Her Beauty

3

I open up my eyes to the feeling of bright warm sunlight hitting me from my window and to the smell of delicious chocolate chip pancakes and bacon. I shift myself out of bed and put on music to get my day off to a bright start. Julian must have heard that I was up because I heard knocking on my door immediately after the music started playing, he peeps his head in and yells "Hey! Breakfast is waiting for you downstairs and change into something nice We are going out immediately after you finish eating." I tilt my head and wonder to myself Where could we possibly be going? Julian closed the door leaving me confused and curious about my thoughts.

I settled on changing into nice black jeans, a light brown cardigan, and a black high-top Converse, with a silver chain necklace that had a green gem heart at the bottom which my mother gave me for my 15th birthday. I decided to leave my hair down and take a picture of my outfit to show Scar.

   Me: (1 image attached) Hey bitch look how good my outfit is.

Scarlet: GIRLL YOU LOOK AMAZING <3

I smile and click off my phone grab my tote bag with my wallet and phone in it and walk downstairs to eat my food which smells amazing and looks beautiful. Julian helps wash the dishes while I put away the leftovers and we head to the garage to get into Julian's shiny black truck which matches his personality perfectly. I was feeling stuffed from breakfast so I decided to take a nap while Julian drove to wherever we were going.

I feel the car stop and Julian lightly tapping my shoulder while I toss and turn slowly waking up. Julian whispers "Hey we are here Angie" I look out the window and know exactly where we are at. my parent's grave site. My head turns to Julian and I give him a sad smile, He puts his hand on my shoulder gives me a warm smile, and reminds me it's going to be okay. We step out of the car and hands me the flowers he must have gotten while I was passed out. I think to myself I haven't been here in so long. The thought of our parents not being here with us just shatters my heart. I remember every other Saturday my dad would go to the backyard and grill cheeseburgers while Julian and I would play Marco Polo with our cousins who would come over. My mother would always ask me in the morning to help her bake the cookies and lecture me to not eat too many before jumping in the pool. I miss my parents. I miss our family being so happy together. I just want my family and life back.
I sit in front of their grave and say hi to them and tell them how I have been doing and how I'm starting ice hockey back up again. As teardrops run down my face I scream out "I will find the bitch who hit you and kill them even if it's my last day on earth!". I cry my eyes out lower the flowers onto their grave and walk back to the car while Julian talks to them alone.

After we visited the tombstones, Julian decided we should grab some Italian food and go watch a drive-in movie since it was getting late. I happily agreed and suggested we should watch Ratatoulie since it was showing tonight. I honestly don't know where I would be in life without my brother. He has been there for me through it all and I don't know how to ever repay him for it. I didn't even notice Julian had pulled into the drive-in movie theater until I felt the bumpy road underneath our tires. The movie started and he pulled the food out which smelled delicious. He got me the chicken alfredo with light sauce which is my favorite and himself the lasagna which I snuck bites off when he wasn't looking.

After the movie was over we decided to grab some milkshakes from a local ice cream shop and head home. Once we get home I get into the shower and wash my hair so I can feel clean before I go to bed. I throw on an oversized shirt and pajama shorts and text Scar to ask if she wants to watch my tryouts tomorrow.

Me: Hey Scar! Are you busy tomorrow?

Scarlet: Nope! What's up?

Me: Do you want to come to my tryouts tomorrow and watch?

Scarlet: Sure!

Me: Awesome! Julian and I will drive by your place and pick you up at 1 p.m.! Good night!

Scarlet: Night!

I text Julian to let him know to plan and turn on some Lofi music to listen to while I slowly fall asleep.