Here it is the last part of the story!!!!! Finally!!!
Part four: A sort of happy ending
(Ok, so it’s been a month since I got into Kate’s life. Kate’s mom has been seeing a physiatrist and is doing very well. Mark well…. he’s himself. Me, I finally feel like I fit in Kate’s life. I’ve been thinking a lot about me going back to my original life. The more I think about it, the more I don’t want to go back. It was a normal day at school and me and Mark were walking together to Lunch, since he didn’t have any more practices until December. He still had a bout a month. We walked in hand in hand when I saw a bunch of kids talking over everyone else. And I immediately know who that bunch is, the popular people. Mark glanced at where I was looking and sighed: “Would you like to eat lunch with them? I won’t mind.” I looked at him and he had a hurt look on his face. “Mark, I don’t even know half the kids over there. I told you I was going to have lunch with you and not a bunch of popular kids.” He looked still worried so I started walking. “Come on, buy me lunch?” He immediately smiled and took my hand and we walked over to the counter. Mark was not his usual self since his day wanted to take him on a trip for four days and show him where we would be staying. So it was my job to keep him happy until he had to leave. I think he was enjoying himself, because whenever I tried to cheer him up he would snap out of whatever was bothering him. We finished our lunch and were walking to my next class, when at the door waiting for me was Kate. Well not Kate in general, but her in my body. Kate looked between us and eyed our entwined hands. “Kate, can I talk to you for a moment?” I didn’t know what to say, Kate had been avoiding me for a month and now she wanted to talk to me? “Sure Anna.” I looked at Mark. “Mark, I have to talk to Anna for a bit. I’ll see you after school, okay?” Mark looked confused but nodded and headed off for his class. I hated seeing him like that, but I had to find out what Kate wanted. “Ok Kate, what do you want?” Kate squared her shoulders and began; “Anna, I know we haven’t talked for a while but I want to ask you something that affects both of us.” I nodded and waved her to continue. “Anna… I don’t want to switch body’s back.” I looked at her to see if she meant it, clearly she did. “Look I know it seems like I’m being selfish but let me explain. I’ve made a lot of friends and I’m really happy. When I was with Mark and my mom, I was always depressed. And now that I have friends and have a boyfriend, I realized that I don’t want to turn back. So, what do you say?” I didn’t know what to say. So I thought about it for a moment before I answered her. “Kate, I don’t want to turn back either. I like your mom, she’s really cool when you get to know her and she wants to spend time with me. My original mom didn’t want anything to do with me. And Mark…. well, I sort of like him. So, you can now call me Kate if you want cause I’m not going anywhere.” Kate started squealing and hopping up and down. “Well then Kate, you can call me Anna. Cause I am not going anywhere either.” We both started laughing when we said our new names. “Well see you Kate, no Anna. I have to get to class.” We both went to class, I was grinning all the way there.
After school, I was going to the front of the school. I was going to wait there for Mark. But when I got there, Mark was already there, grinning at my surprised face. I went over there and slapped his arm. “I thought you were supposed to be in class?” Mark just kept grinning. “I got out early. Not my fault you didn’t see the change.” I laughed and took his hand, and we started walking home. The rest of the night was very nice, my new mother cooked dinner and we had a nice time. After that I decided to take a shower and go to bed. The shower seemed like it took forever, but when I got out and went to my room Mark was waiting for me. “So Katy, have you decided if you want to go with me to go see our new home?” He had asked me this a million times before, I had not had a answer for him since I didn’t know if I would be with him forever. “Well, if you insist on asking me.” His eyes immediately drooped. “I guess I will.” He hugged me so tightly, I couldn’t even breath. “Oh thank you!!! I promise to take you every where when we get there!!” He got up kissed me lightly on the lips and ran out. I was laughing when he was out of the room. I was so happy that I couldn’t even contain it anymore. I looked over at the mirror and got up. I went over to it and looked to see if I could see the new Anna. But I couldn’t see anyone, but there was a note taped to a mirror. I took it off the mirror and unfolded the note:
Dear new Kate,
This mirror does not show other people anymore, the only reason it did that in the first place was because both you and Kate were not happy with your lives. And since you both had the same mirror it worked out. So as the new Kate you need to help your new mother and keep making your future husband happy. We are glad we finally got to make you happy. Keep being you and everything will go well.
Yours truly,
Your guardian angels
I smiled at the letter, and yawned I guess it was time to go to bed. I jumped in bed and just kept smiling. I knew this was going to be a very, very, very good thing. I closed my eyes and started to dream about my angels that guarded me every night. I also dreamed of my mom and Mark and me moving to the new house, everything seemed to be perfect. I dreamed on that seemed endless, but I knew I would wake up to the perfect family. I guess I got my happily ever after all.)
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
Have not a clue
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Looking through someone else's eyes part three
Here's the next part.
Part three: Over the river and through the woods
To grandfathers house we go.
This is a lot longer, enjoy.
