My first everything at 16

Chapter 2

I'm a morning person and I usually wake up around six in the morning but that day I woke up at nine thirty. It was was my personal best and it was the day after that whole mall fiasco. Even though I woke up at nine thirty everyone else in the Jones' house was still asleep. 

I went downstairs to see if the house was in need of cleaning. It looked clean to me so there was nothing for me to do. I ended up on the couch looking at their family albums. The first picture was of the whole family. It was the five of them. There was Mrs Jones and Mr Jones, her older sister Annelise and her older brother Dré. Annalise was always travelling so I never really got to see her. Dré on the other hand was a different story. He lives in the US now. He moved there because his music career was booming over there. 

Remember when I said that Ay was my default bestie. Well the other reason is because Dré left. When he left, he left a hole and Ay was just filling it. He was my first bestie. I was closer to him than I was Ay. She had her school friends and i had Dre. When he left it crushed me and was the reason why Ay and I became such good friends. What's worse was that he made a promise to come back and visit. He never held to that promise. It's almost like he vanished into thin air. Leaving no traces of his existence behind.  Now I'm going to real school and he probably doesn't even know. In that moment I couldn't help have a strong dislike towards him. Like what the hell. He was supposed to be there for me. Even if he was so far away. I felt my vision blurr as tears welled in my eyes. I couldn't let my tears fall though. He didn't deserve a tear. f**k him.

I think i sat there for almost an hour just looking at pictures. I fell asleep and dreamt about Dré. Ironic right. When I woke up there were two sticky notes on my foreheads. Like seriously? They couldn't put them next to me or somewhere else? Anyways the first note said "You looked so peaceful so I let you sleep. Just make sure you lock the doors when you leave. Mrs Jones."  The second one said "Hey hun. Had to go buy milk so don't be surprised to find the house empty."  I quickly put the family albums back not wanting to stay longer in the house alone. When I finally arrived home I found that it was also empty. Why did it seem like everyone wanted me to be alone. I took a long hot shower and got dressed into casual clothing. 

On days like these I would usually write in my Bar book. The rap I wrote was about Dré.

I SUFFERED MANY LONELY NIGHTS 

SOMETIMES I HATE IT WHEN I'M RIGHT

YOU WERE TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE 

NOW IM HERE SEEN AS A FOOL 

YOU SAID YOU'D COME BACK FOR ME 

BUT INSTEAD YOU ABANDONED ME 

YOU REALLY LEFT ME FOR THE STATES?

PURSUED A TALENT THAT IS GREAT 

BUT YOU DON'T CALL OR LEAVE MISSED CALLS 

GOT ME WAITING IN EMPTY HALLS 

YOU GOT MY NUMBER WHAT'S YOUR EXCUSE

YOU WERE MY BEST OF BEST FRIENDS 

THOUGHT I COULD RELY ON YOU

BUT ITS COOL DONT WORRY BOO 

I STOPPED DWELLING AND NOW I'VE MOVED 

For someone who claims that they aren't dwelling on a person I seem to be writing about Dré a lot. If I had his numbers I would send it to him. But how petty would that be. And I don't care right?

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The school uniform for Alvinore High is really pretty. The colours are blue and purple. The blazer is a light blue and the skirt is blue and purple. The shirt is white and so are the socks. But the best part of the uniform is the tie. It is a light blue tie with purple stripes. It has my name written in a colour that looks like gold. It's perfect. 

By the time my parent got home I was already fast asleep.

When I woke up the next morning I was so exited. It was officially my first day of school. Can you imagine me actually going to school. It's still mind blowing thinking about it. Once I was fully dressed in my uniform I went downstairs. I was shocked to see Ay standing next to my parents. Before I could process anything a camera flash went off. What! I wasn't even ready for that. 

"Happy first day of school!" They all yelled. I went to give my parents a hug. Then I gave Ay one too. 

"Girl what are you doing here so early in the morning?" I asked her. She wasn't a morning person. The opposite really. 

"Your parents called me yesterday while you were asleep to ask if I could come over. I woke up at 4 just to get here at six." She said to me. I laughed at the sacrifice she had to make.

"Wow. And you did that all for me." 

"Yeah. How could I not. I would literally do anything to make this day feel even more special. In fact we have a surprise for you." She said not able to contain her excitement.

"Yes and we'd like to keep it as a surprise." My mom said to her. 

"If we don't want to be late for your fist day of school we'd better leave now." My dad said breaking the tension.

The ride to school was a quiet one. I appreciated it though. I know Ay was giving me space to process this whole thing. When we got to the school I literally couldn't take my eyes off the gate. I didn't know if all ages looked that way but this one was beautiful. 

"Beautiful isn't it?" Ay said saying what I was thinking. 

"Yeah it is." A little awed.

"That was my reaction too the first time I saw it."

"Well you do know you can look at it up close." My dad said breaking the trance we seemed to be in.

Ay and I laughed as we got out the car. There were children in the same uniform as me walking into the school. So many different people. We stood next to the gate and not in front of it. That would just get us weird looks from those going in. They'd probably be like what's wrong with this girl and why is she standing in front of the gate? Not how I want to start the school year. 

My dad first took pictures of me alone then of me and Ay posing. My dad gave me money before leaving me to take the next steps of my life alone (with Ay of course).