beep, beep, beep.
dread, that's the first thing i felt when i woke up this morning. the first day of senior year.
maybe it was the fact that i was anxious about this day or maybe it was because everyone said that this was the year that shaped you but i found it hard dragging myself outside of the comfort of my bed.
my eyes, deprived of a good nights sleep, glanced over at the annoying alarm that rang.
5:45 am, it read.
i musked the energy to turn off the alarm, dragging myself out of the bed and into the bathroom, just down the hall.
it was silent, everyone was asleep but me. lucky bastards.
fall is practically here now, and living in an older model house causes for it to be colder in the inside than it is on the outside. and with that, i turned on the heater at the baseboard to let it warm up the bathroom.
staring in the mirror, i look at the reflect that mirrors my movement. lifeless hazel eyes, red, short curly hair, plump brown lips.
i stood at 5 feet tall, funny right? i'm the oldest and literally, my little sister who was almost 10, was near my height. it was an embarrassment to be vertically challenged.
but i took pride in my height, yeah i was short but my attitude was 6'1. and i let people know it too.
the bathroom was warm enough for me to hop into a quick shower to liven up my spirit before i take my first steps to start my first trimester in the hell hole i called school.
i showered until the heat was almost suffocating in the bathroom, soon hopping out and doing all my bathroom essentials.
shuffling off to my room, my heart ached at the thought of my senior year- this was really the beginning of the end.
snatching my phone off the charger i called the first person i knew would be up, airyn.
airyn was my best friend since i could remember, we did everything together and she was partially my other half. she knew me like the back of her hand.
lost in my thoughts as i tucked my blue buttoned-up shirt into my school skirt, i was slightly startled at the whistle that came from my phone.
"i swear every time i see you get dress, your ass gets fatter and those victoria's secrets get more revealing. i can really get used to be woken up to a site like this." a flirtatious airyn said as i turned to see her checking me out and licking her lips.
airyn was almost like me except she was lighter than me, shorter, and her hair was currently blonde and natural.
i almost rolled my eyes at her words as i propped my phone up to the lamp and gave her a good look off my outfit that she had already seen me in for the last three years.
"you say this every morning and i always tell you it's all baby fat." i was embarrassed about my body weight so any compliments, whether they had good intentions or not, made me extremely self-conscience.
"i ain't even going to argue with you this morning, just know you look good in that private school uniform," she said making me laugh as i quickly finished getting dressed and stuffing my books that were laying around my room into my bag.
it was already 6:15 and i couldn't afford to start my school year off late.
"alright you homeschooled bitch, i have to go now or i'll going to be late," we say our goodbyes before i stuff my phone into my phone and put on my airpods in.
it was always dead inside my phone in the morning time since i was usually the only one up. so i sat in silence eating cereal as i checked my schedule for classes for the week.
the music i was listening to rang through my ears;
in this moment of mine, i can't recognize or see that the glare is bright.
i was too deep in the sound that i didn't hear the sound of my ride outside until my phone started to blow up with text messages, quickly i grabbed my bag and keys before i was out the door and hopping into the olive green toyota parked outside my house.
"i should have left your ass. what took you so long?" the dark-haired boy asked me as he pulled off while i buckled up and fixed my hair in the mirror before applying my signature lipgloss and sat back.
"listen, i was in my zone. you know how i get," i said as he shot me a glare from the driver's seat.
"i could be picking up my hoes right now i chose to ride you to school because your dumb ass lives an hour away by bus. you know my time is valuable." he ranted.
i couldn't hold the series of laughs i left out as i leaned over and planted a fat big on his cheek earning a groan from him as he wiped it away.
"no pda. i don't want my hoes getting out of line and getting ideas 'cause you being all bold. i gotta keep my thug exterior. you making me soft yo." he chuckled as he pulled up to the building with the words 'Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School' printed right in front of it.
in all honestly, although this was a private school it was the most drama-filled, back-stabbing, toxic place to be at 7:55am filled with a bunch of black kids.
lord please don't let me hear...
"bestfrienddddddd!" the yelling started i must have spoke to soon, i turned the volume up on my phone and headed to my locker on the fourth floor. why my asthmatic ass picked a locker so far up i'll never know.
this is going to be a long day, let's see...i have pre cal first, i thought to myself as i waved through the crowds of freshman who didn't know how to move to one side of the steps.
let's pray i make it throughout the day without pushing any freshman down the steps, i would hate to stain the new building stairs.
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lets rejoice. i, kiaura jones, made it a whole day without slapping one of these bitches down the steps yo. that's a step up for me.
ccp was on my dick all day though, you'll find out who she is soon, just wait.
y'all don't understand how fast i jetted out of that school. i came to a halt in front of the school parking lot looking for one car in specific. found it!
i shuffled over to the cookie monster blue car, hauling my 10lb bookbag in the bag seat before hopping in the front and threw myself onto airyn.
"you ready for the party tonight little mamas?" she asked, pulling off from the school property.
what party you might ask?
i may have forgotten to mention that airyn is in college and yeah, we're joined to the hip. a lot of things have gone down between us, we do everything together.
ergo, when she parties i party. although i am not a public people person i can't turn down my friend so therefore i'm going to turn up with my girl.
"you already know i am, i told her that i was going to be staying with you on campus so she said cool. i just got to be home and checked in with her," i replied rolling my eyes at the end comment.
"girl, we're about to get so fucked up tonight you won't be able to think straight tomorrow. just tell me you ain't no lightweight." she glanced at me from the side as she continued driving fast down the main streets.
i involuntarily laughed as we pulled up to her college dorm, "lightweight? maybe, but you know i don't like drinking so you don't have to worry about me getting drunk off my ass and finding me half passed out throwing up in the bathroom."
she had grabbed my bag for me before we headed into her dorm. "babygirl you about to get your life fucked up on a whole new level at this party." she joked as we arrived at her room and enter inside closing the door behind us.
and boy was she right when she said my life was about to become fucked up.
y'all about to watch ya girl life go bat shit crazy.
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© xavier.
welcome to my book, if you've made it this far congratulation.
i am writing this book purely with no real reason like i have characters, ideas, and shit, but anything can happen.
so relax, sit back, and maybe prepare yourself for an emotional rollercoaster because shit might just get real soon.