Do I Know You

Is That Who I Think It Is

"good morning cruel world." I mumbled to myself. That's when the alarm chimed again 'maa maa maa ma-' I crushed my hand into it. "Shut up!" I looked at my phone to see the time. "Oh shit oh shit oh shit, no no no this is NOT happening" then I screamed in anger.

I got up so fast, some may think I was straight out of a comic book. I threw on Marvel shirt, the picture of the Avengers was half worn off. Then I slipped on my ripped jeans with big gaping wholes in the knees.

"Get up dick head!" I yelled at my 14 yo brother whom I was forced to drive to school every day. I beat on his door with the side of my fist.

I snagged a pear and headed out to start the car. It was already May. B and I were going to graduate in less than a month. Oh right my brother, Raven got in the car.

"You only get front seat till we get to town. Then Becca gets to sit there."

"But Annamaria, please." Raven begged.

"Nope and DON'T call me Annamaria. It's just Aria and you know that."

"Whatever."

         

"Ok kid get in the back."

Becca got in the passenger seat.

"Hey Bitch!" I called to her

"What up pookie bear!" She called back "ok so my stupid dick wad brother broke his car and he needs a ride to work."

"Ok but he better be waiting in the parking lot no later than 2:50 or he'll be stuck babysitting my brother."

"Ok, great. Hey doofus get in the back."

         

We eventually got to school after listening to our brothers bicker in the back. And yes. They are 14 and 20. Literally like, eye roll. We left the boys in the car and headed to class.

School had never been difficult for me. Well, the classes anyway. I usually went between outsider and average. But none the less. I'd never had a boyfriend. EVER. Now we were about to graduate and I would be going to New York and off to Juliard.

In Facs which was a class that I absolutely HATED, I thought I was going to have another episode.

"Mrs Lark? Can I use the restroom?" I asked anxiously.

"Fine." She muttered, "I swear. Can't even hold it on the last day of school."

I was out of the classroom in a snap. I got to the bathroom and at this point I was freaking out. These things used to happen to me once every few weeks, but they've been occurring so often lately. No one was in there so I went to the big stall and sat on the ground to calm down. That's when it happened again.

"Hi, I'm Dakota!" The little boy says to me on the first day of kindergarten.

"Hi! I'm Ari!" I respond only five years old.

Then it shifted.

"We're gonna be friends forever!" Says the little boy.

"Best friends!" I say

"You guys should date." Says another girl.

"EWW!" Me and the boy, Dakota say.

Then it shifted again.

"Oh my gosh! Dakota! It's been since first grade I missed you."

"Sorry Ari but it's Fourth grade now and my name was legally changed to Ben."