Saving Grace

I Am Grace

I groaned as my mother yanked open the blinds letting fresh rays of sunlight pour into the room. "Get up honey,you're going to be late for your first day of senior year"

I sank deeper into the duvet and murmured a curse.

"No cursing Gracie now get up and take a shower, wear something pretty" My mother sang and literally danced out of my room. God, I hate my life.

Just as you may know, my name is Grace, I'm an high school senior and I hate my life. I moved to a small town in South Maryland about two years ago at the beginning of high school. I live with my mother, her husband and their children.

Turning off the shower, I stepped out and stopped in front of my wardrobe thinking about what to wear. Deciding on a pair of faded jeans and a green baggy shirt, I grabbed my favourite pair of Jordans and dumped my phone and notes into my bag and headed downstairs.

"Good morning Grace" Susan smiled from the dining table.

I gave her a curt nod, grabbed an apple and continued my mini jog to my car. Suddenly my mother yelled "Wait a moment Grace"

I turned and gave her a bored look "What now mom?"

"Can you please drop off Susan and Tommy at school?"

I shot her a disapproving look "Mom, I'm late and you know it". Mom looked at me apologetically "Actually honey, I woke you up an hour before your alarm went off" and at that moment, I heard my alarm quietly go off from my room.

"Mom!!"

"I'm very sorry honey, I just needes you to drop off your siblings before you head to school"

"Why can't you just drop them off?"

"I have an appointment very early this morning"

"That's fucki--"

Mom quickly and shot me a disapproving look. "Don't swear in front of the kids"

I rolled my eyes and adjusted my bag which was slung on my shoulders. "Well,I could just do other things"

"Please Grace, drop them off soon else three of you will be late"

I glanced at my siblings quietly having breakfast then thought deep about it. It couldn't hurt to drop them off I guess. "Sure, but this is the last time"

"Thanks honey".

Mom quickly rushed Susan and Tommy out of the house and into the car. "Grace?"

"What now mom?" Can I please enter my car and drive in peace

"What on earth are you wearing?" She asked eyeing my outfit

"Oh, nothing much. This thing made of cotten gotten from silk and is called clothes in English" I said and pushed past her.

"Drive smoothly honey" Mom finally said after recovering from the shock of my reply.

"Yeah,whatever"

I rolled up the windows and drove away. I have had enough of my mother for one day.

Thankfully, the kids behaved themselves and didn't give me a course to shout during the forty minutes drive. "Okay so take care of yourselves" I said patting Tommy's head.

"Thanks for the ride Grace" Susan said smiling.

I smiled back at them "You're welcome. Now get to your classes already huh"

The kids noded their heads and ran off. I sighed and got into the car. When I noticed my lungs getting suffocated, my palms sweaty, my heart pounding.

"I can't be having a panic attack right now God" I angrily thought to myself.

After spending another forty minutes of stage one panic attack during the ride, I dashed out of my car and ran to the bathroom feeling the need to empty my stomach.

I dipped my head into the bowl and emptied the contents of my tummy. While I was puking, I felt someone lift my hair from my face and sighed.

"You can't keep throwing up Grace" Savannah sighed from behind me.

Savannah is one of my best friends and she's doing one hell of a job keeping up with my s**t. I got up, walked to the basin and splashed water on my face. "Thanks Vannah"

Suddenly the door burst open and a worried looking Sebastian rushed into the girls bathroom. "Seb!"

"You have an explanation to give about this?" He said giving me the look

I rolled my eyes at him and grabbed my school bag "Why are you even in the girls bathroom?"

"My best friend was dying here" He walked towards Savannah and ruffled her hair. "And how's my flower blooming this morning?"

Savannah just rolled her eyes at Seb and turned towards me "You sure you're fine Grace?"

I love my friends and all but sometimes the annoy the hell out of me. "I'm perfectly fine Vannah. Come on, everyone pukes."

