Ch.3
Okay to say the ride home was awkward is a serious understatement, but at least we didn't end up arguing or yelling at each other. Alright I admit that there was a little yelling on my part, but that's beside my point. There was a billion ways that this night could have ended though and I can't even think of one reason why it chose this way to end.
When we finally got home, I didn't say anything to him and he didn't say anything to me. I walked up the steps that lead to the front door and he followed me. People say my house looks big on the outside, but I guess when it's your house you just don't see what people are talking about. It was a normal looking house in my opinion with a front door, windows and a two door garage. The color of the house was a light brown with burgundy shutters. I walked into my house and up the stairs to get my bedroom which is sadly right over the garage.
Every morning my dad leaves for work at 6:30 and I feel my bed vibrate, because the garage is right below it. Normally I get disturbed by this and wake up. I used to get so mad in my elementary and middle school years, because I didn't really have to wake up for another hour but after awhile I realized my dad was still going to go to work at 6:30 so there was no point in getting mad at him. Now I try to think of it in a more positive way and say that I've been preparing my whole life to wake up early for high school.
I walked in my room, sat on my bed, and looked at my pale green walls. It was a Saturday night and I was 16 about to turn 17 in 2 months and here I was hanging out with my dad. It's not that I don't have friends it's just I never cared enough to replace the old ones. Like my best friend who use to live across the street from me and then she moved. That was right before we were both about to start high school and I'm a junior now. I just drift through friends never really taking the time to txt or call them when they want to be better friends.
I always hoped for something amazing to happen to me, but when it did happen I guess I really did not expect to happen the way it did happen. I mean really an…alien? Falling out of the sky! Who expects this? It's like the books I read where crazy, supernatural things explode out of a normal world. Expect the heroine always has something that helps her survive like being pretty or being smart. I'm only so-so pretty with brown eyes, brown hair, and skin that tans easily. My smarts are okay. I manage good grades that will hopefully help me get into a good college, but nothing like the books. Let's not forget either that this isn't like a book where if the heroine dies it won't affect me in anyway except I might be a little sad that the series ended.
Okay breathe just breathe don't freak out I tell myself as I start panicking from my thoughts. When calming down I hear my dad outside my door telling me good night and before I go to bed can I let Snowball (our dog) out. I tell him yes and good night.
I listened to his footsteps fade down the hallway and then the soft clicking of the door closing. As soon as I heard door close I got up to go to let the dog out, because I was tired of thinking crazy things and ready to slip into a mindless sleep. Once I got to the front door I called my dog's name and after a couple of times she finally came. I opened the front door and stepped outside with her. I walked around in my grass while Snowball went off to do her business somewhere else.
I stared up at the sky wondering if a fireball would crash and reveal another alien. But as far as I could see the sky looked normal with no fireballs falling out of it. Weirdly I heard this humming coming from down my street and stared down it wanting to see what type of car was making that sound. The odd sound was coming closer and I was waiting for the car to go under the street light to get a good visual of what it looked like. When I did finally see it I was shocked to see it was a blue semi with red flames!
I continued to stare at it in amazement as it stopped under the light, right in front of my house! I jumped at the sound of my dog barking feebly at the truck and rushed to get her and me inside. But as I took five steps the truck started moving in a way trucks just don't. Terrified I stared as it changed into that alien with blue eyes that I had saw earlier.