Compassion- Lookism

S i x t y S i x

    She dressed in a white turtle neck that clung onto her body and placed a black peacoat over her body. She put on some baggy grey denim jeans on that ended at her ankle. She wore her Fila, chunk, platform sneakers and put on a matching white beanie over her head. She had to push her bangs out of the way as she stared at herself in the mirror, realizing she probably needed to get her bangs trimmed.

    Irene walked out with her brother as he wore the grey windbreaker and matching sweatpants. He didnt bother doing his hair too much and neither did Irene since she didnt wash her hair last night. She wasnt planning on going to school today since she was planning on going to hang out with Gun later. She wanted to look nice if she was leaving the house for a bit.

    "What're you doing later?" Daniel asked his sister.

    "I was going to go out with a friend." Irene answered and looked down at her dry hands and decided to rub some lotion on her rough skin.

    "That friend?" Daniel asked, adding emphasis to 'that.'

"Yes, him." Irene said as they walked side by side down the sidewalk together.

"Does he go to our school?" Daniel asked, glancing up at his sister.

"No. he's a senior at a different school." She answered.

"I hope you mean high school, cause it would be weird if my sister was a cougar." He commented nonchalantly.

"Daniel! Yes, a highschool!" She yelled and smacked him on the arm.

"Dont hit your brother!  He's just worried about the people talking to someone like you." He furrowed his eyebrows at her angrily.

"Daniel!" She made a pissed off face at him and rolled her eyes. He smacked her back in the arm and the two continued their walk to the park.

"So are you two friend talking or talking talking?" He asked. Irene didnt know what to say to that. Everyone knew Vasco and her had some sort of thing going on, but only the girtls knew about Gun. She had never really had a giant crush on someone, but now she had two and when Irene falls, she falls hard.

Last night she got 30 minutes of sleep since she was stressing and thinking about her night. She was thinking about so many things.

"Irene! Little Daniel!" Someone called out for them. Irene turned to the sound of the voice and saw the recognizable figue walking toward them down the street. Irene glanced over to him and saw he was wearing a white tank top with the royal blue color Nike joggers and some white sneakers. His inked arms looked stronger than normal and seemed to look more broad than they ever had. His face was sharp with strong features that would intimidate most.

    "Are you guys ready for a work out today?" Vasco asked.

    "I am." Daniel smiled.

   "Irene people dont usually wear turtlenecks to exercise." Vasco stated and took a step forward, making Irene almost jump out of her skin as she pulled her head up to his face.

    "No, im going to sit out today." Irene answered through her smileas she looked up at him.

    "Not feeling good?" He asked.

    "No, im going to hang out with Duke later today and i dont want to feel gross and sweaty." She answered as she turned with Daniel to start walking to the park across the bare street.

    "Oh okay." He smiled and the three walked together.

    ***

    Irene sat opn the wooden plank of the park. She sat there alone for majority of the time until Jace came along and sat beside her until Daniel and Vasco were done with their run.