ATWOTW HIGHSCHOOL 🧡🪴

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"Hey where is Ommi and Tuk ?" His soft voice questioned Jake. I focused my gaze towards Tey, watching his puzzle expression- how cute. By this point I've aloud myself to think how I please about him, as long as I NEVER act upon them. I haven't really figured out why I feel this way and I don't plan on it.

"There already there, your Ommi went to the car wash and didn't want to drive home and then back out." After giving his father an understand nod Tey and his siblings headed towards there car. A subtle feeling of emptiness hit my heart- like when my favorite shows ends. Knowing that I will never see those characters again, that I already know what happens to them and how it ends. The feeling of never seeing them again- never seeing Tey again.

Mindlessly I walked down their driveway and seated myself in are car. At first I didn't realize how turned off my brain was- just going through the motions.

"Hey who do you guys think 'Tuk' and 'Ommi' are ?" Tsireya had questioned. Her voice brought me back to reality, turning my brain off auto pilot.

I almost made the mistake of responding to my sister's question. By Tuesday I already knew that Tuk was their sister, I would secretly glance over to her during my class service hours. Watching the little things she did- pour glue on herself till it dried and peel it off, play with her braids only during english due to anxiety, but most of all I watched how lonely she was. Never going up to the other kids, eating lunch by herself, slowly sighing as she watched her classmates play with each other at recess, and the list carries on. I desperately wanted to introduce myself to her but was afraid she would tell her siblings- then I would be getting too close.

But to my surprise Ro started to speak in an uplifting tone, "Oh well 'Ommi' is their mom and Tuk is their younger sister. She's actually in Mrs. Greenes class with Ao-"

"Wait- she is ? I would have noticed... cause the last name." Shit- I shouldn't have that. Now this is just another lie I would have to follow. All the distancing without distancing myself from the Sully's was becoming messy.

"Well she is !" Ro kept pushing as if he was annoyed or maybe even angry with me. I pocketed this thought in the back of my mind.

" How do you know this ?" Tsireya asked turning to Ro. That's a good question- how did he know this ?

" Lo'ak told me." My sisters face started to flush- even from the back I could spot the dimples cradling in her cheeks. I'm gunna kill Lo'ak if he try's anything with MY sister.

" Well don't get too close to those freaks-" Before I could stop myself the words had already come out. The last week had made me fearful- my siblings were growing closer and closer to them.

" Yes, let's try and distance ourselves." Wow- it's no secret how judgmental my mother could be, but this was on another level.

Instead of obsessing over her response I pushed my back into the seat- relaxing my body. Tracing my fingertips over the edge of the door- following the handle all the way down to the little speaker wholes. Clearing my mind- thinking of nothing. This was peaceful, far more peaceful then when I go off line. Yes- this state of consciousness was soothing. My eyes began to flutter shut, the cool vents hitting face forced my bodies temperature to drop. A sudden wave of tiredness struck me. The next thing I knew Tsireya was violently shaking me awake, "Ao let's go !"

" Okay, okay fuck."

"Language son." My fathers tone was always deep and harsh, even when he didn't mean it to be. I knew he never meant it to be, but as always my fight or flight instincts launched- I felt threatened.

"So Kiri can full on cuss out her dad, but I can't even cuss NEAR mine ???"

My moms pupils dilated just by the mention of a Sully. "Don't compare this family to 'theirs'." No one knew how to respond, so no one did. We all slowly gathered are belongings and stepped toward the front of 'Sunrise Cafe'. It was right on the edge of the water. The building was very small with lots of outdoor seating, and many various plant life growing around it. We have come here ever since I was little- every day after early morning swim practice, my mom would buy us hash browns and vanilla smoothies. I could already feel my body being transported back in time, the difference between now and then astonished me. This uplifting mood shifted as the Sullys gathered around us, but this time with their mom and Tuk. Their mother was gorgeous- dark skin, glowing eyes, very long and slim figure, with large bright gold ear gauges, and a hot pink maxi dress with little green flowers.

"Okay I'm gunna go get us a table !" My father clapped his hands together and quickly made his way inside. While he was gone their was only uncomfortable silence. No one knew what to talk about so no one talked. My eyes started to linger from one person to another- assessing the situation at hand. Jake: Legs spread wide swaying his weight while his hands rested in his pockets. Their mom ?: Holding Tuk on her hip with a resting bitch face. Tuk: Playing with her mothers braids. Lo'ak: Looking back and forth between a bush and my sister- what the fuck. Tey: My mind went blank. His resting face looked thoughtful and carrying. Like anyone could approach him and without hesitation he could help. I stopped looked once I started, the fear of being caught was always there.

"Okay we got table 3, which is to the right over here." My father pointed out a large rectangular table placed in shade. He started to led us towards the spot as I looked around for a seat. In hopes of not over complicating the situation I just sat down in a random chair. To my left sat Mom and to my right... there he was.

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