"CHIRP CHIRP CHIRP."
Elena turned around to see her brother, Niro, making faces at her. "Wake up, Elena. You've got three minutes to get dressed. If you're not ready by the time I'm in the car, you're getting left behind.
"I don't care. I can make money without it," Elena replied, rolling her eyes and turning to the other side of the bed.
Niro , then yanked the covers off her.
"I told you to get up. Next time, listen," he said as he walked out, closing the door behind him. Elena wiped her eyes and sighed. "Annoying ass When I get my own car, she muttered, blinking heavily and rubbing her eyes.
"When you Get your own car what?" Niro shouted from outside the room.
"Shit," Elena cursed. She hurriedly got out of bed, tripping over the stuff she had left on the floor the night before. She rushed to the bathroom and spotted the neatly folded clothes she had prepared the day before. Elena quickly removed her head wrap and dressed herself.
BANG BANG BANG.
"Elena, I said hurry up! I swear kids worth went down when I became an adult," Niro yelled.
"A big ass, grown adult still living with his parents," she shouted back. Elena dashed out of the bathroom, accidentally knocking Niro down as she stepped over him to get to the kitchen. "Hey, Dad... and, uh ," ignoring Morgan her stepmom that was obviously there she kissed her dad on the cheek but barely glanced at her stepmom.
"Elena, what did I say about disrespecting your mothe—" her dad started, but she quickly cut him off. "not my mother. funny, though.try again."
"Elena, I'm kind of like your mother. I feed you and your brother, and I care about you both. You should be grateful; some people don't have any kind of mother figure," her stepmom complained. Elena walked out the front door, slamming it behind her. "So I'm wrong because he wants to marry a woman right after mom died ?," she mumbled, getting into Niro's car.
Niro got in, looking irritated. why'd you slam the door so hard? Finally realized who the favorite child is, huh?" Elena taunted.
"No, Dad is yelling at me about your disrespectful ass. Didn't I tell you to respect that lady?" Niro sighed.
"I don't care. She's not my mom, and I won't be forced to treat her like she is. My mom is gone; that lady is dead to me," Elena said, turning away from him and scrolling through TikTok.
Elena arrived at school, still simmering with anger. As she made her way to the entrance, lost in thought, she was suddenly bumped into by someone running real fast . "What the hell? Can you not see?" Elena shoved him a little "I'm so sorry," the boy said quickly. "My name's Bryon. If you want to report me, go ahead," he added, looking apologetic. "Sorry, but I really need to get to volleyball practice," Bryon ran off before Elena could respond.
"Hey, get back here!" Elena shouted, but he didn't turn around. "For some reason he kind of looked familiar."she thought
She sighed and opened the school door, heading straight to the principal's office. After getting her schedule, she put her headphones on and walked to her first class. She knocked on the door, and the teacher opened it. "You must be the new student, Elena. Please introduce yourself," the teacher asked.
"My name's Elena, but you can call me Lena or El. I'm pretty friendly, but I mostly keep to myself. Don't be shy; say hi if you want to know me," Elena said with a half-hearted smile.
"Find an empty seat," the teacher instructed. Elena looked around, sighing when she saw the only open spot was next to a boy who looked like he spent all day at a computer and playing Roblox and Fortnite daily no stop . He had large headphones that flashed red and blue, barely hanging onto his ears with tape. Elena sat down, offering an awkward smile that the boy ignored. She started to doze off.