(It was kind of weird waking up to go to Kate’s grandfathers house. When I woke up, I found myself curled up next to mark who was still asleep. It surprised me a little but I quietly got out of bed with out disturbing him. I had gotten ready and was going down the stairs when I heard someone pacing while on the phone. I thought it was Mark who had finally gotten up, so I went to go say good morning. Suddenly, I was grabbed from behind and towed back up the stairs. I would have screamed but whoever it was had clamped their hand down on my mouth. Perfect now I never would get the chance to ask my questions to Kate’s grandpa. Oh no I was not going to miss my chance at finding out about Kate, I started to struggle when we got around the corner. I was trying to aim for his stomach or try to stomp on his foot. Who ever it was, wrapped its arm around my waist and whispered: “It’s me, Mark.” I immediately stopped struggling and turned around and found that he was all wet and only had some jeans on with a towel around his neck. “What was that all about?” I whispered. He shushed me when I tried to say anything else. “Your mom hasn’t left yet. We have to stay up here until she’s off the phone and has gone to work.” And then I shut up to hear who Kate’s mom was talking to. “Yeah, yeah, I’ll be down there in a minute. Could you please stop shouting, I’ve got a huge hangover.” She paused to listen to someone on the other line. “Yes, I’ve been taking good care of him. And I think he is getting more protective over my daughter. I can’t say that I blame him, he probably is head over heels for her.” She paused again. “Don’t worry, I don’t mind if you take her or not. At least I will be able to start bringing my dates home again.” I was done listening; I didn’t want to carve this into Kate’s memory. But I forgot how close Mark had been, so I bumped into him and started falling backwards. Mark grabbed me and threw me into the wall. “Ouch!” I said a little too loud, and I knew I blew our cover right there. Mark and I were quiet as we listened. She said nothing until we heard someone on speaker. “What was that?” We stood shocked for a while, until we heard footsteps coming up to where we were. “I don’t know but I’m going to find out.” And then out of the blue, Mark was in front of me holding both my arms to the wall. Mark whispered to me: “Just act cool and don’t say anything. Me and my dad are going to get us out of this alive.” And without another word he kissed me for the second time. I thought I was going to die. He was good. And I found myself getting into the kiss. This shocked him; with a low gasp he also got into it. Before I knew it I was gasping for air, he started to kiss my neck. I shuddered and then opened my eyes to see Kate’s mother standing with a smile on her face. I blushed and pushed him away, when I looked at him he was smiling too. “What’s going on?” “ Oh nothing. It’s just your son is making out with my daughter. No big deal.” “What???? Put him on the phone.” He immediately went to the phone and started talking to his dad. “Hey dad how’s it going?” “Well I was just telling Kate’s mother that she needed to get down to the office when we heard a loud noise coming from upstairs.” He clicked the phone out of speaker and started talking while walking into my room and closing my door. We waited there until he came out with the phone off. “Mrs. Stephanie, my dad will explain everything that’s happened at the office.” She pursed her lips but nodded and went down the stairs without another word. We listened until she was out the door and the sound of her car fading away. I sighed and was glad we were alone. “Get a shirt on we are leaving in five minutes. So you better hurry up.” I turned around and started down the stairs, he yelled: “Can’t I have breakfast at least?” I yelled back: “Not if you don’t hurry up.” I sat down at the table and started reading the newspaper. He can down in two minutes and ran right to the cupboard. “What do you want to eat for breakfast? We have cereal, and Pop tarts, and some eggs and milk. What do you want?” “Just hand me a Pop tart and let’s get going.” He gave me a disapproving look when he handed me my breakfast, he chugged some milk and ate some cereal out of the box. When we were both done with our breakfasts, we started walking down the street. When we were walking I saw some hills and a forest and saw barely near the edge of the forest was a river. I started giggling. “Can I hear this joke of yours?” He looked a little amused by what ever I was thinking. “I was just thinking of that one song.” He raised an eyebrow at me. “You know that one song, um.. Over the river and through the woods to grandmothers house we go.” When I said that he burst into a roar of laughter. I glared at him; I didn’t think it was that funny. “I’m not laughing at you. It’s just a little ironic, because your grandmother died two years ago and your grandfather lives by himself near an old river and forest. You should have sung that two years ago.” He started laughing again; I just rolled my eyes and kept walking. We got there about noon. And Kate’s grandfather looked a whole lot different than I expected. He wasn’t as old as my grandpa, he looked like he was in his late 40s and just a little silver was coming in his hair. He seemed thrilled that we came, and hugged us both even before we even got into the house. After a while it was getting late and I knew that we had to go soon. Mark was upstairs looking at photos and I was downstairs with Kate’s grandpa. “Um grandpa? Can I talk to you for a minute?” He looked a little confused when I said that but he nodded and went to the living room where I was. “What is it sweetie? Is your mother acting up again? You know you can always come and live with me.” He wrapped his arm around me and looked at me with worried eyes. “I want to know some of my families story.” He relaxed when I said that and had a big smile on his face like I’d told him he won the lottery. “Which story do you want to hear?” “I want to hear what happened to my mom. Why she’s always drinking and yelling.” His smile immediately faded and mumbled “I knew this was coming.” And he started shaking his head. “Please grandpa? I really want to know.” He looked at me, I think he was trying to find something and I think he found it. He sighed and began the tale. “It all started when you were born. Your mother didn’t know what to do because even though you were very small, your mom and dad were poor. So, your mother got a job and started bringing you with her. Her boss told her she couldn’t bring you along and she couldn’t let your dad bring you to work, so you stayed with me until your mom came for you and took you home. Everything was going perfectly, until your dad died. He had been in the city and wasn’t paying much attention and neither was the driver.” He looked at me again and continued. “He was buried the next day, your mother was heartbroken. She decided to leave you with us since she had to work double time. You stayed with us all night and all day. We took care of you we treated you like a princess, until one night while you had just gone to bed. Your mother came in screaming; she said she was taking you back home so you could be with her. She ran up the stairs and grabbed you out of bed and carried you home. The next couple of weeks passed by and we heard from a neighbor that every time you came out of the house you had tears rolling down your face and bruises down your arms and legs. Sometimes your mother would allow you to come spend the night with us. And we treated you like a princess. I guess your mom was mad that your dad died and you were the only one she had left of him. You look so much like him; she’s probably taking the frustration out on you. I think she feels that it was your fault.” When he