Chapter Two: I'm Not Afraid to Show You How I Feel
LATER THAT DAY
~Dawn~
"This is going to be your room for the duration of your stay." Sophie tells me while directing me to the only empty bunk. "You'll have someone to show you around in a few. When you're done packing, come to the front area." She pauses. "You do know where that is, don't you?" I nod in response.
MEANWHILE
~Jasper~
"Jonathan. I can't believe that you allowed all this to happen." My mother shouts for the third time that morning. "If you had been responsible and watched out for you brother, like I asked, he wouldn't be going to Horizon." My mother yells angrily.
"What about his drug problem?" Jonathan inquires, being a complete smart-ass.
"I don't need Jonathan to take care of me mom." I declare, although I didn't think anyone was really listening.
"Whether or not there was a drug problem, you should've watched out for him … locked him in the house, something. Learn how to say no Jonathan. And Jasper … please … don't do anything stupid." She finishes as she stops the car and buries her face in her hands for a second. "Okay. Let's go." Mother commands us in a cheerful tone, in contrast to the bitchy mood she had been in moments earlier.
That's how you know you can't trust someone … if someone can change faces that quickly, then you shouldn't trust them, thus why I hate my mom. Don't get me wrong, she's cool or whatever, but I hate having her around. She knows that if there hadn't been complaints, and if I hadn't almost killed that guy, that she wouldn't give a shit what I was doing. Half of the time, she was right along with me doing it too.
~Carmen~
"They're waiting out there for you." I short, black girl with braids tells me.
"Okay." I whisper, as I put aside my things and follow her outside. Maybe I'm not the only person here that's not white after all.
"I'm Kat." She remarks with a smile.
"Dawn." I answer shortly. "Are you the one who's suppose to be showing me around?" I ask, hoping that she'll say yes. I can't handle being around another one of them again.
"Nope, sorry. Scott is, but don't worry, he's really cool. You'll like him." She explains as we walk up to a tall girl with blonde hair.
"Is that Scott?" I ask her as she nods.
"Yep. Don't worry. You aren't the only newbie here. A guy named …well … a new guy just arrived."
"Hey Scott. This is Dawn." Kat introduces us. "And …" She begins, looking at the 'new guy.'
"Oh. Jasper." He says absent-mindedly.
Oh. This is going to be great fun. Who knows how long I'll be with them. And that Sophie took my pepper spray. Damn her. I know they did this on purpose too, like a couple of hours is going to make me forget everything that happened three years ago.
~Jasper~
"Dude, why didn't you tell me that you were here? I knew you went away, but you didn't tell anyone where you went."
"Well, you found me anyway." Scott replies as Dawn walks behind us.
"Why are you so quiet over there?" I ask Dawn, who has been studying her shoes for the last hour. She shrugs. "Are you going to talk to us at all?"
"Not if you don't want me to say something that'll hurt your little feelings." I declares, bitterly.
"There's no need to get bitchy about-"
"Look you little-" Dawn begins, as fire burns in her eyes. Scott interrupts.
"Stop fighting."
"Don't tell me what to do. Is this tour thing over with yet?" She inquires, crossing her arms over her chest.
~Scott~
"No, it isn't." I tell Dawn as she sighs loudly and mumbles something.
We continue the tour, Jasper and I reminiscing the whole time. I think that he is too scared to talk to Dawn again, and I'm happy about that because I didn't want to listen to them argue again.
"Could you guys be more superficial?" Dawn questions us, out-of-the- blue. "I mean, come on. Out of all the things you could talk about-"
Jasper cuts her off. "Dude, we're reminiscing. Chill"
"Dude, don't tell me to chill. I've listened to you bull shit for at least an hour and a half and frankly, I'm sick of it." She explains as she starts walking away in the other direction.
"Wait. You don't even know the way back!" I call after her.
"So. It's better to get lost than to spend another minute around you guys. You're so disgusting."
"How can you say that? You don't even know us." I mutter, trying to control my anger.
"I know all about you. You're probably here because daddy didn't buy you the toy you wanted and you threw a fit." Dawn challenges me as she crosses her arms over her stomach.
"That's not how it happened at all!" I yell.
"What happened then, huh rich boy? Huh Scotty?"
"Don't call me that."
"What? Rich boy or Scotty?" She inquires with a slight smile.
"Neither one … let's just go back. It's probably time for dinner." I tell her a she shakes her head.
"Come on!" Jaspers yells.
"You have to come with us. It's almost time for lunch."
"I don't have to if I don't want to."
"Do you want to get lost out here all alone?" I question her as she shrugs again.
"Maybe I can go back home." She says, as an idea starts to form in her head.
"Don't even think about it. They'll be on your ass so fast that you won't even get down the street. Trust me. I tried it once." I explain, trying to ease the tension.
