My New Nightmare Chapter 2: Good-bye
"Reaper! Get off!"
Katherine pushed the sleeping cat off of her face. He was kneading on her, and he cut her bottom lip open. She slowly got out of bed and looked out the window sadly. The sky was a deep pink and orange from the sunrise. It was beautiful. Katherine expected herself to start crying over this whole subject of moving, but she was in too much shock. She tore her eyes away from the window and took out an outfit out for the day. (Her black pants and white tank top)
She was in the process of brushing her hair, when she smelled something savory. Breakfast. Katherine quickly finished her hair, grabbed the backpack and quickly walked down the stairs. Her mom was in the kitchen wearing her pink two-piece pajamas, cooking over the stove.
Her dad was in his rocking chair reading the morning's newspaper. Every once in a while he would nod, scoff, or roll his eyes. Katherine coughed to let her parents know she arrived. They turned around quickly to look at her.
"Good morning Sweetheart!" Her mom said cheerfully. Katherine closed her eyes in patience. (Sweetheart...)
"Yeah...whatever." She breathed.
"Want some pancakes and eggs?"
"Sure, why not?"
Katherine's mother gave her a plate with two pancakes and an egg. Katherine retrieved the plate and went to sit down. She began to eat the pancakes and eggs quickly. She had only a half an hour left to catch the bus. After she was finished eating she washed her plate under the faucet and went to go brush her teeth.
She combed through her hair again. It was a habit of hers. And he put it up with a black hair tie. She looked in the mirror and scowled. To her, she didn't look any different, except the look on her face was new but recognizable. It was the look of depression. God, her friends are going to know something was wrong. She wasn't ready to face this unwelcoming day, looking at all those people who don't care about what's going on, while they stare blankly ahead like hundreds soulless fiends.
She sulked out of the bathroom and sat down. 6:45. She was completely silent for the rest of the time lost in her own thoughts. At 7:15 she went outside to wait for the bus. After 5 minutes of waiting she saw the bus 55 emerge from the hill. It passed her and stopped about 10 away. She rolled her eyes and kicked the tires. Kasey hated the bus when it did this.
She stepped up on the dirty bus and took a seat in the front by herself. She had no friends on this bus, and was glad of it. She hated everyone on here. They were stupid, and disgusting. The only friends she made during her time here in New York were four kids, and they were at school.
The first person she met when she first came to this suck fest was a girl named Abigail. They called her Abby for short. She was almost a normal girl. She wore baggy clothes, which made her look gangly, because of her skinniness. And she always wore her long blonde hair down. She would never hear of even putting it up. She liked it in her face.
Later on she introduced Katherine to her boyfriend, Ryan. Also her two other best friends, Kelly and Elizabeth.
More descriptions. Ryan had short dirty blonde hair, and hazel eyes. To Katherine, Ryan was very cute, but she wasn't going to say anything to Abigail. She even caught Ryan staring at her in the corner of his eyes. Kasey always gave him a cold look every time he would do this.
Kelly is a gothic girl who has dyed black hair. She envies Katherine's natural hair color, and plays with her hair every chance she gets. She has green eyes.
Elizabeth is a plain looking girl. She has shoulder length brown hair, and piercing gray eyes. She always thought of herself scary and ugly, but people always told her she is beautiful. She won't believe them, even though plenty of guys would love to be with her.
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The bus stopped right in front of the school. Go figure! I thought the bus would stop at least a mile away! Katherine thought. The old bus driver opened up the door and everyone flew out of the bus. Outside, Katherine saw her friends waiting patiently for her. They happily waved to her, and she waved back. They were sadly unaware of the bad news Katherine had for them.
She slowly walked off the bus and dragged over to her friends. Their faces fell when they saw the look on Kasey's face. Kelly was the first to speak up.
"Katherine! What's wrong with you?"
She looked at them one by one. All their eyes were blazing into hers, making her feel uncomfortable. It was a scary feeling to her. She only got those feelings when she was having nightmares, which didn't happen often. An eternity and a half seemed to pass before Katherine got her voice back to be able to say anything.
"I'm moving." She croaked. Her throat was dry and scratchy.
"What!?" They all yelled loudly at the same time, causing Katherine to jump slightly.
"Springwood, Ohio." Was all Katherine could manage to say.
"Whaty-what?" Elizabeth asked with a confused look on her face.
Katherine sighed. "Spring-wood, Oh-hi-oh!" She said louder.
The group of friends talked for a half and hour. They heard the bell finally ring and they all rushed inside. Abigail and Katherine had the same first hour together. Math. They walked into the room and sat in the back, and immediately started talking.
"So you only get half a day here, huh?"
"That's right."
"Can we at least see you off?" Abby asked tearfully.
"I dunno. You can probably come outside and watch me leave from this hear prison."
Abigail smiled. "You have always made me laugh. I'm going to hate to see you go."
Katherine smiled weakly back at her. She knew the smile wasn't much. It wasn't going to cheer anyone up, but it kept them from crying their eyes out in class.
At last the final bell rang for class to start. Immediately Mr. Brandyford began droning on about the lesson for today. Like Terms. Abigail and Katherine were only half listening. They took to writing notes back and fourth.
Abigail: So where is it ur moving to again?
Katherine: Springwood, Ohio.
Abigail: Ewwww. That really sux 4 U.
Katherine: Why do you say that?
Abigail: B/C that's like...a trillion miles away from here. Duh!
