"So why are you so quiet?" Kate asked me once we turned onto the main highway.
"Kate." Sara said looking at her friend while she was driving. I was staring out the window, wondering if I should answer her question.
"What I just want to hear if there is a reason."
"What if she dosent want to say anything. You need to quit being a bitch to her." Sara defended for me. The car was quiet until I spoke.
"If I tell you will you promise not to tell anyone?" I asked them.
"Yeah." They both replied. I took a deep breath before I spoke again. In my head part of me was screaming, dont tell them, and the other was screaming, tell them, your are already friends with one, try and make the other one your friend also, and make your mother proud. As I spoke, I replayed the memories in my mind.
It was a sunny day. I had just turned thirteen, my dad and I were going to Boston to watch a Red Sox game. We were driving on the freeway, listening to loud music the entire way there. I loved being with my dad. He didnt pressure me into anything. We got off the freeway and tried to find a parking spot near Fenway. My dad and I both got out of the car. I was excited because I was wearing my new Varitek jersey. We began walking side by side, all of a sudden I heard what sounded like a single gun shot. I froze, not knowing if to run or not. I looked up to my dad and saw that he was lying on the ground motionless. I knelt down next to him and started shaking him. I didnt know what to do. Right after I began shaking him, someone ran over to where I was. He told me that he was a doctor so I got up. He got out his phone and called 911. I just stood there crying. The only thing I could remember was a kid came and stood next to me. He asked his dad if there was anything he could do, and his father said no. So he stood next to me. The only thing I could remember about him was his piercing blue eyes.
My mother never treated me the same. She was so excited when I started high school. I remember the day before high school started she walked into the house very excited. Which was shocking because she never did. Not since dad died. She walked into the house carying pom poms with her.
"Look what I have!" She said walking over to me.
"Cool." I said looking up from my dinner that I just made for the two of us. Mom never made meals anymore, she was too busy drinking or smoking.
"They are for tomorrow's tryouts."
"Oh it must have slipped my mind." I said in a voice that should have told her that I wasnt interested.
"Come on. You can try on my uniform." She grabbed my hand and dragged me into her room. She went into her closet and pulled out her old Spencer cheering uniform. I put it on and her eyes lit up. I smiled. For the first times since dad died, she looked happy. I knew I had to try out for cheer, just to make her happy. So the next day I tried out, and the next day we got the team list. I wasnt appart of it. When I got home that day, I found my mother sitting on a chair in the living room. She was smoking and drinking. I should have lied to her, but I couldnt. She smiled once I walked into the room.
"So how did you do?" She asked me. I looked down.
"I didnt make it."
"What do you mean?" She asked. Her voice was raising a little bit.
"I didnt make it." I said to her again. I looked over and saw the two empty bottled of Jack Daniels on the kitchen counter. Great.
"Get out." She said.
"What?"
"You heard me. Pack your things and get out."
"You dont mean that."
"Yes I do." I did as I was told. I packed my things and walked to Spencer. I got a single dorm and stayed there. The next day. When my mom wasnt drinking I walked over there, just to make sure that, now since she was sober if I could stay there. I rang the door bell and she slammed the door in my face and yelled at me.
"Come back when you get friends."
I stopped talking. Durring my story we had arrived at Nickys.
"Wow." Kate said. "I'm sorry I said all thoes things."
"It's okay." I said, releved. It felt good to share everything that I had going on in my head. Even mom never wanted to hear the story about how dad died.
"I cant believe that your mom kicked you out just because you didnt make the cheer squad." Sara said. I nodded.
"My dad wanted me to be me. He loved me just because I wasnt the child that my mom wanted me to be. He liked me to be unique. My mom hated it that I had no friends.
"Well you have me." Kate said smiling at me.
"And me." Sara said also.
"Thanks guys." I said.
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I hope this lets you into Kayleigh's past a little bit, I hope you like it.
So the vote is Reid-3 and Tyler-2. Its close and I have no idea who to choose, so you can still help me figure out who Kayleigh should end up with!