Walking home from school was even worse than helping Mary Margaret. Maybe I really was a disappointment to everyone, and thinking back on it now I probably should have taken Regina's offer.
I finally stepped on the driveway in front of my house. Well I say house but it felt more like a shack. It had faded, wooden walls and small, little windows. When I got inside, I ran to my bedroom hoping Felicity wouldn't notice me. I must have shut the door pretty hard though because off in the distance I hear Felicity calling my name.
"Hannah! Is that you?" she yelled from the kitchen. I had a feeling she knew all about what happened today at school.
"No! Hannah's at school at the moment!" I yelled. Something told me she wouldn't fall for that, but no one got hurt trying.
"Hannah, is something wrong? What happened?" Her voice sounded closer than before. I crawled to the door and put my back up against it.
"No! Don't come in! You can't! I'm busy with… um… stuff!" I yelled even though I was pretty sure she was standing right there.
"Hannah, did something happen at-?" The phone interrupted, and I couldn't be more grateful that we were able to pay our phone bill this month. I slightly opened my door so I could hear what she was saying. Who could be calling us at this time? After seconds of careful consideration, and deep thought I realized it could only be one person.
"Felicity! Don't answer the phone! I'm sure it's not important!" She hung up, and the feeling that she knew just got a lot bigger.
"Hannah, would you please stop yelling? Use your inside voice." she said. The mind boggling thing about her is that she can swell up with anger and not show it. I opened the door and used my "inside voice."
"Don't answer the phone. I'm sure it's not important." I whispered.
"Hannah, is what Miss Blanchard said true?" she inquired. It sounded like she was expecting this ever since she volunteered to take care of me.
"There is a possibility that it is true, but it's probably not." I said
"If it's not true how did you know what I was talking about?" she snapped.
So -to make a long story short- I learned that Felicity could chew me out. I paced back and forth around my room. I knew that she was thinking of a greater punishment than sending me to my room.
After a while, I lay down on my bed listening to the wind.
I probably was a big letdown to everyone, but no one was more upset with me than me. So many people have tried to take care of me and I've run all of their hope to the ground. Maybe their lives would be better if I wasn't a part of them. I could start over with a life where no one cared if I was a failure. The only person whose expectations I would have to live up to would be me.
I was lying there a long time when I realized I couldn't be listening to the wind unless the window was open. I could start over, I thought. No one would have to care about me. As I said before the windows were small, but they were just big enough so I could squeeze through.
As soon as I got out, the door to my room started to open, and I ran for it. Now when I say "ran for it" I mean casually walked down the sidewalk. It was a lot harder than I thought it would be. I dove into the bushes whenever I saw someone walking down the street. Who knew bushes had thorns in them? I reached the edge of town and remembered Henry saying bad things happen when someone tries to leave.
"Well here goes nothing" I mumbled to myself. I took a big breath and hopped past the sign that said "Leaving Storybrooke." Nothing.
I was standing there waiting to explode or something. After a while I realized nothing was going to happen. I heard lots of people behind and they were all calling my name. I could recognize Mary Margaret and Felicity but everyone else sounded the same. I ran as soon as I heard them. I ran until my feet started to ache. I stopped to rest and heard somebody, or something, in the woods. It was…
"Henry!" I yelled. He jumped as soon as he heard his name. "What are you doing here?"
"Well…um…I could ask you the same thing, Hannah." He said. I didn't want to tell him, but, if I was gonna trust anyone right then, it would be Henry. We sat there in silence.
"So, were you going to tell me what you're doing here?" I asked.
"Actually I need to get going." he excused himself. He nodded his goodbye and started walking away.
"Henry." I started. He turned around and looked me right in the eye. He was my best friend in the whole world and there was no saying if I would ever see him again.
"What is it?" he asked with his head tilted to the side.
"Nothing. Just nothing. Goodbye."