Chapter 6-
The next morning when Lucy woke up she saw everyone in her cabin already dressed and grabbing their schoolbooks. There was someone else there, though. Lucy couldn't figure out who it was at first because she was so tired but when the women spoke she knew imediatly it was Sophie, "Lucy," she said, "I'm glad you're up. Peter wants to see you in his office before classes." Lucy looked at her watch. She had 45 minutes before classes. Too much time to blow him off, "Damn." she thought as she got up and grabbed some clothes. She walked as slowly as possible into the bathroom only to see Shelby standing at the sink.
Shelby glanced over at Lucy and said to her, "Sorry about last night. I shouldn't have said what I said. I was just feeling wierd. Daisy says you're pretty cool."
"Right." Lucy mumbled and started changing.
Shelby continued, "So why do you have to meet with Peter before classes? Did he find out you stayed out past curfew?"
"Why do you care?" Lucy snapped. She finished dressing and brushed her teeth with Shelby watching her in what looked like annoyance and enjoyment. Enjoyment at seeing Lucy miserable. What was it with the people at Horizon? Did they all just long to see Lucy miserable? She wanted to get away from everyone at the stupid school. She hated it there. Peter being her stupid father, Shelby and her cruelty, it was all too much. She hated being lumped in with such a huge bunch of freaks.
"Hey." Lucy looked up and saw Peter, "Didn't Sophie tell you I wanted to see you?"
"Yeah, whatever." Lucy crossed her arms in front of her as Peter put his arm around her and lead her towards his office.
He opened the door of the main office and led the way towards his smaller office, "We need to talk about last night."
"What's the point?" Lucy asked, "I want to go home."
"Do you really? Do you actually want to voluntarily go back to a place where you get hit for no reason and your mother and step father are always drunk and lie about what really happened to your father?"
Lucy rolled her eyes. Peter was being ridiculous. "It's better then being here with a father who doesn't even care."
"I do care, Lucy."
"Then why didn't you try to find mom and me?" Peter didn't answer, "See? You don't care. If you did as much as you say you do you would have searched for me! You wouldn't have even let mom take me! I hate you!" Lucy was about to reach for the doorknob and run again but Peter grabbed her wrist to stop her. She got scared remembering when her mother and Jack would hit her and she stepped back. Her face was full of terror and Peter saw it. He realized what was happening and instantly let go of her wrist.
"Luce," he said, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you. I just wanted to finish this conversation." Lucy didn't say anything. Just stood where she was with that look of terror on her face. She was weakened, "Please stay at Horizon. I don't want you to go again. I've missed watching you grow up." Peter sat on the back of his chair in a defeated manner. His shoulders were slumped forward, head hung low, arms crossed in front of him. He was upset, Lucy could obviously see.
"I wish you were always there, too." Soon Lucy looked at her watch and realized she was going to be late for classes. She quickly told Peter she was leaving and left his office. She was trying to understand everything he had told her. She really needed to call her mom but she had to get to her first class. She saw a few kids rushing towards their first class and decided she'd sneak into an office and call her mom. She casually made her way into the main office. Quickly glancing around the room her finaly settled on the door that read "Frank Markasian" underneath a diamond shaped window. She knew as well as anyone at the school that Frank hadn't been to Horizon in a few weeks so she quickly walked over to the door, checked to make sure no one was watching and slipped quietly into the office. "Thank you, Lord." Lucy silently prayed when she saw the phone on the corner of Frank's desk. She walked over to it and dialed her mom's cell phone number. Her mom answered after the fourth ring, "Hello?" She answered.
"Peter's my father and he didn't leave us. You left him." She said. She had to get it all out and see how her mom re acted. That's how she'd know if it was true or not.
Lucy's mom didn't waste a second before saying, "Luce, what are you talking about? Of course your father left us." So it was true. Lucy's mom wasn't all that good at telling the truth but she was worse at lieing. She always had the same desolate tone. The same one she was using that very second. Lucy pushed talk and slammed the phone down on the desk a little too hard. She saw a shadow coming towards the door through the window.
Lucy did some fast thinking and dropped to the floor. She squeezed herself into the small space under the desk and waited for Peter to come in. It didn't take long before she heard the door opening and footsteps coming towards her. She stayed where she was and squeezed her eyes shut. It seemed to take forever for Peter to scan the room but finally Lucy heard the door re open and close again. Lucy waited a few seconds then jumped out from under the desk and raced from the office to classes.
