Lost In His Hate

Chapter Fourteen

   When I woke up the next morning, I sighed and took a breath of the fresh air coming in from the open window next to me. I had stayed at the Nurse's house last night. Her name was Susie, she told me on the drive home. 

  We had had a dinner at McDonald's, then came home and enjoyed ice cream while we watched movies. at around three, we had gone to bed.

  Before I fell alseep that night, I took a pregnacy test she had bought me at the store. I looked down at it when it was ready, and, with pleasant thoughts in my head, fell asleep.

    When I got up, I noticed smells, breakfast smells, coming from the kitchen. 

  I walked in there, and laughed when I saw her. She was struggling with a waffle. I went over and pressed a button on the waffle maker, opening up the mechanism. She laughed nervously and said, "Oops." 

  I laughed and finished the waffles as she cut up fruit and put it into bowls. "I love cooking," I said to start a conversation. She smiled at me and said, "Well then I guess I'll just have to kidknap you so you can cook for me, because I suck at it." I started at the word kidknap, but quickly hid it.

   "It's something I learned from my mom," I told her. She smiled and said, "My mom wasn't really there." I looked at her with sympathy, and she shrugged it off. "so, how long are you planning on staying here,'' she asked me. 

  I thought about it, and said, "well, could I use your phone?" A plan was forming in my mind, and I needed it to succeed. "Sure," she said, handing me a touch screen. I took it, and went to the other room. I dialed a random number, then hung up, before it could ring, that way she had it in her call records. 

   I faked a conversation, and then went back into the kitchen. "Do you mind giving me a ride back to those woods," I said. She shook her head, and I said, "That's where my friends are meeting me. They said in an hour would be fine." 

  She nodded, and said, "I hope you stay out of trouble from now on!" I laughed, and said, "Of course I will, I'll be very careful now." She smiled, relieved, and said, "well, would you like to take a shower," She asked me. 

  I nodded, and did so. When I got out, I got into my clothes. They were the same ones she gave me at the hospital, and when I walked out of the bathroom, she said, " No no no, I have something better for you." She pulled out a black dress, and handed it to me. 

  It was really short, ending mid thigh, and it was see through, so it had a black mini dress under it. I twirled when I walked back into the room, and she smiled."It's great on you!" She said. "I could never wear it, because I don't have the breasts to fill it"

   I laughed and said, "trust me, you're lucky. They get in the way sometimes." She laughed and we got into her car. she drove me back to the woods, and when I got there, I thanked her and gave her a small hug. "I'll come see you, when I can," I said to her.

   She smiled at me and told me she'd love that, then left. I hung around for a minute, then turned towards the woods. I stumbled into them, and walked for hours. eventually, the sun started to go down, and I was lost. "Derek!" I called out.

  I walked for more time than I can count, and yelled out random names I knew. "Derek! Jared! Destiny! Caleb!" Nonody answered, of course. I finally, finally, stopped to rest. I ate a small apple I had with me, then got up again. I walked until dawn, when I couldn't take it anymore.

  I lay down, and fell asleep, dreams of unease and loss clouding my head.

                                                          DEREK'S POINT OF VIEW