was done I was just looking at him with shock. Why would Kate’s mom do that? Was she mad at Kate? I hoped that if my dad died that my mom wouldn’t blame me. Before I could say anything, Mark came down the stairs almost running down them. “Your mom just got home!!!!! She came home early and called me to see where we were!!!” I was shocked I couldn’t say anything for a few minutes. “What did you tell her?” “I told her we went out for a walk and we would be back in a few minutes. We have to go now!!!!” I hugged Kate’s grandpa and said, “Thank you.” Ran out the door with Mark at my side. It was kind of hard keeping up with Mark cause he was a good runner. Mark grabbed my hand and started towing me to the house. But before we could get near the house I tripped. Man, I forgot that I was not very good at running. When I fell some guys noticed and came over to wear I was. I got up and saw who it was, some jocks from the football team. There was the leader and the rest of his posy. “Hey are you ok shrimp?” I knew who that was; it was there leader, Derek. The rest of them joined in with the name-calling. When they started picking up rocks, I covered my face. Just hoping that it wouldn’t hurt as much with me seeing what they were doing. But I didn’t feel anything but I heard some guys grunting and saying ouch. When I opened my eyes, there was someone in front of me. Mark. Mark was catching the rocks and throwing them back. Derek and his posy gave up with the rocks and started a fistfight. I had to say, Mark was a good fighter. Kate was sure lucky. He dodged their punches and gave some of his own. It wasn’t until I heard someone other than the other boys that I decided that me and Mark needed to go. I grabbed Mark’s arm and started tugging. “Mark, we need to go before someone calls the police and you go to jail.” Mark looked at me and then at the boys, he sighed started to tug me toward Kate’s house. The jocks were right behind us and I new I was slowing him down. When I thought of letting go of his hand and letting him run ahead of me. But when I was loosening my grip, he held on tighter. “Mark, I’m slowing you down. Let go and tell my mom to lock the door as soon as I come in.” But I don’t think he was listening, he went behind me and started pushing me toward the house. “Hey!!!!” “Look you have two choices, One, I push you to the house or Two, I stop and try to fight them off until you get some help.” I looked at him in shock, but he just kept pushing. They sounded like they were closer than before. I saw Kate’s mom at the door and started running with all my might. Mark was right beside me running up the porch steps. “What’s going on here?” We pushed Kate’s mom through the door, and locked it behind me. “HEY!!! WILL SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT’S GOING ON?” Mark decided to guard the door, just in case. “Listen Mr.… mom, a bunch of jocks are chasing us. We need to hide.” Kate’s mother just rolled her eyes and went over to the window. “Well, finally.” She looked at us. “The police have arrived and are taking your so called “Jocks” away.” Mark relaxed and went over to where I was standing. Kate’s mom went over to me and hugged me before Mark could. “Girl, you scared me. I didn’t know you were running from a bunch of jocks.” I was a little surprised by this; I always thought Kate’s mom didn’t care. Well, I guess I learned my lesson. I went upstairs to Kate’s room and was going to go to bed, but something caught my eye. In the corner there was something shining. I pulled off the sheet that covered it and there it was. It was the mirror. The exact same mirror from my room. But there was no one in the mirror. I ran straight to Kate’s bed and hid under the covers, if I didn’t tell Kate to look in the mirror at the same time I did, we would be stuck like this forever.)
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Part three: Over the river and through the woods
To grandfathers house we go.
This is a lot longer, enjoy.
(It was kind of weird waking up to go to Kate’s grandfathers house. When I woke up, I found myself curled up next to mark who was still asleep. It surprised me a little but I quietly got out of bed with out disturbing him. I had gotten ready and was going down the stairs when I heard someone pacing while on the phone. I thought it was Mark who had finally gotten up, so I went to go say good morning. Suddenly, I was grabbed from behind and towed back up the stairs. I would have screamed but whoever it was had clamped their hand down on my mouth. Perfect now I never would get the chance to ask my questions to Kate’s grandpa. Oh no I was not going to miss my chance at finding out about Kate, I started to struggle when we got around the corner. I was trying to aim for his stomach or try to stomp on his foot. Who ever it was, wrapped its arm around my waist and whispered: “It’s me, Mark.” I immediately stopped struggling and turned around and found that he was all wet and only had some jeans on with a towel around his neck. “What was that all about?” I whispered. He shushed me when I tried to say anything else. “Your mom hasn’t left yet. We have to stay up here until she’s off the phone and has gone to work.” And then I shut up to hear who Kate’s mom was talking to. “Yeah, yeah, I’ll be down there in a minute. Could you please stop shouting, I’ve got a huge hangover.” She paused to listen to someone on the other line. “Yes, I’ve been taking good care of him. And I think he is getting more protective over my daughter. I can’t say that I blame him, he probably is head over heels for her.” She paused again. “Don’t worry, I don’t mind if you take her or not. At least I will be able to start bringing my dates home again.” I was done listening; I didn’t want to carve this into Kate’s memory. But I forgot how close Mark had been, so I bumped into him and started falling backwards. Mark grabbed me and threw me into the wall. “Ouch!” I said a little too loud, and I knew I blew our cover right there. Mark and I were quiet as we listened. She said nothing until we heard someone on speaker. “What was that?” We stood shocked for a while, until we heard footsteps coming up to where we were. “I don’t know but I’m going to find out.” And then out of the blue, Mark was in front of me holding both my arms to the wall. Mark whispered to me: “Just act cool and don’t say anything. Me and my dad are going to get us out of this alive.” And without another word he kissed me for the second time. I thought I was going to die. He was good. And I found myself getting into the kiss. This shocked him; with a low gasp he also got into it. Before I knew it I was gasping for air, he started to kiss my neck. I shuddered and then opened my eyes to see Kate’s mother standing with a smile on her face. I blushed and pushed him away, when I looked at him he was smiling too. “What’s going on?” “ Oh nothing. It’s just your son is making out with my daughter. No big deal.” “What???? Put him on the phone.” He immediately went to the phone and started talking to his dad. “Hey dad how’s it going?” “Well I was just telling Kate’s mother that she needed to get down to the office when we heard a loud noise coming from upstairs.” He clicked the phone out of speaker and started talking while walking into my room and closing my door. We waited there until he came out with the phone off. “Mrs. Stephanie, my dad will explain everything that’s happened at the office.” She pursed her lips but nodded and went down the stairs without another word. We listened until she was out the door and the sound of her car fading away. I sighed and was glad we were alone. “Get a shirt on we are leaving in five minutes. So you better hurry up.” I turned around and started down the stairs, he yelled: “Can’t I have breakfast at least?” I yelled back: “Not