I ran and ran to Bailey's house. She was my best friend. Who understood everything. I let myself in, knowing that her parent weren't home. For they were never there.
"Bai? You there?" I called, walking in to the house looking around.
"Darcy, babe! Up here!" She shouted down. I ran up the steps to her room.
"Hey there!" I smiled at her. She was standing on her head reading, she was strange like that.
"Hiya!" She grinned as she got off her head. And put down her book. I looked at it.
"Shakespeare?" She rolled her eyes, and smiled. "I'm under house arrest!" I complained. She frowned.
"What a killer!" She said, shaking her head.
"It's so not fair!" I commented thinking about it again.
"But at least they care about you…" Bailey said quietly. I immediately felt terrible. Here I was complaining, while her parents don't even know her name. "Where are they now?" I asked, breaking the silence.
"They're in Europe." She sighed and looked around avoiding my eyes. "My brothers are staying with me, but you know him." I smiled thinking of her brothers, Danny and Jeremy. Who didn't give, to what she did.
"I'm sorry…" I said silently. She looked up, and gave me a half smile.
"It's not your fault, my parents are asses!" She said raising her tone.
"Bailey!!!" The screech ran through the house. Bailey rolled her eyes again. And slowly walked out the door, looking downstairs. "We're having some friends over…" Danny was eighteen , and Jeremy was seventeen. They had the same friends. They didn't even wait for her reply, before inviting people into the house from behind them.
"In other words a party." She said to me. "Last time, I was out when they had one… I found a used condom in my bed! Gross!" I laughed, as she told me the story.
"Oh no!" I checked my watch. "It's eight, I got to go make up with my parents. I got a date tonight!" I bragged, as I showed Bailey the note. "He was very hot too!" I know, I really rubbing it in, but I had a date with a babe!
"I wish I was on shift this morning!" She complained. I laughed.
"I just hope, I can get by my parents…" I said, thinking about how I would have to go by it.
"Good Luck!" She said, as I ran outside. Moving aside for a guy with a keg to walk by. I ran down the street to my house. Great! Everyone was here. My so called aunts and uncles and cousins. I slowly walked in. My parents were talking in the living room, before I went in I listened outside a while.
"I can't believe you found your son!" My Dad exclaimed. They found Zan? I wonder what he looks like? Is he nice?
"I didn't find him, he found us!" Max said proudly.
"We found each other…" That voice sounds familiar. I chose this time to walk in.
"Hi!" I said, Zan had his back to me. So I couldn't see his face. My parents both glared at me though, I gave them 'I'm just a teenager, it's a stage' look.
"Oh, Darcy you can meet, Max and my son!" Tess declared excitedly. He turned…
"It's you!" I pronounced, covering my mouth with my hand.
"The waitress!" He said and smiled at me. We held eye contact for a while, till we got interrupted.
"You two know each other?" Max asked. Looking from one of us to the other.
"She served me breakfast…" He replied, without taking his eyes off me.
"I pity you!" My dad said. Tess nudged him in the stomach.
"Dad, Mom! We found a dying bird… and Leila saved it!" Holly called as she same running in. Isabel walked outside, to deal with it.
"DarcyMarcy! You're home!" She cried, running and giving me a hug. "I thought you had run away forever!!!" I hugged her back. Everyone looked at my parents, and it was funny to watch them squirm under all the glared.
"Nope, I came back." I replied. Giving my parents a challenging look. She gave me a smile, showing her two lost teeth.
"I wanna go see, how the bird is doing…" She decided walking out.
"Don't touch it!" Maria called after her.
"Uh, Mom, Dad?" They looked up at me. "Can, I talk to you guys?" I asked. They nodded and we went into the kitchen. While, Zan got interrogated about previous life.
"I'm sorry…" I mumbled, because it was against me to actually apologize.
"No, we are it was too much." My Mom said.
"Darce, we thought about it and if you work hard. We will make sure you have a life." My Dad compromised.
