Dirty Sheets

Chapter 1, Reminisce

Dirty Sheets
Chapter 1, page 1
Adrianna's POV

It was September 20, three days away from my 3rd year of college. It had been a rough couple of years, as I had to financially take care of my self and my student debt.

My brother, Adrian, had a full ride since he professionally plays soccer. He can be very good but Adrian gets a bit cocky sometimes.

I usually visit him twice a week, but our schedules always end up clashing, due to me focusing on art, and him on his sport.  Sometimes, I even take care of his daughter, Gabriella, when he is too busy.

I have to go check up on him and how he's taking care of our abuelo, and abuela. I love my abuelitos. If it wasn't for them, I probably would've been put into the care system.

Although my relationship with Abuela is amazing, my Abuelo doesn't like me a lot.

Abuelo blames me for what happened to my Mama, and honestly, I don't hate him for it. I was one of the reasons Mama passed away, and that was his only daughter. Sometimes, I used to ask myself why was I born.

My mother was a beautiful woman. She was the epitome of brains and beauty. Every time my Abuela told me about her as a kid, I would admire and try to imagine myself as her.

She was a painter and created canvases so beautiful. I would stare at the paintings she made of her and my father when I was younger.

I never really got to know my father. My brother told me he passed away of a heart condition before my mom gave birth to me.

He was very handsome as well. Both my Mama and Papa looked like they had came out of a 90s movie. My brother looks a lot like our Papa.

Adrian had told me to come over to spend some time with my niece, and my abuelos. Its been a month since I last saw them. That was before they 'kicked' me out of their house.

They didn't exactly kick me out, but they got the message across. That was when I decided to move out and get my own place.

The only problem with that was, I didn't have enough to cover my house bills. I was working two jobs, with day and night shifts. It is so hard to find good houses for good prices. In the end, I decided to buy an apartment place.

Since bills are too much for just me, I was thinking of renting out both empty rooms. At least that way, I'll make friends and can live without losing my lights, gas, and water.

I got up and off of my couch after putting on my shoes. I go to the front house mirror to look at myself. God, I need to buy more clothes. I look like a 2016 tumblr girl.

Anywho, I have to go visit Abuelo and Abuela. Should I bring something? I probably should. I still have those toys I bought a while back for Gabriella. I'll bring those and some food over as well.

I walk over to grab my keys from the hanger and start to open my door. "Luna?" I call out for my cat. Luna comes up to me and rubs herself on my legs.

I pick her up and look at her. "I'll be gone for a bit okay? Don't eat so much of your food and our neighbor will check up on you okay?" I say, kissing her head. She meows, jumps out of my hands, and goes to her cat stand.

I walk out of the door, closing it and locking it. I leave a spare key for my neighbor under my hanging plant.

Sometimes my neighbor likes to bring me little plants he grows in his garden. He had a girlfriend who would bring them to me but she hasn't for a while.

I wonder if they are still together? I walk to my car and unlock the door. Sitting inside my car, I turn it on and soon start to back out of my parking spot.

It takes a while to get to my brother's house. I start driving on the freeway, on my way to Adrian's. He lives about 45 minutes away from me. I don't mind that as much since he lives closer to his baby mama.

As i'm getting closer to his house, I start eating some of the food I brought.

I arrive to his house and see my Abuelo standing outside cleaning the lawn. He looks at me, Half smiles, and then continues to do what he was doing. "Hola Abuelo, how are you?" I saw trying to make small conversation.

"Muy bien mija." He replies shortly, still not looking at me. I think you can tell he doesn't really like me. He never likes to fully acknowledge me or even talk to me. He's just your typical grumpy old man.

I smile at him and walk inside the house. Thats when I see my brother playing around my Abuela. "Abuela! I missed you so much!" I say while jogging over to her.

She smiles and gives me a tight hug. "Me too preciosa." She rubs my shoulder then lets go to finish what she was doing.

Adrian walks to me and hugs me. "How are you Adrianna?" He says while letting go of the hug. "I've been okay honestly. I finally broke up with Jamie and I'm doing better now." I say as I sigh and take a slow breath.

"That's really good, I was gonna ask you about that actually." He nods in sync as I do. "I brought some toys for Gabriella and some food for you guys." I say as I lay them down.

"Aw, shes gonna love them. Thank you Adri!" He says while admiring the toys. "Well, I have to go in a while cause my shift starts in an hour." I say. It's a good thing my first job is near here. I work as a barista and for my second job, I take care of kids.

"By the way, I wanted to ask you if you wanted to go to a restaurant with me later tonight? I'm celebrating with some of my friends on our contract being renewed. You can bring someone if you want?" Adrian asks me while stuffing his face with the food.

"I don't have any plans for tonight other than staying at home with luna. Yeah, sure. I'll go." I say picking up some of the food.

"Alright! Ill see you tonight. Dress up fancy for it. Also Adri, don't drink so much." He says while laughing. I roll my eyes and mimic what he says.

Hey, at least I'm fun while drunk.

Author's note~

Hello, beautiful people! We have published page 1, chapter 1, on Wattpad finally! Me and my co-writer have been working on this for so long and it's here! Hope you enjoy<3

-EMANY PASUDIO