I feel dizzy. It's six in the morning I'll sleep a bit more. Laying on the bed. Eyes closed, still thinking. I'll take thirty minutes more. mmmm. "WAKE UP! It's six in the morning you are going to be late for school. You kids just don't realize how important it is to be up on your own. How long do you think I am going to be here to wake you up every day." Just 30 minutes more, still thinking, it will just take me 30 minutes to bathe, eat, and get ready. The bus will be here after another 30 minutes so why do I need to be up so early. "You should wake up and study a bit. How do you think you are going to survive in the real world? I am so fed up with you kids!". "Aah! MOM, it's still six let me sleep." Why does this cycle always repeat every day first my mom would start shouting, then my sister would get mad and she would also start shouting why can't I have a peaceful morning. And then... ."EVERYONE WAKE UPP!!" " Please don't take away my blanket!!" My father would take away everybody's blankets starting with my brother first. "Hahahaha" "Dad why do you have to take away my blanket." "Because it's morning and you gotta go to school ." " I wish—something that could teleport me straight to school so I could wake up just one minute before the class starts." "You would still have to wake up one hour early because you are a crybaby who needs his mom to get him ready as he is still a toad." "Mom! Lea is making fun of me. " And now he'll cry and won't stop until we get to the school. What did I do wrong to have been born into a family like this why is this toad always crying. "Now you also wake up Emma." "Five minutes please". My parents are both professors. Both teach at different universities and my sister who is older than me studies at a different school than us. Us being me and my younger brother. My blanket has been taken away. But it's only 6:10 I still have time. I wish I could live alone. I need to brush my teeth first ummm look at my face I have eye bags I am gonna look hideous today. I'll go take a shower we only have two bathrooms one on the ground floor and one on the first floor. Me and my sister sleep together and my brother is a crybaby so he sleeps with Mom and Dad. The first floor is mostly vacant most of our house's activities are carried out on one single floor and oh god I gotta hurry my sister might enter the shower room before me. I want to use it first. Damn, she has already gathered her clothes. Shit, I am slow. She is smiling. No, "I put my feet first" "No I did". " Both of you wait here your brother needs to go in first I also have other work to do I will take five minutes to bathe him". "No, Mom! You always do this. I came first—I'll shower first," Lea protests. There we go now both of us will have to wait. Another reason for me to hate this house we both sisters were first but this crybaby gets in first damn I hate it so much.
Where is my tie I cannot find it " Here you go" says Lea. "Why do you have it?" "I hid it so I could stall time but you didn't even look for it and were ready to go in the shower" " I hate you" "Go on hate me as much as you can." I'm already over today.
"Oh today we have my favorite toast for breakfast I love it," says Emma. " I know you love it that's why I prepared it". "Mom I love you." "Isn't this because you made a small portion of noodles yesterday and couldn't give it to her for lunch," says Lea. "What?" "Oops!" "You shut your mouth," shouts their mother. Why would she do that what did I do wrong last Saturday also she did the same thing sniffling* "Mom why did you not give me noodles for lunch like them? Why do you always do this?" sniffling* "I hate you, MOM!". I am not going to come back home I will just disappear. I hate this family. They always do this to me. "I am going." Takes her bag. Crying. Bangs the door. "Why can't you ever keep your mouth shut Lea!" "What happened honey? Why was she crying?" comes in their father. "You and your daughter always make my situation worse." " She has gone to school by herself now take your son with you."
Why do my parents why does my family hate me so much. The bus is here. She gets on the bus still sniffling. The bus is ready to leave. I can see my father from the window. Out of breath. " Wait, Hans". Hans is the driver of the bus. " Karl, Your kids are always late" " Sorry Hans, It's Anton." My father comes near me. "You shouldn't leave your brother like that." Everybody on the bus is looking at me. My face is probably -red. "Bye, kids." "Bye Dad." Everyone is still staring. "See you Dad." I am going crazy. Anton is already in second grade. Why do I have to take care of this brat?
The first class is maths. "Why do we always have to start our day with maths," speaks Emil. "I know right I also don't like maths" speaks Jakob. "What happened to her" pointing towards Emma. "Probably a fight with her family. Hehehe you know her family.." with a sneaky smile says Emil. Emma glares. "Oh, I meant nothing." Walking towards Emma "Get away from here you idiot" says Emilia. " Hi, Emma, the teacher will be here soon you got to take out your book." "Oh Hi, Emilia." Rubbing her eyes she takes out her books and sits with her friend Emilia. "So did you finish your yesterday's homework?" Says Emilia. "Yes, I did." " Could you please help me with these 2 questions?" " Sure, here that question simply needs a formula of time, speed, and distance, here you reciprocal, the answer is 72 kmph. This one you need to know the ratios. There, done." "Thank you so much Emma you are so good at solving maths problems. Today we have a quiz as well that too about problem solving would you please be my partner for that." "Hahaha, she is her friend only for that cause she uses her and makes her do homework," snikers Jakob. "Now class zip your mouths". "The teacher is here".
I know Emilia only sticks around because I help her with homework. Beyond that, she doesn't seem to care much about me. But it is only her who is good to me, at least. She also shares her lunch with me. I can't lose her until the school is over for good. Lunch break has started. "I am gonna go for a sec to use the washroom then we will eat our lunch. Wait for me Emilia until then. I'll be back." "yeah sure go ahead."
Why are all the toilets occupied? Oh, this one is free. That was a relief. Emma washing her hands comes out of the washroom. A huge crowd has gathered outside the washroom. What are they doing? Why are they all laughing? I don't have time for this. Emilia must be waiting for me. I need to hurry. Entering the classroom. Looks around. Nobody is in the classroom. Where did Emilia go? The tiffins are not here. I'll go look for her in the corridor. She is nowhere to be seen, where did she go? That crowd got scolded for blocking the way. Rushes over to that spot. Wasn't there something at this spot? It was always here. Why can't I remember? Everybody was gathered here I thought it was because of that. Shit five minutes left. Where are you, Emilia? Runs off in the corridor. Huff* Huff* The break will be over in a minute I need to go back. Thank God I made it in time. Amazed. When did Emilia come back? I need to take my seat. The teacher is here. "Everybody on your seats." I am out of breath. Where is my bottle? Glancing at me. Emilia signals me. What? A note. In a beautiful handwriting. " I am sorry I had to leave to go see my sister she got wounded while playing. I am sorry." Writing. " It's ok. I hope your sister is ok." "Yeah, she is fine. Sorry for making you worry." Giving me a sweet smile. I smile back at her. It's ok. Her lips moved without making a sound. Let's- focus. Yes.
Looking at the teacher. Focused. Resting her head on her hand. Well if she went to the infirmary then where did our lunches go? Next is the quiz class. " Emma we will have to make groups of two sorry but can you team up with Alina? I need to go back to the infirmary." "It's ok." smiles Emma. I understand her sister is not well but at least she could have discussed. And why is she avoiding me? In PE class She paired up with one of her friends. She always pairs up with me. In Science class as well we had experiments she made groups with those nasty Jakob and Emil. They were making fun of me in the morning. She is being suspicious. I am just confused as to why is she running away. But right now I am more confused about our lunch boxes. Still thinking. I want to ask her. But there she goes. It is making me anxious just thinking about it. Did Emilia eat the lunch boxes with her sister? I don't mind. At least she could have informed me. I cannot focus. What did she do to our lunch boxes?