|𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬| 𝐑.𝐂

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟒𝟓

I wake up the next morning, groaning tiredly. I shield my eyes from the sunlight beaming through my window.

Ugh.. what time is it?

I check my phone on the table, waking me up fully.

8:35

We're going to be so late!

I throw the covers off of me and get out of bed. I walk to the other side of the bed to wake Rafe. "Rafe!" I whisper loudly, shaking him gently.

He groans, opening his eyes. "What's wrong, baby.." he mutters tiredly.

"It's 8:35! We need to get ready for school right now!" I say, sliding off my pajama pants. ——————————————————————————
"Shit!" He says, getting out of bed and pulling on his dark blue jeans. I pull on a pair of black leggings and my black define jacket on top.

I straighten my hair and put on my thick silver hoop earrings to pair it.

Rafe throws on a black t-shirt and combs through his messy hair quickly.

I put on my lipgloss and I run downstairs with Rafe.

I can't be late!

"Don't you guys have any breakfast?" My dad asks, taking a drink of his coffee. "Nope, thanks dad!" I call out to him, tying my laces.

I grab my backpack and Rafe grabs his. "Have a good day at school, you two." My dad shouts, "Bye!" I yell back. ——————————————————————————
Rafe gets in the driver's seat and I open the window above the passenger seat.

We rush inside the main office and get our late slips. "We have English first period." I tell Rafe, looking at our class schedule.

"Alright, let's go." He says, walking down the hall. We put our stuff in our lockers and run inside the classroom.

"Sorry we're late, Ms Collins." I say, handing her the late slip. "That's alright, we're just catching up." She tells me, fixing her glasses. I pant, out of breath from running.

Ms Collin's is my favourite teacher so I knew she would understand.

I fall in my seat, next to Sarah. I lie my head on my desk, sighing. "Why are you late?" She whispers, trying to avoid getting our teachers attention. ——————————————————————————
"I missed my alarm." I tell her, opening my notebook.

She gives me a piece of gum sneakily. "Thank you.." I mouth, unraveling the package.

She nods and continues writing in her notebook. I look at Rafe who is concentrating on his work.

After the bell rings, we meet up with the pogues at lunch. "Hey guys." John B says, sitting down with his lunch.

"Hey." Everyone answers back, including me. I start eating right away, "What did you guys do yesterday?" Jj asks, stabbing his fork in his salad.

I'm sure they would make fun of us if we told them my mom found out about well.. "That."

"I met up with my cousin after school. You know, the one from New York." Kiara mentions, chewing on her food. ——————————————————————————
"Oh yeah, she's pretty cute." Jj says, winking at us. "I'm going to pretend you didn't say that." Kiara replies, looking down at her food.

"What about you, Mads?" John B asks us. I glance at Rafe. "It was pretty chill, I guess." I tell them, smiling.

"That means something happened." Sarah whispers to them although we can hear her. "I get it, it's a secret." Kiara says, poking my arm.