-Jason-
I sat on the bed of this family’s guest room and looked around. It was a simple room with pale wall color and a wooden dresser and a bed that was the size of the bed that I had back at the lab. The father of the girl who I met by the tree earlier tonight walked into the room with a plate of food.
“Here you go. You look like you haven’t eaten that much lately.” The man said handing me the plate.
“T-Thank you.” I said so quietly that I didn’t even know if he heard me.
“So where are your parents?” He asked me sitting down on the bed next to me.
I shook my head and looked down at the plate, “I-I don’t know…I-I lost them…a long time ago.” I answered.
“Did they die in a car accident?” He asked me.
I shrugged my shoulders, “I-I don’t know…I-I’ve been alone…” I muttered not looking at him.
“What is your name son?” He questioned.
“J-Jason…” Was all that I could manage to get out.
“What’s your full name?” He asked.
I shook my head. It’s been so long I couldn’t remember my full name. And if they tried with photo idea it wouldn’t work since my hair is a different color now. “Don’t know…” I muttered “I…really don’t…” I looked up at him threw my hair.
“I think I’ve asked you enough questions why don’t you eat a bit then get some rest. We can talk in the morning.” He said patting my back and then standing up and walking out of the room.
I sat there and looked at the food. I really wasn’t hungry. I had bread earlier. I can understand though why he would think I was hungry, I was thin for a guy my age, and I didn’t have a lot of muscle on me. I looked up at the door and remembered the girls room was right across from mine. I felt my face heat up and I looked back down at the food. The only girls I’ve ever been around were the nurses and female doctors that were always doing tests on me. I’ve never been near a girl that was close to the same age as I was before. And I have most certainly not been in a girls’ room before. Was I even allowed to leave this room?
When I looked into her eyes before she looked just as afraid as I was. She looked lost and alone…I stood up with the plate in my hands and walked over to the door. My right hand twitched when I went to touch the doorknob. I stuttered for a minuet but then grabbed the doorknob and turned the handle. The door opened and I walked over to the girl door and stopped. Would she be mad at me if I knocked? Would her father for knocking and talking to her punish me? If I could even muster up a word to her that is.
I tried to knock a couple of times but then gave up and walked away and went to where I think was where I saw the kitchen. I was right where it was and I set the plate down on the counter and then went back to the guest room. I stopped before I went in and looked at the door to the girls’ room. I took a deep breath and was about to go and raise my hand to knock on her door when her door opened and she stood there.
“What?” She asked.
“I-I-I…f-f-food…I’m sorry.” I felt my face get really warm and I hid my face behind my hair and ran back into the guest room and sat in the corner of the room and hugged my knees to my chest. After a while of sitting there I slowly go up and went over to the bed and lay down. The bed was a lot softer then my cot that I had in the lab. It didn’t take long for my eyelids to become heavy and I drifted off to sleep.
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A woke up and panicked a bit when I didn’t see the normal white wall of my cell in the lab. I sat up and looked around the room then realized that I was in the house of the family who was letting me stay here. Getting out of bed I carefully walked around the house and looked around. It was so strange; I couldn’t remember the last time that I was in a house or even feeling the different textures of carpets for that matter.
I went into the kitchen and the girl was in there making something to eat for herself. I quietly walked in. Her blonde hair that went down to butt and was wavy. With how light her hair was it complimented her tanned skin. I couldn’t do it; I couldn’t talk to her. I turned around and left the kitchen.
“Good morning Jason, did you sleep well?” I heard the girls father asked walking up to me.
I nodded a little and looked down at the ground. “Y-yes s-sir.” I answered.
“So you are Jason.” I looked up to see a beautiful women walk up. This woman must have been his wife. She was beautiful just like the girl was.
“Yes, Elijah found him last night so we brought him here.” The man said to his wife.
The woman went to push the hair out of my face and instantly I flinched and stepped away from her. “I’m not going to hurt you Jason.” She told me.
“I-I’m s-sorry.” I looked down at my feet.
