See You Again

XLIII

"How was your night?" Maria asked, too excited.

Yesterday, I did the weird named thing Kenzie told me about. It was weird but somehow relaxing. The most incredible thing was that I slept almost the whole night. It took a while, but at some point, I felt tired and getting up this morning was hell.

"It was... different, I guess," I shrugged, sitting by the breakfast table.

Nate and Sadie were already there, fighting for the jam. Was it so hard to wait until the other is done using it? I live in anarchy.

"Different how?" she pressed as she filled my mug with dark coffee.

I wrapped my hands around the steamy mug and let its warmth get to my fingers until it was too much and I had to let go. My palms were red, and I stared at them, feeling slightly numb.

"It was restful," I said "I feel weird"

"Of course you do! It was your first well slept night in months"

I nodded absentmindedly, taking a sip of my coffee, my delicious, hot coffee.

Just as I was about to grab a toast, jam fell on my face full force. I wiped it off with a napkin and stared at the twins, holding a spoon upwards and looking at me completely shocked. I assume their fight for it didn't go as they planned.

"You know, there are kids that don't have food and you're wasting it" I noted, cancelling my anger as best as I could.

"I-I'm sorry" Sadie stuttered, letting go of the handle.

"I knew your reflexes were shit" Nate laughed.

Am I considered a violent person for wanting to hand him from a window? Preferably head down?

"I think your night outside is coming closer. If I were you I would keep my trap shut" I pointed out. He glared.

Annoyed, I finished my breakfast ignoring both of them and washed my sticky face of any trace of strawberry jam.

"Are we driving us today?" Sadie asked when I left the bathroom "Our driver took the week. remember?"

I rubbed my eyes "Right, I forgot about that. I'll take you"

She held my hand and pushed me to the garage where Nate was already sitting inside my car.

"Go to the back," I told him, seeing him on the passenger seat with his feet on the dashboard.

As expected, he ignored me, so I yanked him off the car and offered the seat to Sadie. He spits a thousand insults but I just rolled my eyes and sat by the driver's seat, starting the car.

"Are you coming or what?" I challenged.

Sadie laughed, putting on the seat belt, and Nate threw his bag to the back seat, sitting down with a scowl over his face.

"You're an asshole" he complained.

"Maybe, but at least you won't have to worry about me after this year"

"Can't wait for you to go to a far, far away university" he muttered.

I shook my head and sped up, heading to school. I bet he'll love having me away. If I'm not careful I'll have my bedroom taken over and turned into a huge videogame room. I don't want that little pest all over my things.

"I'll miss you," Sadie said.

Nate was still annoyed "Don't say those things to him. He doesn't deserve them, he's just like dad."

"And what is dad's problem?" I asked, looking at him through the rearview mirror.

He avoided my eyes "You don't give a shit about us"