Seb made a gag motion and led the way out of the bathroom. We stopped for like a minute before three of us burst into fits of laughter. "Did you see how ugly Seb looked when he ran in?" Savannah said between breath.

"I know right" I laughed back clutching my stomach. The people passing by gave us weird looks while others ignored us.

We were too busy laughing we barely noticed Barbie walk up to us. "Well, if it's not the useless trio"

"Well if its not a plastic doll and her dumb minions" Savannah replied.

Well, you know how its like in every school. There's always that one girl that thinks she's so pretty and tries to bring everyone under her. That's gonna be Barbie.

Yes her actual name is Barbie and guess what, she's dating the star basketballer. Anyone guess his name already? Yeah, its Ken.

Barbie and her minions have ruled the school for three years and her pride keeps growing. Her worst set of people in this school are my friends and I. Solely because we are bold enough to talk her back to her place.

"Oh what's that smelling?" Barbie's disgusting voice sang. Her minions went to sniff the hair.

By now there was a crowd in front of the girls bathroom

Sebastian walked towards them and sniffed the hair. "Wanna know what I smell?" . Getting the hint of what Seb was doing, Savannah and I asked him what he was smelling. Seb moved closer to Barbie, sniffed her hair "I smell too much makeup I might want to choke"

Savannah continued "Well I smell bitches, what about you Grace" . Stepping forward to support my friends "I smell fake beauty that reminds me of the plastic Barbie"

Immediately, I heard a lot of ouuu and damn. Pushing past them, my friends and I made our way to class mentally giving ourselves a high five. Savannah went to flick her hair like one of those Netflix baddie moments.

Fast forward to four hours later. We're currently gathered at our table. "This morning was epic" I laughed

Seb chunked down a gulp of juice and gave me a thumbs up. I smiled and ate my fries knowing fully well that I am definitely throwing up after lunch. "Guess what we got you Grace" Vannah spoke up

"Urmm, an elephant?"

Seb gave me the look and shook his head. "What?" I said and hit his arm.

"I didn't even say anything woman. Chill out" He said rubbing his arm.

I watched as Vannah pulled out a piece of paper from her pocket. "What's that?" I asked eyeing the paper.

"Oh this honey, is a present" Vannah chirped

"Please stop. You sound like my mother"

"Anyways, this my dear is your letter of doom" Savannah said giving this evil smile.

"Ok seriously stop" Seb finally spoke up.

Savannah passed me the paper and kept that stupid smile on her face. I opened the paper and one thing I noticed was how colourful it was.

I laughed "Why so many colors?". My eyes finally scanned the contents before they narrowed. "What is this?!"

Savannah's stupid smile widened. "This my dear is your senior year bucket list"

Sebastian laughed "Your letter of doom". I flung the paper back at her. "I don't know what this is but get it far away from me!"

"If you don't do this, this will seriously be the last time we talk to you. Like ever"

I looked at Sebastian and begged him with my eyes. "I'm sorry darling but you've got no choice"

Savannah got up and grabbed her bag. "You have till four in the evening"

They left and I sat there thinking about how this could f**k up every other thing. My life would be ruined without these two. I heard a beep and looked at my phone.I got a text from Seb "This is for you honey. Your high school can't be wasted"

I eyed the paper lying on the table contemplating what to do when the bell rang. I grabbed the paper tucked it into my bag and left the cafeteria preparing to puke already. I hate my life.

Fast forward to four hours later and its my last period,English. I groaned mentally as I let my head fall freely on the table. I'm sorry Mr Davis but I can't be learning what I already speak.

Immediately the bell went, I shot out of my chair and headed to the parking lot expecting to see Savannah and Sebastian but nope the lot was very empty. I suddenly had the chills remembering all the shows I watch on RealTime about kids my age getting murdered and all in the same condition I am right now.

Struggling to get the hell out of here in perfect health,I heard the rustling of leaves and I slowly turned back and slowly looked at the person from the feet.

