chapter two

saying goodbye then saying hello

The next day was hell for Samantha. Hell with a capital H. She had to say goodbye to her friends. She wasn't suppose to stay though. They were leaving that same day at around 10:00 am. As soon as she went to school she had to blink back those barriers of tears that were threatening to flow down her face. Samantha still couldn't beilive this was happening. Yet again she should have expected something like this. She walked up to the school to see Marissa waiting. Marissa ran to Samantha and hugged her. She didn't let go. They both started to cry uncontrollably.

"Why did you have to leave? Why?" Marissa said between sobs.

"I don't know," Samantha sniffed. She was crying on Marissa's shoulder. Marissa always smells like strawberry's. She was gonna miss that Sweet smell. After a couple (more like a couple dozen) more hugs and one last goodbye. Her other friends arrived and she said goodbye. She wasn't allowed to stay any longer and she said bye for the final time.

DING DONG. DING DONG.

"Coming" Ms. R shouted through the door.

"Who is it?" she asked.

"Who the fuck do you think it is" Samantha sneered. Ms. R opened the door with a sigh. She wished her daughter had respect for her. She hated when Samantha talked to her like that. But what can she do? If she punished her she would do something even worse to her.

"Put all your things in boxes cuz we are leaving in 3 hours. Ok?" Ms. R informed. Mr. R already packed everything else away. Samantha stuck out the middle finger at her mom and laughed at Ms. R expression.

"I am so funny" she thought to herself. Samantha went up to her room in the attic. She looked around. Samantha has been living in this room since she was fifteen. She sure was gonna miss it. After a while, she stuffed all her things in brown boxes. Three hours later, they were both on their way to St. Louis. They boarded the plane and sat down in their seats.

"This is going to be so much fun," Ms. R said on the plane.

"I want this to be a peaceful ride. And with you talking it isn't peaceful. So do me the favor Vivica and shut up" Samantha said. Samantha hated riding on planes. She adjusted herself in a sleeping position and drifted to sleep. Ms. R just glared at her daughter. Ms. R then noticed things she has never before noticed. She noticed how dark and nice Samantha's hair was. How long it is. She noticed how pretty her daughter is. Her attitude blinded Ms. R of how her daughter really looked. Ms. R looked away knowing how retarded she must have looked staring at Samantha. Ms. R turned on her Cd player and listened to Mozart while pretending her fingers were batons and waving them around in the air. A few people stared then went back to what they were doing.

LATER THAT DAY

The moving cars already put all of the Robinson's stuff in the living room of the big house. They lived in a large area. Many houses where near them. Their new home was painted a light baby blue on the outside and the roof was black. So far everything was nice. Samantha went in first while Ms. R went around the front yard, to look around the house. She went up to the attic. It was huge. She automatically choose this room as hers. Samantha ran down the stairs and took all her stuff to the attic. While she was wondering what color farts are supposed to be, she heard her name.

"Samantha, honey come meet the next door neighbors" Ms. R yelled out. Samantha went down the stairs and went to the front door. She saw a girl about 17 with brown auburn shoulder length hair, blue eyes, and light skin. She seemed shy and was very pretty. Next to her was a woman that looked just like the 17 year old, but with shorter hair.

"Hi I'm Ashley Orton" the girl introduced herself. She smiled. She looked at the floor as if scared to look Samantha in the face.

"And I'm Miriam Orton. My son isn't here but I bet you'll see him around in school" the older woman introduced herself. She took out her hand to shake Samantha's.

"I'm Samantha or Sam or Sammy" Samantha said. She shook the woman's hand

"Wanna come in Ashley?" Ashley nodded and followed Samantha to her room. Ashley looked around the room observing everything. Samantha took out a cigarette and lit it. "I'm sorry it has been a rough week for me" Samantha apologized about to put out the cigarette.

"Naw it's alright." Ashley said. After that they talked and talked. They talked about boys, school and everything else you can imagine. By the time they looked at the clock it was already 10:00 PM.

"Shit. Got to go. See ya in school on Monday" Ashley said. She waved goodbye.

"Maybe this ain't gonna be bad after all" Samantha said out loud. Ashley and her had a lot in common.They both loved the color red, loved chocolate and loved being on the Internet. She can't wait for the first day of school. Samantha sighed and looked up. She got online and started to bother someone with the SN getjiggywitluv23.