Chapter 2: Depature
The mailman arrived later than he usually did in a morning. Not that Ron minded much. Who never read the bills he just sorted it out for his parents as their first task in the morning? Noon. Besides he preferred to read the newspaper. He enjoyed reading the sports and comics pages. This was because Cheryl would always sit on his lap, and read it with him. She found sports comical, but he could never understand this. He simply guessed that at the tender age of seven years old, everything was funny. Most things were anyway.
"Ronny, mail's here!" said an excited Cheryl, bringing in several envelopes addressed to Mr. or Mrs. Stoppable, and a letter that was address to Lisa. Ron just screwed it up and threw it away. He hadn't read her personal stuff when she was alive, accept her diary besides that nothing else, he wasn't going to start now. Besides, whoever had sent the letter should know by now that she was gone now, and had been for a couple of years.
He must have been in deep thought for a seemingly long time, because the next thing he felt was Cheryl gently tugging at his sweater, holding up the Sports section and comics. Ron sat down and gestured for Cheryl to sit on his lap. She did, and she handed him the back of the newspaper. Kim knocked on the door just as Cheryl was nagging him about the paper. He open the door after seeing her in the peephole. "hey KP was up." He asked. "Ah, nothin just seeing if you were up or not." Kim said jokingly. "You could have called to find out" Ron retorted. "I wanted to find out personally." Kim said smiling.
Kim read the headlines as Ron and Cheryl read the sports- ' Cowboys beat Bucks by 3 points!' 'Great' Ron thought. 'More bad news'. He had been a Bucks fan for as long as he could remember. Even though he had never been to a game in his life, he still occasionally wore the shirts and watched every game with Kim father and her Twin Brothers. He didn't remember this one even being played though. Nonetheless, he began to read the sports pages with Cheryl.
"Ron, what are we going to do in Silent Hill?" asked Kim after they had finished reading the newspaper. Ron pondered this for a moment. He had to be honest with himself, he hadn't really thought about it. He had no idea what was in Silent Hill; much less where they were gonna stay for the weekend.
"We'll see what comes up. I'm sure there'll be lots of sights there" came Ron's casual but quick response, trying to sound convincing that he knew what he was talking about. He half expected Kim's face to light up at this - she loved sight seeing on vacations. Instead, her expression saddened and she hung her head.
"Kim? What's wrong?" Ron sighed.
"I wish Lisa was here, it feels not like a normal vacation with out her" came the sad reply. Ron felt sick. He wasn't actually surprise this would happen. The response came quick. In every trip Kim and Ron went on Lisa also went on it was like the three amigo's or something like that. Either it was Chicago, New York, Houston or even Silent Hill. The three always went and had some of the most amazing times of their life.
"Kim, we all do. But she's gone. But this time she won't be here to go with us". He immediately felt guilty for what he had said, despite how true it was. Nonetheless he knew he had to fix it, but he didn't know how. It was just as well Cheryl was the next to speak.
"Is Lisa in heaven now?" Ron nodded, wondering why she had never asked this before.
"Yes, she's in heaven"
"Is she safe?"
Cheryl's innocent voice choked him up, but he managed to reply, "She's safe".
"Well lets get packing, I wanna get there before Friday at least. And whose car are we gonna be taking." Kim asked. "We'll take my jeep it has more room and it could handle the road better." Ron replied. He went up to his room and grabbed his bags to put in then jeep. Kim went to her Civic grab her bags put them into the jeep. And after going into Cheryl's room he left a message for his parents saying they left.
He then spotted an unopened envelope on the coffee table with the words 'Urgent: Open ASAP' written on the front in red, capital letters. The first thing that flashed through his mind was that he had forgotten to pay a credit card and whatever 'that' was, it was about to be cut off. He wasn't far off.
"God fucking damn it?" Ron practically yelling "What the hell is it Ron?" Kim asked. "Nuthin." Ron replied. He read the letter several times over. As it turned out, his car results had come back from the workshop, and they weren't looking too good. The brakes, and suspension weren't looking up they were pretty much shot, but luckily, the car had been designated safe. However, he knew the route to Silent Hill, and he knew of many cafes and gas stations on the way.
Then, something made him glance at the signature at the bottom. There was no name, just initials. It was scribbled, but Ron could make out 'S.H'. He wasn't sure what, but something made him shudder.
After a few hours of driving; nighttime had fallen again, and Ron decided to go to a hotel and sleep for the night. By the look of Kim and Cheryl they could use the rest themselves. "So how are the sleeping arrangements gonna be?" Kim asked. "I dunno." Ron quoted. "I want a bad!" yelled the seven year old. "ok you and Cheryl get the beds I get the floor." he explained. As he was getting ready to go to bed he heard the young woman's voice "you can share the bed with me instead for the floor". He thought about it and then crawled in bed with the beautiful women.
Just before drifty to sleep, he was thinking about Silent Hill. Also he thought about why the hell he had decided to go there instead of a weekend family resort or something to that nature. He didn't know why. Maybe it was just as well.
