Locked in a lifelong rivalry, Lena and Theo go way back - but do they really know each other?
When Theo goes to college, leaving Elena, his best friend's annoying sister he grew up with, behind at his home town, he thinks that she will never be in...
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It's 9am and they're already fighting, unbelievable. Actually, it is believable since it's how it has been for the past 19 years.
"Calm down, Lena... You just have to get through today and you will never have to hear them fighting again" I say to myself as I put my hair up in a ponytail before exiting my room.
The plan is, going to the kitchen, getting something for breakfast and going back to my bedroom while ignoring the chaos around me, per usual. As I'm picking up my cereals I hear a voice behind me. DAMN IT.
"You're awake! Buenos días mi amor!" This is the thing with my parents. They yell at each other but five seconds later everything is fine.
"Buenos días má" just continue with the plan and go to your room slowly so that she doesn't notice the...
"Are you sure you want to eat that? I thought you were on a diet mija. That's not gonna help you." of course she had to be touching my belly while saying it, as if it's not bad enough already. She hands me an apple and takes the cereal box away from me before I can say anything.
The thing about my mom is that she projects her insecurities on me. She's always been a big person which lead to people being mean to her and constantly commenting on her weight. I think she sees herself in me. Don't get me wrong, I'm not comparing myself to her in that sense, no one has ever made fun of me for it, because I'm not fat. I'm overweight, yes but I'm mid-size, I've always been mid-size. It's, without any doubt, my biggest insecurity and it doesn't help that I find comfort in binge eating. I've learned to accept that I will never be skinny and even though sometimes it makes me feel self-conscious, I'm finally okay with it.
"It's for your own good mija, I just don't want you to go through what I went through" I know she means well but it seriously gets on my nerves.
"It's okay má, I know you're only looking out for me" with this, I hug her.
Back in my room, I look around and can't help but tear up as I do it. I still can't believe I'm actually leaving for college. My whole life I've dreamt about the day I left this household to live away from all the fighting and yelling and now, it's finally time to do it.
"Ready, Ellie?" I know that deep down my dad is sad about me leaving, but he will never show it because that's for the weak, right?
"Yes, dad. Let's go."
About 2 hours later I'm at Oliver's. Oliver is my older brother, the middle one in the family. There's me, Lorenzo, Oliver and Miguel. I'm the youngest. Oli left for college 3 years ago and since then I haven't lived with him. This is gonna be so weird. I'm moving in with him because I'm going to NYU, where he goes. I just hope that he doesn't expect me to give him satisfaction of my life now that we're going to be living together, because if he does he better stop. It's not happening.
I knock on the door and get an answer immediately.
"LENA, what's up? I missed you so much" He looks so nice. He let his hair grow out of that buzz cut, finally.
"Oli, oh my god I missed you too asshole."
"Language, Elena!"
"Sorry Má!"
"Honey, me and your mom need to go. I have work and we need to get on the road."
"But don't worry mi amor, we'll be back on the weekend to see if everything is okay with you." I would rather them not coming but I know they just want to make sure everything is okay "Oliver, I expect you to take care of your sister. She's going to need your help getting to know the ground and new people, introduce her to your friends."
As Oliver is about to answer, I hear someone. I hear his voice. Why is he here? No one told me he would be here.
"Don't worry Valeria, we'll take care of your girl!" Theodore Sage. My brother's life-long best friend. The person I hate the most in the world. Someone please kill me. Kill me painfully.
"Sage... You're here!" stay calm, stay fucking calm "I didn't know I would see you today..." You're doing good Elena, keep a pleasant face.
"Hey El, guess we're going to be seeing a lot more of each other now, especially this week" he smirks. Especially this week? What's he talking about? I plan to ignore his existence forever.
"Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you Lena" this is never good "Theo is going to be living with us for the week."
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?
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AUTHOR'S NOTE
Hii guysss <3 that was the first chapter, I hope y'all enjoyed it but again, if you didn't, stop reading instead of leaving negative comments. Reminder that this is my first ever book so it's obviously not the best but I promise you I'm trying my best :) Thank you for reading my shitty writing and please be patient as I get the hang of it LMAO. Let me know if you have any suggestions for Lena and Theo and don't hesitate to hmu if you find any grammar or spelling mistakes.
I love you all and once again thank you for reading ALLURINGLY, I appreciate every single one of you <3