Katherine: Hey! That's what I said! LOL
Abigail: Will U keep in contact with us?
Katherine: Of course I will!
Abigail: ï Hey! Did you know that Mr. Brandyford's reciting hair line is uneven? He looks like a dork!
Katherine: I noticed that about 10 years ago! Anyway...his whole body is uneven...I think he needs to go to anger management. You know, if he saw this note, he would probably start crying.
Before Katherine had a chance to give the letter back, she looked up into Mr. Brandyford's impatient eyes. Abigail went to snatch the note away from me, but the old teacher was too fast. He grabbed the note, and without reading it, he called Katherine to read it aloud to the whole class. She didn't think it would be a big deal. Nobody cared she was moving...but the teacher part...
Katherine stood up and took the note from Mr. Brandyford. She smiled and shrugged her shoulders. There was nothing really secret in this note anyway.
"Sure! I would be more than happy to." Katherine ruffled the note, cleared her throat and began to read. The classmates at first thought the note was boring, but then they started to giggle when the subject of the teacher came up. But the teacher wasn't happy. He looked like he was swelling up like a balloon. He was probably too angry to cry.
When Katherine was done, she looked up at the class. "Questions?" No. So she folded the note and sat back down at her desk.
"Now that the reading of the note is finished, I would gladly like to finish teaching to this class. Is that okay Ms. Rosewood?"
Katherine nodded and waved her hands to tell him to proceed. "Teach away."
After the class ended Katherine was sad to remember she didn't have any more classes with her friends in them.
"See ya Kasey." Abigail said, and then left.
She stood up and gathered her things. As she was about to walk out the door the teacher called her over to his desk. She sighed and reluctantly shuffled over to his desk. I hate teachers. She thought.
"Katherine, your behavior is unacceptable! I will no longer tolerate it in my classroom! Do you understand me?
Clearly the ugly old man didn't have any idea Katherine wouldn't be back. And if he even knew before, his senile mind forgot. Should I play with his mind and be late to Biology? Or should I tell him I'm leaving and walk out? Katherine thought. She shifted her weight to her left side and folded her arms.
"Whatever."
Right before her eyes he seemed to swell up in anger. His face turned red, his tiny eyes bulged out of his sockets, and his lips turned thin. It was a funny sight, but kind of scary at the same time. He stood up, smacked his palms down on his desk and leaned forward. Katherine could smell his putrid, stale, coffee smelling breath. She leaned her head back in disgust.
"Ms. Rosewood! I never want to hear you talking in my class again!"
Oh! What a threat. Right? Katherine rolled her eyes. She reached into her backpack and pulled out a LifeSavers mint and handed it to him.
"Here. Eat this. 'Cause your breath smells like shit," She said angrily. "And anyway, I'm moving. Good-bye" She turned and walked away leaving Mr. Brandyford holding the mint with a look of surprise on his face. Katherine didn't see if he put the mint in his mouth. Nor did she even care. Oh well.
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Hugs.
Crying.
"Remember you promised to keep in touch!" Abigail sobbed.
"Yeah, I remember," Katherine sniffed, turning around and hugging Kelly and Elizabeth. "And I'll keep in contact with you two also." They both handed her pieces of paper with their addresses and phone numbers. Katherine took them and stuffed them in her pocket.
"Come on Kasey!" Her dad called sweetly, but impatiently. With one last hug from each of them, Kasey climbed into the back of their '99 Chevy. She rolled the window down and waved at her now shrinking friends.
"Bye! I'll miss you guys!" She screamed.
Katherine heard them calling back at her faintly. "We'll miss you too!"
She turned around, slamming her back into the back of the seat. Her mom turned around to face her from the passenger seat.
"Kasey...most of your things are packed. All you have to do is pack your clothes."
"Whatever. Hey! How is our stuff getting there? Are we going on a plane?"
"No. We are going by bus. It will take us 2 and half days to get there. The U-Haul is bringing our stuff."
"Fine." Katherine managed to say. For the rest of the ride home she was silent. As they pulled into the driveway, Katherine looked at her old house in disbelief. Even though the house looked normal, with the exception of missing curtains, she could tell the house was almost empty. They got out of the car and walked up to the house.
"Kasey, there is a few boxes upstairs for your clothes. Hurry up." Dad told her.
Katherine dodged his hand as he reached out to ruffle her hair, and she climbed the stairs slowly. She walked into the room. Everything was gone (probably in the U-Hauls) except for the folded clothes on the floor. She knelt down and started stuffing the clothes into the large boxes. The process took about 20 minutes for her to finish. She closed them and one-by-one carried them downstairs. When she was finished, she saw there was 1 twin size air mattress, and 1 queen size air mattress on the living room floor.
"This is what we are going to sleep on tonight,"
Duh!
"Then we catch the bus tomorrow morning at 10:00."
Katherine looked at her watch. 9:00. She looked back up at her dad and sighed.
"And what am I supposed to do for an hour?" She asked.
Her dad handed over her CD player and two of her CD's. (Iron Butterfly and Marilyn Manson) Katherine took them and smiled at her dad. He knew they were her favorite, so he left them out, so she wouldn't get mad.
"I left them out for you...so you wouldn't be...bored" Dad mumbled.
"Thank you Dad." Katherine said sweetly. He grinned at her.
Katherine flopped down on the twin size mattress and put her ear phones in. She fell asleep listening to The Nobody's.
She had her first nightmare in quite a few years that night. It was about her friends. Too bad they would never hear about it. She was never going to tell them.