Kismet

Kismet;a word meaning fate or destiny.Occurrences that are meant to happen.I never used to believe in such phenomenon.My life was pretty stale before this roller coaster was up and running.Well,not all of it,but for the most part.I never thought something of this nature would happen to me.October 5th,2011.A day that will forever be etched into the depths of my brain.It's locked in a safe,and I've forgotten the combination.It will remain there until the day I die.But I won't get ahead of myself,all great stories start at the beginning.

It was early autumn,I had switched to a new school with my best friend.Her protests of,"Come on Genevie!It'll be fun!" won me over.It was an independent study program,but you had to show up to school a grand total of two days out of the week.So hey,why not?I even got to sleep in on school days!But It was time to get up and out of bed,and unlike other sulfuric filled mornings in the desert,the air was crisp this day.I rolled out of bed,half asleep and walked to the bathroom to brush my teeth.When I gained most of my consciousness,I noticed my hair.It was a tangled mess.

"I knew I shouldn't have slept with wet hair." I groaned and grabbed the brush off the counter and tugged at the knots.My mom always told me not to,but I never really excelled in listening to the little things.After I was done wrestling with my lions mane,poofing it up and over and sweeping my bangs out of my eyes,I pulled on my striped sweater and skinny jeans.There was no way I would be caught dead in flares or bell bottoms.I fiddled with my snakebites,as they had gone out of place.As soon as I was ready,I grabbed my backpack and walked into the hallway.My dad was at work,my mom at cosmetology school,and my little 12 year old brother was at school.Or so I thought.

"Uh...Devon?Why aren't you at school?" I stopped at the top of the stairs,questioning my brother.He was sitting on our dads bed,playing Xbox.

"Don't feel good.Mom said it's okay" He replied,not peeling his eyes away from the video game. "Dad finally got your membership by the way.Now you can play online with me!" He finally turned away and smiled,pointing to my little avatar on the screen.xXToXXicPaNdaXx underneath her.I just laughed,I had been pestering my dad about a membership for quite some time.Hey,a girl has to get her dose of online killage every now and then.

"Well,I'm meeting Tori at the bus stop.Be safe!Don't answer the door and call me if you need anything."I made my way down the stairs as he called back to me.

"You sound just like mom!But don't worry,I'll be good!" I closed the door as soon as he was finished replying.I locked it behind me and made my way down the street to the bus stop.Now this wasn't a school bus,it was a city bus.A robins egg blue city bus,that liked to take its time getting where it needed to be.I could see Tori,waving to me from the bus stop.We both only lived a street away,so it was very convenient.She had on a black sweater and jeans.Her thick brown hair was straightened and her bangs were pinned to one side.I caught up to her and sat on the curb.

"Did you see the bus yet?" She asked quizzically.I shook my head as she sat next to me. "Also,did you notice it's a little warmer than usual?"

"It's perfect weather.Not too hot and not too cold.I love it." I leaned back,letting the sun wash over my face,only to be interrupted by the purring of the great big blue bus.It screeched to a halt and Tori and I stood up.The old man driving the bus smiled.

"Morning ladies,off to school?" He was quite chipper for a dude with a cruddy job.Tori smiled back as we inserted a dollar in change into the machine.She grabbed my wrist and led me to the back of the bus.No one bothered us there as we listened to music and waited to get to our destination.It felt like ages,but it was only about 10 minutes.

"There!Taco Bell!" Tori exclaimed,making me jump out of my seat.She pulled the gray wire to make the bus stop.In return,the old man stopped at the closest bus stop to our school.