Deeper than your Knife

Ch. 2 - In trouble

The aggravating sound of Liliah's alarm clock woke her once more. It was always the same, she never felt anything different as she awakened. Today was different. Today she felt excited, and eager to see someone. After yesterday evening she developed a little crush, just a small one. She never thought of the consequences of having that crush.

A sweet voice came from the gentle creek coming from her door. "Breakfast is ready, Lily. Hurry and get ready," Liliah's mother spoke.

Liliah crept out of bed into her bathroom to brush her teeth. She stared in the mirror while using back and fourth movements with her toothbrush. Zander was surely handsome, and intriguing. Liliah brushed her thoughts of the new guy away.

SPIT

She wiped her remaining fluids off of her mouth and put on an outfit. Simple, yet still complimentary. She wore a light green cropped tank top, and white baggy jeans. Liliah gently put on sea foam jordan 4's and her gold cross necklace she wore daily. She brushed her hair and applied moisturizer, sunscreen, mascara, and highlighter.

Heading out her bedroom door, Liliah greeted her mom.

"Finally you left your cave- aww sweetie you look lovely. Who are you trying to impress?" Liliah's mother squealed.

She giggled back, "Relax mom, i always dress like this. It's casual!"

Her mother rolled her eyes with a gentle grin and set her breakfast on the table. Liliah loved her moms meals, she could never get enough of them.

Liliah gasped excitedly, "Mom! These are your special at the dinner.. Homemade blueberry waffles with-"
Her mom cut her off smiling widely, "Cloud pastries i know." Liliah jumped into her moms arms questioning, "Jesus, how long did it take to make the cloud pastries?"

Her mother hushed her and encouraged her to eat. Liliah's bond with her mother was delightful. Her mom was just like Liliah, caring and beautiful. Liliah's dad was always out working, so he never really had time to spend with him family. Mr. Mildred was almost stranger to them, he would be if he didn't show up to family events. He would creep into him and his wife's bed while she was asleep, and leave for work before she woke. He was a busy man and made a lot of money, but that couldn't make up for the lack of place in the family. Liliah didn't let that affect her though, she loved her father just as much as her mother. It wasn't fair to her mom, but Mrs. Mildred loved her husband with a full heart, as well.

Liliah finished her breakfast and texted Zoey to pick her up for school. Liliah got impatient and walked over to her house to wake her up. Zoey is Liliah's next door neighbor, and everyone trusts her, of course she has a key to Zoey's house. Regularly, this would be really weird, but Zoey isn't the most stable of people and her parents trust Liliah more thank Zoey.

Liliah marches up the stairs into Zoey's bedroom and shouts to her, "If you're asleep by the time i get in there i'm canceling your nail appointment!"
See... Liliah wouldn't really do that, nor does she have a sense of power over her friends, she just says stuff like a mom would to her foolish best friend.

Zoey wakes up to one of her best friends shouting and fumbles out of bed, hitting her head on the floor. Liliah opens the door and rolls her eyes. "Zo, we can't do this every day!"
Zoey replies, "Maybe you shouldn't have failed your driving test!"
Liliah snarks, "You were the one who begged to come along, and the covered my eyes as a 'prank'- WE COULDVE DIED!"
Zoey chuckles and gets up to her bathroom to brush her teeth.
Liliah rolls her eyes and chuckles while organizing her friend's vanity. Although Zoey wasn't the brightest, she was dear to Liliah. Being known to one's heart is one of the greatest accomplishments to Lily.

Zoey starts the car with her best friend by her side.

Liliah lectures, "maybe if i stayed with you a couple nights, i could help you get your shit together."

Zoey agrees while driving to school. They exchange conversation, perfectly imperfect. Liliah and her friends are so compatible because they're the only ones that bring out her imperfections. Towards anyone else, Liliah is flawless. She never really knows who to trust, she rarely gets to that point. Liliah was terrified or friends until she joined her friend group. She's the reason it's still going, too.

Liliah leaves her head out the window, for her hair to flow through the wind perfectly.

After a bit Liliah wakes up from the sudden stop of motion, they arrived. Zoey and Liliah exit the vehicle and grab their belongings to go inside. The two girls turn their heads at the same time towards the direction of a screaming girl. Their best friend, Emmy is running around. Carter wraps his arms around Emmys waist to catch her, panting from chasing her. Zoey is suddenly tackled by Justin, giggling and slapping the back of his neck as she gets up. This is almost a daily routine for them. Their little group, Liliah, Zoey, Emmy, Carter, and Justin. Liliah kind of fifth wheels, but they don't know that yet. Lily already found out the perfect matches, it's honestly obvious, but her friends are dumbasses.

"Okay okay, y'all i need to get to class," Liliah blurts.
Emmy agrees and wraps and arm around Liliah while dragging her to their class together. Zoey heads off with Carter and Justin, they have the lower classes.

Liliah pokes Emmy's unconscious, drooling cheek," Em, get up.. Professor shit-squats gonna eat you alive if she sees your sleeping. Emmy wakes up and giggles at her friends comment.

Suddenly Liliah spits a familiar face turned around, easeeavesdropping... NEW GUY!

Zander raises his hand to catch the professor's attention, "Ma'am, it's difficult to focus with these two ladies snickering and being obnoxious during your lesson."

He smirks as my smile drops. My eyebrows furrow and gasp in disbelief.

Professor Shiskuats yells and excuses Smmy and Liliah. Emmy whisper shouts at Zander, while i just stare at him from the side. What the heck? Why is he such a dick today? The other night was so cute with him.

Zander smirks at me while i leave the room with one of my best friends. I've never gotten in trouble before, teachers love me. What power does Zander have to win over the professor that i don't? As i think of it all, Emmy breaks the silence with a scoff and comment, "Who the fuck does he think he is? You're on the top of the damn food chain of this shitty town!"

"Em, profanity! You don't want Professor Shit-wart to escort you out of the hallway too," i giggle.

Emmy laughs and wraps her arm around my shoulder. We ditch school and head to the cafe down the road.