Hiding in Water: A Memoir Based Mostly in Reality by Katherine Lippa

Author:Katherine Lippa
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Brain Trust Books
Published: 2013-02-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Why the Harris Tweed Got Ruined

I wrote in my journal, begging Kitty to make me “a good witch.” I promised her that I would not harm anyone physically, although I fantasized about making it so that Samantha Smith was forgotten and my arch-enemy became more of a social outcast than I was. On the day before sixth grade began in my new middle school, I asked her to “Please make me a witch from tomorrow morning at 7:26am until I die.” If Kitty would just give me magical powers (four minutes before my alarm was set, in case I awoke early) I could change everything. I could go back in time and make it so that all the good things that had happened to Samantha Smith happened to me instead. I could make it so that the Holocaust never happened to Anne. I could make it so that no kids were hungry. I could make it so that my family was whole again. And I could make it so that he never touched me.

He hadn’t ever invited me into his room before that night. Martha was downstairs studying while we were in the living room watching television. I was lying on the sofa, and he was seated in a chair. His tone was easy. “Do you want to go in my room?” he asked.

It seemed out of left field. “Why?”

“So that we can do stuff.”

“I’m watching TV.”

“Let’s just go lie down.”

My confusion was starting to turn into suspicion. “Lie down? Why?”

And then he said it. “So that we can touch each other.”

“No,” I said resolutely.

“Katie, it’s no big deal. Lots of people do it. Haven’t you ever thought of it?”

“No.”

“Come on.”

“No. And stop asking me.” I turned back to the television. I wanted to leave the room, but I felt paralyzed. I didn’t want him to even look at me getting up and walking away. And I didn’t want him to think I was going to tell Martha, because that, I knew, would make him mad. I just wanted to ignore it and pretend he hadn’t said what he said.

Then, a few minutes later, he cajoled, “Let’s just go in my room for a little while.”

I was silent. My arms were tight by my sides, and my legs were stiff and straight, outstretched on the sofa. I stared at the television.

“Come on.” And then, “If you do this, I’ll be nicer to you.”

I could feel my body soften a bit. I still said nothing, but I knew that I was considering it.

“I’ll stop teasing you. I won’t ever be mean to you again.”

I stayed silent.

“Mom will be a lot happier because we won’t be fighting.”

That was it. My voice trembled. “You promise?” I said, still looking straight ahead at the television.

“I promise.”

After a long pause, I got up. Then he stood, and I followed him into his room.

Once we were there, he closed the door behind me. “Take off your clothes,” he said.

I had changed my mind. “I don’t really-“

“-You already agreed, Katie.

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