2 heartbroken teens

14

I wake up and, as it's still dark outside, I guess it is very early in the morning. I check my phone and I see it's 5 a.m. I hate when my body randomly decides tu cut off sleep. 

I change my pose multiple times so that I can fall asleep again. Nothing happens, though. It's so frustrating to feel so tired and being incapable of sleeping. 

Fuck.

It's been a while without suffering from insomnia and I hope it didn't come back because that shit is so fucked up.

I get up from the bed, tired of moving from one side to another. I'm not even hungry, so I don't know what to do. Maybe I could swim in the pool to get my body way more tired. I shake my head, what a stupid idea - the water must be freezing. 

I go to the bathroom and I wash my face. If I'm gonna be awake, then better to take off my sleepy face. I'll have time the whole day to sleep again. 

I'm thinking of going for a walk. At least I'm going to be on my own on the streets as it's so early. 

It's settled.

I take the first T-shirt and the first jeans I see in the wardrobe and I put them on. Then I take my converse and put them on my feet. Fun fact: the black converse are my only pair of shoes. I know, it's a bit strange not having vans when I skate, but I don't know, I'm too lazy to buy more footwear. I guess I'll wait until the converse are too used.

I feel like listening to music meanwhile, so I take my headphones and plug them to my cell phone. 

Jordan and Justin are both asleep, so I walk down the stairs without being very loud, even though I could play the trumpet in their bedrooms and they wouldn't wake up. Totally the opposite of me.

I check one last time I have my keys in the pocket of my jeans and I close the door.

Winter is coming closer each day, so the temperatures at this time of the day isn't as warm as the end of summer. I wasn't sure to take a hoodie, but eventually I did. 

I don't know how much I've been walking, nor how far I went from home. But what I know is that the sky is getting brighter, so sooner the sun will come up.

It's so calm to walk in the middle of the road with no one around. Maybe I should do this more often from now. 

Right when I think of that, I see someone walking from the distance and in the opposite direction. I can tell is a girl, maybe she's going back home from a party or something. Who else would be so early awake walking down a street?

As the girl comes closer, I can guess she's around my age. I can't see her face yet, but I see she's wearing a black tennis skirt, blue sweatshirt and vans. 

Hold on a minute...

Ten seconds later or so, she stops.

"Vinnie?"

Summer.

I take off my headphones and keep them in the hoodie pocket.

"Where are you going?" She asks. By her voice I can guess she's not sober at all but neither drunk. I mean, she could walk in a straight line.

"I was just walking. Were you coming from your friend's house?"

"Yeah, it's not really far from here. But how is that you're awake?"

I shrug.

"I don't even know. Are you good?" I ask then, "I mean, I see you can stand by yourself, but I could take you to home if you want to. Honestly I'm getting bored."

"Well, I don't mind." She smiles. 

"Alright then."

Both of us walk down the street and turn left on the next street. I recognize this neighborhood from when we skated some days ago, so we'll be at her house in less than ten minutes.

"So random to meet up at this time of the day." She thinks out loud.

"Totally agree." I chuckle. "You don't seem very tired."

"I slept before the meet up. I imagined it would last all night."

"So you're that type of person, huh?" I say in the same mood.

"What type of person?" She looks at me with joy. 

"I like to name them night owls. They rather be awake at night than during the daylight."

"Well, you're kinda a night owl being here now."

"True."

By the time we reach her house, the sunrise comes up from behind the hills.

"I thought your roommate was part of your group of friends." I would've imagined they went out together and so coming back home.

"Yeah, she felt sick so she stayed at home." Summer turns the keys in the lock and opens the door. "Wanna come in?"

I mean, I don't have nothing else to do. This wasn't planned either. And, despite the brief time, we've now reached a cool confidence level. Anyone could say it isn't possible, and I think they're wrong. 

"OK."

Before going upstairs, Summer walks to the kitchen and drinks a glass of water. Then, once in her bedroom, I sit on her bed like the last time. I don't feel weird as it's not the first time I'm in her house. Plus, she seems pretty comfortable too. As I said before, we're pretty confident between us.

"I'm gonna change my clothes." I nod and she disappears in the bathroom. Minutes later she comes back in her pajamas. 

"I hope you don't make me do another catwalk." I joke and she chuckles.

"That was fun, and I know you think that too." She speaks while keeping the clothes in her wardrobe. Then she goes to a mini fridge she has near the desk. Why didn't I see that the last time? So practical. She opens it and takes a bottle of... vodka? Wait, what?

"Didn't you have enough?" I think she's sober again, but from the texts we exchanged last night I can guess she already drank more than what's recommendable. However, I'm not who to tell her what to do or not to do. Plus, I'm not the right person to forbid another to drink alcohol. I would be a hypocrite.

"Don't you wanna get drunk with me?"

Holy shit.

"It's 6 a.m..."

"Why not?" Summer opens the bottle and takes a sip. I laugh to myself. This girl surprises me more every day.

"I didn't say no."

She smiles and passes me the bottle. Until now only one was drunk and the other was sober. I would lie if I say I'm not intrigued how would it be being both of us wasted. 

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Oh, boy...