"Like I'll ever trust you." Dawn says with a laugh as she and Jasper follow me to the cafeteria. ~
LATER THAT DAY
~Dawn~
"This is going to be your room for the duration of your stay." Sophie tells me while directing me to the only empty bunk. "You'll have someone to show you around in a few. When you're done packing, come to the front area." She pauses. "You do know where that is, don't you?" I nod in response.
MEANWHILE
~Jasper~
"Jonathan. I can't believe that you allowed all this to happen." My mother shouts for the third time that morning. "If you had been responsible and watched out for you brother, like I asked, he wouldn't be going to Horizon." My mother yells angrily.
"What about his drug problem?" Jonathan inquires, being a complete smart-ass.
"I don't need Jonathan to take care of me mom." I declare, although I didn't think anyone was really listening.
"Whether or not there was a drug problem, you should've watched out for him … locked him in the house, something. Learn how to say no Jonathan. And Jasper … please … don't do anything stupid." She finishes as she stops the car and buries her face in her hands for a second. "Okay. Let's go." Mother commands us in a cheerful tone, in contrast to the bitchy mood she had been in moments earlier.
That's how you know you can't trust someone … if someone can change faces that quickly, then you shouldn't trust them, thus why I hate my mom. Don't get me wrong, she's cool or whatever, but I hate having her around. She knows that if there hadn't been complaints, and if I hadn't almost killed that guy, that she wouldn't give a shit what I was doing. Half of the time, she was right along with me doing it too.
~Carmen~
"They're waiting out there for you." I short, black girl with braids tells me.
"Okay." I whisper, as I put aside my things and follow her outside. Maybe I'm not the only person here that's not white after all.
"I'm Kat." She remarks with a smile.
"Dawn." I answer shortly. "Are you the one who's suppose to be showing me around?" I ask, hoping that she'll say yes. I can't handle being around another one of them again.
"Nope, sorry. Scott is, but don't worry, he's really cool. You'll like him." She explains as we walk up to a tall girl with blonde hair.
"Is that Scott?" I ask her as she nods.
"Yep. Don't worry. You aren't the only newbie here. A guy named …well … a new guy just arrived."
"Hey Scott. This is Dawn." Kat introduces us. "And …" She begins, looking at the 'new guy.'
"Oh. Jasper." He says absent-mindedly.
Oh. This is going to be great fun. Who knows how long I'll be with them. And that Sophie took my pepper spray. Damn her. I know they did this on purpose too, like a couple of hours is going to make me forget everything that happened three years ago.
~Jasper~
"Dude, why didn't you tell me that you were here? I knew you went away, but you didn't tell anyone where you went."
"Well, you found me anyway." Scott replies as Dawn walks behind us.
"Why are you so quiet over there?" I ask Dawn, who has been studying her shoes for the last hour. She shrugs. "Are you going to talk to us at all?"
"Not if you don't want me to say something that'll hurt your little feelings." I declares, bitterly.
"There's no need to get bitchy about-"
"Look you little-" Dawn begins, as fire burns in her eyes. Scott interrupts.
"Stop fighting."
"Don't tell me what to do. Is this tour thing over with yet?" She inquires, crossing her arms over her chest.
~Scott~
"No, it isn't." I tell Dawn as she sighs loudly and mumbles something.
We continue the tour, Jasper and I reminiscing the whole time. I think that he is too scared to talk to Dawn again, and I'm happy about that because I didn't want to listen to them argue again.
"Could you guys be more superficial?" Dawn questions us, out-of-the- blue. "I mean, come on. Out of all the things you could talk about-"
Jasper cuts her off. "Dude, we're reminiscing. Chill"
"Dude, don't tell me to chill. I've listened to you bull shit for at least an hour and a half and frankly, I'm sick of it." She explains as she starts walking away in the other direction.
"Wait. You don't even know the way back!" I call after her.
"So. It's better to get lost than to spend another minute around you guys. You're so disgusting."
"How can you say that? You don't even know us." I mutter, trying to control my anger.
"I know all about you. You're probably here because daddy didn't buy you the toy you wanted and you threw a fit." Dawn challenges me as she crosses her arms over her stomach.
"That's not how it happened at all!" I yell.
"What happened then, huh rich boy? Huh Scotty?"
"Don't call me that."
"What? Rich boy or Scotty?" She inquires with a slight smile.
"Neither one … let's just go back. It's probably time for dinner." I tell her a she shakes her head.
"Come on!" Jaspers yells.
"You have to come with us. It's almost time for lunch."
"I don't have to if I don't want to."
"Do you want to get lost out here all alone?" I question her as she shrugs again.
"Maybe I can go back home." She says, as an idea starts to form in her head.
"Don't even think about it. They'll be on your ass so fast that you won't even get down the street. Trust me. I tried it once." I explain, trying to ease the tension.
"Like I'll ever trust you." Dawn says with a laugh as she and Jasper follow me to the cafeteria. ~