Chapter 4: Ups and Downs:
It has been two months, and to the surprise of the family and myself. I am still here. Two months of adjusting, two months of silence, two months of thinking. There are many times when I want to leave. I have to get away, but something is keeping me here. Something is keeping me in this house.
Something is holding me. For one thing, I know it is NOT Ryka. She isn't at all happy about having me continue to stay. There is something so strange about her and I can't place it. She disappears on end sometimes. And she argues with me about being Anti-social!
Ryka and I cross paths every now and again, but mostly I keep to myself. I always have. Another strange thing about her is every time I get within a foot of her or go in a room she has been in. something breaks! I get in trouble. That reminds me! I think she intentionally took apart the entire cuckoo clock, so when I touch it to set the time she had messed up... it breaks. Just to spite me. She does that kind of thing often. I just roll my eyes and go back to the quiet serenity of my room... serenity? I've heard that somewhere...
Like I have said before the Sueki's want me to go to Juuban High. It sounds interesting enough.
Lucky, she has seen the changes I made on the uniform. I think I will want until the day of school, when I'm walked into the building. Yes, I think that will be wise. Every now and then, I have to visions of my past and my family. But 'The' vision hasn't come back yet. When it does it is the same old thing. The moon, a star coming out of the center, and a tall figure. The moon clouds the figure. So far, that's all I can see. It has never taken this long for one of my visions to happen before. What could this mean?
"Catrina! Will you get out of there!" Ryka was in one of her moods again. Day in and day out. Why can't she just leave me alone sometimes!
"I don't understand why you live in there! Mom wants you to go to market with me. Come on..." She said sluggishly. Since that night when I was caught and she was laughing, I have nothing to say to her. Like I said anything before! It will just be safer for me not to speak to them. For me not to hurt them. It has to be this way now.
"Mom! Dad! Catrina acting royal again!" She shouted down the hallway. Laughing. I opened the door and slammed it in her face. Letting her know that even if I didn't talk to her, I can still hear her. She pounded away at the door.
"Mom said to come outta there! I'm going to leave you... and you know I will!" I opened the door slowly and stepped out into the hallway. The gray carpet was soft on my feet. My room had hard wood floors...
I slipped on my shoes on the way down the stairs. Ryka deiced that getting to the market was more important than me, so she walked as fast as she could. I let her. The streets were crowded and so was the cross walk. I squeezed threw people, keeping sight of Ryka. I have never been out this far before!
When I got to Juuban market she was already getting ready to leave...
On the way back, I dragged behind. I looked across the street and there were the girls. They were all laughing about something. Wiping dough off their clothes?
"Really Rei. That was funny. Did you see Serena's face when the cake exploded!" The girl with the red bow in her hair said. Everyone laughed. I guess the one with the odangos was Serena. She was humming something.
"Earth to Serena? Come in Serena? Guys I guess she is in Darien mode again." The girl with the black hair said. Everyone laughed and odango snapped out of it.
"What? Oh sorry guys. I was thinking about our new enemies. And Darien. Just to think we have all been together for so long. We have been threw everything together. From finding out our past and future, to Rini and Diana... and if my mind serves me right... who told who to put that in the cake Rei!" The two started arguing and laughing at the same time.
They walked away that way...
It has been two months, and to the surprise of the family and myself. I am still here. Two months of adjusting, two months of silence, two months of thinking. There are many times when I want to leave. I have to get away, but something is keeping me here. Something is keeping me in this house.
Something is holding me. For one thing, I know it is NOT Ryka. She isn't at all happy about having me continue to stay. There is something so strange about her and I can't place it. She disappears on end sometimes. And she argues with me about being Anti-social!
Ryka and I cross paths every now and again, but mostly I keep to myself. I always have. Another strange thing about her is every time I get within a foot of her or go in a room she has been in. something breaks! I get in trouble. That reminds me! I think she intentionally took apart the entire cuckoo clock, so when I touch it to set the time she had messed up... it breaks. Just to spite me. She does that kind of thing often. I just roll my eyes and go back to the quiet serenity of my room... serenity? I've heard that somewhere...
Like I have said before the Sueki's want me to go to Juuban High. It sounds interesting enough.
Lucky, she has seen the changes I made on the uniform. I think I will want until the day of school, when I'm walked into the building. Yes, I think that will be wise. Every now and then, I have to visions of my past and my family. But 'The' vision hasn't come back yet. When it does it is the same old thing. The moon, a star coming out of the center, and a tall figure. The moon clouds the figure. So far, that's all I can see. It has never taken this long for one of my visions to happen before. What could this mean?
"Catrina! Will you get out of there!" Ryka was in one of her moods again. Day in and day out. Why can't she just leave me alone sometimes!
"I don't understand why you live in there! Mom wants you to go to market with me. Come on..." She said sluggishly. Since that night when I was caught and she was laughing, I have nothing to say to her. Like I said anything before! It will just be safer for me not to speak to them. For me not to hurt them. It has to be this way now.
"Mom! Dad! Catrina acting royal again!" She shouted down the hallway. Laughing. I opened the door and slammed it in her face. Letting her know that even if I didn't talk to her, I can still hear her. She pounded away at the door.
"Mom said to come outta there! I'm going to leave you... and you know I will!" I opened the door slowly and stepped out into the hallway. The gray carpet was soft on my feet. My room had hard wood floors...
I slipped on my shoes on the way down the stairs. Ryka deiced that getting to the market was more important than me, so she walked as fast as she could. I let her. The streets were crowded and so was the cross walk. I squeezed threw people, keeping sight of Ryka. I have never been out this far before!
When I got to Juuban market she was already getting ready to leave...
On the way back, I dragged behind. I looked across the street and there were the girls. They were all laughing about something. Wiping dough off their clothes?
"Really Rei. That was funny. Did you see Serena's face when the cake exploded!" The girl with the red bow in her hair said. Everyone laughed. I guess the one with the odangos was Serena. She was humming something.
"Earth to Serena? Come in Serena? Guys I guess she is in Darien mode again." The girl with the black hair said. Everyone laughed and odango snapped out of it.
"What? Oh sorry guys. I was thinking about our new enemies. And Darien. Just to think we have all been together for so long. We have been threw everything together. From finding out our past and future, to Rini and Diana... and if my mind serves me right... who told who to put that in the cake Rei!" The two started arguing and laughing at the same time.
They walked away that way...