Just life

Chapter 1

"Wake up Theressa!" My mom screams from the other side of my door. My eyes popped open as a sigh escapes my body. "What a nice way of waking someone up." I mumbled to myself. "I'm up!" I yelled so she could be sure I was awake. "Your plane leaves in an hour. Get ready." She said as she walked away.

I could hear my little sister Delilah crying and my brother starting an argument with my mother, this was the usual morning for us. Minus the fact that I'm leaving. I hoped up off my bed and walked out the door. On the normal morning my mom would be begging me for help, but today she didn't ask for anything. I just put that out of my mind and walked into the bathroom. I began to do everything as usual. I brushed my teeth and combed my hair and to my surprise my brother came in with tears running down his face. "Gavin, what is wrong with you?" I asked in a truly concerned voice. "Mom can't raise me and Delilah by herself. Half time you fed us and you helped us more than she has. You know that." He said drying his face and fighting more tears from forming. Sadly I know he's right. I thought I would be a better sister if I just convinced him everything was going to be okay and he'll be just fine, and so will Delilah. So thats what I did. "Look bud, Mom and you and Delilah will be just fine. I will call and check up on you guys everyday. You are almost old enough to take care of yourself anyway. Now you have to help mom with Delilah. And believe me it's not easy. I was a second mom to you and Delilah. Now it's time for you grow up and step up to the plate." I dried his face looked him in the eyes. "It's gonna be okay." "okay." He walked out and I heard him apologize to my mom and Delilah stopped crying. They are gonna be perfectly fine I told myself as I looked in the mirror and smiled.

I want to my room and found some light wash skinny jeans and threw together a white tank and a black cardigan. It seemed appropriate. I put on my white converse and walked out of my room and back into the bathroom. Some natural makeup and was ready. I walked back to my room to straighten up and made sure I wasn't forgetting anything. I also grabbed my life savings just in case. I did a final walk through and picked up anything I missed. I still had 10 minutes before we had to head to the airport, so I sat in the living room with my family for the last time before I leave. Those 10 minutes went by so fast. I would give anything to have them back but its 6:30 and time to go start a new chapter of my life. This could be a good thing, but then again it could be terrible. I don't know. I should stop thinking about this before I change my mind. I grabbed Delilah for the last time and brought her to the car and my mom and brother got my bags. We got everything into the car and got situated. "Its gonna be okay pretty girl. We're gonna be fine. And don't forget that I love you so much." She said assuringly. "I love you too..." And I popped in a joke "Lets do this Tessa!" We all just laughed. I'm gonna miss this.