Chapter 10- Cole
Surprisingly Mom was home when I got home from school. I went in and saw her in the living room. "Hey Mom."
She looked over and got up with a smile. "Hey Cole, how was school?" She gave me a hug.
I hugged her back as I spoke. "It was okay, boring, typical first day stuff." I pulled away and put my stuff in my room before returning to the living room. Looking at her reminded me of Cora questioning her eye color. "Hey Mom, your eye color is natural, right?"
She nodded. "Completely natural, why do you ask? You should know that by now."
"I know. But that new girl I was telling you about yesterday was asking about it."
"Ah, right, the new girl that is living with George and Sam. What's her name? I don't think you mentioned it."
"Oh, right, I forgot. Her name is Cora."
She suddenly froze and blinked. "What's her name?"
"Um, Cora."
"What does she look like?"
I shrugged. Her odd behavior was making me nervous. "Blonde hair, purple eyes."
She slowly exhaled and composed herself but I could tell she was still tense. "Oh, interesting."
"Mom, are you okay?" I said this very hesitantly.
She smiled. "Of course. Hungry?" She went to the kitchen and started making sandwiches.
I slowly followed, very confused. "Um, sure, okay." I sat at the table. "Do...do you know her or something?"
She set a sandwich in front of me. "Of course not." She was clearly ending the discussion.
I sighed and took a bite of my sandwich. "Kay."
"Is it alright if I go to the beach for a little while?"
I nodded. "No problem." I was a little surprised, she didn't like the beach much.
"Thanks." She left with her sandwich.
I got up and threw the rest of my sandwich away and sighed. "Well that was strange…" I wish I had understood what just happened. I sighed again and went to my room for the rest of the day.