Friday Fiction

Keeping Faith (part 2)!

“What th....”
“I swear I paid the last electric bill,” Kimberly thought as she switched the light off and on. This isn’t good, if Mrs. Cobbler finds out the bill hasn’t been paid I gonna be in a lot of trouble! “Why wasn’t there any letter, maybe...damn it must be in those pile of letters on the kitchen table!” she moaned to herself quietly.

By this time Kimberly was outside the shop and locking up, she headed towards her bike ready to go home. It was quite a chilly night “I must remember to ask for money to buy a coat”. She got home 21:20 and quietly entered the house, afraid of waking her foster mom. She thought about going to sort out the bill issue but was too tired and so trudged all the way up the stairs to bed.

The next morning Kimberly was up at 7:00 and had bathed and dressed by 7:30, she quickly prepared breakfast for her foster mom who was still sound asleep. She searched through the pile of letters on the table and having discovered that there was a recent bill that needed paying, put the letter into her bag “I guess I have to go to the bank after school.” She grabbed a piece of toast on her way out the door, with 50 mins to get to school in time for her first lesson at 9:00.

------------------6 Hours Later-------------------

“Bye Kimberly, I hope that mean foster mom of yours will let you come to my party next Saturday” Yelled Aisha as she crossed the car park towards her car. Kimberly gave a noncommittal answer while waving Aisha off. “I doubt she will” murmured Kimberly as she walked towards the bus stop. Aisha was one of the first friends Kimberly had made since winning the scholarship to attend Eton Academy. She reached into her bag to get the letter for the bill when,

“HEY, Look what you DID!!” Shouts a girl, Kimberly had bumped into Penny Worthington who was surrounded by her group of followers. Penny advanced on Kimberly menacingly while saying “You dum, Stupid cow Look what you just did to my lovely NEW blouse” Kimberly apologized saying it was an accident. Penny was about to lay into Kimberly when a Deep voice said, “Relax Penny, Give the girl a break, You.......