Pedia's POV
Have you ever had a dream that you do not want to wake up from? Do you ever dream that someday that dream will come true? Do you ever wonder what it would be like to live in that dream forever?
Yeah, well, that's me. Unfortunately, my stupid alarm woke me, meaning I had to make breakfast for my so-called parents. I did not want the exact repeat of what happened last night.
I pull the dirty blanket off my warm body, the cold, freezing air hit me, but then again, it's only 5:30 am. I get out of my bed, grab my grey sweatpants, put them over my girl boxer shorts, put my braids in a high ponytail, make my way out of my room, and go to the bathroom where I do my hygiene.
After that, I go to the kitchen and start making the original English breakfast. I place two plates, forks and knives and dish the food. I then start doing the dishes. I go to my room to get clean clothes and make my way to the bathroom. I stare at myself in the mirror and see a fist-sized bruise on the left cheek. I turn the shower on, strip from my clothes, and look at the bruises on my body. I felt something wet dripping on my body, and I did not even realize I was crying. I get into the shower, and I hiss. The hot water burns my bruises.
I shower for 10 minutes, then get out wrap a brown towel around my body.
I put lotion all over my body.
I do not want to look crusty.
All my black girls can relate to this. Looking crusty and dusty, isn't it, boo.
I get my black bra and underwear and put them on, and then I put on my black jeans and a white T-shirt and put makeup on to cover the bruise. Walking out of the bathroom, I make my way to my room, where I put white converse on and grab my bag and glasses. I hear the shower in the sperm donor and c***k w***e's running, meaning they are awake.
Walking into the kitchen, I grabbed a milo bar and an apple and opened the door and was greeted by Skylar, my best friend's car parked in the driveway. I waved as I walked towards her car, I opened the door, and I was greeted with the scent of vanilla.
GROSS!!
"Hey, girly." My best friend Skylar says as I close the door.
"Hey, girl." She starts reversing out the driveway.
"So, how's life right now?" She asked, looking ahead.
"You know, the same old, get home become a punching bag until I black out, wake up in my pile of blood." I looked out the window.
"Pedia you need to get help this is not good." She says, grabbing my hand and putting it in hers.
"I know that I just have one more year until I'm out of this city." I say, looking at her.
"If you ever need someone to talk to remember I'm one call away." She says, looking at me for a few seconds then turning her full attention to the road.
"Rumour has it that, there is a new boy starting today, people are saying that he's cute." She says with a smile.
"Really, since when?" I asked, surprised.
"WHAT!" She yelled.
MY GAWD MY EARS. She is acting as someone had just died.
"I've been saying for weeks that someone's starting, what were you doing when I was telling you?"
"I have short term memory loss." I shrug.
"Whatever, you say that every time I tell you something." She said as we were entering the gates of hell.
"Can you blame, you know half of the s**t that happens in my household. I wake up, I don't remember what I was doing before I blackout." I take my seatbelt off.
"Let's talk about something else; I am going to cry soon?" She opens her door and gets out, and I do the same thing.
"What do you want to talk about?" I asked to make our way to our lockers since they were next to each other.
"I'm texting this guy, and he's so sweet." She says, showing me a picture of him.
"Oh, he's cute." I wiggle my eyebrows, making her turn red.
"Shut up." She says, laughing.
"Y'all be cute together," I uttered while opening my locker and taking out the books that I needed for my first two classes.
"What do you have next?"
"Maths and Lit" I looked at my timetable.
"Eww, we have Lit. Out of all the subjects we had to have that one, I don't think I did my homework." She says, getting her books out, closing her locker, and turning her attention to me. I do the same; we start walking to my tutor.
"Any homework due because I didn't write anything down?" Sky asked.
"We had to read The Runner." I say.
"I have finished reading the book ages ago. I didn't even understand it, but I still finished it." She smiles as if she is proud of herself.
"Am I dropping you off at home?" She looked at me as we stopped in front of my tutor.
"I have work," I say, looking at my feet.
"I'll drop you off." She smiles and walks away.
I open the door, go inside, and sit in my regular seat. Tina walks in as happy as ever; she probably got dicked down.
"Why is there another table here?" Tina asked, chewing her gum loudly.
"For the new kid, I'm guessing." I said.
"I need a new friend, hope he is cute." She takes out her phone.
Well, more like someone you can make out with.
Don't get me wrong, I love Tina, but I can't deal with several guys she leads on. I feel sorry for them, they think they will win her heart, but the only thing they will be winning is a broken heart.
"Yeah, I want a guy friend because you can say s**t, they won't get angry." I look at the whiteboard.
With that being said, I turned away and put all my attention towards the board.
Shawty doesn't even know I throw shade at her.
She seriously cannot tell the difference between a grape or olive.
I fell into my know world thinking about my mother and how life would have been if I had listened to my father and not gone to the movies. We would be a happy family, no abuse, no bruises, no pain, just a household with love.
Which is what every child yearns for growing up. I would never wish this pain upon anyone; it is wrong to lay a hand on someone, let alone a woman.
I have been broken ever since my mum died. I will always be halted until the day I die; as my father says, I'm a mistake that everyone needs to get rid of. I am a mistake. Everyone wastes their breath, time and money. I should be six feet under, not her.
Now, I have to face the consequences of being a selfish and heartless b***h forever.
Maybe I should kill myself; everyone can have more space and air to breathe since I take it all.