I love playing cups…ever since I watched Pitch Perfect I wanted to learn how, and last night I did. It only took me about ten minutes to get it right, and I can only go fast or I mess up. I was sitting in the kitchen playing cups when I realized I needed to write the next chapter….soooo here you guys go….enjoy!
"How did….did you find me?" I stuttered.
"Your phone has a tracker in it," My mother, Leona said glaring at me.
"You must be Maddie's mother," Sally said forcing a smile. "It's nice to meet you in person."
"Oh, shut it," Leona snapped.
She stormed past Sally and grabbed my arm, and jerked me off the couch.
Sally rushed over to me.
"She's staying the night with a friend," She said.
"I don't see no friend," She said glaring at both of us.
"We were all going to bed," Sally said.
"Most 'sleepovers,'" Leona said 'sleepover' as if she put air quotes around it. "They sleep in the same room."
"Yes, that's true, but I think that would be a little un-called for," Sally said.
"And why is that?"
Percy came through the hall, and stared at us.
"That's your friend!" She yelled in my face.
I nodded slowly.
She started pulling me towards the door.
"You're coming home, right now," Leona said.
"But, I don't want to," I protested.
"I don't care what you want," She yelled.
I saw Percy try, and come to try to help me, but Sally stopped him.
I could see in her eyes that she knew what I was going to do.
I let Leona drag me to her car, and when she opened the passenger door, and yanked my arm out of her grip, yelled no, and ran.
It hurt my feet, for I was barefoot, but I ran as fast as I could.
"Get you ass back here!" I heard behind me.
I ran faster.
I found the mall that was close by that thankfully was opened twenty-four hours, and ran inside.
The mall was kind of empty, but not really. I was thankful of that. I ran past a lot of mini stores, trying to find the right one.
I continued running. I found an elevator that was just closing, and jumped inside just in time.
"You get back here," I heard my mother as the doors closed.
I pushed the button to go to the third level. As the doors opened I pushed all four buttons, and run off.
"Oh, come on!" Some random person yelled that just got on the elevator.
"Sorry!" I yelled and continued running.
I found the fire escape stairs and headed back down to the first floor.
I ran through, not seeing my mother, and ran back to Percy's place. I ran up the stairs taking two at a time. I ran inside the living room and found Sally and Percy sitting on the couch looking worried. They both jumped up when I ran in.
I found my jeans and put them on over the shorts I was wearing.
"Sally, call the police, have them guard you, cuz I can promise you that she's going to come back here to see if I'm here," I said looking for my shirt.
I cursed under my breath when I couldn't find it.
I put on my sneakers.
"Where are you going?" Both Sally and Percy asked at the same time.
I set my phone on the ground, and stepped on it as hard as I could.
"I need a new phone," I said picking it up.
"I'm going with you," Percy said.
I opened my mouth to protest, but Sally said, "Keep her safe."
"We'll be back," Percy said.
He grabbed my hand, and pulled me out the door.
Out on the sidewalk I ran to the nearest trash. I took the battery out of my phone, and put the rest in the trash.
"Thought you were getting a new phone," Percy said.
"I am. The plan I have says if I lose my phone, all I need is to bring a piece of it back, and I'll get a new phone for free," I said starting to run again.
"I need that," He mumbled more to himself.
I saw my mother running towards us, and I knew she had seen us. I grabbed Percy's hand, and ran down the alley way that was on our left.
"Do you know how dangerous alley's are in New York?" He asked.
"Do you know how dangerous my mother is?" I retorted.
He shook his head.
"No, no I don't," He said.
"Trust me, you don't want to know."
I looked behind us, and saw my mother turn down the alley.
It was a dead end.
I looked around. In the darkest corner my the wall was a bunch of boxes.
I pulled Percy to them, and we started climbing them. We made it to the top, and swung our legs over. It wasn't that far of a drop, but since I had broken my ankle jumping off something just earlier I felt scared.
I watched Percy turn his body sideways, grab the wall, and hung from his fingers off the wall then drop about a foot to the ground.
I did as he did, and he caught me as I made it to the ground.
"Thanks," I mumbled.
I heard Leona trying to climb the boxes, and took off running.
Percy followed.
I found the Verizon store, and ran inside. I jumped up, and slid across the counter, and hid behind it. Percy did the same.
"Excuse me?"
I looked up to see a woman in her late twenties standing in front of us with her hands on her hips.
"Put your phone to your ear," I said. "And don't look at us."
She just stood there like I was crazy.
"Do it, or I'm not answering you," I said.
She sighed and did as I said.
"We're hiding from someone," I said just loud enough for her to hear me.
"Who?"
"That's none of your business," I snapped.
"If a woman in her late thirties, stringy black hair, and brown eyes that look mean and cruel comes in asking if you seen me or him, say we got in a taxi, and headed north," I said.
She nodded and put the phone down.
We hid for about a minute when I felt her come in.
I heard her walk up to the desk. I pressed myself against the desk. Percy did the same.
"Have you seen a fifteen year old with red hair, and bright blue eyes come in with a boy the same age with dark hair?" I heard Leona ask with fake sweetness and wake worry. "The girl's my daughter."
I pen landed next to me.
"Sorry," The woman mumbles.
She crouched down and slowly grabbed the pen looking at me.
I shook my head vigorously.
She stood back up and cleared her throat.
"I saw someone fitting that description hail a cab. She was with a boy about the same age. They got in and headed north," She said.
Leona started cursing like a trucker. Loudly.
I heard her storm out, I waited a few minutes, and stood up.
The woman turned and looked at me.
"Now, young lady, what have you done to piss your mother off?" She asked.
I smirked.
"I told her no," I said simply.
There you guys go. I added more of Madison's mother….later you'll see deeper into Madison's personal life.
I will try to do a few more chapters today, but I have this dinner thingy, I have tonight around six, six-thirty, and don't know when I'll get back, but I'll do a chapter right before I go to bed.
I have to leave early tomorrow, so there wont be a chapter tomorrow.
Im not sure exactly when I'll get another chapter in after tomorrow, but I will try my hardest to upload some… PROMISE!