To Catch A Dream

Chapter One

Talias POV

BEEP-BEEP-BEEP-BEEP. My alarm rings for the forth time, i feel around my bedside table until my hand bumps the cool metal surface of my alarm clock. I press the button located on the top of the clock and snuggle back under the covers of my warm slept-in bed. I open one eye, the morning light hasn't filtered through my curtains yet but I'm sure its not far from it. I shut both my eyes and pull the blanket over my head. I really didn't want to get up, not now, and definitely not today. today was April 23, My birthday. look my birthday isn't the worst day of the year but to me it is. It was the day my Mother died because of complications of child birth, My birth. at least I have Tiffany she'll probably take me shopping later toda- "TALIA LINFORD! I HAVEN'T HEARD A SINGLE FOOTSTEP IN YOUR ROOM GET UP ITS 7AM". Shit. Grandma's here early. I flung the covers off my head, and from an outsider perspective it probably looked like I flew 2 meters out of my bed and in to my cupboard. when I walked out of my room Archie my older brother who was chowing down of a giant pile of pancakes, probably one of the reasons he got up this early Archie Linford can smell pancakes from a mile away. next to him is Grandma sitting in the seat she usually sits in when she comes around, she's in the middle of sipping her tea when she spots me lurking behind the corner of the doorframe. "Taila!" she exclaims "your finally up, come give your grandma a hug". "good morning grandma  its good to see you" I say as hug grandma tightly. although the strict abrasive woman grandma is, she is surprisingly affectionate with her grandchildren. she whispers in my ear "happy birthday my sweet girl" as we end the embrace. 'happy birthday Talia, how many pancakes would you like' I barley noticed my dad quitely making breakfast on the stove when I first walked into the kitchen. "three, please" I say as I'm sitting down in the chair next to Archie. 'hawpy burh ay, swis' (happy birthday, sis) he says with a mouthful of pancake. 'huh? I didn't quite catch that' I say mockingly, " don't talk when your mouth is full child" grandma groans in a clearly annoyed tone. 

when dad finally sits down at the table with his share of pancakes its around 7:30am, me and Arch are finishing the last couple of bites before we head out the door to the bus. while we are waiting arch is gulping down his last pancake. 'arch how can you possibly eat that many pancakes?'. "its a talent, what can I say?" he says playfully, while licking the maple syrup off his fingers. " mhmm your so talent that you could go on Australia's got talent and score the golden buzzer" I say sarcastically. before he gets a chance to rant about how he would one hundred percent win X factor or another lousy talent show on tv, the bus pulls up. 

as I hop on to the bus I spot Tiffany almost instantly her blonde wavy hair, pale skin and uncanny good looks you could spot her from a mile away, I look extraordinarly average with my brown hair brow eyes and tan skin. come to think of it she's had more boyfriends than I can count on one hand. 'Talia! happy Birthday!!' Tiffany said the moment she spotted me. 

I ran down the bus the meet her at in the bus seat 3rd from he back but before I reached the seat my front got caught on something in the aisle I felt the blood rush to my head as I face planted into Tiffanys pink converses. my head burns. when I gain consciousness of he situation I lift my self up enough to look behind me at what tripped over. my visions a blur. when my eyes adjust I see an all familiar dark hair and Piercing blue eyes. River Black. he's hated me since primary school. typical River. this is always his usual; making my life more difficult than it has to, it didn't make my head hurt any less knowing it was river that had tripped me if anything it hurt worse. Tiffany tried to help me up but I pushed away her hand. I stood up and slapped River as hard as I could across the cheek. ' ow why the fuck did you slap me Linford?' rubbing his bright red left cheek whit his hand. "I don't know?.. why the fuck would you trip me Black!?" I shouted getting the whole buses attention.Tiffany grabbed my arm and had to drag me into my seat before I started a fist fight on the bus. as I sit down I feel warm hands on my shoulder. Daimen. he rests his head on my shoulder "what was that all about babe? chill out, Rivers my mate no need to be hostile' he whispers in my ear before kissing my neck. Daimen and I have been together since year seven. at one point I thought I might marry him we've been together so long, even when he kisses me now I still get butterflies. 'sorry babe you know river he always hits a nerve in me", I whisper back I turn to face him, our lips are so close ' hey, aren't you gonna say happy birthday to me?'. 'oh, yeah happy birthday babe' he pulls away from me clearly embarrassed. Tiffany turns to me 'can we get the good Chinese after school its your birthday after all'.  'but I was thinking we could get stea-' she interrupts me before I can finish. 'so Its a plan we'll get Chinese' she looks back down at her phone before I can get another word in before I can get another word in.

Rivers POV

I'm sitting on the bus listening to the radio its playing Hungry like the wolf by Duran Duran. I'm zoned out, not really paying attention the chatter, tiktok videos playing loudly in the back of the bus, Tiffany and Daimen making out, the buzz of the heater- wait. Tiffany and Daimen making out?. isn't Daimens dating Talia. maybe they broke up? even if they did break up it doesn't make it any less disturbing, Talia and Tiff have been friends for as long as i've known the two. There is no way Talia would let that slide. my minds racing to every possible other possibility than Daimen cheating, don't get me wrong me and Talia's relationship is 'rocky' to say the least, we've never really been able to be in the same room without starting a fight to some degree. but no matter how annoying and stupid Talia is she dosen't deserve this. when we reach Talia stop. Tiffany pulls away from Daimen, 'this ones Talia's stop, act cool' she says before she turns away to look out the window. Daimen just can't help himself he has to try to kiss Tiffanys neck just as Talia walks down the aisle of the bus. I can't think. I have to think even if Linford hates me for what I'm about to do. I fling my leg out into the aisle. Thump. Talia's on the bus floor her head is buried into Tiffanys pink converse. shit, did I hurt her? after a second of laying there on the cold hard floor she turns to me. when she spots me she looks so angry that steam might as well shoot out of both ears. then she finally recovered from her fall she storm straight over to me and- SLAP. face burns. I rub my left cheek 'oww, why the fuck did you slap me Linford?' Talia looks at me more annoyed she has every reason to be mad I tried her what the fuck was I thinking? 'hmm I don't know, why the fuck did you trip me black!?' Talia yells back, the whole bus is watching. before I can answer, Tiffany pulls Talia into her seat, both Tiffany and Daimen act like they weren't totally making out second before Talia got on the bus. come to think of it they were walking to the bus together even though they live in completely different neighbourhoods, don't think about that-.  even if they did why do I even care? Daimen can make his own decisions. its not like I have anything to do with Talia and Daimens relationship.