Forget Me Nots

Chapter 3-Where The Petals Fall

"When it comes down to it, the wind still blows from one horizon to another and the weeping rose petals will all fall to the same soil."
-CraneRae

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Chapter 3- Where the Petals fall 

Beep! 

Paw. 

Beep!

Paw. 

BEEEEPP!

Meowwww. 

The combination of Mittens' begging for food I did not have, her constant pawing and the increasingly annoying shrill of my alarm clock made me realize, I was no longer dreaming.

It was time. 

Today was my first day, if I wasn't anxious before, I sure was now. The hard thumping of my chest suggested I was a nervous wreck, which I was. I hadn't slept well, although my mind wasn't filled with a single nightmare my sleep was far past terrible. I hadn't woken up in the middle of the night either. Surprisingly. Yet my body was totally and utterly sleep deprived.

Exhaustion. 

Beep! 

I turned over and stopped the annoying noise from ringing in my foggy brain again. The position I was in caused me to subconsciously stretch while simultaneously yawning. I rubbed my sleep filled eyes and turned to see the time.

Shit.

It was 7:30. I quickly remembered Olivia's reminders about being ready at 8 and if I wasn't it was definitely the running shoe express. I couldn't be late. 

I shot up out of my bed practically tripping over my entire bed in the process. I made Mittens' food quickly, it was sloppy and not normally how I made it but I was in a hurry, she let out a voice of disapproval but I didn't have time right now to mind. I opened a cabinet and pulled out a granola bar, I had no intentions of starving today. 

I ran back to my room. 7:40. I silently thanked myself for picking out my clothes the night before as I threw all my things into my bag. I wish i had packed that too. So much for not being rushed. 

I pulled my shirt over my head and pulled my locket out so it rested on the top of the fabric. I would have stared at it but again I didn't have time for that right now. I rushed to the bathroom. 7:50. 

Quickly I fixed my hair, and my clothes. The bruise on my face was still very evident. I silently cursed my dad for thinking it was 'funny'. I somehow brushed my teeth while lacing up my shoes. I glanced at the time on my phone. My eyes grew in horror as I watched 7:59 turn to 8 o'clock.

As if my life depended on it I sprinted out of the bathroom shutting off the lights. "Bye Mittens, don't get into anything have a good day!" I don't think I've ever spoken so fast in my life. I shut the door locking it before rushing over to the car that was moving past my house at a snail pace, olivia in the driver's seat. 

"Your free ride leaves in T- five seconds!"

I wasn't sure if she was joking or not so I picked up my feet sprinting to the car door. I opened it and got in. I was huffing as if I had ran a 100 yard dash, it sure felt like I did. 

"I was just playing with you, next time take your time, flower boy." She smiled obviously proud of her little scheme. 

"Don't do-" I took a deep breath. "That to me- again. I was rushing."

"Sleep in?"

"Yea. By a lot." She just laughed at my response. We sat in comfortable silence for a few moments while I caught my breath. Liv then started the conversation.