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"I'm home!" I said. Ellie was sitting in the middle of the steps right inside the door.
"Me too!" Ellie said.
I laughed. Walking into the kitchen, I saw my note was still on the fridge.
"Aren't your parents home yet?" I asked.
"They are your parents too. and no." She said.
" I know." I said, taking the piece of paper off the fridge. I threw it away and grabbed a Sprite. "I haven't quite gotten used to having real parents yet. well. you know what I mean. It has been a long time." I said, opening the can.
"Yeah. So where did you go for all this time?" She asked, getting up.
"The park." I said, following her upstairs.
"You went to the park for four hours? What were you doing?" She asked.
"Talking to the neighbor. JT. He asked me to go on the walk with him. He's really nice." I said.
We walked into Ellie's room and left the door open so that we could here when 'our' parents got home. I hadn't been in Ellie's room for long enough to look around so I jumped at the chance. Her walls were painted dark red. There was a big poster of Evanescence on the wall above her bed. She had a bulletin board near her door covered in pictures of Marco, Ashley and the Nash's. Ellie was in some of them too. There was a big stereo system on the top of a bookshelf that was full of CDs. She had a computer in the corner across from her bed that had stickers all over the sides of the monitor.
"So where are OUR parents anyways?" I asked, sitting down on her bed.
"Who knows? You should get used to it. they work a lot of hours. Sometimes they don't come home 'til after midnight." She said. She had logged onto the Degrassi website and was instant messaging someone.
"Who ya talking to?" I asked.
"Huh? Oh. um. Marco." She said. "So how was lunch with Hannah? She asked. I could tell something was up.
"Um. I ate lunch with Manny and I already told you about it. Remember?" I said deciding not to push it.
"Oh. Okay well I think I am going to take a shower than hit that sack. See ya in the morning." She said.
"Okay." I said. "Goodnight." I said.
I walked into my room and closed the door. I flopped down on my bed.
'She was hiding something,' I thought. I lay there for a while. Just thinking. About Ellie, JT, the Nashes, Degrassi, and life in general. All of a sudden, I heard a door slam and then someone shouting. I couldn't tell who was shouting or what they were shouting about because my door was closed.
I got up and opened my door. I walked into the hall and walked to the top of the stairs. Now I could hear Ellie. She was yelling at someone and the she paused. She began yelling again. I didn't hear anyone else in the house. I sat down and crawled down so that I could see her sitting at the kitchen table but if she looked, I could move away before she saw me.
She was sitting at the kitchen table. She had the phone in one hand and was writing or drawing on a piece of paper with the other. Ellie didn't say anything for a while.
Then, she said "Wait-. ugh" She hung up the phone and slammed it on the table before getting up and starting towards the stairs. I got up and tuned to run but my foot got caught on the rug and I tripped. I looked behind me and sure enough, she caught me.
She stood there for a minute and said nothing. Then, she walked over to where my head was and put her arm out. I took her hand and got up.
"Have a nice trip?" She asked, smiling.
"Um. thanks." I said. I turned and walked quickly to my bedroom. I closed the door and a few seconds later; there was a knock on it.
"Gracie, what's wrong?" She asked.
"Um. nothing." I said.
"Can I come in?" She asked. I opened the door and she walked in. She sat down on my bed and looked at me. "What's the matter?" She asked me.
"Nothing. I was just wondering."
"Wondering what?" She asked.
"I thought you were going to bed." I said, trying not to sound like I was accusing her of anything.
"Oh. Ashley called. she needed help with the history homework."
"Oh. I didn't hear the phone ring." I said, walking towards the window. I sat down on the seat and looked out the window. I didn't know what was going on or how El would react.
"Oh. Well if that's all then I am going back to bed. See ya in the morning.
"Yep. Goodnight." I said.
Ellie got up and left, leaving my door open a crack. I waited a few minutes then I got up and walked across the hall to her room. I opened her door enough to see her sitting at her computer. She was on the school site again. Hardly asleep. She didn't even have pajamas on. I don't know why, but for some reason I thought she had lied to me.
I heard the front door open.
"Girls! I'm home!"