"So, I can have a minimal life now?" I questioned. They nodded, after a second of though. "I just have to ace some quizzes?" I asked.
"You have to keep it up, once you show us we'll little by little let you have your life back!" My Mom told me. I sighed that's all, that's simple.
"And, no cheating for those grades!" My Dad added.
"How then Dad?" I joked. He gave me a stern look, but then gave me a wide smile.
"You two!" My Mom said. While, she shook her head. We headed back to the living room.
"So, that how we got here…" Oh good, they had told Zan about his existence. He didn't even look that shocked.
"I've always known I was different…" He replied, to all of this life changing information. We stuffed all twenty two of us into the dining room, for one big dinner. When Zan's was headed out, to walk back- he insisted because it wasn't that far.
"I still don't know your name." Stated the beautiful girl from the restaurant this morning- Darcy.
"Chris" I replied, smiling. I know I should be like running out of there, especially after everything I just found out. Except I think a part of me had always known. So it didn't even sound the weird.
"Nice to meet you, Chrissie." She commented, I looked at her.
"I hate that!" She gave me a challenging look. "DarcyMarcy!" I added, she looked shocked. I had picked it up from the cute kid, Holly. She sighed.
"No one can be that." She said looking defeated. "Christmas!" She smiled.
"Ugh, I haven't heard that since third grade!" I exclaimed laughing. "I'd love to stay and talk, but my friends probably are worried, I've been gone…" I checked my watch. "Three hours! But, I hope to see you tomorrow?" I asked.
"I'm working." She said, adding a cute frown.
"Everyone needs breakfast!" I replied and with that I walked away smiling. I actually have a family. I was so happy. Except now since my Father and Maria were together, and my Mother and Kyle were together. That sorta makes her, eww my stepsister. I'm head over heels for my stepsister! As I walked down the street, I noticed one house having a huge party. I watched as a girl looking around my age, ran out.
"Hi," I said as I walked by.
"Hey" She replied looking down.
"What's a pretty girl like you doing here?" I asked. She looked back and rolled her eyes.
"It's my house." She said nodding her head towards the house with the party.
"Nice party." I commented. Looking at the house. She shook her head.
"It's my brothers party" She told me. "The jackasses!" She pronounced. I put up my hands in defense. "Sorry, I'm usually not so bold! It's just, why is life so screwed?" She asked me. I patted her back and we sat down on the curb talking. Here I was comforting a complete stranger.
"What happened?" I questioned.
"Long story…" She said. Wiping away her tears. I didn't want o push her, but.
"C'mon, I have a long time." She smiled, and stretched out her legs.
"Ok here we go. Are you ready for this?" she asked, I nodded. "So, my friend left. I decided to have a shower. Things go as usual, till some of my brothers friends came in. I had locked the door, but they had y'know unlocked it. They see me like butt naked. I grabbed a towel. I went out the adjoining door to my own room, and then the fuckers wouldn't leave me alone. They were like drunk, and kept like chasing me around trying to y'know. And then dumb and dumber didn't even stop them, when their little baby sister was practically getting raped. It was a miracle I got out here."
"Don't worry, you're safe now." I comforted. She seemed to relax at that.
"Sorry, I don't know why, I reacted like that I usually don't." She defended herself.
"Don't worry, sometimes you just have to let it all out." She sighed. I suddenly felt a wave of guiltiness. I had told Darcy I had to go and here I was talking with a total stranger.
"Look you better go." She declared pushing me away.
"Here, I'll walk you to your room." She smile at me genuinely. When we stepped in the house and it was wild. We avoided everyone all the way upstairs. And you don't know how many people came up to us. She jotted down her number and I told her I'd call her the minute I got back at the motel. She agreed. That night we talked into the wee hours of the morning. About everything. Except aliens she told me she knew, when we were on the topic. But, I couldn't speak of it with Dana and Paul in the room.