What You Know

5.

Chapter 5 | Homelife and Happy memories

'A certain darkness is needed to see the stars.'

ANTONIA (TONY) SMITH

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The bell goes and I have I headphones ready to go and to walk home. Gio offered me a lift as did Vito but I didn't want a lift from either. I wanted the walk home to clear my head and listen to my music. I head towards the door but i let other people go in front of me, it gets so busy in the corridors that I don't want to have to elbow the freshmen to get out. I put my headphones on and play my music and as I pass the car park on the way out I see Vito and Giovanni talking and Vito sees me and gives me a wave then Gio turns around and gives me a wave too. They soon turn back to their conversation waiting for the girls so Gio can give them a lift home. 

I walk home and it takes me about 1/2 an our before I reach for my keys and when I finally get home I dump my bag on the stairs. I'll take it up and sort it out later. I head to the kitchen and grab myself a glass of water. Then I head up to my room, with my bag and take my makeup off and do my skincare. I study myself carefully in the mirror and I don't hate what I see. I'm getting better. 

I don't have any homework today thank god and so I grab my phone and change into my pajamas. I scroll my phone and look for recipes to cook for dinner tonight. And something that will taste nice reheated. Dad will be back at about 7 tonight and I don't know when mum will be home but she has books to mark tonight so not soon. Maybe even after dad. She doesn't like to bring work home so she marks everything at the school.

I found a recipe and it says it will take about 1/2 an hour to make it but it's only 4 o'clock and I don't want dinner that early so I head to the living room and I didn't have time before to watch the F1 race but we always record it so I pull it up and watch quallie then the Grand pix. 

(A/n- Quallie is qualifying but in my home we call it quallie for short. Also F1 is great and I won't stand for any slander lol. If you watch it who or what team do you support? I've got a toxic relationship with Ferrari and I support Hamilton but like apart from the team, so if he raced for Aston martin I'd still support him. )

I watch the Aussie GP and i'm in a mess. Ferrari need to sort their shit out cause I feel so bad for leclerc and Sainz did alright but not as good as he can and The 2 safety cars and the huge crash and it's so messy. I head to the kitchen to cook now I've watched the race. I grab my phone and play my playlist and pull up the recipe I found and grab out the ingredients to make it. 

I watch the highlights on channel 4 because we don't have sky sports. When i'm done its about 7, I sit down with my dinner and watch some tiktoks while I eat.

I wash up, pack lunch for tomorrow and fill up a water bottle, I head upstairs and put it all in my bag. I get my journal out of my dresser and sit with me knees up balancing the notebook on them before I start to write about what happened today. I planned my week out on Sunday and so i look and my plan to see if I have anything planned today and i don't thank goodness. I always try to find a new quote everyday to put at the bottom of my journal entry. I find one that described the day perfectly. 'A certain darkness is needed to see the stars'. Cheesy? Yes, do I care? No.

I feel like journaling some more so I find Pinterest in my phone and do some more in the notebook. I feel kind of artsy after that so I grab my sketching pencils and a clean page and start to sketch. After a while I notice the silence and play my playlist while I sketch. I don't really think as I sketch a face and start to shade the features but then I stop to analyze my work and see where I can improve it and I notice it looks awfully like a certain new kid in school. Snapping the book shut I grab my book from my bag and read until dad comes upstairs and reminds me to get some sleep at about 10.

I realize the time and put my book in my bag and say goodnight to him when i get a hug. He holds me tight and whispers that he only got the snap a minute ago and he hopes i'm okay now. I smile knowing that I pushed through and ate my lunch. I tell him I did and he needn't worry. He tells me how proud he is of me when mum rushes upstairs and he lets go. He leaves to go to his room and mum comes and gives me a hug before telling me how good sleep is. She gives me a kiss on the cheek and leaves to go join dad. 

I grab my phone and plug the charger in before leaving it on the side. I play my artic monkeys CD on my CD player to help me drift off to sleep. My alarm is set for tomorrow morning and I have breakfast planned for tomorrow as well as a cute outfit and hairstyle to make me feel cuter seeing as I wore junky clothes the last few days. 

I smile to myself as I think about how proud I am of me before sleeping peacefully through the night. 

----------Author's note----------

Sorry it took so long. I'm okay I promise I just kind of forgot I was writing? I don't know if that makes sense but we had parents evening and mum and dad told my English teacher that I write stories and I kinda just remembered I hadn't written in forever then I came home and scrolled and all the videos were booktok so I took it as a sign I should write something lol. I hope GCSE's and A levels are going well for everyone in the UK and finals are doing well for my USA readers. For the rest of the world I hope your exams are going well too. 

Stay Safe. Xx

Ameretta_Arrow

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