autumn sky // Jack Gilinski

ch. 1

I woke up this morning in my parents car. If you're wondering why, my family decided to move to Nebraska from Oregon because my dad had a job transfer. Lame.

As I look outside my backseat window, I start to watch the rain slowly slide down the window. I watch as 2 drops race each other down, I know that's weird but it's something I love to do when I'm bored; in this case, I am.

"Hey dad, how much longer?" I ask, just wanted to get out of this backseat.

He taps his fingers on the steering wheel for what seems like 3000 minutes.
"Oh about... ehh... an hour and a half"

I mentally slap myself in the face with my water bottle. I just want this long ass car ride to be over with. I guess you could say I'm not really excited to move, but I sure as hell am excited to get out of this car. I glance out the window again and sigh. I put on the song 'to build a home' by the Cinematic Orchestra, and start to think... what will people think of me? who will I eat with at lunch? oh god, I'm probably going to eat alone while everyone judges me. I know I sound over dramatic, but I tend to get in my head a lot.

Just when I'm about to have a mental breakdown from overthinking, my phone dings. I look in my lap and see I have a text from my best friend Skylar back home.

Skylar 💩: are you nervous yet for school? I bet there are some total babes, unlike here. 😏😏

Me: oh shut up 😒

Skylar 💩: haaAh. I think you'll be fine ❤️ everyone loves you

I just look at my screen and don't respond... whoops. I don't want to think about anything right now so I lay my head back on my seat.

As soon as I'm drifting asleep my mom wakes me up by yelling,
"OH MY GOODNESS WE ARE HERE. COLLINS WAKE UP, LOOK!"

I look out my window and gaze up at our new house.

Whoa.
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