“Why don’t you take a shower Jason maybe that will help you relax a bit more.” The women told me. I nodded and stood there not really sure what to do.
The girls dad took me to the bathroom and showed me where the towels were and then closed the door behind him as he left. I turned on the water to let it heat up. Then I took off my clothes and got into the shower. It was nice not being forced to take a shower in a few minuets so that more testing could be done. Once I was done I dried off and put my clothes back on and walked out after hanging up my towel on the hanger that was in the bathroom.
I didn’t really know what to do so I went back to the guest room and sat down on the bed staying out of the way. From the room I could here the girls mother and father talking about what they should do with me.
“The boy has obviously been on his own for a long time. You can tell by how the boy looks.” I heard the woman say.
“All he knew was his first name. I have to take him in and get him finger printed so that we can figure out who he is and who his parents are.” The man said.
“Can we at least get the kid a hair cut first? I’m sure that he would be a less shy if he didn’t have all the hair to hide behind.” The woman mentioned.
I looked at me hair and pulled it out of my face. It was easier to see with it out of my face. I probably wouldn’t feel so weighed down if I got it cut off too.
“Fine, go and get the boy a hair cut then bring him to my office so I can finger print him.” I heard the man sighed and then I heard a door shut.
I got up and walked out of the room and down the hall. The lady was in the living room and she saw me walk in. “Did you have a nice shower Jason?” She asked me with a smile.
I nodded a little but didn’t say anything.
“How about we go out a get you a hair cut.” She offered.
“T-thank you…” I muttered looking down at the ground again.
“Good, lets go.” She said to me and I heard her walk over towards me and then I heard keys and I looked up.
I followed her to the door and she gave me a pair of shoes that must have been one of theirs so I could walk around outside without hurting my feet. We walked up to this weird thing that I saw while I was walking last night and I was confused and I jumped a bit when it clicked.
“You can get in now.” She told me getting into the thing with wheels.
I did what I was told and got into this strange thing. She had me buckle up; whatever that was and then we drove off.
“So where are you from Jason?” she asked.
“I-I don’t know…” I said fiddling with my hands.
“It’s okay. After we get you a hair cut we’re going to go to my husbands work and he’s going to get finger prints from you so that we can hopefully find you family.” She told me.
I nodded and the car ride was silent the rest of the way to what she called a hair dresser. I walked in with the lady and it smelled funny in this place and there wasn’t a lot of people.
“Mrs. VonCompten what can I do for you today?” A lady asked.
“I was hoping that we could get Jason here a hair cut.” Mrs. VonCompten said to the other lady.
“Of course. He can come right back and sit in a chair.” The lady said and I walked behind the counter and sat in a seat that was in front of one of the big mirrors. It was the first time that I could actually see myself. I was small and I really did need a haircut. “Now how did you want your hair cut hun.” The lady asked me.
“He has a hard time speaking to others so why don’t you give him a shortish to medium hair style.” Mrs. VonCompten told the lady. “You can probably donate the hair that you cut off to locks of love.”
“Is that alright with you hun?” The lady asked me.
I nodded as she put a plastic thing over my front. The lady brushed my hair and then pulled it back into a ponytail then she clipped off my hair at the base of my neck then cut the hair in the front to make it much shorter then the back. When she was done I could see my face again. It was nice to see my blue eyes again.
“Alright you’re all done. That probably feels much better doesn’t it?” The lady asked taking the plastic thing off.
I nodded “T-Thank you.” I said quietly and walked over to Mrs. VonCompten then looked back and where I was sitting and there was a lot of orange hair on the floor.
After Mrs. VonCompten paid for my haircut we got back in the thing with wheels and went to where her husband worked. When we walked in her husband had to do a double take at me because I looked so different.
“Jason come with me. All we are going to do it put ink on your thumb and then press your thumb on a piece of paper.” He said to me as he got everything ready and then made me do what he told me to do.
“I’m going to take Jason and go and pick up Elijah.” Mrs. VonCompten said, “I’ll take Jason with me so that he can relax.” She said and we went for another ride.
