the ballad of dakota (DISCONTINUED)

First day

I proceed to zone out, just staring at my pale sapphire bag my mom got me.

'Dakota!' Mom yelled aloud.

I still proceed to stare at my bag.

I thought about something but I couldn't remember what it was.

'DAKOTA RIVERA!' My Mom yelled more loudly than she did before.

I then stopped zoning out and rushed out of my room and rushed down stairs.

After that, I gasp for air after rushing.

My mom then gave me bagel.

'here Hun, I made your favorite.' She said still holding the bagel.

The bagel has lots of cream cheese on it. Just like the way I always liked it.

I wasn't really gonna eat. But, my mom is the first one to remind me to eat.

My mom knows that I have bulimia. She wants me to eat so the disorder can just "go away".

I sighed and took the bagel to eat it.

My mom then proceeds to smile.

She then proceeds to pat my head gently.

And that's when my brother randy comes by.

'hey sleepy face!!' said randy as he nudges me. He's as tall as a giraffe's neck. But, he was 3 years younger than me. I don't get how a 13 year old brother can be taller than his 16 year old sister!

Randy was also nicknamed as "sodapop" by his friends.

He likes bothering me all the time for fun.

'hey randy.' I said in a tired tone. I then proceeded to yawn.

'did you stay up late again?' he asks curiously. I mean, it was pretty obvious that I did.

'No, I didn't.' I replied with my tired voice.

He could tell I was lying due to how much of a terrible liar I was.

He wouldn't care really unless if the situation was serious.

'You do know that mom's gonna make a bedtime for you if you keep staying up this late again right?' randy said as he goes up to the fridge to get himself a Dr pepper.

'I promise, I won't.' I replied. He still knew I was lying.

'Dakota.. please don't stay up so late.. mom and dad are really worried about you.' He said as he changed the tone of his voice from cheerful to serious and worried.

He was still finding a Dr pepper in the fridge.

'I promise I won't!' I replied as my voice also changed the tone from tired to more active like.

Randy proceeds to grunt angrily.

'Why is there no more Dr pepper?!' he shouted in a mad tone.

'well randy, I think you should drink some apple juice and hurry up and go to school because you have 7 minutes.' Mom said.

I noticed that my mom was wearing a deep pitch black suit with a natural red tie.

'Mom? What's the suit for?' I asked curiously.

I knew that it was a stupid question but I didn't really care about it.

'I'm off to a lawyer meeting sweetie!' My mom replied with a happy grin on her face.

My mom was a lawyer. Sure it may sound cool but it also doesn't because she doesn't come back until 9 pm. Which means that we don't spend as much time as we spend with dad.

I sometimes with that she would hang out with us just once.

But, it is what it is. Because reality is just reality. You can't just get lucky every day.

'oh, that's cool I guess.' I said sadly.

My mom comes up and pats my back.

'its okay sweetie, I'll come back.' she said trying her best to cheer me up.

I faked a smile.

Randy then rushes out of the front door.

Mom and I giggle a little bit.

'I guess it's time for you to go.' mom said with a smile on her face.

I walked out of the front door.

The trees had light and dark autumn leaves falling down like feathers and flying away like little butterflies.

Fall was my favorite season of the year.

I proceed to walk 2 blocks to my bus stop.

As I arrived, I see my good friend Linus.

He was the only one standing and waiting got the bus to arrive.

I smiled and decided to walk toward him and talk to him.

I kinda also find it weird how he always had this white mask on his face.

The white mask had two holes so he could see.

And that was it.

He never told anyone why but I wouldn't wanna get onto his business.

Me and Linus had a good talk until the bus came.

As I went on the bus I sat next to Linus like always.

Linus was a friend of mine since 3rd grade. He was my first friend and the only friend of mine.

It felt like I was his first friend.

Me and him talked and talked about things we always loved talking about.

It was had a fun talk until we went to school.

A school which I knew was like a living hell to me.

"Ferguson high school" I always hate that school all because of one person.

And that was Anthony.

He would always just say the most dumbest shit like he would say rape jokes. And I would always feel uncomfortable about those jokes.

He was the reason why this school was a living hell to me.

But, Linus was always by my side.

As me and Linus went to hang out in the library to ramble our mouths off about some stuff we sat down at the last row of the tables.

We talked and talked a lot about some stuff.

I wasn't so talkative but Linus would go on and on about any topic.

And that's why I like him.

And that was when the bell rung.

We both went out of the library and gave each other a hug.

Then finally, we waved goodbye to each other.