The unknowing lycan princess

(2) FIRST DAY OF SUMMER

FLORAS P.O.V

I did not sleep well at all. The entire night I was tossing and turning. I stayed in bed for about ten minutes after waking up and I simply stared at the ceiling. I wasn't in my thoughts or anything, it was just mindless staring and it was nice when I got up I went to Mark's room to see what he was doing. Mark is different when it comes to waking up. He will either get up super early in the morning, around six, or super late in the afternoon, around twelve, or one. He's just one of those kids, I guess. When I entered the room, he was sitting in his chair playing his Xbox I could not recognize the game. I told him that breakfast would be ready in an hour and to be downstairs. "OK," he said. I went to leave the room and go downstairs. There is close to nothing in the kitchen, I thought to myself. I'm thinking I will make breakfast burritos. I went to grab the ingredients. I could only find a few of the things I needed. I found milk, cheese, sausage and some bacon. I decided to put the stuff in the fridge and go to the store. When I walked outside, I noticed my mom pulling into the driveway. I waited for her to park and then I went to meet her in the car. "Hey, flora, can you help me take these groceries in" she said. I looked to the back, and there were a bunch of bags sitting back there. "Yes, I'd love to help you out mom", I said. I opened the back door and started grabbing the groceries. There was a lot, so i tried to take in as much as I could carry after loading my arms up with as many groceries as I could carry. I went ahead and took them inside. My mom was right behind me. I started putting the groceries away. She brought the rest in as I rummaged through the bags. I looked at the things I was going to need to make breakfast. I decided to leave them out so I wouldn't have to go look for them later. Once everything was nicely put away to my liking, I got out my ingredients. I immediately started making breakfast. My mom went straight upstairs and went to sleep. She picked up an extra shift at the diner. She was up for a long time. While I waited for the food to cook. I grabbed my phone and I turned on an audio book. I love to listen to that stuff. When I cooked, I also did some light cleaning as well, nothing too big that would take all my focus away. I didn't want to burn any of the food. As I started to finish up, I grabbed the tortilla shells, and I put them in the microwave to heat up. I got all the ingredients and put them into a bowl to mix together. Once that was done, I got the tortillas, and I put them on the pan. I started to cook them. I later added cheese and I waited for it to melt slightly after I put the mix on and I wrapped it all up. I called Mark down to eat and I set his plate on the table. When he came down, I went back to the kitchen to finish wrapping the rest of the burritoes. Once I was done, I took three into the dining room and I joined him. He immediately grabbed his other one off the plate. He wasn't even done with his first. I'm not saying I care because I dont, but still. After we get done eating. I grabbed more burritos, and I took them up to my mom's room to see if she wanted any. I knocked three times, and then I entered. "Hey Mom, are you hungry" I asked. "Yeah, you can bring it in," she said. I took the food into her room and handed it to her. I started to turn around so that I could leave, but she stopped me. "Hey Flora, can you do me a favor" she asked. "sure," I said., how can I help you, Mom? "I need you to take your little brother out today," she asked. "I'm sorry Mom but I have plans later with my friends," I said. "yeah no kid he needs to get out and I'm gonna be asleep till later, and then I'm going to pull another all-nighter which is why I can't go out with him. I'm sorry, Flora, but you're going to have to cancel your plans," she said. "Mom, we've been planning this forever. It's the first day of summer," I said. "Call them now and let them know you're unable to attend" she demanded. "No Mom, this is so unfair. He can stay in, and we can go out tomorrow. He will be fine." I argued, "Dude, you're being a selfish brat. Take your brother out. Maybe you can ask your friends if they want to join," she said, "I can't stand this. I'll bet you're going out to a party like you always do", I shot at her. "Miss ma'am, you can mind your own business because what I do is up to me," she said. "Fine, whatever I will take him out," I said. I stormed out of the room and I went to my own room. I'm very ungrateful sometimes. My mom works all these shifts and I talk back to her like that. After thinking, I left my room to grab my mom's plate and take it downstairs. It's twelve in the afternoon already. I went and told Mark to get dressed for the pool, and then I went downstairs to clean. I finished cleaning the kitchen, then I cleaned the living room. After a while, Mark came down with his swimming stuff. "I'm ready, Flora" he screamed out. "Awesome let's go dude, we're gonna head out now," I said. We started walking to the pool. It's about a ten-minute walk. We live pretty close. It is very nice when I'm forced to take Mark to the pool once we arrive. I paid the entrance fee and we went in. I threw my stuff on the bench and I let Mark go and play. I sat down and started to bake in the sun. I felt pretty nice just chilling like that. After some time, I started to get thirsty. I sat up and went to the concession stand to grab some water. The line wasn't very long. I thanked Gosh after getting my water. I went back to my chair and I sat down. I took off my clothes and started looking for Mark. When I spotted him, I walked over to him and jumped in right next to him. "Flora!" He yelled "What are you doing?" he said. He seemed kind of angry, which made me laugh. "Who is your friend here," I asked. "This is Owen. He and his brother are here. We were playing basketball, but his brother disappeared" he said. "I can and would love to play with you guys," I said. "That's fine. Owen shouted," I can't wait to take both of you guys out," said Owen. "Oh, I'm gonna take both of you down," I said. There was an incredibly large splash in the water next to me. "What the hell," I said. That got in my eyes. Now I know why Mark was mad at me. I turned around to see who that was. "Emmete", I said in surprise. "Hey Flora, how's it going? How's the first day of summer," he asked. "It's been OK, it's only getting started," I said "Emmate, your back, now we can play two on two," said Owen. "OK, Flora and Emmate are on a team and me and Owen will be on our own team," said Mark. I looked at Emmate and he looked at me. At that moment, we both knew that the younger boys had made a mistake. They paired us stronger kids up with each other, we took them out really fast. They soon realized their mistake. Emmate threw the ball up for someone to catch it. Mark caught it and he started to make his way to the net. I stole the ball and I took the first shot at the net. We kept this up until the pool closed. After that, Owen and Emmetes' mom and dad came to pick them up. Mark and I started to walk home but, then Emmete ran up to us. "My parents are taking Owen and I'm gonna walk back with you", he said. Oh great. Does this mean I have a stalker now? "Thanks for tagging along". I said "It's no problem you shouldn't be walking home alone, so I'm happy to tag along," he said. After that, I nodded my head and we walked in silence all the way back home. When we arrived, my mom met us at the door.