To Be continued Next chapter: Nightmares And questions
The mailman arrived later than he usually did in a morning. Not that Ron minded much. Who never read the bills he just sorted it out for his parents as their first task in the morning? Noon. Besides he preferred to read the newspaper. He enjoyed reading the sports and comics pages. This was because Cheryl would always sit on his lap, and read it with him. She found sports comical, but he could never understand this. He simply guessed that at the tender age of seven years old, everything was funny. Most things were anyway.
"Ronny, mail's here!" said an excited Cheryl, bringing in several envelopes addressed to Mr. or Mrs. Stoppable, and a letter that was address to Lisa. Ron just screwed it up and threw it away. He hadn't read her personal stuff when she was alive, accept her diary besides that nothing else, he wasn't going to start now. Besides, whoever had sent the letter should know by now that she was gone now, and had been for a couple of years.
He must have been in deep thought for a seemingly long time, because the next thing he felt was Cheryl gently tugging at his sweater, holding up the Sports section and comics. Ron sat down and gestured for Cheryl to sit on his lap. She did, and she handed him the back of the newspaper. Kim knocked on the door just as Cheryl was nagging him about the paper. He open the door after seeing her in the peephole. "hey KP was up." He asked. "Ah, nothin just seeing if you were up or not." Kim said jokingly. "You could have called to find out" Ron retorted. "I wanted to find out personally." Kim said smiling.
Kim read the headlines as Ron and Cheryl read the sports- ' Cowboys beat Bucks by 3 points!' 'Great' Ron thought. 'More bad news'. He had been a Bucks fan for as long as he could remember. Even though he had never been to a game in his life, he still occasionally wore the shirts and watched every game with Kim father and her Twin Brothers. He didn't remember this one even being played though. Nonetheless, he began to read the sports pages with Cheryl.
"Ron, what are we going to do in Silent Hill?" asked Kim after they had finished reading the newspaper. Ron pondered this for a moment. He had to be honest with himself, he hadn't really thought about it. He had no idea what was in Silent Hill; much less where they were gonna stay for the weekend.
"We'll see what comes up. I'm sure there'll be lots of sights there" came Ron's casual but quick response, trying to sound convincing that he knew what he was talking about. He half expected Kim's face to light up at this - she loved sight seeing on vacations. Instead, her expression saddened and she hung her head.
"Kim? What's wrong?" Ron sighed.
"I wish Lisa was here, it feels not like a normal vacation with out her" came the sad reply. Ron felt sick. He wasn't actually surprise this would happen. The response came quick. In every trip Kim and Ron went on Lisa also went on it was like the three amigo's or something like that. Either it was Chicago, New York, Houston or even Silent Hill. The three always went and had some of the most amazing times of their life.
"Kim, we all do. But she's gone. But this time she won't be here to go with us". He immediately felt guilty for what he had said, despite how true it was. Nonetheless he knew he had to fix it, but he didn't know how. It was just as well Cheryl was the next to speak.
"Is Lisa in heaven now?" Ron nodded, wondering why she had never asked this before.
"Yes, she's in heaven"
"Is she safe?"
Cheryl's innocent voice choked him up, but he managed to reply, "She's safe".
"Well lets get packing, I wanna get there before Friday at least. And whose car are we gonna be taking." Kim asked. "We'll take my jeep it has more room and it could handle the road better." Ron replied. He went up to his room and grabbed his bags to put in then jeep. Kim went to her Civic grab her bags put them into the jeep. And after going into Cheryl's room he left a message for his parents saying they left.
He then spotted an unopened envelope on the coffee table with the words 'Urgent: Open ASAP' written on the front in red, capital letters. The first thing that flashed through his mind was that he had forgotten to pay a credit card and whatever 'that' was, it was about to be cut off. He wasn't far off.
"God fucking damn it?" Ron practically yelling "What the hell is it Ron?" Kim asked. "Nuthin." Ron replied. He read the letter several times over. As it turned out, his car results had come back from the workshop, and they weren't looking too good. The brakes, and suspension weren't looking up they were pretty much shot, but luckily, the car had been designated safe. However, he knew the route to Silent Hill, and he knew of many cafes and gas stations on the way.
Then, something made him glance at the signature at the bottom. There was no name, just initials. It was scribbled, but Ron could make out 'S.H'. He wasn't sure what, but something made him shudder.
After a few hours of driving; nighttime had fallen again, and Ron decided to go to a hotel and sleep for the night. By the look of Kim and Cheryl they could use the rest themselves. "So how are the sleeping arrangements gonna be?" Kim asked. "I dunno." Ron quoted. "I want a bad!" yelled the seven year old. "ok you and Cheryl get the beds I get the floor." he explained. As he was getting ready to go to bed he heard the young woman's voice "you can share the bed with me instead for the floor". He thought about it and then crawled in bed with the beautiful women.
Just before drifty to sleep, he was thinking about Silent Hill. Also he thought about why the hell he had decided to go there instead of a weekend family resort or something to that nature. He didn't know why. Maybe it was just as well.
To Be continued Next chapter: Nightmares And questions