Among the Living

Chapter Eight

I ran home and open the door. “Mattie?” My father calls “I have a surprise for you.” I walk in the kitchen and find my father standing next to a medium height lady with blonde chin length hair and piercing grey eyes. She was wearing a blue tank top and grey shorts that came up to her mid-thigh and black sandals. Next to them stood a tall but attractive boy with a close haircut-It looked like his hair was black but it could be dark brown just the same-and emerald green eyes. The boy had on a white wife beater, black baggy shorts, and black basketball shoes. I noticed that he had a gold necklace with a cross on it and a black snake tattoo on his left arm. He was looking at me with a smug smile on his face.

“This is my new girlfriend; Janice and this is her son Jeffrey. They're going to be moving to Borne with us." Dad explained

I didn’t know dad had a girlfriend. I thought we always told each other everything. Well I guess not. I look at Janice then Jeff. "It's nice to meet you both."

“Well” dad says “let’s not just sit around we need to finish packing and take everything to the new house.”

I go up to my room and pack up my left over clothes into my suitcase and roll up my blue sleeping bag. I take everything and set them next to the stairs. Jeff comes out of the bathroom holding a box full of toiletries and sets them next to my things. There is loud rap music blaring from his red skull candy headphones. He takes out his iPod and pauses it.

“Here let me help you with that.” He says. He takes my bulging suitcase and smiles at me. “By the way, why are you dressed all hippy like? Do you always dress like that?”

“As a matter of fact I do.” A moment later his smile is gone and he rushes down the stairs with my suitcase in one hand and toiletries in the other.

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The car ride took an hour and a half. We soon arrived in Borne and drove into our new driveway that lead up to a cute two story house that looked kinda like a barn house. We all take our bags and head inside. My father calls the moving men on his cell phone as soon as we get inside. Dad hangs up and announces, “Our things will arrive here tomorrow around noon.”

Janice kisses my father on the cheek. “That’s great babe.”