Quinn sat on her new bed, her new "small" bed to be exact. The sheets were pale cotton. She held one up to her nose and it smelled of newly washed linen. The room had blue hibiscus flower wall paper. There was a "Welcome Quinn" sign strung up above the mirror on the dresser. To the left there was a window open, and the blue curtains were flowing freely. She rocked her feet back and forth. The bed was full sized, and two pillows sat at the front of the bed. She inhaled deeply and smelt food. Instantly, her stomach rumbled.
Something churned in her stomach, a bad, sick feeling.
But was it?
She got up and figured she might as well unpack. I'm going to be here a while anyways, she thought to herself. She grabbed her bag and instantly, the picture of her Craig had fallen out. Tears starting swelling up in her eyes. She couldn't take not seeing him. She couldn't do this anymore. She needed to get out of here.
"Hey dad" she called from her bedroom as she put on her flip flops.
"What do you want" he groaned from the living room
"I'm going for a walk, okay"
"Whatever"
"Bastard" she muttered
Quinn grabbed her "Toronto, Canada" sweatshirt and headed towards the door. She hated the house. There was terrible white carpeting all through the house, but she had to give Alysia credit. She was an awesome decorator. The wallpaper was an amazing choice, of tropical hibiscus flowers. There were pictures of Alysia and her dad all over the place. Apparently, they must have done some traveling after he moved out.
She quickly slammed the door behind her and jumped off of the front steps. There was a slight breeze stammering through the air. The grass was especially green, and the yard wasn't that large. It was about 9:00 at night, and figured, well hey, in Toronto, I can, so why not here?
Why not right? Walking the streets is a smart thing to do at night…right?
She ran on to the sidewalk. Since the town was on a beach, that's where she was going to go. Hopefully, meet someone who went to her school.
The sun starting going down slowly, Quinn went inside a convenience store and asked where the nearest beach was. The clerk told her that it was only three blocks away, and about a five minute walk from here.
Quinn starting walking towards the downtown area. The town was small, and quaint. The warm breeze starting picking up. There was a small surf shack and a couple other "tourist attraction" stores
She started looking forward and she seen the beach in the distance. A couple of kids who looked to be 11 were walking the streets. Families with small children were at the ice cream place, getting ice cream. She seen a movie theater, and someone walked by and snickered "eh" when she passed them.
She smelled the salty ocean. It was a gorgeous site to see and she instantly thought of Craig. She wanted him here so badly. She missed him something fierce and it was tearing up her heart.
Her stomach started churning again. She felt sick and dizzy. She ran towards the garbage can and threw up.
"I can't be…? Can I?"
Something instantly came into her head. She couldn't remember if Craig had used a condom or not the last time they had sex, which was the night before she had left. Of course, in the two week time period, they had done "it" about seven times. She wanted to prove to him that she loved him. She hadn't ever asked if he was using protection or not, maybe she should of. But of course, he had gotten many pregnant. He would be responsible enough to use a condom…right?
She felt sick of the thought of being pregnant. She needed to talk to her mom. She needed to talk to Craig. She started walking towards her dad's house. She was going to try and convince him that this weekend had to be the weekend she flew back home.
Someone started walking next to her. He was about 5'9", had dirty, dirty, dirty, blonde hair that was short, and started talking to her.
"Hey" he said
"Hi"
"You look like you have a problem"
"I do. I guess…"
"I have lots of problems too"
"That's nice"
Quinn started walking up towards her house. She had walked for about 10 minutes, and that one kid just kind of stayed back. The strangest thing she ever encountered…
She hurried up the steps and went inside the house.
She went into the living room where her dad was sitting watching TV.
"Hey dad?"
"What do you want now…?"
"I'm not feeling too well, and I forgot some stuff in Toronto, and I was just wondering, could I spend the weekend at moms?"
"If you pay for it" he said
She jumped up. But then remembered. She put her hand on her stomach. "Oh thanks dad"
"Whatever leave me alone"
Quinn decided that she was going to Toronto now. She had the money and it cost about $600 dollars in the U.S. and that was exactly what she had. She grabbed her back pack, grabbed her money, and went downstairs.
"Hey dad, I'm going to the beach, okay?"
"Whatever"
"Bye dad"
"Whatever"
"I'm going to Toronto"
"Whatever"
"See ya"
"Whatever"
She couldn't get into trouble now. She had said the truth. She really was going to Toronto. She was going to see the love of her life.
Or possibly, could her life get ruined…?
