Metanoia
(meh-ta-noy-ah)
Greek
(n.) the journey of changing one's mind, heart, self, or way of life; spiritual conversion.
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Inside the warm home, everyone was asleep, dreaming abo...
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"Avyanna!"
"..."
"AVYANNA RIVERA! Wake Up!" yells my loving teacher, Ms. Hogan. I swear she can never let me sleep in peace.
"Yes," I answer, feeling annoyed already. Ms. Hag enjoys disturbing my sleep during her classes, which is history. She is a short lady around 4'11 or 5' in height. She's 30 years old but her caked face always makes her look 60 instead of looking in her 20s, like she wants, she looks like a hag. She has this huge problem with me. For what reason, I have no idea.
" Why are you sleeping in my class? Again? Every single day. Do you want to be sent to the office again?" Ms. Hag asks, clearly frustrated with me.
Maybe because you enjoy pranking her.
My friends burst out laughing. Clearly enjoying seeing me suffer again. I simply ignored her bickering, closing my eyes again and trying to go to sleep again.
"THAT'S IT! Avyanna, Kasumi, and Knox to the office this instance."
Groaning, I get up slowly heading toward the door. My friends following behind, still laughing. However, instead of heading towards the office, I turn right, where the stairs are leading to the roof.
On the way, Knox sends a message to our other friends, Kaira and Azrael, to head up as well. The roof is our turf. No one is allowed up here. Those who have tried ended up with either a broken nose or wrist. That caused the entire school to call us the 'Devil Squad'. Ridiculous honestly.
Don't get me wrong, we are dangerous but that name just ain't it. We just let it be though. We are a group of five. 3 girls and 2 boys. When we are around school, we normally don't show emotions but that doesn't mean we don't laugh, joke around, and all that shit. Now let me give you a brief introduction to the idiots I call friends.
Knox, Kasumi, and Kaira are triplets. Knox being the oldest and Kaira the youngest. However, we like to think of ourselves as siblings, even though not all of us are blood-related. Ma and Pa, who are the triplet's parents, Luca and Clementine Herrera, consider us as their quintuplet troublemakers. Azrael and I both live with them.
A weird coincidence in the group is that our birthdays are all in August, just different days.
Knox Silas Herrera. He is 17 and the most annoying one in the group. He enjoys annoying us. He normally ends up with bruises or a broken nose. He is really protective over the group, mostly us girls, but knows his limit since we can easily take down anyone who messes with us.
Kasumi Nessa Herrera. The childish one of the group. She loves pulling pranks on us and is a major game head. She also loves skating and is very short-tempered. A ticking bomb to be specific. She is also extremely protective of the group and would do anything if you hurt one of us.
Kaira Annissa Herrera. The mama of the group. She enjoys going on adventures and dragging us along with her. She wants to be a doctor when she is older and has been studying medicine since she was 12. Knows how to play the guitar.
Azrael Miles Alvarez. He is 17 and is the mature one of the group. He is very protective of the group. Very supportive and gives the best advice. A huge cuddling bear. Likes playing video games with Kasumi.
Then there's me. Avyanna Rivera. I'm very protective of those I'm close to. I know how to play a number of instruments, cook, bake and so much more. I have a passion for learning new things. Now don't think because of that, that I enjoy school cause you're wrong. School is a living hell.
Well, that's enough of that.
Currently, all five of us are sitting down and talking about pranks we could do tomorrow during the school assembly. We have one every 2 weeks on Fridays.
Our talking is cut off by my phone ringing. All my friends turn to me, raising an eyebrow as if asking me, who is it. I don't get calls regularly so it's quite shocking.
I take out my phone from my back pocket to see who it is. Unknown Number. That's even weirder.
"It's an Unknown number," I tell them softly. It's probably a wrong number or something.
"Answer it. It might be important," Knox says with a shrug.
"Put it on speaker just in case," states Kasumi as well.
Pressing the accept icon, I quickly put it on speaker before speaking.
"Hello," I say. Keeping my voice, void of any emotion. My friends lean forward in their chairs concentrating on the call. They are so nosey, I swear.
"Hello. Am I speaking to Avyanna Rivera?" a deep unfamiliar voice spoke through the phone. How the hell does this person have my number? I never give my phone number to people I don't trust, even worse to a stranger.
"Who am I speaking to?" I am not bothering to answer his question just yet.
"This is the Minneapolis Police Department. I'm Officer Taylor Harrison. Am I speaking with Ms. Rivera?" answers Officer Harrison.
Fuck, I think I know where this is heading. My friends and I all share the same look.
"Yes, this is her. May I ask what the reason is for me to receive a call from MPD?" I ask. My voice softening a bit.
"I think it would be better to speak in person instead of through call, Ms. Rivera. It is something serious that we must tell you. Can you come down to the station?" he says, sounding sympathetic, I think.
Fucking lucifer. If it's what I think it is, then I'm going to kill a bitch.
"Can you please tell me now? I'm not in Minneapolis. I'm in New York." I tell him, starting to get impatient. Clenching my fist waiting for him to say the words.
"It's your father, Mr. Kade Santiago... He's dead."
Hey guys. So how was the 1st chapter?
Please point out if there are any mistakes. I appreciate it.