The next morning when Lucy woke up she saw everyone in her cabin already dressed and grabbing their schoolbooks. There was someone else there, though. Lucy couldn't figure out who it was at first because she was so tired but when the women spoke she knew imediatly it was Sophie, "Lucy," she said, "I'm glad you're up. Peter wants to see you in his office before classes." Lucy looked at her watch. She had 45 minutes before classes. Too much time to blow him off, "Damn." she thought as she got up and grabbed some clothes. She walked as slowly as possible into the bathroom only to see Shelby standing at the sink.
Shelby glanced over at Lucy and said to her, "Sorry about last night. I shouldn't have said what I said. I was just feeling wierd. Daisy says you're pretty cool."
"Right." Lucy mumbled and started changing.
Shelby continued, "So why do you have to meet with Peter before classes? Did he find out you stayed out past curfew?"
"Why do you care?" Lucy snapped. She finished dressing and brushed her teeth with Shelby watching her in what looked like annoyance and enjoyment. Enjoyment at seeing Lucy miserable. What was it with the people at Horizon? Did they all just long to see Lucy miserable? She wanted to get away from everyone at the stupid school. She hated it there. Peter being her stupid father, Shelby and her cruelty, it was all too much. She hated being lumped in with such a huge bunch of freaks.
"Hey." Lucy looked up and saw Peter, "Didn't Sophie tell you I wanted to see you?"
"Yeah, whatever." Lucy crossed her arms in front of her as Peter put his arm around her and lead her towards his office.
He opened the door of the main office and led the way towards his smaller office, "We need to talk about last night."
"What's the point?" Lucy asked, "I want to go home."
"Do you really? Do you actually want to voluntarily go back to a place where you get hit for no reason and your mother and step father are always drunk and lie about what really happened to your father?"
Lucy rolled her eyes. Peter was being ridiculous. "It's better then being here with a father who doesn't even care."
"I do care, Lucy."
"Then why didn't you try to find mom and me?" Peter didn't answer, "See? You don't care. If you did as much as you say you do you would have searched for me! You wouldn't have even let mom take me! I hate you!" Lucy was about to reach for the doorknob and run again but Peter grabbed her wrist to stop her. She got scared remembering when her mother and Jack would hit her and she stepped back. Her face was full of terror and Peter saw it. He realized what was happening and instantly let go of her wrist.
"Luce," he said, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you. I just wanted to finish this conversation." Lucy didn't say anything. Just stood where she was with that look of terror on her face. She was weakened, "Please stay at Horizon. I don't want you to go again. I've missed watching you grow up." Peter sat on the back of his chair in a defeated manner. His shoulders were slumped forward, head hung low, arms crossed in front of him. He was upset, Lucy could obviously see.
"I wish you were always there, too." Soon Lucy looked at her watch and realized she was going to be late for classes. She quickly told Peter she was leaving and left his office. She was trying to understand everything he had told her. She really needed to call her mom but she had to get to her first class. She saw a few kids rushing towards their first class and decided she'd sneak into an office and call her mom. She casually made her way into the main office. Quickly glancing around the room her finaly settled on the door that read "Frank Markasian" underneath a diamond shaped window. She knew as well as anyone at the school that Frank hadn't been to Horizon in a few weeks so she quickly walked over to the door, checked to make sure no one was watching and slipped quietly into the office. "Thank you, Lord." Lucy silently prayed when she saw the phone on the corner of Frank's desk. She walked over to it and dialed her mom's cell phone number. Her mom answered after the fourth ring, "Hello?" She answered.
"Peter's my father and he didn't leave us. You left him." She said. She had to get it all out and see how her mom re acted. That's how she'd know if it was true or not.
Lucy's mom didn't waste a second before saying, "Luce, what are you talking about? Of course your father left us." So it was true. Lucy's mom wasn't all that good at telling the truth but she was worse at lieing. She always had the same desolate tone. The same one she was using that very second. Lucy pushed talk and slammed the phone down on the desk a little too hard. She saw a shadow coming towards the door through the window.
Lucy did some fast thinking and dropped to the floor. She squeezed herself into the small space under the desk and waited for Peter to come in. It didn't take long before she heard the door opening and footsteps coming towards her. She stayed where she was and squeezed her eyes shut. It seemed to take forever for Peter to scan the room but finally Lucy heard the door re open and close again. Lucy waited a few seconds then jumped out from under the desk and raced from the office to classes.