LOST

Chapter 1

Summer 2024, Compton California. The world's music playing around me, the heat reaching its peak as the sunrises.

AC blasting through the rusty house on the side of 13th and Akron.

The prostitutes and crackheads are going back into hiding or begging for the next fix.

The store owners  opening up stores and people getting ready to go to work if they ain't already there.

I open my eyes to the sound of my alarm whining, I roll over smacking it till it is turned off, and rolling back to sleep.

My sleep was interrupted when my mother came into the room.

"Go on ahead and get up just because it's summer doesn't mean you gonna be laying up in my house." She says rolling her neck

I roll my eyes while looking in the opposite direction

"It's 8 am" I reply not trying to sound like I'm getting smart

"I don't give a flying fuck what time it is get up, you need to head over to the center. They giving out them summer jobs you need one you ain't bout to be in my house all damn summer." She says before dragging my blanket on the floor and opening the blinds

I shove the pillow that was on the side of me in my face and scream lightly as she exits my room

I get up, stretch, and roll my eyes, It was the first week of summer break and all I wanted to do was lay down in my bed and watch tv

In some type of way I did need to get out  of the house and do something with my life I just wasn't feeling it

I reach for my Roku remote turning on my TV to play some music while I get ready

Play "𝗣𝘆𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗱𝘀" 𝗯𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻

I grab my phone to check for any notification
There weren't any

I didn't understand why I always checked my phone when I knew nobody texted my phone

I place my phone on my nightstand head over to my closet and stand there looking at my clothes

All this shit in my closet and I still can't find shit to wear I wanna look on Pinterest but let's be fucking real you see something on there and you try to put it together and it ends up not looking like what you want

I find a brown tank and a white skirt and I place it on my bed and grab my perfume and lotion

After everything is said in done I do my hair and then my makeup because every girl knows how clothes, and hair, make

I head over to the kitchen and see what's in there, It was the end of the month and my mom had run out of stamps so we didn't have a lick of shit

There were some fruity pebbles and a little bit of milk but I thought maybe I would just skip breakfast and just catch the bus to the center

I close the door and lock it stepping onto the porch there sat 2 foldable chairs and a little table with an ashtray I step down the steps and
Just stand there for a minute it was hot and I just wanted to go back in the house

I start walking to the bus stop placing on my headphones to listen to music

Music spoke to me I always found myself lost in it or making up fake scenarios I believe if you don't do that then you are not listening to music right

The bus pulled up and I scanned my card and found a seat at the far back of the bus

I looked up from my phone because my nose started smelling a sweet strawberry-like smell I saw a brown-skin girl move to the back of the bus

I found myself staring at her and looking quickly back at my phone because I didn't want to seem like I was weird

Plus I had other shit to be worried about I needed to give Mac over 3 bands and I don't even know who would take me for a job with my record

I was looking all online and couldn't find shit or anyone to help me the only place I could think of was the Rec maybe they had a janitor job or I could teach the kids something

I didn't wanna go back to stealing cars I have been doing good my grades have been decent and I stop drinking and being in the streets so much this shit was a major setback

The bus microphone started to speak letting me know that my stop was coming so I pulled the yellow string on the side of the bus
I stood up grabbed my book bag and nodded at the bus driver

I was daydreaming and I didn't notice that the bus had made a stop I hurried and tried to pull the yellow string and I grabbed my stuff and walked off the bus

I made my way to the center entering through the front door, I looked around for where I could look for the staff, and I stumble into a boy