Shoe size ten and leg bones pretty sturdy which means the person was a guy. Then the chest strong and I sensed a full six pack lying underneath the shirt. The arms too were looking kinda intimidating with every inch of it covered in ink and the neck was pretty tattooed also. I let my eyes wander a little bit north and the chin was so sharp it could cut through any fruit. The lashes were totally full and the eye brows perfectly shaped. I sniffed the air and sensed a whiff of mint and something delicious. My brain began thinking where I know the smell from . I finally took the bold step and looked the mysterious guy in the eye..

My breath seized.

It couldn't be..

I felt my arms getting sweaty, my heart pounding repeatedly.. I was having a panic attack.

I felt someone shake me repeatedly. "Wake up asswipe"

I blinked myself back to reality and realized I fell asleep in English class and Savannah was giving me a disapproving look. Oh s**t, I fell asleep.

"Ms Grace, mind telling the class what it was I said last?"

I looked at Sebastian and begged him with my eyes but it seemed like although he was awake, he heard nothing. I squeezed my eyes shut realising I have nothing to say.

"Detention" Mr Davis said and handed me a detention slip.

Can life be anymore cruel?

After the class,I dragged my ass off to detention room. While everyone else headed home. Such lucky assholes.

I sent a short text to my mother telling her that I would be running late and that she should go pick her kids herself.

"Well if it isn't Miss Freak" Russ said as I took a seat in the last seat behind the class.

You know how Barbie bullies everyone. So does Russ and the worst thing is that he isn't even hot. He just looks like a bag of beans.

I just rolled my eyes at him and plugged in my earphones turning him out. Since Russ didn't make an effort to bother me I felt he finally gave up on bothering me.

Just as detention ended, I glanced at the clock and it read 5 in the evening. s**t,I was really late and my house was a good two hours away from here. I hate my life!

I got up packed my stuffs and after about four steps I fell face flat. Just then I heard Russ burst into fits of laughter. That bastard!!

My glasses flew off my eyes and landed a few feets away from me. Then Russ came and squashed my glasses like it was nothing.

He didn't!!

"You sick bastard!! You just f*****g broke my glasses"

Russ just laughed and kept stepping on my glasses "And what are you doing to do about that? You can barely see your hands"

I burnt with anger. I could do absolutely nothing without my glasses. I was thinking about a thousand things I could do to get back at Russ but then I remembered how unlucky my life was and I bathed in the sadness for a few more seconds before finally struggling to stand.

Immediately I got up, Russ and his friends pushed me back down and I fell with my right elbow. Oh, s**t.

I felt the skin on my elbow tear and I felt blood trickling down my elbow. Not again!!

I screamed in my head.

I just laid on floor and waited for Russ and friends walk out the room. At this rate,I will never get home.

After they left I got on my feet and got out of the class. As I walked towards my car, I saw Russ and his friends run away from my away from my car. After they left,I assessed the car and guess what my four tyres were punctured.

Thanks a lot world!!

I had the strong urge to just sit on the hood of my car and cry but since things never work my way, I started my journey home.

I am totally out of breath as I walked on my porch. I glanced at time from my phone and it read 8 in the evening. Great. I was definitely not having dinner tonight.

"Good evening " I murmured as I walked into the house.

"Where are you coming from?" Will, my mother's husband asked.

"School " I grumbled and kept walking to my room.

"I'm not done talking to you?" He said

I mentally rolled my eyes. "Really, cause I think I'm done with this conversation "

"Grace, don't talk to your father that way!"

I shot a sharp look at my mother "This man is your husband, not my father and I don't see why I have to treat him as one"

"Grace!!" My mother yelled and shot to her feet

Can't these people sense I am super stressed as it is?!!

"Leave her honey, she's probably having a hard time "

I glanced at the both of them and stormed off to my room.

I slammed the door shut as I slumped on my bed and stared at my ceiling. "Dad,I miss you. Its been super hard without you" I whispered as tears rolled out of my eyes.

I finally let sleep engulf me. I am totally exhausted physically and mentally.