if you don’t hurry up.” I sat down at the table and started reading the newspaper. He can down in two minutes and ran right to the cupboard. “What do you want to eat for breakfast? We have cereal, and Pop tarts, and some eggs and milk. What do you want?” “Just hand me a Pop tart and let’s get going.” He gave me a disapproving look when he handed me my breakfast, he chugged some milk and ate some cereal out of the box. When we were both done with our breakfasts, we started walking down the street. When we were walking I saw some hills and a forest and saw barely near the edge of the forest was a river. I started giggling. “Can I hear this joke of yours?” He looked a little amused by what ever I was thinking. “I was just thinking of that one song.” He raised an eyebrow at me. “You know that one song, um.. Over the river and through the woods to grandmothers house we go.” When I said that he burst into a roar of laughter. I glared at him; I didn’t think it was that funny. “I’m not laughing at you. It’s just a little ironic, because your grandmother died two years ago and your grandfather lives by himself near an old river and forest. You should have sung that two years ago.” He started laughing again; I just rolled my eyes and kept walking. We got there about noon. And Kate’s grandfather looked a whole lot different than I expected. He wasn’t as old as my grandpa, he looked like he was in his late 40s and just a little silver was coming in his hair. He seemed thrilled that we came, and hugged us both even before we even got into the house. After a while it was getting late and I knew that we had to go soon. Mark was upstairs looking at photos and I was downstairs with Kate’s grandpa. “Um grandpa? Can I talk to you for a minute?” He looked a little confused when I said that but he nodded and went to the living room where I was. “What is it sweetie? Is your mother acting up again? You know you can always come and live with me.” He wrapped his arm around me and looked at me with worried eyes. “I want to know some of my families story.” He relaxed when I said that and had a big smile on his face like I’d told him he won the lottery. “Which story do you want to hear?” “I want to hear what happened to my mom. Why she’s always drinking and yelling.” His smile immediately faded and mumbled “I knew this was coming.” And he started shaking his head. “Please grandpa? I really want to know.” He looked at me, I think he was trying to find something and I think he found it. He sighed and began the tale. “It all started when you were born. Your mother didn’t know what to do because even though you were very small, your mom and dad were poor. So, your mother got a job and started bringing you with her. Her boss told her she couldn’t bring you along and she couldn’t let your dad bring you to work, so you stayed with me until your mom came for you and took you home. Everything was going perfectly, until your dad died. He had been in the city and wasn’t paying much attention and neither was the driver.” He looked at me again and continued. “He was buried the next day, your mother was heartbroken. She decided to leave you with us since she had to work double time. You stayed with us all night and all day. We took care of you we treated you like a princess, until one night while you had just gone to bed. Your mother came in screaming; she said she was taking you back home so you could be with her. She ran up the stairs and grabbed you out of bed and carried you home. The next couple of weeks passed by and we heard from a neighbor that every time you came out of the house you had tears rolling down your face and bruises down your arms and legs. Sometimes your mother would allow you to come spend the night with us. And we treated you like a princess. I guess your mom was mad that your dad died and you were the only one she had left of him. You look so much like him; she’s probably taking the frustration out on you. I think she feels that it was your fault.” When he was done I was just looking at him with shock. Why would Kate’s mom do that? Was she mad at Kate? I hoped that if my dad died that my mom wouldn’t blame me. Before I could say anything, Mark came down the stairs almost running down them. “Your mom just got home!!!!! She came home early and called me to see where we were!!!” I was shocked I couldn’t say anything for a few minutes. “What did you tell her?” “I told her we went out for a walk and we would be back in a few minutes. We have to go now!!!!” I hugged Kate’s grandpa and said, “Thank you.” Ran out the door with Mark at my side. It was kind of hard keeping up with Mark cause he was a good runner. Mark grabbed my hand and started towing me to the house. But before we could get near the house I tripped. Man, I forgot that I was not very good at running. When I fell some guys noticed and came over to wear I was. I got up and saw who it was, some jocks from the football team. There was the leader and the rest of his posy. “Hey are you ok shrimp?” I knew who that was; it was there leader, Derek. The rest of them joined in with the name-calling. When they started picking up rocks, I covered my face. Just hoping that it wouldn’t hurt as much with me seeing what they were doing. But I didn’t feel anything but I heard some guys grunting and saying ouch. When I opened my eyes, there was someone in front of me. Mark. Mark was catching the rocks and throwing them back. Derek and his posy gave up with the rocks and started a fistfight. I had to say, Mark was a good fighter. Kate was sure lucky. He dodged their punches and gave some of his own. It wasn’t until I heard someone other than the other boys that I decided that me and Mark needed to go. I grabbed Mark’s arm and started tugging. “Mark, we need to go before someone calls the police and you go to jail.” Mark looked at me and then at the boys, he sighed started to tug me toward Kate’s house. The jocks were right behind us and I new I was slowing him down. When I thought of letting go of his hand and letting him run ahead of me. But when I was loosening my grip, he held on tighter. “Mark, I’m slowing you down. Let go and tell my mom to lock the door as soon as I come in.” But I don’t think he was listening, he went behind me and started pushing me toward the house. “Hey!!!!” “Look you have two choices, One, I push you to the house or Two, I stop and try to fight them off until you get some help.” I looked at him in shock, but he just kept pushing. They sounded like they were closer than before. I saw Kate’s mom at the door and started running with all my might. Mark was right beside me running up the porch steps. “What’s going on here?” We pushed Kate’s mom through the door, and locked it behind me. “HEY!!! WILL SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT’S GOING ON?” Mark decided to guard the door, just in case. “Listen Mr.… mom, a bunch of jocks are chasing us. We need to hide.” Kate’s mother just rolled her eyes and went over to the window. “Well, finally.” She looked at us. “The police have arrived and are taking your so called “Jocks” away.” Mark relaxed and went over to where I was standing. Kate’s mom went over to me and hugged me before Mark could. “Girl, you scared me. I didn’t know you were running from a bunch of jocks.” I was a little surprised by this; I always thought Kate’s mom didn’t care. Well, I guess I learned my lesson. I went upstairs to Kate’s room and was going to go to bed, but something caught my eye. In the corner there was something shining. I pulled off the sheet that covered it and there it was. It was the mirror. The exact same mirror from my room. But there was no one in the mirror. I ran straight to Kate’s bed and hid under the covers, if I didn’t tell Kate to look in the mirror at the same time I did, we would be stuck like this forever.)
