For A Reason

Chapter 2

                                                                              Baylie

I open my eyes with a start and look at the alarm clock that's rested on my nightstand mocking me. 4.34 A.M. I let out a frustrated groan and throw my long tan legs over the side of my bed. I look like someone who has been sick with the stomach flu for days, when in reality, I spent mose of the night studying for a chem test today.

I let my feet hit the floor and quickly grab my phone. There's no way I'm going back to sleep now. I head to my dresser and pull out a high-waisted floral print skirt, black bandeau, and my white high-low sweater that my grandmother bought me before she croaked last September. 

At least it's Friday! I sigh and walk towards the bathroom connected to my room and I quickly slam the door shut. My parents didn't want to see me in the morning so they had a bathroom put right next to my room and made sure the only door in was in my room. I growl at my reflection and then turn on the water for the shower. 

My life has been nothing but a routine since I started High School. My parents expect me to be perfect and get straight A's like Maxine and Skylar get. Truthfully, I've done well but since I started dating Jake, he's done nothing but make me question my parents loyalty. Jake is nothing but a partier and he'd rather get drunk on wekends then have a night in with me. It's crazy how much my parents thoughts on me have changed since Jake. 

I pull my tank-top off and my underwear before stepping until the warm water of the shower. Feeling the warmth of the water on my skin made me close my eyes in pleasure reminding me of how much stress I've been under lately. 

My muscles are tense and I didn't even know it until now. I just stand under the force of the spray for a minute or five before grabbing my vanilla smelling soap and a red wash cloth. 

                                                                                  Skylar

Night's like this, where I can't sleep at all are the nights I miss my parents the most, or the nights I would sneak down the the beach with Izzy and Maxie to listen to the waves wash in and roll out. It's crazy to think how everything has changed so drastically since 7th Grade but if you asked me today, I wouldn't change it for the world even thought 7th Grade is something I would really like to forget about. 

I literally ruined everyone's squeaky clean rep without a second thought just so I could make a name for myself. Everyone's rep but Isabelle's, Blake's and Will'd because they knew that if they didn't tag along and have my back they'd be roadkill like Maxie, Bay, and Juliet. 

I don't regret it at all but I regret losing their trust and friendship. Even their loyalty. 

My older brother despises of my now because apparently since I went to Juvie I tampered with the family name and made us seem like a messy, unput together family. Did he really expect me to know I would got to juvie for buying a case of beer with a fake I.D that Dasan told me was completely working? Dasan trusted me so I took the fall knowing I wouldn't get a big sentencing. 

How-

My phone brings me out of my writing and the screen name 'B' flashed across it. "Hey baby," I whisper as I answer the phone with a sleepy smile on my face. I couldn't help but smile whenever I heard his name, I personally think he was the only reason I stayed out of juvie as long as I did. 

I get up off of my bed and walk around my room. It was freshly painted, and the lights that use to hang around the ceiling were now gone. I just re-vamped my room before I went to juvie so I'm just getting use to it. "Miss me already?" I ask, and start pulling out my outfit for the day.