Demitri has always been to himself since an incident. He doesn't talk much. Really he doesn't speak at all. He feels as if interacting with others only causes trouble and damage to your life. He wanted a fresh start and decided to move in with his...
I'm currently on my way to California. My parents thought it was a good idea for me to have a fresh start after what happened. We've been on the road for at least 7 hours already. My brother flew to Louisiana and we drove my car back. Me and my brother didn't really talk much since he moved away when I was 8. Maybe this will help us get closer. But it's gonna really be hard honestly. My guard is up when it comes to letting people in my life now. It's honestly something I just can't help.
"Okay we're here" my brother Monty cheesed.
I finally look up and escape my thoughts to see us pulling up to my brothers house. Not gonna lie. His house was enormous. Especially to say he lived alone. So honestly I really don't see why he needed to have such a GIGANTIC house.
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"Ready to spend some time with big bro?" Monty said eagerly.
I responded by hunching my shoulders. It's gonna take me some time to adjust and get comfortable.
We walk in the house and Monty shows me where I'll be sleeping at.
"Here you can have this room. It's on the second floor so you can have your privacy".
I give him an understanding expression and he says "ok then. I'll be downstairs in my room if you need me".
After he leaves I look around and examine the room. It's honestly really pretty and reminds me of my room back at home. The colors match. The lights. All it's missing in a vanilla frosting scent and it'll be as if I never left.
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I plugged up my diffuser and put my scented oil in. I took deep breaths and thought to myself, "ok, so far so good".
I laid in my bed and thought about how in about a month I'm gonna start school. I've never been a new student so I really don't know what to expect. I do plan on getting active and joining groups so I can grow out of this social anxiety.
As I'm thinking about what's to come, I'm pulled out of my thoughts when I hear a knock on my door.
" Hey, you and I are gonna go get something to eat so I'll be downstairs in the car waiting."
When I heard the car start, I grabbed my phone and wallet and headed downstairs to get to the car.
We head to the city and I look around and notice that my brother lives really close to a lot do fast food restaurants. I guess that's another good thing about moving here. My old town didn't really have fast food places. That close. The closest ones were at least a 20 minute drive.
We ended up going to McDonald's. I got nuggets since I wasn't really hungry.
On the way back home, Monty decided to stop at the nearest dollar store.
"Go inside and get you some snacks to put in your room so you won't have to leave your room as much". I tapped my pockets to make sure that I still had my wallet.
"Nah baby bro, I got you. Here." He handed me his card and told me to get as much as I wanted.
When I got inside I started loading up the basket with snacks. Nkw how much? Let's just said if I don't have to use the bathroom I won't be leaving my room.
On my way to the cash register a basket hits mines from the side. I look up to see who it was and it was this boy.
He was taller than me by a lot and very muscular. Not gonna lie...he was very attractive to my eyes. He had a lot of tattoos which made me think he was an adult until I saw he had a school ID on.
He had 4 other boys with him. They all looked like they played sports or at least worked out a lot. They most definitely had to be around my age.
Seconds go by and neither is us say anything. I'm looking at him. He's looking at me. Social anxiety kicking in until the boy pushing the basket moved his head to the side signaling me to go in front of him.
I go and pay for my stuff. Shocking that I didn't even get pass 100 dollars with the amount of snacks I got.
On the way out Monty was coming in.
"Wassup boys." Monty says.
" hey coach." All 5 of the boys said in unison.
" remember we start practice tomorrow. We're not gonna be lacking this season like we did in the last one".
" yessir" said the boy pushing the basket.
" By the way this is my baby brother Demitri. He's in your grade and will also be at school with y'all".
I gave them all a cheap wave to avoid conversation and have my brother a look indicating I was ready to go.
We got back home and I loaded up the storage space at the foot of my bed with all the snack I bought today.
I didn't have anything planned for tomorrow so I was just chilling in my bed.
* plays "Body" by Summer Walker *
I lay in bed playing in my hair. Thinking about how nothing went bad today and for once I felt normal. Could this be what I needed? A fresh start? Like I said before. I think I'm gonna like it here.
