Misunderstood - Rebecca K (best novels for teenagers TXT) 📗

to go here first to change. We keep your clothes until you are done with your sentence. Now hurry up and change. I have to go get another kid. Johnny, you seemed like such a nice kid after you left your mom." the officer had meant for Amy to not hear that. But Amy lifted her head up quickly.
The first thing out of her mouth was, "Johnny?!? As in Johnny Korem?"
"Yes. Why? Do you know him?"
"YEAH! I saw him just today at school. Can I- Can I see him? I mean I'd like to know some one here!"
"At lunch. Now hurry up!"
Amy hurriedly put on her outfit. It was a dark blue button down shirt and dark blue sweat pants. Fortunately she had a long, short-sleeved shirt and shorts she could sleep in. But her day outfit was identical every day.
After the officer left Amy looked around her room. It was a blue like her outfit. The floor was white tile. She had two windows, both barred. Her bed was grey. The bedding was grey. Her desk and chair was white. And her dresser was grey, white, and blue. Amy thought this was weird but went to it.
Pulling it open she found a couple of long shirts and under-neith those was a diary. Amy looked at it. After turning around and closing her door she went back to it. The last person who owned it obviously had alot of feelings because there was alot of pages.
Opening it to the first page she saw a picture fall out. Picking it up she saw a face she would always recognize. Kimmy.
"What the hell?" Amy asked her self outloud. Suddenly the door opened without warning. Dropping the journal in the drawer and closing it with a bang, she turned around. There stood Rose.
"Oh my GOD! Rose!" Amy ran to her sister and just about jumped on her. "What are you doing here? I thought Mom and Dad just let me go? Did you sneak out?!?"
"No. We didn't." Amy looked up to see her mom and dad come through the door.
"I do not want to see you two. Get the freaking hell out of my room. Now."
"Now Amelia," that stung. Her parents always called her Amy or Ams. Her mother continued, "we know you're upset but you have to understand. You're going to get convicted of assault. And now running away. We just wanted to make sure you were okay."
"Yeah. Sure. I want you and you out!" she screamed while pointing at her parents.
Rose turned and nodded at them. Her parents unwillingly backed out of the room to go talk to a gaurd.
"So. How are you liking it so far?" Rose asked casually as if they had just moved.
"Not much. But you have to check this out!" Amy got up to go get the diary. Handing it to Rose she stared at the picture. It was her and her mom and dad at their vacation last summer. Amy started thinking.
'Maybe this was when she left for a month. She must have not gone to her grandma's.'
Amy looked down at Rose as she flipped through the pages.
"Why do you think she was here?" Rose asked Amy sympathetically.
"I don't know. But I want to know why. Can you tell her that I want to see her. And Lilly too?"
"Yeah. And Amy?"
"Yeah?"
"I believe you. No matter what Mom and Dad think. You're innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. If they can't see that then I'll testify for you. They all ready told me they weren't going to. Oh and Josh and Dave are here. They want to see you."
As if right on cue Amy's brothers walked in the door.
"Hey Ams!" Josh said picking her up and swinging her around in a circle. After he put her down Dave did the same thing. Amy couldn't have been happier to see them.
"How's it been you delinquent?" Josh asked jokingly.
"Oh you know. Same old same old. I robbed a bank an hour ago. After that I beat an old woman for her three bucks. Then I stole a car. How do you think? This place freaking sucks. And I think Kimmy might have been here. Look." Amy handed Josh the diary.
After he flipped through it he looked up and said, very seriously, "Amy. When you get out you can't hang out with her any more. Do you under stand? Stay away from her."
"Wait. What are you talking about?"
"Here read this." Amy took the diary and read a page near the end.
February 15
Dear Diary,
Today I met up with the girls. They agree with me. I should get Jake to split up with that bitch, Amelia. She doesen't deserve him. He's to good for her. She's just dragging him down. So the first thing I'm going to do when I get out is talk Jake out of that relationship and hook him up with Victoria. Uh-Oh. The warden's coming. I've got to go. Bye.
She read it over about three times before looking up.
"How? How could Kimmy do that to me? She was my best-friend. We agreed not to hurt each other. We got our bracelets. How?!?"
Amy broke down on the floor. Before she could fall Dave was there holding her. He wasn't sure what to do so he mouthed to Josh, "Get Rose."
Josh nodded his head. He went out of the room for a minute and came back with Rose.
"What's wrong with Amy?" Rose asked worriedly. She spotted the journal laying open on the floor. She picked it up and read it.
