Chapter two
It's been two weeks since my "mothers" death. It's Thursday and I'm sitting in my fourth period class, math. As I sit there patently waiting for class to end so I can go to lunch when the last thing I wanted to happened, happened. A kid with blandish/brownish hair and bright blue eyes walks in the class.
"Um is this Mr. James math class for the eighth grade."
"Yes, and who are you might I ask" the teacher replied
"Um I'm roxas I'm new here"
"Yes, very well then, Megan come here"
"Yes sir" I said like an army person and saluted him.
"Since you don't do much why don't you show Roxas here where all the class rooms are"
I turned to roxas.
"well it's like this" I turned to the class "you have of two options you can either memorize one of these faces you see before you and fallow them or you can just find me and fallow me to the class"
I said in my happy voice.
"Um no offence but I like option two better"
Man this kid says um a lot. Well guess I'm stuck with him.
"None taken ok then, this is math class as you now know. This is 4th period class next is lunch so make friends and find someone to sit with" and with that I went back to my desk. He just stood there looking baffled. The teacher pointed him to his seat which is unfortunately beside me. So I sat there and when the bell rang I got up and stood beside his desk as he got his stuff together. He finally got up and we walked down the hall toward the lockers. I looked at him and in my happy voice I asked
"Sooo where's your locker."
"I know where it is….I'll be right back"
And with that he ran off toward his locker. I put my stuff up and waited for him by the wall across the lockers. He walked by looking like an idiot as if he were trying to find something or someone. I quietly walked behind him. he jumped when I touched his shoulder and said
"You look like an idiot lunch is this way come on"
he hesitated.
"Um when do the high school students eat lunch?"
"With us"
see we have a high school on the second story of the building but we all eat lunch at the same time 'cause we are a small school. We walked down the hall and walked in the lunch room with all the loud noise with it. I pointed to the lunch line and he went over there to get his food. I walked to an empty table. I bring my lunch to school. I began to eat. When Roxas walked out of the lunch line he looked around and when he saw me, he walked over to where I was sitting. Great I have to act happy while at lunch now two. He smiled.
"may I sit with you"
"I don't see why not" I smiled back
He sat beside me but neither of us spoke a word. That was until a group of juniors walk through the door laughing really loud. I noticed that there was a guy with them who I've never seen before. A tall, red, spiky haired boy was walking in the middle of the group. That was when Roxas mumbled
"Axel"
"is that the red head?" I asked
"yeah" he answered cheerfully
"so is he your brother?" I didn't see anything that was alike about the two boys whatever.
"No." he answered simply. I sat and thought
"Is he your boyfriend…. I don't judge"
His face turned red and he shot me a glare but still stumbled on his words.
"N-n-no … he's my roommate I guess … we live in the same house."
"Hehe ok, ok whatever" I giggled
he smiled. Neither of us noticed the red head, Axel sit down in front of us. He chuckled at us and we snapped out of it.
"What's so funny…. And who's your girlfriend, Roxay?"
"She's not my girlfriend. And stop calling me that" he said all flustered
"yeah I would think so she's too pretty for you, Roxay"
he put his hand under my chin. And no matter how hard I tried my body tensed up. He let go, I don't think he noticed. That's a good thing. Roxas yelled at Axel and said something about how mean he was. Lunch ended and the rest of the school day went by in a flash and the final bell rang signaling school was over. I lingered in the hall. Hoping to be the last student to leave. The last thing I wanted happened, Axel walked up to me.
"so why did you flinch when I touched you?"
"Um I'm not use to being touched like that" I said shyly
"oh, ok so why you still out here"
"just getting my stuff"
"ok bye"
"bye"
With that said I ran off. I ran all the outside the school and down the side walk some ways. I stopped running and walked slowly down the side walk out of breath. And that was when Axel drove up with Roxas in the passenger seat. Driving slowly to keep with my pace.
"You need a lift" asked Roxas
"Um no that's ok my house is just a couple of blocks away"
"Get in the car. Someone might mug you" Axels' stern voice chimed in. I looked around and sighed.
"Ok fine"
I jumped in the back seat of his red mustang. Silence, no one spoke as the awkwardness spread through the car. It was getting hard to breath. I guess Axel couldn't take the silence, he spoke.
"So um where do you live?"
