Safely in the trees, the escapee breathed a sigh of relief. She was out of the building. With the trees in between them, no one would see her jet across the back car park and the baseball fields and officially off of Saltwater High School property.
As she made this trek, her mind was empty of everything save her plan for the day; she'd get up to North Road, walk to the bus, and go home. Then she'd sleep until she woke up. Maybe this catch-up would break the curse.
When she finally got to the back of the baseball fields, Jane saw that the fence was solid. No gates, no holes. She's have to climb. Good thing she was wearing her typical pair of high-topped Converse.
On the left side of the fence was a marshy expanse of flora; on the right was someone's garden. She chose the garden.
After having hopped the fence, dashed through the empty garden, and gone through the gate, Jane found the house she had passed was on a short turnoff from North Road, and she smiled, as she was already a quarter of the way down the road. Soon she was up on the main street, heading for the bus stop.
Though at first Jane's pace was brisk and her thoughts light, after a little while she slowed in moody contemplation.
Again and again she asked herself why this was happening to her. Then, thinking about that led her to be thinking about everything else that had gone awry, though as of late, this seemed to be everything. She had absolutely no idea what was happening in chemistry, three projects due in history, a ton of her friends were in the middle of a huge row… Jane's world was chaos and she hated it.
Suddenly she felt the burning in her nose and sting in her eyes that meant she was starting to cry. Normally Jane prided herself on not crying, ever. The only time she let herself was at funerals, and she'd only ever been to three. Oh, and on the latest episode of "Door CH-Two", her favourite science fiction show. They managed to trip her up there. But the rule still applied.
Yet at this moment, she couldn't help herself. At first there was one big sob, and then just tears. Tears that ran down her face and stung, blurring her mascara and then stinging even more. She wiped her cheeks once, twice. And for the first time in a long time, as she neared the forested part of North Road, Jane Parsons let the tears run.
The Doctor was standing outside of the TARDIS. He'd only got there about an hour ago, having managed to get on the wrong bus and ending up in the distant-ish city of Mintale Town. But he'd gotten back to Firefly City eventually, and from there, the TARDIS.
Suddenly a peculiar sound reached his ears. At first it was distant, but was moving closer, until finally he could still hear it over the noise made by passing cars. The sound was of someone crying.
A strange wind picked up, and a girl came into view; a girl who was sniffing occasionally as mascara-stained tears ran down her face. Then, when she came close enough for him to distinguish features, he recognized her to be the girl who had helped him the day before: Jane.
The Doctor was startled, and wondered what was the matter. It occurred to him that he should do something, but he couldn't think of what to do. So he watched, not being able to make himself turn away.
She walked slowly but stumblingly, tripping over her own feet some and wavering on the edge of the road, sometimes stepping into it. Finally she sucked in a deep breath and gave a shaky sigh. She rubbed her eyes and took a step forward, trying to put on a brave face back on. But what Jane saw after she looked up was a big truck heading straight for her, as she had inadvertently tripped more than a few steps into the street. Without glasses, she could still tell what it was. She could still tell that she was screwed.
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Another one already? But short. Just trying not to go to bed. On the upside, it would make this craptastic day come to an end quicker. On the downside, it would bring the craptastic day that tomorrow is going to be quicker. *sighs, then shivers*
Funnily enough, with all of the stories I've written, the different and oddly-named cities that my characters live in, I've discovered, all fit to be relatively close to one another on their own little peninsula. Firefly City is near the mountains, in the middle of the huge forest that covers most of the peninsula. Mintale Town is practically dead centre in this forest. And there are a few others.
Another of my characters lives in Firefly City, Noel Wright. But she's an OC I haven't really gotten very far on her story. She's in drama, too, though, so she and Jane are probably in the musical together. XD As well as a few other characters whose story I'd barely even thought of. But that's enough of that.
Jane's favourite tv show, "Door CH-Two". Look at that really closely. No, closer...
Ho-hum. Think that's all. There'll be more tomorrow. Going to bed now. Wonder if I should sleep in my makeup? With my acne, that's a terrible idea. I want the snow to melt.
Good night.