Well… I got another chap up… And I should have the next one up sometime this week… hopefully… don't take this as a promise 'cause you know I'm pretty lazy… -_-**

Ken: She really is.

Zaira: Yeah, she is.

Fordina: Zaira?!

Zaira: Yes?

Fordina: You're calling me lazy?! You practically invented that word!

Zaira: ^^;;

Fordina: :: Sigh :: Don't own Digimon… Don't really own any of the characters since they're all real… I'm starting to think that I don't own me… but… ah well… win some, lose some.

= Talking.

'-'= Thinking.

Through the Years:

A Story about Me

By: Fordina

Chapter 13- Head in My Lap

Well it's a few weeks later and I have once again resorted to pacing. This time not out of boredom, but out of lack of ideas.

"Urg… Why can't I think of anything?!" I screamed tugging at my hair. "I mean… This shouldn't be so hard… I should just go over to Zaira's and tell her… No! I've already done that! She didn't believe you remember?! She laughed in your face!" I threw my arms up in the air in frustration. "I'll have to somehow convince Ken to come and meet Zaira with me… I mean… That shouldn't be too hard… Ken will do it for me… Won't he?"

I never did get to finish my thought as I heard the phone ring.

Running over to it I picked it up and answer, "Hello?"

"Hey Traci!" It was Jen.

"Hey Jen. What's up?" I asked trying to make conversation. To my complete surprise talking on the phone has become easier. But that's probably because Jen's been calling me non stop since I told her about my little… Well let's call it an incident, as well as my trip to Ken's world.

"Not much! Just wanted to see what you were up too. Maybe you wanted to do something," Hmm… Maybe it would be best to do something with Jen… I mean it'll take my mind off this situation that I have to deal with Zaira.

"Doing something would be fine. What did you have in mind?" I asked, already having a good idea of what she wanted to do.

"Shopping!" And I was right once again. Ever since she got a job and now that she has a little extra spending money she never wants to leave the Mall. Well… It's not like I've been to the Mall in a while. I mean I would have went down the numerous other times she's asked before but… Well… I kinda couldn't. I haven't been allowed to leave the house in two weeks except for school. And that's torture enough. All because of the 'incident'.

"Sure. I just have one question."

"What's that?"

"How are we getting there?"

"I think I can get my dad to drive us. Or I can ask for the car," Right… She just got her license too.

"Okay maybe a few questions."

"Alright. Shoot."

"How long? Which Mall? Do I…" She cut me off.

"Whoa! Traci relax! See… This is why I need to get you down to the Mall… You are way to stressed out. Either way I'll be by your house in maybe half an hour," Stressed out… right…

"M'kay. I'll see ya then Jen."

"Heh, you're a poet and you… Wait, you already knew that! Damnit! That never works when I do it!"

I laughed, "Calm Jen. See you soon."

"'Kay! Bybye!"

"Bye."

Hanging up the phone I walked back to my room. I sat down on my bed and flopped down onto my back.

"I guess I should phone mum and tell her I'm going out…" I said to myself. "But I don't want to get back up so soon…" Sighing I rolled over to my side and nearly jumped out of my skin at what I saw.

"Gods… Why don't those stupid visions stop?" I asked, as the picture of myself with my head in my lap disappeared.

You're probably wondering what these visions are that I'm talking about. Well… Ever since I was a little kid I've had them… They weren't so bad back then… Just pictures of me with a scrapped knee… Bruised chin… The kind of injuries a kid is expected to have. But as I got older, they started to get worse. I think one of the first really bad ones was one that I saw myself… And I was on a bed of nails… That doesn't sound so bad at first huh? Well… Let's just say I was threw the nails.

Or I would be just looking at the ground, doing nothing and then all of a sudden I can feel something running across the bottom of my foot. I lift my foot up and I could still feel something like a blade running across it. And I could see the blood run down to the ground.

I know what you're thinking. 'She's sick'. 'She needs help'. 'Send her away!'. And those were the exact reactions I got too… I had made the stupid mistake of telling one of my best friends when I was younger. Amelia promised that she wouldn't tell a soul. And I trusted her. Stupidly I trusted her.

She told the teacher, the teacher told the guidance councilor, the guidance councilor told the principal, and the principal told my parents. I'm not sure who was the most horrified in that little group. All I know is that soon after the principal found out and my parents were called down to the school to have a 'chat'. I knew that these 'chat's' were never good. I had to stay outside in the waiting area of the office. The secretary stared at me whole time I was out there. Like she was afraid that I was going to do something. Also since this was during the day I could feel the eyes of all my peers on me. All staring at me with fear. They were all afraid of me. Still are I think.

I couldn't understand it. It wasn't that bad. You got used to the visions. But people seemed to think that this was a big deal. A very big and scary deal.

It was after what felt like hours that they called me to come in too. Quietly I walked into the room, sitting on a chair in between my mother and father. They were still together back then. Although I don't know why… They had been fighting since I was born. But at that time I just thought that was natural.

The principal, I can't remember his name, the guidance councilor, and my kindergarten teacher Madam Lea-Mieress was there too.

They started talking about how I can't go around telling people lies like that. That people don't just see things in their heads.

I've been quiet all my life, sticking to the sidelines, so no one expected me to speak up. So when I did… I shocked them all…

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Ken: What do you say?!

Zaira: Yeah damnit! What do you say?!

Fordina: :: Smiles smugly :: You'll all just have to wait and find out! Haha! A cliffhanger for you!

Ken & Zaira: -_-****

Fordina: Hahahaha! Review please!! :: Gives puppy dog eyes ::