My eyes flew open as I sprang from the bed after a full bucket of cold water splashed on me.
My sharp shout from shock echoed through the room as I felt chilled, the water drenching my entire body.
"What is the time?! And you're still on the bed!!" Sophia's angry voice bashed into my head, and I couldn't even get a few seconds to process everything as a painful slap from her struck my cheek so hard that my face snapped to the right, and I almost stumbled and fell.
"It's our first day of school, and you want me to be late?" She yelled again while I held onto the wooden edge of the bed, wincing as I fought back my tears, which wouldn't stop spilling from the burning ache in my cheek where she slapped.
"Will you go and get dressed now before I break your empty head?" She blasted at me aga
