Elena Bic

Chapter 1:

It's 12:30 a.m. and I can't sleep. Those science guys say that the main cause for insomnia is stress. But the thing I don't understand is how I'm stressed. My body's fine. 10 fingers. 10 toes. 2 legs. 2 arms. Perfectly normal right? So why am I so stressed you ask? Well I can partially answer your question. I have lost my mother because of me, Elena Bic. While my mother was giving birth to me she died from blood loss, 17 years ago. Now not like that's enough stress, but I am 17 turning 18 in 5 days. So you may be asking yourself, how is that stressful? Well first off, I'm the only girl in my family of three, containing my brother Wilson Bic who is currently 19, and my father. Also, it means I have to start college. This by the way is probably the most stressful thing ever. I look back at the clock. 1:00 a.m. I curse to myself under my breath. I really need to sleep. School starts in 6 days and I really need to get used to going to sleep early and not sleeping till two- o'clock in the afternoon. Trying to get myself comfy I roll onto my right side and stare at the clock. After about five minutes of staring I decide that maybe if I watch some TV. that I'll be able to sleep. I walk to the game room and plop down on to the couch. I grab the remote and flip the TV. on. After about ten minutes of channel surfing, I finally find something interesting. It's a movie called La Ramba, and it's about one hour and forty-three minutes. After finishing the tearful movie I am finally tried. Thank God. I shuffle to my bed room. As I pass my brothers room I hear something strange. Sounds like talking. I put my ear up to the door and listen closely.

"No, Jesse. I still love you, but I think we need a break. I need to be focusing on my scholarship for college."
"Jesse just please hear me ou-"

Then suddenly all I hear is Wilson throw his phone at the wall. He scoffs in anger and sighs. Then that's it. After that odd conversation I just heard I walk back to my room. I look at my clock and it's already 2:50 a.m. I sigh with frustration and lie down in my bed then gently fell into a deep slumber.

The next morning I manage to wake up at 9:30 and I am quite proud of myself. I turn to my right side and pick up my phone. Nothing. I force myself out of bed and shuffle down stairs. When I reach the kitchen I noticed that my father is missing.

"Hey Willie, where's dad?"
"I don't know. Probably out with another bimbo."
"Oh. Okay."

I walked to the fridge to get some food. All I can see is Willie's back so I can't tell what he's thinking about.

"Oh geez, Elena! Can you please put some pants on?"
"Oh shut up. You're my brother for crying out loud."
"Doesn't mean you can just walk around in an unbuttoned shirt and no pants on! You look like you just slept with some one!"
"Whatever Willie."

I rolled my eyes at Willie and noticed that his phone was missing. Then I remembered what I heard last night. I don't understand why Willie broke things off with Jesse. He loved her to death. Just three days ago they were talking about how much in love they were with each other. It's odd but I'm not going to snoop. As I finish up my bowl of cereal, Willie starts to leave with the keys in his hands.

"Uh where do you think you're going with the keys?"
"I'm going to pick up Damon hang here a lil bit then we are gonna meet up with some guys and go out to a party."

As soon as Willie mentions Damon my face heats up. I've had a crush on Damon since high school when we were all freshmen. We had a thing for like two months, but I caught him cheating on me with some bimbo. As I'm in deep thought I hear laughter. More than one husky voices laughing at me. I turn around and see the guy I hate the most. Damon Garcia.

"Damn, princess."

At that remark Willie slaps him on the back of his head.

"That's my sister!"
"I can't help it if I decide I'm going to be a good friend and drive myself here and run into a half-naked lady!! I mean what am I supposed to do? Puke?"