chapter two is coming riiight up. this chapter explains A LOT
also catherine can speak ASL, but you'll get to that when you get there.
Which is why I woke up on a bus with nothing more than a messenger bag containing my laptop, 4 sets of clothes, a pair of flip flops, my sketch book, a set of pencils, and my notebook, my smooth piece of Jade, and two sandwiches.
My best friend was dozing off nest to me, leaning on my shoulder. I sighed, leaning on my hand and staring out the window at the gradually fading city and trees and traffic. We've been riding for about two hours now, and my lock had only just started getting warm. Still freezing, mind you, but slightly less freezing. Slightly.
How did I get here? well. you see…
I jumped up, and whispered "What do you mean, I can't leave my mother! I have to take care of her!"
Cat just smiled up at me. "My parents can take care of her, don't worry about it."
"But… But…." I whispered, looking down. "I don't want to have debts…"
"Please. My dad has been trying to get me out of the house for god knows how long. this will me your payment to him, to make me move on with my life."
"But…"
"Like I said, don't worry about it." she stood up. "lets see… I'll give you 15 minutes to shower and pack everything, then we leave. yeah?
"But… what about money for food and board? I don't have enough to last another month!"
"don't worry, my parents got us covered. they gave me their debit card as long as we only buy necessities. Also, don't pack to much, we'll be moving around a lot."
"But how will we know where to go?"
"didn't you notice? when you face a certain direction, your lock starts vibrating. thats when you tell your soul mate is in that direction. plus it warms up when you get closer."
"oh."
"so yeah, we're covered. I'll bring a compass and a map. Now get yo move on, boy! we haven't got all day! also bring food, who knows when the next food station is."
Only 4 hours left till we arrive in west virginia. Yay.
I pulled my laptop out of my bag and logged on. I had several messages from my friend, Who's name I don't actually know because he never told me. Likewise, I never told him mine either.
NerdyassButcher's log:
4:15 AntisocialScientist messaged you:
AS: hey
AS: you there?
4:20 AntisocialScientist messaged you:
AS: i guess not…
5:49 you messaged AntisocialScientist
NB:sup
AS:oh hay there!
NB: Don't pretend you weren't waiting for me to message you
AS: I wasn't . I was working.
NB: Oh rlly? on what?
AS: I was making an iron man mask. what're you doing?
NB: phhht NERD
NB: I got fired from my job and now I'm hunting down my Soul mate b/c of my friend
AS:oh
AS: that must be tough.
NB: NO DOUBT
NB:about 5 hours away from west virginia now. #killmenow
AS:haha
NB: so whats up with you?
AS:um…
AS:my key started getting warm.
NB: wait damn minute…
NB: do you actually believe in this soulmate crap?
AS: well…
AS:its cute. and its how my parents met.
NB:phhh yeah right
NB: i suppose your parent just HAPPENED to bump into each other
AS:actually they realized they were soul mates because they met in a bar coincidentally. or thats what my mom said.
NB: 'thats what my mom said' really?
NB: have you no doubt?
AS: shut up.
AS:i'd rather trust people then live a solitary life.
NB: whoa there, cowboy
NB:Im just playing with you. take a chill pill, bro
NB: don't need to get all fired up
NB: though whats up with today? you only message me first when you have something serious to talk about what is it?
AS:…
AS: it was nothing. nvm
NB:o rlly?
NB: come on, just tell me. i promise i wont tell anyone else
AS:I've got to go. my dad's calling me
AS:bye
5:56 AntisocialScientist logged off
NB: sigh
5:56 NerdyassButcher logged off
I closed my laptop, putting it away. I really wanted to know what AS wanted to talk about, but he wouldn't budge. What I really want to know though, is why wouldn't he tell me? was it something I wrote?I don't get it. Well, whatever. At least he's not mute, like me.
Cat woke up, brushing the excess hair away from her face. I whispered "5 more hours till we arrive." She just nodded and yawned. "we'll target Texas, for now. Sounds fun, eh? Texas."
I just nodded. You couldn't hear much over the traffic, so I just signed at her. I don't have an actual word for the name "Catherine" so I just sign "cat" and she knows i'm talking about or to her. I can only whisper because it does not use my voice box. as I was signing to her, a couple of girls sitting next to us in the bus giggled. I looked at them, and they were laughing at me. I stuck my tongue out at them and they just said "What are you going to do, yell at us?" they mimicked my signing. I flipped them off. They probably thought I was deaf or something. It happens a lot. Even with my own father. Catherine turned around and said "No, but I can." And she scolded them so much that they're probably never going to bad mouth a disabled person ever again. I just smirked at them. I was used to this. Catherine never failed to stand up for me. Or at least when she was near me, I thought as I rubbed a bruise on my arm.