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Monday, September 22, 2008
Looking through someone else's eyes part two
Here it is. Sorry this is a little longer than the last one.
Part two: Got to get out of this alive.
(So I tried to be her, I stayed quiet all the while Kate’s mother shouted at me. Man, I couldn’t understand why her mother was so mean. The other person who lived in the house was some boy I sometimes saw at school. I don’t remember his name. I decided to not eat breakfast since I didn’t know where everything was. I was standing in the corner waiting for the boy to be done with his breakfast; I had to get out of here. I was startled when her mom started shouting again; “THE BUS IS HERE!!! GET GOING! I CAN’T DRIVE YOU TO SCHOOL. I’M ALREADY LATE FOR WORK!!!” The boy immediately got up and grabbed my hand: “Lets go,” he said while racing us both out the door. Once we were on the bus I felt some relief, it must be really hard to be her in a week. The boy just looked out the window like it was something he’s seen a whole century than a few weeks. I had to figure out who he is. “So…. uh um listen, I forgot your name, I’m sorry but can you tell me who you are?” I felt real bad when he looked at me funny, he sighed and then began. “My name is Mark remember!! I’m the son of your mom’s boss living at your house until my dad says we can move again.” He sighed when he said that. “ And to top it all off we are secretly dating behind your moms back. How’s that?” “Thanks.” I was actually shocked when I heard this. Kate had looked so shy when I saw her at school but in her life, she had a boyfriend and was living in a nice house. So why had she said she didn’t want to be born? I had to figure this out, but how? When we got to school I didn’t know which class to go too. Man, I wished I paid more attention to which class she ran off to. So I decided to ask Mark. “Mark, listen I’m sorry about what happened on the bus. But, I don’t know which class I’m in. Can you help me?” Mark sighed and took my hand again and whispered: “You owe me Katy.” I sort of smiled when he said that. If I saw Kate I was going to call her that. Mark led me from class to class sometimes he would tell me what happened in his class, which the only ones he talked about were his least favorite classes. When it was lunchtime he said he had to go to gym, with a quiet groan he left me. I was totally having fun especially when I would ask him little questions. When I went to the get some lunch there she was. It was me; well I think it was me except I was by myself. I usually sat with a bunch of my friends, but I was in Kate’s body and she was in mine. I guess she doesn’t want to act like me. So I decided to go over there and talk to her. When I sat down she looked shocked.
“Hi” I said. “Hi” she stuttered out, barely saying it.
“So how are you enjoying my life Katy?” She scowled at me like I had said she wasn’t pretty or she had a huge zit on her face. I just smiled and waited for her answer.
“I its s f fine.” She looked like she wasn’t feeling well; I guess that’s how she looked when she was scared. I always saw this expression when she talked to people.
“Why are you afraid of me? I didn’t do anything to you.”
“I’m not afraid I just sometimes stutter, it’s kind of hard to be you ya know. What do you want anyway? Are you gonna tell me I am a major loser and I should return to my own body? I may not be a people person but I’m not a sea witch who can switch body’s with every time I snap my fingers”
“Yeah I guess not, but I’m not either. Well at least can you tell me about your life then? So I can have everything straight? I don’t want to look like a fool in front of your boyfriend or dare I say it your mother”
“Ugh, I forgot all about him. And about my mom, don’t do anything to upset her. And if anything happens when she comes home tonight, just listen to Mark he’ll know what to do. And the whole story thing, I can’t do that.”
“Why not? It’s your life”
“Cause I don’t know all of it, tomorrows Saturday go visit my grandpa and ask him. Maybe even ask him about people switching bodies. He’ll get a real kick out of that.”
I shrugged“ Fine your grandfather just make sure you watch the news about another heart attack happening.” She laughed. I was actually having fun with this girl. Huh. “Ok now that all the jokes are over.” She looked at me like I was going to tell her that some new crime had happened. “Can you please tell me what Mark likes so I can give him something. I owe him for taking me to all your classes.”
