Kaya's Walls Pt. 2
Kaya awoke in the morning feeling strange. She wasn't sick, but she wasn't feeling like herself either. She felt her head for a fever just in case, but found nothing. She got out of bed and got ready. She walked to school quickly, excited that it was her last exam day. School had never been too hard for her. She was an excellent English student and her math skills weren't terrible either.
The math room was a cold room. Kaya sat in her chair shivering and couldn't remember the last time she had been so cold in the summer. She began to think that maybe she was sick. The exam was handed out and Kaya wrote her name at the top. She took her time writing her name because she always felt that names were everything. The time passed very quickly as Kaya began.
She sat in her desk looking down at the paper in front of her. She knew that she had the ability to complete the assignment, but something kept her from doing it. She felt almost unable to lift her arm. She looked at the clock. There were only ten minutes left before she had to hand in the exam papers. Her eyes clouded over and she lost herself in the moment. Within that ten minutes, she managed to write over 15 poems and doodles all over the papers. She hadn't even meant to do it. "What has come over me?" She asked herself as the teacher took the paper. She ran out the door and all the way to her house. She collapsed on her bed and cried herself to sleep.
When she awoke it was supper time. She had slept most of the day away. She came downstairs expecting to see her father making supper like he did every day, or atleast every day since her mother had passed away, but he wasn't there. The phone was flashing so Kaya went and listed to the message.
"Hey, you. How was your exam? I'm sure it went great. I won't be home for supper tonight. I'm going on a date with a lady from work. There is some Kraft Dinner in the cupboard. You can make that for supper. I won't be out too late. Have a good night!" Kaya went and sat at the kitchen table and just stared at the wood grain. She had made her own supper before when her parents had gone out, but she didn't feel like doing it this night in particular.
She sat there in silence for a few minutes listening to the clock tick. She eventually stood up, realizing that she had never taken off her shoes. She had even slept in them. The broken shoelace hung down rubbing the floor as she walked. She took her shoes off and sat on the livingroom floor. She loved floors. She eventually fell asleep on the carpet after what seemed liked hours of silence had passed. The small body lay in a heap on the floor, moving up and down slowly as she breathed. She trembled slightly in her sleep, like a cool breeze from her window was blown her blanket away, but it wans't cold in the livingroom. Infact, it was 75 degrees in that area of the house. For the first night that year, Kaya didn't write in her journal.
The math room was a cold room. Kaya sat in her chair shivering and couldn't remember the last time she had been so cold in the summer. She began to think that maybe she was sick. The exam was handed out and Kaya wrote her name at the top. She took her time writing her name because she always felt that names were everything. The time passed very quickly as Kaya began.
She sat in her desk looking down at the paper in front of her. She knew that she had the ability to complete the assignment, but something kept her from doing it. She felt almost unable to lift her arm. She looked at the clock. There were only ten minutes left before she had to hand in the exam papers. Her eyes clouded over and she lost herself in the moment. Within that ten minutes, she managed to write over 15 poems and doodles all over the papers. She hadn't even meant to do it. "What has come over me?" She asked herself as the teacher took the paper. She ran out the door and all the way to her house. She collapsed on her bed and cried herself to sleep.
When she awoke it was supper time. She had slept most of the day away. She came downstairs expecting to see her father making supper like he did every day, or atleast every day since her mother had passed away, but he wasn't there. The phone was flashing so Kaya went and listed to the message.
"Hey, you. How was your exam? I'm sure it went great. I won't be home for supper tonight. I'm going on a date with a lady from work. There is some Kraft Dinner in the cupboard. You can make that for supper. I won't be out too late. Have a good night!" Kaya went and sat at the kitchen table and just stared at the wood grain. She had made her own supper before when her parents had gone out, but she didn't feel like doing it this night in particular.
She sat there in silence for a few minutes listening to the clock tick. She eventually stood up, realizing that she had never taken off her shoes. She had even slept in them. The broken shoelace hung down rubbing the floor as she walked. She took her shoes off and sat on the livingroom floor. She loved floors. She eventually fell asleep on the carpet after what seemed liked hours of silence had passed. The small body lay in a heap on the floor, moving up and down slowly as she breathed. She trembled slightly in her sleep, like a cool breeze from her window was blown her blanket away, but it wans't cold in the livingroom. Infact, it was 75 degrees in that area of the house. For the first night that year, Kaya didn't write in her journal.
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