg." She nodded, but had a smirk on her face.
"Something tells me you have a crush on him," she teased as she started the engine to make noises, further teasing her.
"Meg!" Perry scolded her friend. "He is just a friend. Beside you known Ryan since Kindergarten. Surprise you two aren't dating." Both Meg and Ryan blushed at that. They had heard people in school pairing them together and yet they were always humiliated by it.
"Whatever, gotta go, but text me should you two want to go with me," Meg replied, trying to play it off cool without showing her embarrassment. The brown hair girl drove off, deciding to go home immediately.
Still deep in Meg Bowman's soul, memories started to come towards her. A frightened sad girl at the age of 5 who was abused by her family. A girl bullied at the few weeks of school and none of the teachers clearly didn't liked her for no reason. Although Meg Bowman didn't want to accept it, she knew the truth deep down: Meg Griffin was slowly starting to make surfaces.