“What??? How did he tell you that you owed him?” I told her what his exact words were. And her eyes grew very wide “Oh great listen, just tell him that all the amp’s are in the cupboard on top of the refrigerator. That should hold him off until you go buy some more.” “What good will that do? He’s just going to get a sugar rush from the sugar plus the guarana.” “Just do it. And I think you better go Mark is waiting for you. Have fun”
I just nodded and then got up. After school when we got home, I was actually glad that Kate’s mother wasn’t home. The women freaked me out. I had already told Mark what Kate told me on the bus so he went straight to the cupboard. I went straight to Kate’s room; I was going to go look for her diary. I couldn’t find it so I decided to take a shower. After I was done I laid down and I was out in one minute. After a few hours I don’t know how many, I heard a door slam it sounded like a car door. And then I heard a bunch of footsteps running up the stairs; I wonder what’s going on? I sat up and saw Mark running into the room, taking my hand and leading me out of Kate’s room. “What’s going on????” I said it barely came out, because I was still drowsy. “Your mom’s drunk again, I hate it when she does this. You need to hide in my room for the rest of the night!!! I don’t wan your mom to do anything she would not regret” Mark led me to a small little door, and opened it and immediately pushed me in. “Hey!!! What are you…” but before I could say anything else someone shouted: “KATE!!!! MARK!!!!! GET DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW!!!” Mark gasped and started to put down the door. “Mark I’m scared, what is she going to do to you?” When I said that he stopped what he was doing and knelt down so he could look me in the eye. “Don’t be afraid. Honey, I’ll deal with this and be right up. Just get up there and hide yourself. And don’t listen to what your mother says, Okay?” Then he leaned in and kissed me. When we heard someone stomp their way up the stairs he quickly slammed the door shut and hit something to get the shaft pulling me to the attic. When I got there, I decided to listen to the floor to see what Kate’s mom would say. “MARK, WHERE’S KATE???” Yep her mother was drunk I could hear her hick up a bunch of times before he answered, “She stayed at school for a little while longer.” “WHY???” I heard footsteps until something hit the wall with a light thud, was Mark backing up? “Kate is doing a play in English literature class.” I heard a big crash with a sound of breaking glass; I hope he ducked when that happened “WHY DIDN’T SHE CALL ME???” “She didn’t want to bother you at work.” There was another crash and this time it sounded like something other than glass, wood? “UGH, WHY DOESN’T YOUR DAD JUST MOVE YOU AND KATE SOMEWHERE ALREADY!!! I’M TIRED OF TAKING CARE OF YOU BOTH” “He doesn’t think it’s a good idea right now. But I promise, if we do move I will take care of your daughter.” Wow, he must really like Kate if he did all this. Hmm, maybe I’ll tell Kate the next time I get to talk to her. I think he was going to say something else but he was interrupted. “UGH!! I DON’T WANT TO HEAR IT. I’M GOING TO BED, GOOD NIGHT.” Then I heard some steps until there were no more. I went straight to Mark’s bed, so it looked like I wasn’t listening in on the conversation. When Mark came in he had a bunch of scratches on his face, and when he saw me he sighed and slid down to the floor. I went over to hug him; I guess that’s what Kate would do. I guess I would have to do this until I could get Kate and me back to normal “Do you have anything to do tomorrow?” He looked at me with a question in his eyes “No, I only have to do my homework. Why?” “Do you know where my grandpa lives?” Now he looked even more confused “Yeah just down the street. Katy will you please tell me why were going to your grandfathers house tomorrow?” I took a deep breath to compose myself “We are going to see him I haven’t seen him for a while, I want to ask him a few questions.” And with that, I went to the other bed that was up here and fell asleep right when my head hit the pillow.)
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Part two: Got to get out of this alive.
(So I tried to be her, I stayed quiet all the while Kate’s mother shouted at me. Man, I couldn’t understand why her mother was so mean. The other person who lived in the house was some boy I sometimes saw at school. I don’t remember his name. I decided to not eat breakfast since I didn’t know where everything was. I was standing in the corner waiting for the boy to be done with his breakfast; I had to get out of here. I was startled when her mom started shouting again; “THE BUS IS HERE!!! GET GOING! I CAN’T DRIVE YOU TO SCHOOL. I’M ALREADY LATE FOR WORK!!!” The boy immediately got up and grabbed my hand: “Lets go,” he said while racing us both out the door. Once we were on the bus I felt some relief, it must be really hard to be her in a week. The boy just looked out the window like it was something he’s seen a whole century than a few weeks. I had to figure out who he is. “So…. uh um listen, I forgot your name, I’m sorry but can you tell me who you are?” I felt real bad when he looked at me funny, he sighed and then began. “My name is Mark remember!! I’m the son of your mom’s boss living at your house until my dad says we can move again.” He sighed when he said that. “ And to top it all off we are secretly dating behind your moms back. How’s that?” “Thanks.” I was actually shocked when I heard this. Kate had looked so shy when I saw her at school but in her life, she had a boyfriend and was living in a nice house. So why had she said she didn’t want to be born? I had to figure this out, but how? When we got to school I didn’t know which class to go too. Man, I wished I paid more attention to which class she ran off to. So I decided to ask Mark. “Mark, listen I’m sorry about what happened on the bus. But, I don’t know which class I’m in. Can you help me?” Mark sighed and took my hand again and whispered: “You owe me Katy.” I sort of smiled when he said that. If I saw Kate I was going to call her that. Mark led me from class to class sometimes he would tell me what happened in his class, which the only ones he talked about were his least favorite classes. When it was lunchtime he said he had to go to gym, with a quiet groan he left me. I was totally having fun especially when I would ask him little questions. When I went to the get some lunch there she was. It was me; well I think it was me except I was by myself. I usually sat with a bunch of my friends, but I was in Kate’s body and she was in mine. I guess she doesn’t want to act like me. So I decided to go over there and talk to her. When I sat down she looked shocked.
“Hi” I said. “Hi” she stuttered out, barely saying it.
“So how are you enjoying my life Katy?” She scowled at me like I had said she wasn’t pretty or she had a huge zit on her face. I just smiled and waited for her answer.
