Chapter 5 - A Day Till School

“Hey little ummm Jacquie wake up” I hear someone say.

I awake and I give out a yawn and a stretch. I look around and see Jimmy standing there with what looks to be burnt toast with butter or something.

“ Hey Jimmy is that for me” I say quietly.
“ Yeah I thought you might like some breaky in bed” he said passing it to me.
“ Thanks. Is Mum up?” I say taking it outta his hand.
“ Yeah but she’s gone out shopping with Kerrie so I’m in charge” he replied and let out an evil laugh and then just a normal one.
“ Oooo I’m so scared” I said sarcastically taking a bite out of the toast.
“I’m not evil you can do whatever you like how about play station?” he said.
“ Nah I think I might just have a shower get dressed and explore New Jersey” I reply.
“ Umm no kiddo can’t let you walk around the streets by yourself that would be irresponsible and I don’t wanna get on the bad side of your mum” he said.
“ Are you gay by any chance?” I say taking another bite out of my toast.
“No” he said laughing, “ Why do you ask?”
“You just seem gay sorry,” I said laughing.
He laughed again and walked out.

I finished my toast and went to the boxes looking for my jeans and my black shirt with skulls on it. I found my shirt and the realised I had already packed my jeans away in the drawers. I went to the drawer they were in and took them out and went to my other drawer and took out some socks, a bra and some undies.

I went and asked Jimmy were the shower was and he showed me. I went inside the room and looked around the room was quite a dark coloured compared to the other rooms. I put my clothes on the vanity and went and got a towel. I went and took my clothes off and jumped in the shower.

5 minutes later…
I get out the shower and grab the towel and wrap it around myself. I dry myself and get dressed and I put the towel and undies in the laundry box. I walk out carrying my pj’s cause I can wear them again. I walk into my room and put my pj’s on my bed and walked to another box and pulled out a make up bag with all my blacks, greys and dull colours.

I have another bag with lots of bright colours but these were all from my deceased Nan who thought I was always into that sorta thing. I missed her cause she was the only one who really thought I was worth something. But now my mum has broken up with my dad she seems to be sorta like my Nan cause she actually wanted to buy me those drawing pads but most times she would tell me to stop it and continued doing something else. I apply my makeup thick and black as usual.

I hear the front door open and two familiar voices. It’s Mum and Kerrie. I ran out and hug both of them. Mum gives me a black shirt that has a red bleeding heart on it. It was kinda unusual most time she would just get me a normal shirt. Okay something was up mums not like this.

“ Umm mum are you okay?” I say in a concerned voice.
“ Yeah what’s up?” she replies.
“ Never mind” I reply. There’s no point to continue asking she will just ignore it.

I walked to my room and continued to put away stuff.

4 hours later…
I finally finished unpacking. My stomach rumbled.
“Jimmy can I have some lunch” I yelled out.
“ Sure what do you want?” he said.
“Do you have like a salad?” I replied.
''Yeah umm Jac are you a vegetarian?” he said in a kinda concerned voice.
“Nah I just feel like salad anyways can I have a salad samich” I said.
“ Umm did you just say samich,” he said about to laugh.
“ Umm yeah sorry its something I say sorry,” I said feeling stupid.
“ Oh never mind its fine” he replied with a small laugh.

Curse my stupid talk I couldn’t help it. It was something that just stuck and I couldn’t get rid of. I walked to the kitchen and he handed me a plate with a salad sandwich. He looked as if he was gonna piss himself laughing. “ Oh shut up” I said and left the room.

I went and sat in front of the TV and turned it. I started flipping through channels and eating my sandwich. When I finished my sandwich I turned the TV off and went and took my plate out to the kitchen and placed it in the sink.

“ Jacquie” I hear mum call. I run to where I heard her voice coming from.
“ Yeah mum” I said.
“Can you hold this for me while I stand on the ladder” She said.
“ Sure” I replied. I held the box as she went up the ladder and I passed it to her when she reached to top and she placed it on the top of the cupboard. She climbed back down and gave me a hug and walked off without saying a word.

She was really acting weird I decided to ask Kerrie. I looked around and found Kerrie talking to Jimmy in her bedroom.

“ Hey K can I talk to you privately?” I said to her.
“ Sure unless we are talking about the birds and the bees in that case ask your mum” she said laughing. We walked to the living room and I checked to see if mum was around and then I began to speak “ Have you noticed Mum has been acting…Weird?” She said, “What do you expect she’s in a new state, she just left her dickhead of a boyfriend no offence...” “None taken” I butted in. “ And now she’s trying to make sure you do good in school she’ll be fine in a couple of days she’s just gotta settle in okay” she finished. “ Okay Kerrie” I smiled and walked off.

6 hours later …
“ Hey Jacquie you feel like McDonalds?” Jimmy said.
“ Not really” I replied.
“ How about subway?” he said with a grin on his face.
“ Yeah that sounds good” I replied happily.
“ See you are a Vegetarian” he said.
“ I’m not I just don’t feel like McDonalds” I said smartly.
“Well okay what do you want I’ll go pick it up?” he said.
“ Can I have what I had for lunch?” I said hoping he knows what I meant.
“ And what was that may I ask?” He said with a grin the size of half a dinner plate.
“ Please don’t make me say it again,” I said.
“Okay fine samich liker” he said still grinning and went off and asked my mum and Kerrie what they wanted. Why must he tease me I thought to myself as a joke?

30 minutes later…
We had just finished eating. I felt really full so I only had half of the sandwich. I went in my room and started drawing. I heard a knock at the door. “ Come in” I said still focusing on my drawing.

“ What you drawing now kiddo?” Jimmy said.
“A full moon sky with a man transforming into a werewolf” I said while picking it up and showing him how far I had gotten.
“Whoa you haven’t even finished and yet it looks amazing,” he said coming over to look at it closer.
“Its okay not the best my other works are better” I said half blushing.
“ Other works?” He said with interest.
“ Yeah” I replied taking one of my older drawing pads off the pile on my desk and handing it to him.
“Whoa” he said on nearly every page flipping though.
“ I get a new drawing pad for each place I live in and every new school” I said kinda sad “ so I have quite a few”.
“ Whoa!!!!!!!” He said not acknowledging what I had just said.
“ What?” I said quickly.“ I love this one,” he said showing it to me.
“ Oh that one its just a sword nothing special” I said.
“ Nah its fucken awesome” he said as if it was the best thing ever.
“What ever you say Jimmy. Well I want to go to sleep okay goodnight oh yeah tell mum and Kerrie I said goodnight” I said rushing him out the door and taking the book from his hands.

I shut the door and put my pj’s on and realise that I have school tomorrow. Oh god I haven’t got anything. I walk out and run to mum and tell her. “ Oh honey I got your stuff today” She says and walks out of the room and comes back with two shopping bags full of stuff “ Here ya go” she smiles. “ Thanks goodnight mum” I say. “Night” she replies.

I walk to my room and find that she has bought me some awesome stuff. And OMG an Emily the strange bag I love this brand. I pack the bag and finally go to sleep I feel kinda happy to be going to school again and hopefully I get a couple of friends.