"I'm home!" I said. Ellie was sitting in the middle of the steps right inside the door.
"Me too!" Ellie said.
I laughed. Walking into the kitchen, I saw my note was still on the fridge.
"Aren't your parents home yet?" I asked.
"They are your parents too. and no." She said.
" I know." I said, taking the piece of paper off the fridge. I threw it away and grabbed a Sprite. "I haven't quite gotten used to having real parents yet. well. you know what I mean. It has been a long time." I said, opening the can.
"Yeah. So where did you go for all this time?" She asked, getting up.
"The park." I said, following her upstairs.
"You went to the park for four hours? What were you doing?" She asked.
"Talking to the neighbor. JT. He asked me to go on the walk with him. He's really nice." I said.
We walked into Ellie's room and left the door open so that we could here when 'our' parents got home. I hadn't been in Ellie's room for long enough to look around so I jumped at the chance. Her walls were painted dark red. There was a big poster of Evanescence on the wall above her bed. She had a bulletin board near her door covered in pictures of Marco, Ashley and the Nash's. Ellie was in some of them too. There was a big stereo system on the top of a bookshelf that was full of CDs. She had a computer in the corner across from her bed that had stickers all over the sides of the monitor.
"So where are OUR parents anyways?" I asked, sitting down on her bed.
"Who knows? You should get used to it. they work a lot of hours. Sometimes they don't come home 'til after midnight." She said. She had logged onto the Degrassi website and was instant messaging someone.
"Who ya talking to?" I asked.
"Huh? Oh. um. Marco." She said. "So how was lunch with Hannah? She asked. I could tell something was up.
"Um. I ate lunch with Manny and I already told you about it. Remember?" I said deciding not to push it.
"Oh. Okay well I think I am going to take a shower than hit that sack. See ya in the morning." She said.
"Okay." I said. "Goodnight." I said.
I walked into my room and closed the door. I flopped down on my bed.
'She was hiding something,' I thought. I lay there for a while. Just thinking. About Ellie, JT, the Nashes, Degrassi, and life in general. All of a sudden, I heard a door slam and then someone shouting. I couldn't tell who was shouting or what they were shouting about because my door was closed.
I got up and opened my door. I walked into the hall and walked to the top of the stairs. Now I could hear Ellie. She was yelling at someone and the she paused. She began yelling again. I didn't hear anyone else in the house. I sat down and crawled down so that I could see her sitting at the kitchen table but if she looked, I could move away before she saw me.
She was sitting at the kitchen table. She had the phone in one hand and was writing or drawing on a piece of paper with the other. Ellie didn't say anything for a while.
Then, she said "Wait-. ugh" She hung up the phone and slammed it on the table before getting up and starting towards the stairs. I got up and tuned to run but my foot got caught on the rug and I tripped. I looked behind me and sure enough, she caught me.
She stood there for a minute and said nothing. Then, she walked over to where my head was and put her arm out. I took her hand and got up.
"Have a nice trip?" She asked, smiling.
"Um. thanks." I said. I turned and walked quickly to my bedroom. I closed the door and a few seconds later; there was a knock on it.
"Gracie, what's wrong?" She asked.
"Um. nothing." I said.
"Can I come in?" She asked. I opened the door and she walked in. She sat down on my bed and looked at me. "What's the matter?" She asked me.
"Nothing. I was just wondering."
"Wondering what?" She asked.
"I thought you were going to bed." I said, trying not to sound like I was accusing her of anything.
"Oh. Ashley called. she needed help with the history homework."
"Oh. I didn't hear the phone ring." I said, walking towards the window. I sat down on the seat and looked out the window. I didn't know what was going on or how El would react.
"Oh. Well if that's all then I am going back to bed. See ya in the morning.
"Yep. Goodnight." I said.
Ellie got up and left, leaving my door open a crack. I waited a few minutes then I got up and walked across the hall to her room. I opened her door enough to see her sitting at her computer. She was on the school site again. Hardly asleep. She didn't even have pajamas on. I don't know why, but for some reason I thought she had lied to me.
I heard the front door open.
"Girls! I'm home!"