“I its s f fine.” She looked like she wasn’t feeling well; I guess that’s how she looked when she was scared. I always saw this expression when she talked to people.
“Why are you afraid of me? I didn’t do anything to you.”
“I’m not afraid I just sometimes stutter, it’s kind of hard to be you ya know. What do you want anyway? Are you gonna tell me I am a major loser and I should return to my own body? I may not be a people person but I’m not a sea witch who can switch body’s with every time I snap my fingers”
“Yeah I guess not, but I’m not either. Well at least can you tell me about your life then? So I can have everything straight? I don’t want to look like a fool in front of your boyfriend or dare I say it your mother”
“Ugh, I forgot all about him. And about my mom, don’t do anything to upset her. And if anything happens when she comes home tonight, just listen to Mark he’ll know what to do. And the whole story thing, I can’t do that.”
“Why not? It’s your life”
“Cause I don’t know all of it, tomorrows Saturday go visit my grandpa and ask him. Maybe even ask him about people switching bodies. He’ll get a real kick out of that.”
I shrugged“ Fine your grandfather just make sure you watch the news about another heart attack happening.” She laughed. I was actually having fun with this girl. Huh. “Ok now that all the jokes are over.” She looked at me like I was going to tell her that some new crime had happened. “Can you please tell me what Mark likes so I can give him something. I owe him for taking me to all your classes.”
“What??? How did he tell you that you owed him?” I told her what his exact words were. And her eyes grew very wide “Oh great listen, just tell him that all the amp’s are in the cupboard on top of the refrigerator. That should hold him off until you go buy some more.” “What good will that do? He’s just going to get a sugar rush from the sugar plus the guarana.” “Just do it. And I think you better go Mark is waiting for you. Have fun”
I just nodded and then got up. After school when we got home, I was actually glad that Kate’s mother wasn’t home. The women freaked me out. I had already told Mark what Kate told me on the bus so he went straight to the cupboard. I went straight to Kate’s room; I was going to go look for her diary. I couldn’t find it so I decided to take a shower. After I was done I laid down and I was out in one minute. After a few hours I don’t know how many, I heard a door slam it sounded like a car door. And then I heard a bunch of footsteps running up the stairs; I wonder what’s going on? I sat up and saw Mark running into the room, taking my hand and leading me out of Kate’s room. “What’s going on????” I said it barely came out, because I was still drowsy. “Your mom’s drunk again, I hate it when she does this. You need to hide in my room for the rest of the night!!! I don’t wan your mom to do anything she would not regret” Mark led me to a small little door, and opened it and immediately pushed me in. “Hey!!! What are you…” but before I could say anything else someone shouted: “KATE!!!! MARK!!!!! GET DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW!!!” Mark gasped and started to put down the door. “Mark I’m scared, what is she going to do to you?” When I said that he stopped what he was doing and knelt down so he could look me in the eye. “Don’t be afraid. Honey, I’ll deal with this and be right up. Just get up there and hide yourself. And don’t listen to what your mother says, Okay?” Then he leaned in and kissed me. When we heard someone stomp their way up the stairs he quickly slammed the door shut and hit something to get the shaft pulling me to the attic. When I got there, I decided to listen to the floor to see what Kate’s mom would say. “MARK, WHERE’S KATE???” Yep her mother was drunk I could hear her hick up a bunch of times before he answered, “She stayed at school for a little while longer.” “WHY???” I heard footsteps until something hit the wall with a light thud, was Mark backing up? “Kate is doing a play in English literature class.” I heard a big crash with a sound of breaking glass; I hope he ducked when that happened “WHY DIDN’T SHE CALL ME???” “She didn’t want to bother you at work.” There was another crash and this time it sounded like something other than glass, wood? “UGH, WHY DOESN’T YOUR DAD JUST MOVE YOU AND KATE SOMEWHERE ALREADY!!! I’M TIRED OF TAKING CARE OF YOU BOTH” “He doesn’t think it’s a good idea right now. But I promise, if we do move I will take care of your daughter.” Wow, he must really like Kate if he did all this. Hmm, maybe I’ll tell Kate the next time I get to talk to her. I think he was going to say something else but he was interrupted. “UGH!! I DON’T WANT TO HEAR IT. I’M GOING TO BED, GOOD NIGHT.” Then I heard some steps until there were no more. I went straight to Mark’s bed, so it looked like I wasn’t listening in on the conversation. When Mark came in he had a bunch of scratches on his face, and when he saw me he sighed and slid down to the floor. I went over to hug him; I guess that’s what Kate would do. I guess I would have to do this until I could get Kate and me back to normal “Do you have anything to do tomorrow?” He looked at me with a question in his eyes “No, I only have to do my homework. Why?” “Do you know where my grandpa lives?” Now he looked even more confused “Yeah just down the street. Katy will you please tell me why were going to your grandfathers house tomorrow?” I took a deep breath to compose myself “We are going to see him I haven’t seen him for a while, I want to ask him a few questions.” And with that, I went to the other bed that was up here and fell asleep right when my head hit the pillow.)
