After we finished eating, we went back over to Will's to get my backpack
that I had left there earlier. We walked into the house and went through
the kitchen to the stairs and then up to his room. I picked up my bag and
went over to the stairs telling Will thank you for standing up for me back
at the fast food place. About half way down the stairs, we heard a door
open downstairs. We heard Mary's voice call out, "Will are you home?"
"Yes Mary, I'm right here," Will replied walking into the kitchen. The strap of my bag decided to break right then, spilling papers out all over the stairs. I began to pick them up and shove them in my pack when Mary began speaking.
"Will, I know you don't want to hear this, but your mother is missing from the hospital. They said that this afternoon when they went in to check on her, she was gone."
"What? Where is she? I have to find her!" Will cried, forgetting I was still here. My mind began to spin furiously. His mother? I thought his mother was dead. I never knew for sure because I didn't think it was any of my business. But she was alive and was in a hospital and had gone missing! I quickly shoved the rest of my papers in my backpack and lifted it to my shoulder. I walked forward slowly and heard Mary say:
"I think it might have something to do with your father. She never really let the fact that he died in another world sink in. She refused to believe it. I know I wouldn't have in her position." Just as she said this I walked around the corner. "Marina! What are you doing here?"
"Uh oh. When you told me about mom, she completely slipped my mind," Will said.
"What did you hear?" Mary asked suspiciously.
"She already knows about last year," Will said. (a/n was it last year? I don't remember.) I accidentally said something and I ended up telling all of it to her. "Please don't be mad! I know, I know, I we agreed not to tell, but she says she believes me. Besides, she is my best friend," Will explained.
"Please don't get mad at him Mary! It's not his fault. It was an accident. I promise I won't tell anyone!" I looked down at the floor. "I better go," I said running out of the house.
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I ran all the way home not looking back. I remember people calling after me as I left Will's. I never stopped. I went in to my room and threw my backpack in the corner. I began to cry. I was crying not because I was afraid or upset, I just needed to. I was crying for Will and Lyra, my mom, Will's mom, my dad, my sister and I. I just had to let it all out. My mom knocked on the door but left after I didn't answer.
I didn't come out for dinner because I'd eaten with Will. That night, I sat by my window in my nightgown. I saw the sky darken and turn a deep blue. So dark it looked black. Just like in a documentary I'd seen about the bottom of the ocean. I had wished I could go there. It would be so peaceful there.
"Yes Mary, I'm right here," Will replied walking into the kitchen. The strap of my bag decided to break right then, spilling papers out all over the stairs. I began to pick them up and shove them in my pack when Mary began speaking.
"Will, I know you don't want to hear this, but your mother is missing from the hospital. They said that this afternoon when they went in to check on her, she was gone."
"What? Where is she? I have to find her!" Will cried, forgetting I was still here. My mind began to spin furiously. His mother? I thought his mother was dead. I never knew for sure because I didn't think it was any of my business. But she was alive and was in a hospital and had gone missing! I quickly shoved the rest of my papers in my backpack and lifted it to my shoulder. I walked forward slowly and heard Mary say:
"I think it might have something to do with your father. She never really let the fact that he died in another world sink in. She refused to believe it. I know I wouldn't have in her position." Just as she said this I walked around the corner. "Marina! What are you doing here?"
"Uh oh. When you told me about mom, she completely slipped my mind," Will said.
"What did you hear?" Mary asked suspiciously.
"She already knows about last year," Will said. (a/n was it last year? I don't remember.) I accidentally said something and I ended up telling all of it to her. "Please don't be mad! I know, I know, I we agreed not to tell, but she says she believes me. Besides, she is my best friend," Will explained.
"Please don't get mad at him Mary! It's not his fault. It was an accident. I promise I won't tell anyone!" I looked down at the floor. "I better go," I said running out of the house.
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I ran all the way home not looking back. I remember people calling after me as I left Will's. I never stopped. I went in to my room and threw my backpack in the corner. I began to cry. I was crying not because I was afraid or upset, I just needed to. I was crying for Will and Lyra, my mom, Will's mom, my dad, my sister and I. I just had to let it all out. My mom knocked on the door but left after I didn't answer.
I didn't come out for dinner because I'd eaten with Will. That night, I sat by my window in my nightgown. I saw the sky darken and turn a deep blue. So dark it looked black. Just like in a documentary I'd seen about the bottom of the ocean. I had wished I could go there. It would be so peaceful there.