Katie regained her composer, and went in the house.
Chapter 3
“I thought you were only going to be gone for an hour,” mom said as soon as Katie walked into the kitchen. “We were worried sick about you,” her mom said pulling her in tightly for a hug.
Katie rolled her eyes as she pulled away, turned her back to get a drink so that her mom could not see her and said “sorry, I lost track of time. I didn’t mean to stay there for so long.”
“Next time you need to make sure you get home on time. Are you ready for dinner? Your dad and I decided to go get pizza for dinner at your favorite restaurant Regillios ,” mom said.
“I’m not really feeling like going out. I just want to take a bath and go to bed ,” Katie replied as she pulled out a bagel and started to eat it.
“You need to eat more than just a bagel Katie. You cannot keep this up, you have to start going out and doing things again. Just because Jackson isn’t here anymore doesn’t mean that your life stopped,” her mom said in an assertive yet caring way.
“Fine if it means you will stop lecturing me then I will go with you and dad to get dinner. And I know that my life hasn’t stopped. I go to the park every day, and I still see my friends there,” Katie said to her mom quietly.
“You are not the same since Jackson died and we are worried about you. This has to stop. You have to start talking to your father or myself about your feelings. You can’t keep holding it in,” her mom said.
“I know mom, but I am fine. Really, I am ok. Let me jump in the shower and I will be ready in about twenty minutes,” Katie said as she walked out of the kitchen to the upstairs bathroom.
She really did not want to do anything but go to bed, but she also did not want to continue to listen to her mom talk about moving on from Jackson. How could she say that? It isn’t that easy. It isn’t like he moved out of state or went off to summer camp, he was not ever coming back and it just keeps getting clearer by the day. Her mom and dad seem to think she is not dealing with it but she is dealing with it the only way she knows how. She visits him daily and continues to talk to him throughout the day to let him know that she has not and will not forget him.
Katie grabbed a pair of clean jeans and a t-shirt and jumped in the shower. She washed her hair and let the water run over her face. She hurried up since she told her mom she would be ready in twenty minutes. She quickly dried off, dressed and started brushing her hair out. As she was brushing her hair out, she got that feeling that she was not alone again.
This was a feeling that she had been trying to shake all day. It was something that she had felt very strong when she was at Jackson’s home today. What was very odd is that she could not figure out why it felt like she was being pushed to Jackson today, and why the rest of the day it felt like she was being followed everywhere she went today. Shaking the feeling away, she pulled her long blonde hair up in a messy bun, pulled on the hoodie that she had on the chair in her room and ran down the stairs to tell her parents that she was ready.
The drive to the restaurant was long enough for her mom to start asking Katie about what her friends have been up to since school let out. She made up things they were all doing and answered in a vague way as to not raise suspicion on whether or not she had actually been seeing them.
When they all arrived at the restaurant the smell was so overwhelmingly good that Katie realized that her stomach was growling. She knew she would get her favorite BBQ chicken personal pizza, with a side of ranch, and a side salad, before they were even seated.
When they were led to their table, the waitress took their drink order and left them to decide what they were going to eat. Mom and dad sat on the opposite side of the table from her and were looking intently at the
Chapter 3
“I thought you were only going to be gone for an hour,” mom said as soon as Katie walked into the kitchen. “We were worried sick about you,” her mom said pulling her in tightly for a hug.
Katie rolled her eyes as she pulled away, turned her back to get a drink so that her mom could not see her and said “sorry, I lost track of time. I didn’t mean to stay there for so long.”
“Next time you need to make sure you get home on time. Are you ready for dinner? Your dad and I decided to go get pizza for dinner at your favorite restaurant Regillios ,” mom said.
“I’m not really feeling like going out. I just want to take a bath and go to bed ,” Katie replied as she pulled out a bagel and started to eat it.
“You need to eat more than just a bagel Katie. You cannot keep this up, you have to start going out and doing things again. Just because Jackson isn’t here anymore doesn’t mean that your life stopped,” her mom said in an assertive yet caring way.
“Fine if it means you will stop lecturing me then I will go with you and dad to get dinner. And I know that my life hasn’t stopped. I go to the park every day, and I still see my friends there,” Katie said to her mom quietly.
“You are not the same since Jackson died and we are worried about you. This has to stop. You have to start talking to your father or myself about your feelings. You can’t keep holding it in,” her mom said.
“I know mom, but I am fine. Really, I am ok. Let me jump in the shower and I will be ready in about twenty minutes,” Katie said as she walked out of the kitchen to the upstairs bathroom.
She really did not want to do anything but go to bed, but she also did not want to continue to listen to her mom talk about moving on from Jackson. How could she say that? It isn’t that easy. It isn’t like he moved out of state or went off to summer camp, he was not ever coming back and it just keeps getting clearer by the day. Her mom and dad seem to think she is not dealing with it but she is dealing with it the only way she knows how. She visits him daily and continues to talk to him throughout the day to let him know that she has not and will not forget him.
Katie grabbed a pair of clean jeans and a t-shirt and jumped in the shower. She washed her hair and let the water run over her face. She hurried up since she told her mom she would be ready in twenty minutes. She quickly dried off, dressed and started brushing her hair out. As she was brushing her hair out, she got that feeling that she was not alone again.
This was a feeling that she had been trying to shake all day. It was something that she had felt very strong when she was at Jackson’s home today. What was very odd is that she could not figure out why it felt like she was being pushed to Jackson today, and why the rest of the day it felt like she was being followed everywhere she went today. Shaking the feeling away, she pulled her long blonde hair up in a messy bun, pulled on the hoodie that she had on the chair in her room and ran down the stairs to tell her parents that she was ready.
The drive to the restaurant was long enough for her mom to start asking Katie about what her friends have been up to since school let out. She made up things they were all doing and answered in a vague way as to not raise suspicion on whether or not she had actually been seeing them.
When they all arrived at the restaurant the smell was so overwhelmingly good that Katie realized that her stomach was growling. She knew she would get her favorite BBQ chicken personal pizza, with a side of ranch, and a side salad, before they were even seated.
When they were led to their table, the waitress took their drink order and left them to decide what they were going to eat. Mom and dad sat on the opposite side of the table from her and were looking intently at the
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