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Sunday, September 21, 2008
Looking through someone else's eyes part one
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Part one: A miss communication
(Well you know when your having one of those days? I was. It all started yesterday on my birthday. I was turning 17 and everyone seemed in a better mood at school since it was a special day. On a normal Monday, everyone would be yelling at me and telling me to get a life. Well this day was different, I guess everyone was happy that since it was my birthday that we got half of school and get to go home early. Even the teachers were saying: “Happy Birthday Anna!!!!” When everything was exactly perfect, some girl bumped into me. “Watch it!!” I yelled at the girl who was trembling at the sound of my voice. “Sorry” she mumbled and quickly ran and bumped into more people on her way to class. “What’s wrong with her?” I thought as I went to my last class. I remember meeting her at orientation and her having a bunch a bruises down her arms and legs. I think her name was Kate. Everyone seemed to tease her a lot when she first came here. They would always try to rhyme her name with something bad. But she would just be silent and go to her class. I pondered all this while I walked home. After I got into the house and when I got a chorus of “Happy Birthdays” I went to my room to get to bed. After I got out of the shower I decided to look in my full sized mirror to see if I got all the soap out of my hair. My mom said when she got it the person who gave it to her, he said it was guarded by the angels that were around the rim and that if you looked hard enough you could see someone else’s life through there eyes. I didn’t think it was real, so I never looked at it a lot. So when I finally looked at it, through some really clear eyes I saw it. Curled up in a ball in the mirror was Kate. She was crying and blubbering something that I couldn’t understand. Until, she started shouting: “I WISH I WAS NEVER BORN!!!!” and when she said that I finally saw them. They look like people but except with white wings and white robes, they looked like they were trying to comfort her even though they couldn’t touch her. But then she shouted again: “I WISH I WAS SOMEONE ELSE!!!” And then the angels disappeared. The next thing I knew I was fast asleep. When I woke up, I was in a different room. It didn’t look the same color and the walls were different, and I found myself with almost dried tears on my face. And then I heard an unfamiliar voice start yelling: “GET UP FOR SCHOOL YOUR GOING TO BE LATE!!!! DON’T MAKE ME COME UP THERE AND GET YOU OUT OF BED!!!!” As soon as I heard that I got up and started to get ready but when I was looking for my uniform I saw the same mirror from my old room. Then there was someone who was knocking on my door and then said: “Kate, come on we’ll be late for the bus and I don’t think mom will be very happy about that.” And when I heard that it all clicked, I was Kate and she probably was me. But I wonder if I will be able to turn back into my usual self.)
That's it.
Part one: A miss communication
(Well you know when your having one of those days? I was. It all started yesterday on my birthday. I was turning 17 and everyone seemed in a better mood at school since it was a special day. On a normal Monday, everyone would be yelling at me and telling me to get a life. Well this day was different, I guess everyone was happy that since it was my birthday that we got half of school and get to go home early. Even the teachers were saying: “Happy Birthday Anna!!!!” When everything was exactly perfect, some girl bumped into me. “Watch it!!” I yelled at the girl who was trembling at the sound of my voice. “Sorry” she mumbled and quickly ran and bumped into more people on her way to class. “What’s wrong with her?” I thought as I went to my last class. I remember meeting her at orientation and her having a bunch a bruises down her arms and legs. I think her name was Kate. Everyone seemed to tease her a lot when she first came here. They would always try to rhyme her name with something bad. But she would just be silent and go to her class. I pondered all this while I walked home. After I got into the house and when I got a chorus of “Happy Birthdays” I went to my room to get to bed. After I got out of the shower I decided to look in my full sized mirror to see if I got all the soap out of my hair. My mom said when she got it the person who gave it to her, he said it was guarded by the angels that were around the rim and that if you looked hard enough you could see someone else’s life through there eyes. I didn’t think it was real, so I never looked at it a lot. So when I finally looked at it, through some really clear eyes I saw it. Curled up in a ball in the mirror was Kate. She was crying and blubbering something that I couldn’t understand. Until, she started shouting: “I WISH I WAS NEVER BORN!!!!” and when she said that I finally saw them. They look like people but except with white wings and white robes, they looked like they were trying to comfort her even though they couldn’t touch her. But then she shouted again: “I WISH I WAS SOMEONE ELSE!!!” And then the angels disappeared. The next thing I knew I was fast asleep. When I woke up, I was in a different room. It didn’t look the same color and the walls were different, and I found myself with almost dried tears on my face. And then I heard an unfamiliar voice start yelling: “GET UP FOR SCHOOL YOUR GOING TO BE LATE!!!! DON’T MAKE ME COME UP THERE AND GET YOU OUT OF BED!!!!” As soon as I heard that I got up and started to get ready but when I was looking for my uniform I saw the same mirror from my old room. Then there was someone who was knocking on my door and then said: “Kate, come on we’ll be late for the bus and I don’t think mom will be very happy about that.” And when I heard that it all clicked, I was Kate and she probably was me. But I wonder if I will be able to turn back into my usual self.)
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Wednesday, September 17, 2008
A story to write
Ok so i'm going to write a story that's all my own. I don't know what it's going to be about, but as soon as I find a good subject i'll start with a draft and see if I like it. Peace out everyone.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
A storms a coming
Well, a hurricane's coming and were staying home, my dad says it's going to be okay and that it's not going to hit us. So were staying home, but i'm still not so sure that it's not going to hit. Please keep us in your prayers and be careful if your evacuating, the traffic is very long. Peace out.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
A house, the doctors and the mall
So this is some of what happened on Wednesday. the real estate agent wanted to show our house a couple of hours this morning. We, the children at home due to our mother having to attend to our grandmother, had to get out of the house. The problem being that we had no car. Thinking out our strategy and with our oldest sister having extensive experience with getting somewhere without a car we headed out of the house on foot. To the mall, was our cry! It just so happens that it was a school day and the truancy officers are out in full force. Our merry group was stopped twice before we even got to the mall. The first officer was nice enough and seemed quite understanding about our predicament. The second officer continued to question us and we were well prepared for her line or questioning. No tripping us with tricky questions, even if she changed pitch when she asked her questions. We continued on to the mall and called our mom upon our arrival. We were famished from our trek and having to undergo unreasonable questioning. Made arrangements for transportation back from the mall, didn’t want to experience the officers again. Well, that was one day I won't forget, especially since my shoulders our sore. Peace out.
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