illusion

chapter 1: just a simple game

*bright sunlight comes in on me all of a sudden

"wake up! go do something, summers almost over" encouraged my mom. i slowly get up out of bed and slowly walk over towards my mirror.

hi i'm y/n . this is my life. im a 16 year old girl who lives with my parents, Marybeth and Karl, and my younger sister, Ava. we're a middle class family in a beautiful neighborhood that goes on vacations multiple time a year. both of my parents are engineers while my sister and i are some of the top students in our grades. wow yeah you much be thinking life must me great for them. things don't always appear as they seem though.

school starts in two weeks for me. i wanna end the summer off on a high note. going into junior  year and not sure what to think of it at this point. my mother always tells me i'm waisting my day away by sleeping in all summer so they make me get up and be active. it's not like i'm lazy or anything. 3/4 of my year consists of two different sports i play, plus going to the gym, like god damn just give me a break.

i check my phone to see multiple texts messages from our friends groups gc. all of them are talking about some carnival they wanna go to tonight. lemme tell you a bit about our group, theres: Jayla, Jasmine, Myla, Macy, Fay, and Madelyn. we all sorta became a group around seventh grade. i don't even know if i can go to this thing but i responded with sure because i'll just end up going no matter what my parents say. they'll be gone anyways. i love my parents to death and they always care for us but with their jobs, they're never home. my sister is always at my grandparents too.

i get changed and lay around for a bit when i get a text from my guy best friends:

jagger: meet jace and i at the jcc at 1 to shoot around. we're bringing another friend with us too.

jagger and jace have been my best friends for years. jagger and i grew up together, he's like a older brother to me. jace on the other hand, i had a whole ass crush on since we were 5. that eventually went away as middle school started though.

i wait around till it's time to leave then i grab my bag and head downstairs. "ma i'll be back, i'm going to shoot" i screamed as leaving the house. as i drive to the gym, i wonder who in the world would they bring with them that i don't know. yeah we all know a lot of different people but who?
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once i enter the gym, i see jagger and jace. it takes them a second or two to realize im actually there. "hey dipshits" i yelled then laughed it off. they walk over and the door behind me suddenly opened. it was this kid, i knew him from somewhere but have never talked to him. "hey i'm jake" said the boy. dang he's really fucking hot. "y/n," i replied. "yeah i know who you are"he stated. it got really fucking awkward so jace and jagger started laughing their asses off us at.

we eventually got our shoes on and started shooting. today was a great day. i made everything possible. "dang your really good. didn't know you could shoot like that." stated jake

we shot around then we were gonna play 2 v 2 but i was tired as shit. "what's a matter l/n? it's just a simple game?" said jake sarcastically. so we played because i wasn't taking his bullshit.

eventually it was time to go home to get ready for the carnival. i walked out behind the three and jake come back to walk with me to my car. "yk ur a baller for sure" i laughed my ass off  "that was the cringiest shit you could've said to me" we stood there and laughed it off. "i'll see you around y/n" he walked to his car, he's so hot bro. but i like brayden still. right? don't i? who's brayden you may ask? brayden's the boy i met about 8 1/2 months ago. we talked everyday on ft for months. then we eventually told each other we loved each other. and then we drifted. then we got closer. then we drifted. and we finally got to hangout together last month. it was probably the shortest hangout ever with a boy. it wasn't him but the fact it was a group thing with all my friends from MVS. you may be thinking why tf are you not dating, he's not ready and i've waited for so long just for this mf to keep blowing me off with this shit. fuck it at this point man.

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i got ready on ft with jayla. jayla has always been my best friend since fifth grade. and also has been through thick and thin with me, i tell her everything. she's like another sister to me. now why didn't i tell her about what happened you may ask? i don't know really. i wanted to keep thing emotional shit with jake quiet till i'm for sure. i did my makeup and straightened my hair. i put on a white cropped tank and black jean shorts with my converse. literally my favorite sneaker besides my kyries. i hung up with jayla and grabbed all my shit.

i got in my car and blasted Sweater Weather by The Weekend. i arrived at jaylas to pick her up. "heyy bitch" i said "heyy whore" she replied. i start driving to the carnival and shut my music off. "dude so i was with jace and jagger and they brought their friend jake with them. i had sm fun and i don't know. i kinda feel smth towards him but it could just be some bs" she looked at me like i was crazy. "wait what about brayden? aren't you guys like going good rn?" "yeah we're fine but i just don't know if it's gonna work out. i've waited for months on end of the crying and constant lies and i don't know how much longer i could take" "y/n it's up to you. listen to your gut. i'm team brayden for sure but who knows maybe this jake kid will be good for you" i didn't reply. i just kept driving. i don't know what to do. i've always had these issues with boys. since at least middle school has started. i just have to sort out my feelings before anyone and myself gets hurt
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hey! i apologize for this being such a boring chapter. i just wanna give a clear background thing of everything before this officially gets somewhat interesting. i promise you, the whole story gets better as the story evolves so if you don't like it just give it a chance. i'm newer to writing and never thought i would but here we are!! hope you all enjoyed ! (i will try to update as much as possible. most likely a chapter a day on weekdays and 2 minimum on the weekends!)