"Oh Ams. I'm so sorry. Come here." She sat on the floor and held Amy, rocking her back and forth. After a couple of minutes she saw Josh and Dave standing there awkwardly.
"Go ahead and leave guys. I've got it from here." Nodding their heads they left. After a couple of minutes Amy calmed down.
"How the hell could she do this to me?!? I helped her through her break up with Martin. I tutored her in math!"
"I know it hurts Ams. But you've got to be strong. At least you have something to read while you're here right? That should be more then enough."
"Yeah you're right. Well I'll see you later Rose. Thanks for coming by. And I know I don't say this very much but, I love you."
Rose looked at her sister then suddenly hugged her. She whispered in Amy's ear, "I love you too. Be strong little sister."
With that Rose dropped her arms and walked out of the room. After a minute Amy sat on the floor. She started thinking of what happened to land Kimmy in here. Suddenly she realized that they were probably coming. She had to hide this.
After she shoved it under her matress she started to think about Johnny. Why was he in here? Why did the warden say that about him? What was going on?
After laying on the floor for an hour or so thinking she heard a banging on her door. She looked up to see a warden in the door way.
"It's lunch time. Now move it. You only get twenty minutes to eat then after that you go to registration."
"WAIT! You mean earlier wasn't registration? What kind of twisted thing are you running here?"
"Just move."
Amy stood up off the floor and walked to the door. Unexpectedly the warden put cuffs on her hands.
"What the hell?!? Are these really necessary? I mean seriously! I'm not a freaking danger to the six-foot woman with a tazer and baton!"
"I don't want any lip from you. Now move."
The warden pushed Amy down the hall. After a couple of minutes a horrible smell hit Amy. Suddenly she realized that it was the cafeteria.
'I guess the food here isn't much better the school lunches.' she thought grimly.
"Okay. You can sit with who ever you want where ever. But you can not go outside. Tomorrow you will be going to school and eating there. Other wise you eat here. And you see all those people lining the walls? The slightest infraction and they'll be on you like that." With the word that the warden snapped her fingers.
After looking around for a minute she moved into the line. The warden had taken the cuffs off so she could move her hands. While she was waiting to get her food she scanned the cafeteria. Suddenly she spotted Johnny. He had changed drastically. He had a black eye and his arm was in a cast.
'What happened to him?' Amy ran all of the things that could have happened through her head. Suddenly something hit her in the head.
"What the hell?!?" she yelled and turned around. There was a boy standing ther scowling at her.
"You're holding up the line Moron. Move!" He pushed her forward causing her to trip and fall. That caused every one else to start laughing.
"You are so lucky I don't want to get in any more trouble or you'd be out the window right now. Now leave me alone jack ass."
With that she turned around and started moving. After inspecting the 'food' that was put on her tray she realized it was macaroni and green beans with water.
"Ugh. Could they at least feed us food?" she asked her self out loud.
"Unfortunately no. They can't."
Amy looked up to see Johnny sitting with a grin on his face. She hadn't even realized she had been talking outloud or even heading htis direction.
"Hey Johnny. What's up?"
"Nothing much. But umm... Don't callme Johnny. It's- It's not my real name."
"Wait. What? But you said-"
"I know what I said. Listen. I lied. Just don't call me Johny. Every one here calls me Riley. Okay? Just call me Riley?"
"Okay. Riley. So, umm... why are you here? The warden was talking to herself out loud and said that she thought you would be better once you left your mom? Did you get into a fight? I mean. Talk to me."
Amy was desperate. She needed to know what happened to her friend.
"I don't want to talk about it. Just leave me alone about it please."
Amy looked from im to her food. She knew she should leave him alone but she couldn't. But not wanting to upset him more she said nothing and ate her lunch.
After a while she started talking to Riley. He told her what it was like here. Suddenly he said, "Umm... Have you seen your friends lately?"
"What the hell do you mean? Of course not. But, I think one of them has been here before."
"Why?" he asked suddenly looking excited and curious.
"Well my friend Kimmy. She said she was at her grandma's for a month. But I htink she was here. I found a diary with a picture of her and her parents in it." she explained all of this as calmly as she could. But, on the inside, she was seething. The same question kept repeating its self. How could she do this? Why would she do this? What did she do?
Not really paying attention to her surroundings she started looking around. After a couple of moments something caught her eyes.
"What the hell?"
"What is it? Wait. Is that your friend?"
"One of them. But yeah. Hey I've got to go. I'll see you at dinner then tomorrow. Bye."
"See ya."
With that Amy took off after Kimmy. What the hell was she doing here? Had she landed here again? Or had she been here the entire time.
All of these questions swam through her head as she practically