"Well you can't go straight to my house so just drop me off up here." I said hesitantly
"Why can't we drop you off at your house" Roxas asked
"You just can't ok" I answered a little too quick cause Axel gave me a weird look and then chimed in
"She doesn't want us to drop her off at her house Roxy cause she doesn't want us to know where she lives" I glared at Axel while Roxas pouted
"Stop calling me Roxy"
"Aw does Roxay not like his nick name" Axel laughed.
I smiled as I thought about their relationship. Was roxas lying when I asked if they were going out?
"Um here we are you can stop here" I said "oh, and when I get out just keep going ok"
"Why?" Roxas asked
"You ask a lot of questions Roxy, just do it"
"Aw not you too" he pouted. Axel smiled
"Well it's a cute nick name" Axel smiled
"Sorry for the inconvenience" I mumbled
"No worries here" Axel answered.
I got out "Bye" and walked slowly toward my house, and as I asked Axel and Roxas drove past on me and keep going. As soon as I knew they were gone I walked to the door and pulled out my key. I unlocked the door and walked to the kitchen grabbing a glass of water, two Advil, and a cucumber. I put them on a plate and sat them on the table. I heard car door slam. He's early. The door opened and in walked James, my dad. I could smile the beer. He walked and sat down drinking the water and taking the medication but ignoring the cucumber.
"Get kicked out of Charlie's bar again" I reluctantly asked.
"Shut up!" he screamed turning around and slapping me across the face. That was going to bruise. I turned and walked up the stairs but I was stopped at the base.
"And where so you think you're going" he slurred
"Up to my room" I whispered.
" next thing I knew he was behind me and I got a punch to the gut and was thrown against the wall and as he started to kick me he screamed at me angrily " YOU KNOW IT'S YOUR FAULT SHE'S DEAD. ITS YOUR FAULT MY LIFES A REACK"
"Can I go to my friend's house tomorrow and spend the night" I said calmly. I was use to this.
"OH. SO NOW YOU THINK YOU CAN TAKE FOR GRANTED THAT I GIVE YOU A HOUSE AND FOOD, AND A PLACE TO LIVE WELL THEN FINE GO TO YOUR FRIENDS HOUSE TOMORROW AND SEE IF SHE CAN GIVE YOU MORE THEN I HAVE."
"Ok, I have work today. I got to go" I said as calmly as I could.
"Fine go." With that he stomped upstairs. I knew in ten minutes he would pass out in the hall. I went to the bathroom to put some cover up on my now bruised cheek. After wards I walked to the old abandoned ware house down the street. I go there every day and wait the ten minutes till dad pass out and then walked back home. I slid under the board that blocked the door and sat on the dirt covered couch that I brought in there. I sat and started to think. I am starting to run out of money I need to find some work. I grabbed the news paper that was beside the couch on the table. The only furniture in the entire place. I saw an ad for painting; I could go help paint a house for twenty dollars. I got up and went to the address in the paper.
I saw a beautiful house in front of me and walked up to the door. When I knocked on the door an elderly man opened the door.
"How may I help you, young miss?"
"Um I saw the as I the paper saying you need some help with a painting project and I'm here to help."
"Oh, come in and I'll show you where it is. I already have the paint" He lead me to the back yard and there I saw an old looking shed. Beside it were all sorts of colors. "Go crazy paint whatever you want on there."
"Anything" I asked.
"Yep" he answered
I set to work and about two hours later I was finished. I painted a mural of the sunset over a valley with a meadow of flowers. The old man walked out and payed me I started to walk home when I started to count the money. He gave me forty dollars. I walked back and knocked on the door. When he answered he looked at me in shook.
"Yes is there something wrong"
"Yay the paper said only twenty and you gave me forty. I came to give back the other twenty"
"Well, I gave you the other twenty because the mural you painted is worth far more than twenty it's wonderful."
"Thank you" and despite myself I hugged him and ran home.
~~~~Axel pov~~~
As I drove me and roxas home we started to talk about the girl.
"That girl reminds me of you when we first found you, Roxas"
"Yeah, she is kinda like I was back then." Roxas said looking out the window
"What was her name?" I asked
"She never said" Roxas said in shock.
"You've been hanging out with her all day and you don't even know her name" I said
"Whatever, I think we need to talk to Demyx about her"
"Yeah good idea." I said and with that we went home in silence.