Its short but the next one will be longer.
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Flashback
I was a tall, stick-thin, young woman with long, curly black hair and glasses. I had a thin-lipped, wide, expressive mouth I inherited from my mother and my large eyes and gawky figure made me look a lot like my father. I was approximately 5'6". I met Neo while I was jogging. It was a weird experience.
He was outside doing some exercises, which caused me tripped over a rock. I was so embarrassed, he came over as I rubbed my foot. " Are you ok? Are you hurt? "
"I think so. My palms are bleeding a little and my foot hurts, a little. " I showed him my palms. There was a small gash on my right hand.
"What happened? I just saw you trip." He said worried.
I got flustered and said, ''I got distracted with something in my school and running helps clear my mind.'' I tried standing up on my feet, but ending up wincing when I put pressure on my right foot.
''Come with me. It might be a sprain. We need to put ice on it; hopefully it would be a minor sprain.'' The guy said as I put my arm over his shoulder, as we moved to the porch.
"My name is Neo Anderson. What's your name, miss? " Neo said with a smile. I don't know what to say. I would assume he's a plant that Emma out in place to make me think he is interested in me or be on my side. It happened before. Though looking at his house with the moving truck there, it's safe to assume he doesn't go to the same school as me. That's a relief.
"My name is Taylor Hebert. It's nice to meet you Neo. Did you just move here? " I asked, looking at the boxes on the porch.
"Yeah, we did. Our old home and some things were mostly destroyed in a fire." He said.
"Oh." I was surprised. He went in to get some frozen pee's for my ankle. After that, we talked about things we liked and disliked until his dad came outside. He was not a nice man when I first saw him.
"Hey brat, what are you doing talking to that girl. Get inside the house and put the pee's in the fridge. You need to make my dinner." He said angrily.
"Ok dad. I have to go but it's been fun and hopefully your ankle is fine now. I haven't talked with anyone since we moved here. Bye Taylor, hopefully the rest of your day would be better." Neo said before going back inside his house with the pee's.
"Bye." I said happy. I got a friend and then became apprehensive about this would be over when he goes to school tomorrow.
Flashback ends
When I woke up, I was alone. My dad left the house. It was quiet which was nothing new and my bugs didn't sense any movement in the house. He always leave before I woke up. Now I can check on the progress of my costume without worrying that my dad could catch me.
The basement under my house is absolutely filthy when I'd decided to move my costume in the old furnace. Full of dust bunnies and ancient cobwebs, with only a single, sad light bulb dangling from the ceiling to brighten up the room through its dark brown glass. Hidden in a box was black widows that I collected for months. Haaah, There you go guys again. Stop eating each other. Well there is always more. Let's see how much progress is done and how much is needed still.
Hmm the suit is a black-and-grey spider silk bodysuit with armor panels that will be made out of insect shells and exoskeletons augmented with more spider silk. I dyed it black with grey paneling. I only completed about 20% of it. The yellow lenses of my mask are durable, high-end swimming goggles tinted to help filter out bright lights, with lenses from an old pair of my glasses sealed inside with silicon.The mask leaves the back of my head uncovered and my hair free to fly behind me. The armor covers should cover my face, chest, spine, stomach and all the major joints. The mask design features dull yellow lenses and sections of armor designed to imitate a bug's mandibles. "What time is it? Damn it. It's already after 2! " I looked at the clock and scrambled to put away my costume back into the shute.
What am I going to wear though? I don't know... I'll just wear a baggy sweater, and some old jeans.
I went out and left a note for my dad, teling him where I'll be. I can feel all the bugs going into and out of my range, it took some time for me to get there. I stopped a block away. I arived at the hospital to check on how Neo is doing. What the nurses told me was that he got discharged yesterday. I'm going to do something painful towards him, for making me waste my time.