Just before the sorting, Fiona grabbed Kailee aside and told her of the
plan.
"After getting your assignment, you walk up to me, pretending to get a hug, then I ask if we can talk outside, you say yes and we stop here, get our packs and set out the note for Lily and Asher and we're gone."
Kailee nodded and finished brushing the loose strands of hair off her face. She added another apple to her backpack, which was nearly full to the brim with them, along with cherries, bottles of water and a large chunk of salami. For a week or so the food would last, but it would take much, much longer to get to Elesewhere.
"Okay mom, I'm going now with Ericka, I'll see you there."
Fiona nodded and watched as her daughter enjoyed the last precious moments with her best friend.
Later that night, Ericka and Kailee sat in folding chairs near the front, waiting to be assigned, while Fiona and Asher sat next to each other, holding hands. She'd miss him. She didn't love him like she loved Jonas, but she grew up with him, and loved him like a brother. She could see yellow and brown in his hair, and green in his eyes. Her own fiery red hair seemed to explode in her face as the elders called names.
"Ericka Abbot"
Erica slowly stepped up to the stage, while the chair lady recollected on memories of when Ericka was in the first year how she used to carry her jump rope everywhere. Fiona smiled and remembered Asher in first year. She could year his young voice echoing about smacks and snacks and saw herself chewing on an apple slice, playing hopscotch with Kailua.
"You will be a neuturer, thank you for your child hood."
Ericka sat down and a boy was called. He became a stocker in the fish market by the pier. Next came Lily's daughter, Emily. She became a birthmother. Then, came Kailee.
"Kailee Carlsons"
Fiona held her breath for a moment, hoping that she wouldn't be a birthmother. It really didn't matter because they were leaving, but she wanted her daughter to be respected. The chair woman talked about Kailee's childhood, how she had been top of her class, volunteered most of her hours at the house of the old, just like her mother and so on.
"You will be a caretaker at the house of the old. Thank you very much for your childhood."
Kailee, as planned, ran up to her mother and gave her a hug, then they stepped outside and ran to the hut. They grabbed their backpacks, slid the note into Ashers pillowcase and dropped the other onto Lily's dresser before stealing out of the village on bikes.
.. So, how did you like it? I know right now it's kind of slow, but I swear net chapter it will be good!! ( lots of secrets and lies and deception and death!! Haha just wait and see!!
"After getting your assignment, you walk up to me, pretending to get a hug, then I ask if we can talk outside, you say yes and we stop here, get our packs and set out the note for Lily and Asher and we're gone."
Kailee nodded and finished brushing the loose strands of hair off her face. She added another apple to her backpack, which was nearly full to the brim with them, along with cherries, bottles of water and a large chunk of salami. For a week or so the food would last, but it would take much, much longer to get to Elesewhere.
"Okay mom, I'm going now with Ericka, I'll see you there."
Fiona nodded and watched as her daughter enjoyed the last precious moments with her best friend.
Later that night, Ericka and Kailee sat in folding chairs near the front, waiting to be assigned, while Fiona and Asher sat next to each other, holding hands. She'd miss him. She didn't love him like she loved Jonas, but she grew up with him, and loved him like a brother. She could see yellow and brown in his hair, and green in his eyes. Her own fiery red hair seemed to explode in her face as the elders called names.
"Ericka Abbot"
Erica slowly stepped up to the stage, while the chair lady recollected on memories of when Ericka was in the first year how she used to carry her jump rope everywhere. Fiona smiled and remembered Asher in first year. She could year his young voice echoing about smacks and snacks and saw herself chewing on an apple slice, playing hopscotch with Kailua.
"You will be a neuturer, thank you for your child hood."
Ericka sat down and a boy was called. He became a stocker in the fish market by the pier. Next came Lily's daughter, Emily. She became a birthmother. Then, came Kailee.
"Kailee Carlsons"
Fiona held her breath for a moment, hoping that she wouldn't be a birthmother. It really didn't matter because they were leaving, but she wanted her daughter to be respected. The chair woman talked about Kailee's childhood, how she had been top of her class, volunteered most of her hours at the house of the old, just like her mother and so on.
"You will be a caretaker at the house of the old. Thank you very much for your childhood."
Kailee, as planned, ran up to her mother and gave her a hug, then they stepped outside and ran to the hut. They grabbed their backpacks, slid the note into Ashers pillowcase and dropped the other onto Lily's dresser before stealing out of the village on bikes.
.. So, how did you like it? I know right now it's kind of slow, but I swear net chapter it will be good!! ( lots of secrets and lies and deception and death!! Haha just wait and see!!