𝑯𝒆𝒚 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝑫𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒉 | ᴹᴰᴳᶜ

TRACK TWO: What's Your Name

I woke up to Alex gently shaking me. I looked over my shoulder at her as she spoke.

"Delilah, wake up. It's school time."

"Five more minutes." I mumbled.

"Come on, we don't wanna be late." She said before leaving the room and closing the door. The guest room wasn't as bad as Alex made it sound last night. She said it would make her more comfortable if I slept on the couch or I take her bed and she could sleep in here because she hasn't checked for bed bugs and hasn't sweeped the room. I'm only staying one night, not forever.

I got up and opened the bag I packed, pulling out my New Jersey Devils jersey and a dark pair of jeans. I put on my sneakers and ended up just dragging my back with me to the bathroom. I turned on the sink, putting my hair in the flowing water. I turned off the faucet and grabbed a towel, drying it slightly before spraying some detangler in and brushing my hair.

I left it down to air-dry as I brushed my teeth. I hummed a song to myself as I danced around the bathroom for two minutes. When I was done, I went back to the guest room to grab my backpack before going downstairs.

As I entered the kitchen, I saw Alex messing with Evan's hair.

"Just let me fix the part." She said, following Evan to the cabinets where he grabbed a bowl.

"Mom, my hair's fine." He replied moving away from the comb she had. "Oh, hey." He greeted as he turned to me. "Morning." "You want some cereal?" He asked, pointing to the cabinet with his thumb. "No, I'm alright."

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"Alright," Alex said as she pulled into the drop off line at school. "Delilah, Shawn will be picking you up today so don't forget." "I won't." I answered as I climbed out of the car, following Evan. "Okay, bye! Have a good day!" I heard her exclaim as Evan shut the door. He waved over his shoulder as we walked away.

We met up with Nick and walked down the hall before hearing a familiar voice yell.

"Look out!" I glanced behind me and saw a boy from one of my classes, Sam. He was riding down the hall on his skateboard. He rode past us, throwing himself into a vending machine, making one of the items drop. He grabbed the item that had fallen and high-fived his friend. We walked toward him. "Sam Samitar!" I said, as we fist bumped "Hey, D!" He replied.

"Sam, I see you like throwing yourself into large objects." Evan stated. "If somebody dares you to do something, you got to do it, right?" Sam said, adjusting the strap on his helmet. "Well we were wondering if maybe you wanted to join our hockey team?" Evan asked. Sam shook his head. "Nah, too many rules. I'm not a rules guy." He hopped back on his skateboard and road down the hall as the three of us exchanged looks.

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Nick and I walked to the cafeteria while Evan went to try to get Sofi to join the team. As we passed some tables, we came across a group of popular girls with their hair in high ponytails and their Brandy Melville expensive mall clothes. I saw Maya and continued to walk to a vacant table.

"Hey, I can't ask them alone." Nick said. "Come on, you dont have to talk– well, maybe. I dont know how this could go." I sighed and followed him. "Fine." He placed his tray of food on the end of their table and spoke. "Hello, ladies!" He smiled as I stood a foot behind him, glaring at them.

"I love that crop top! Is that Brandy Melville?" He said as they all looked at him like he was weird and crazy. "So, we were just wondering if maybe you wanted to join our hockey team?" Nick asked. Some of them looked at me in disgust and others in slight fear. All but Maya. She looked at me, trying to hold back a smile. I looked at her with a small smile.