Chapter Seven
Kelsi walked through her front and door and stopped in her tracks when she took in the living room. It was messier then Kelsi had ever seen it. It wasn't like her mom at all to let it get as messy as it was. Not with her being a complete neatfreak. "Mom?" She called out and Mrs.Nelson automatically popped up in the doorway.
"Hi Kelsi. How was school?" Mrs. Nelson asked and Kelsi shook her head.
"Whatever Mom. WHat happened in here?" She asked taking in all the boxes and broken pictureframes, without pictures in them.
"I'm ridding the house of all things Jim." She answered referring to Kelsi's Dad and Kelsi heaved out a sigh. Her mother was a real piece of work sometimes. She could handle his books and clothes and papers being thrown out. But not the pictures. Not the pictures of the family Kelsi once had.
"EVen the pictures? Where are they?" She asked and Mrs. Nelson shrugged her shoulders.
"It doesn't matter Kelsi. Don't you have homework?" She asked adn Kelsi shook her head.
"No Mom. I'm at the top of my class, that means I get it done on time." Kelsi said and stomped out of the room. She couldn't bear to even be in teh same room as her mom anymore.
Kelsi walked in her room and slammed her door as hard as she could behind her. She couldn't take much more of this that much longer. She plopped down on her bed and shoved her head into her hands, knocking her glasses off of her face. But she didn't care. She was too upset to even care.
Her stomach growled with hunger, jolting Kelsi back to reality. Sighing Kelsi scooped down and picked up her glasses. She adjusted them carefully on her face and looked at the direction of her phone. If there was one person who could make her feel better it'd be Troy Bolton. She grabbed the phone and quickly dialed his number.
"Hey." Troy answered and Kelsi smiled. It was great to just hear his voice.
"Hi Troy." She mumbled fighting back a new batch of tears.
"What's going on Kels?" Troy asked picking up on the sadness in her voice.
"It's my Mom. She threw out all the pictures of my dad, along with any that had him in it. Our living room is a big mess now." Kelsi explained and she heard Troy sigh on the other end.
"Want me to come over?" Troy asked and Kelsi smiled to herself. That would probably be the only thing that would make her evening.
"Yeah." She breathed into the phone and she heard Troy move around on the other end.
"Okay. I'll be there soon." HE said and then Kelsi heard a beep and then the dial tone.
Clicking her own phone off Kelsi smiled to herself again and laid down on her bed. Troy was seeming to be her one true silver lining to this whole year.