The Boarding School

-3-

I lied down on my bed, leaving the light on. I fell asleep in only a couple of minutes. Dad comes upstairs and creaks open my door. He sees me sleeping. He walks over to me, kisses me on the fore-head and pulls up the covers over me.
"Love you" he whispers and turns off the light before leaving the room. He closes the door and Aunt Lisa stops him in the hall.
"Where were you?" Aunt Lisa asks.
"Just out with Maddie. Don't worry about it" Dad says, trying to walk past her but she moves into his way.
"Your kid is out of control" Aunt Lisa says.
"She's just fine. She's my daughter, not yours. Leave her alone" Dad says, still trying to walk away but Aunt Lisa keeps getting in his way.
"She gets mad so much. Aren't you going to do something about it?" She says roughly.
"I'm taking care of it" Dad says.
"She's out of control! Maybe she belongs with your wife in the mental hospital" Aunt Lisa sneers. Dad slaps her hard across the face.
"How could you ever say that?!" Dad growls in a whisper. "I'm going to bed" Dad says grumpily, pushing past her and going into his room and closing the door. Aunt Lisa sighs and goes into her room, lying down on her bed and reads. My sister is also already sleeping.
I wake up, smoothing my knotty reddish-brown hair back. I stand up and look into the mirror.
"Whats wrong with me?" I whisper and get dressed. I go into the bathroom and brush my hair, then my teeth. I go back into my room. I look over at my night-stand. A water bottle and a bottle of pills sat there. I sigh and sit on the edge of my bed. I look at the bottle of pills on my night-stand. I sigh and pick up the bottle. The meds for my anger. I take one then take a sip of water. I truly hate pills, but I don't want to get in any trouble today. I walk downstairs. My Dad's at work and Aunt Lisa is sleeping. My sister is inn the kitchen, making herself toast. I sigh and plop down in a seat at the kitchen table. My sister stares at me, then butters her toast. I stand up and make a sandwich and grab an apple and juice for lunch for school. I skip breakfast. I pack my bag and was about to leave when my sister started talking to me.
"Aren't we going to walk to school together?" She asks. Unfortunately, my sister goes to the same school as me. I'm in grade eleven and she's in grade nine.
"Not today" I say hoarsely and walk out the door. I walk on my own to school usually, but sometimes my sister walks with me. I get to school, and sit on the bleachers in the front. I'm still early. Some guy skateboarding stops and walks over to me. I look over at him.
"Hey freak" He says and skateboards away. I just ignore him. The bell rings and I go inside. I stop at my locker and put a couple things away. Some girl and her friends pushes me into my locker and closes and locks it.
"Hey! Let me out!" I scream, banging on the door. But they ignore me. I look through the vents, no one left in the hall. Everyone's in class. I just kneel down and wait. I continue to watch through the vents. A few minutes later I see a teacher walking past. I bang on the door.
"Mr Cartman! Help me!" I call out. He stops and walks over to the locker.
"It's Maddie, let me out!" I say. He looks around in a frantic.
"Whats your combo?" He asks. I tell him and he quickly unlocks it. He opens the door, I jump out.
"Thanks..." I say.
"Who did this to you?" He asks.
"I don't know who the person was" I  say.
"Alright, well, return to class" he says. I nod and hurry down the hall. I enter the room, and everyone stares at me.
"Why so late, Maddie?" Mrs Terrance asks.
"I was locked into a locker" I say, sitting down.
"Should've stayed there" Devon, a classmate, jokes. I glare at him.
"Who did that?" Mrs Terrance asks.
"I don't know" I say.
"Anyone who has a brain" says Devon. I glare at him, about to get pissy, but I take a breath and calm myself. The class went alright, even though I had to put up with Devon. The whole school day went well, I didn't get mad, I didn't yell, no fights. The bell rang and I start to leave for the exit. I get outside and start walking. I start crossing the street in front of the school and some kid almost hits me with his car. I sprint out of the way. He stops and parks on the side of the road.  I walk up to him. He get out of the car.
"What the hell man?!" I yell.
"Sorry, I didn't see you" he says, quite calmly.
"Keep your eyes on the damn road!" I yell.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to" he says. I grab him and throw him against the side of his car.
"Ow! Chill! I said I was sorry!" He yells. I grab his shirt collar and lean my face close to his.
"If you ever almost hit someone again, your dead" I threaten. I guess a teacher saw me and they park and get out. It's Mr Greyson from chemistry. He walks over and grabs my arm and pulls me away.
"Whats going on here?!" He asks. I growl.
"This dude almost hit me with his car!" I yell.
"Sorry sir... It was an accident" the driver said, his voice shaky.
"That's no reason to hurt and threaten Colin like that" Mr Greyson says to me sternly.
"I'm sorry" I say, pulling my arm out of his grip. Then my sister walks over, she doesn't get close, but she stands by and watches.
"Alright you two. It was an accident for both of you. I suggest you just forget this happened and go home" Mr Greyson says. I nod and start walking. 'John' gets back in his car and drives away. Mr Greyson gets into his car and drives away too. Ashley runs up to me.
"What really happened?" She asks.
"It's nothing. Don't worry about it" I say grumpily.
"That was bad" she says.
"Ashley, go away. I want to walk by myself. I'll take the long way if I have to" I grump. But she continues to follow me.
"You shouldn't have pushed him against the car" She says.
"Drop it!" I star getting really annoyed.
"Why did you try to hurt him in the first place?" she asks.
I gently push her and start running. I don't want to be near her right now or I'm going to lose it.
She runs after me. I stop.
"Ashley, go away. I need to be alone, I don't want to hurt you," I say, backing away. I continue to run. Run away from Ashley. Is this what is happening to me? I have to run away from my problems? I just wish it would all stop. I run all the way home. I get home before Ashley. Aunt Lisa isn't home. I think she's working. She works certain days a week with weird hours. I unlock the door with my key and go inside. I sigh. I go to the fridge and get myself a bottle of water. I sit down on the couch. Why did I get so mad? I took a pill this morning... And, almost getting hit was scary, but I wasn't even mad at the guy, I was more frightened. it was just... an urge, an urge to yell at him. I fall asleep on the couch. A few minutes later I hear Ashley enter, and I wake. She starts walking over to me.
"Leave me" I say, and she stops and goes upstairs. I turn on the television and I try to relax. I do a couple things and Dad comes home early. Then Ashley comes down....