"...p? Are you up? Issac it is time for school"
his deep raspy voice was faint as I had just woken up.
"I'm coming dad!"
I open the door, I look to the right and say good morning to my mom. As I walk down the stairs I can't help but keep on reminiscing over the long 15 years…well… today 16 years that I have been here living in this house.
I smell breakfast
"Oh wow that smells really good" I say out loud.
As I walk down the stairs I look at my dad wearing red slippers with yellow shorts and a pink shirt.
Damn that food looks good.
"Ha ha ha ha ha I know right? Want some?"
Can he read minds??
From what I can see he seems to be cooking some eggs with rice and some sausages.
"Yes please, I am very hungry"
Before I eat, I go wash my hands and look at my bow. A simple wooden bow that has red stripes. I can't help but grab it and pull it back, almost as if I was shooting i-
"Stop playing with the bow and come eat before the food gets cold Isaac" He says with a tone of sarcasm.
I sit and start eating. Honestly the food was good but I need to get myself together because I have to take some tests today at school and I am not excited about that. I finished eating, got my backpack and put on my school uniform, a basic uniform, black pants, with a white shirt. Black shoes and black sweater.
"Are you ready for the tests?"
"Not at all, but I will at least try to get something right"
"Uh yeah sure, um today I will get home late so I will need you to clean the house for me"
"The whole house?"
"All of it"
"BU-"
"Isaac, it's just the two of us, there isn't a lot to clean you know?"
"Yes I understand"
"Cheer up, when I get home I'll get you a cake"
"Cake?"
"Chocolate"
"With Vanilla"
"And?"
"A chocolate milkshake"
"Yes sir" He says sarcastically. His chuckle is really calming.
The drive to school seemed longer than usual, maybe it was because today was my birthday but also the day in which my mom had died. Trying to remember what had happened that day is so depressing. I hate myself for it, I could have helped her or maybe I could have called my dad… but that's in the past.
As we stopped and parked, my dad wished me a good day at school and I left the car and stared at the school.
This old decrepit place.
It is the most boring place ever, it has the shape of a rectangle, it has the color grey and black, the school mascot is a fish… that's right, a damn fish.
Hey, but at least I have my friends. James and Emily. Speaking of which, there is James.
"Long time no see James"
"Yooooooo Isaac, how are you doing!"
I dap him up and I get surprised as we get the crispiest dap up of all history. The sound alone was good enough to pierce my ears.
I locked eyes with him.
"Dude" We say at the same time, I think we were thinking the same thing because we dabbed each other up again and… it didn't sound as good.
As we walk into school I get reminded of how boring this school is, a long white hallway with a flat white roof, gray walls with blue lockers along the walls.
I look at James and sarcastically tell him "Dude I can't do this, and to top it off we have to take tests today" James chuckles " Tell me about it"
As we keep on walking I can see how prepared everybody is for the midterm, usually the popular kids would be laughing in the back of the class and making jokes but today, they are talking about math, science and things like that. I sit in the front row next to Emily, who is quite shy but, a funny person overall.
I put my backpack next to my desk and sit down
"Wakey wakey sleepy head"
"Dude let me sleep" she says sleepily
"Not when class is about to start"
"I don't care"
"Yes you do, aren't your parents very strict about your grades?"
She is laying her head on her arms and turns her head towards me and opens her eyes. She blows her blonde hair away from her face.
"Dude… you are seriously annoying"
She sits up and ties her hair up in a ponytail.
Then the teacher walks in and starts doing her usual teacher stuff. She hands out the papers for the test. I crack my knuckles and get to work.
"Once I finish this test I will only have five more tests to do after this" I say
"Just six more hours and we get to leave school" Emily says
"We got it, this should be easy"
6 hours later...
"Finally… after such a long time we get to go home yes"
A tear fell down my face as I clenched my fist in satisfaction and victory.
"Let's go Isaac"
I look at Emily and she is already walking out of class.
"Not even waiting for me is crazy"
"Heard that"
I forgot that her hearing is stupidly good.
I get out of class and walk down this boring hallway. Thankfully I won't have to see it again for the next week.
"Hello there you love birds" says James
"Dude no" I say. He had just reminded me of the time I got friendzoned by Emily last year.
"I already rejected him, there is no need to say that type of stuff" says Emily
Seriously, what's up with them? I will end up dying because my heart can't take this.
"Oh c'mon you can't be saying that" I respond
"I actually can, Isaac Taveia" She turns around and makes eye contact with me almost as if she was teasing me.
Uh, why is she looking at me? Why isn't she moving away from me?
I can see her lips, her blue eyes, her blonde hair is really standing out, is this a moment? Will we kiss? Why is she making eye contact?
She isn't backing off, and neither am I. Then I hear James cheering.
"...ss, kiss, kiss, kiss" James starts cheering
"Ok I'm done with you guys" I gently push off Emily. I looked at her and she seemed disappointed.
WHAT? Why is she like that? I thought she was teasing me… never mind I'll just walk away.
Walking away felt liberating but I couldn't help but laugh because it was funny.
I turned around and they were walking towards me and they were laughing with tears.
"Ok ok ok ok I'm sorry I just had to" He chuckles
I looked at Emily and she was laughing too.
He thinks I won't do anything to get him back huh? How about this…
"Isn't that Sophia?" I say this as I put my hand on James's shoulder. He stands straight up and looks around.
Not seeing anyone he looks at me with a disappointed look.
Sophia is James's crush.
"How was the taste of your own medicine?" I'm laughing my ass off with tears.
"Shut it"
As we start walking through the hallway I can't help but keep on making fun of him. We walk out of school, and the three of us split ways.
As i got on the bus home. I can't help but feel weird today, after all, it's my birthday and my mother's death anniversary.