Bad Boys and Good Girls

Chapter 1

I wake up to the sound of my annoying alarm. How on earth did I forget to turn that off, its summer. I breath the morning air and gracefully rise from my bed. (Actually I yawned and then groaned for a bit. Then ask myself why am I awake. I fall out of bed, cursing at floor, I get back up to shut the alarm off.) Then I see the neon yellow sticky note with black sharpie written on it. I look closer to see "Jobs:" at the top.

My eyes narrow. Why do I need to do jobs during summer? I mean, come on! I already died from months in prison! (Aka: school) And now jobs? My life is so unfair. My phone interrupts me from my thoughts. I check to see who it is. Tessa. I call her Tess for short.

She is my childhood best friend. We both know each other well. She's more of the girly kind, and I'm more of the tomboy kind. But we get along really nice.

Tess: Who's excited about summer?!?

Vi: If it discluds jobs then, ME!

Tess: That sucks, wanna grab a bite before slavery?

Vi: I don't know. I got to clean. :(

Tess: Come on Violet! I'll buy.

Vi: Okay okay. For a little bit. See you there.

I smile. But it slowly drops when I hear footsteps near my door. Out of all the people in my house I know those footsteps.

"I thought I told you to put my shoes where they go!" Rylie shouts with a tinted pink face. Rylie is my older sister. She's 20. I'm 15. And my younger brother is 10. When my parents leave for work, she acts like she is the queen of the house. She bosses all of us around. I get sick of it.

"I did!" Replying with a bit of anger.

"No! They go in my room, not the trash can!" Oops my bad "Did you see my note?" She gestures over to the alarm clock.

I roll my eyes knowing she ruin my summer. "I am tired of you being a smartass all the time!" And I'm tired of picking up after you! I thought. She exhales and stomps off to her room.

I put on jean shorts, a black tank, a loose light grey shirt and roll up the sleeves, I put on my black and white converse and grab my phone ready to head out the door. I take a quick look in the mirror and my mouth drops a bit. My... Hair. I walk out of my room down the hall to the left and then right into my little brother exiting the bathroom.

"Morning! :D" he says happily. I smile at his cuteness. He's wearing navy shorts and a white tank top. "Did you eat breakfast?" I ask curiously wondering if he has been up all morning.

"Yup." he gives a quick smile before running back to his video game on his computer. I hope he will go outside instead of being a hermit.

I start brushing my long darkish brown hair. I put on eyeliner, maskara, and add a bit of brown eye-shadow on top of my eyeliner to give a smokey-ish look.

Hey I haven't been taught yet, but by observing I say I did a pretty damn good job. I grab my snapback BYU hat and put it on backwards to give that tomboy look. I put a bit of lipstick. I hate to have make-up but I look good in it. What can I say? How else are you supposed to look good for the boys? I check my phone to see what time it is. 10:32 p.m. Pretty good in 10 minutes.

Tess and I have this one restaurant called Henry-O's. We meet all the time here for everything. Gossip, venting, quoting, planning, even crushing. It's only 2 blocks from my house so I walk. Since I don't have a car.

I get there and greeted by a new server lady.

"Where's your parents?" I frown. Seriously? I'm 15! Not 5! Geez someone's going on my to-die list. But I just smile and say "I'm meeting a friend, excuse me." She moves aside letting me pass. I'm not letting some servant bringing a downer on my day. I look around and see Tess in one of the booths next to the windows. I walk toward her. She looks up from her phone and smiles.

"Violet!" She greets with a hug.

"Hey Tess." I hug her back. We both sit at opposite sides of the booth.

"So how is the devil doing?" She asks.

I laugh "You mean Ry? Shes a pain as always." I reply looking at the menu.

"And the angel?" I look up from the menu. She adores my little brother. Not my sister as much. But there's a first for everything.

"He's still on the damn computer as always." I reply looking out the window to see birds flying around.

"Okay so I have everything planned out." She burst out. Catching my attention. "For?" "Summer" she fills in. I smile. "But I let you have your Dr.Pepper first. It's a long list." This is why I love you.

I always need caffeine to kick off the morning. The waiter comes to our table. It's Liam. He's around my sisters age but he's not of the dating type.

"Welcome back. Shall I order the usual breakfast?" Tessa and I exchange glances. Then we both nod.

"Alright I'll get your soda's out for you guys." He walks off into the kitchen. We come here so often we are actually pretty good friends with Liam. He knows what we usually get for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Tess goes back to a serious text convo. I stare out the window and start daydreaming. (Like I always do.)

~~~

After we talked for what seemed like hours of planning. I headed back home to slave away. I opened the door and see my sister with her hand on her hips, tapping her foot.

"Where have you been?" she asked a bit irritated.

"I went out to breakfast with Tess." I replied. She looked at me with hard eyes but they grew soft. I was so confused. She must have noticed too because she sighed and dropped her hands down.

"Soon I won't be able to take care of you but just pick up the kitchen and your room." she said calmly.

I searched every square inch of her face for a prank? No, a lie? When I didn't respond she grabbed her keys and kissed my cheek. (Did I tell you I hate kisses and hugs?)

"See you later, money is on the counter for you to go to the mall." She said glancing at me.

"Where did my real sister go?" I asked playfully.

"Only because you look like a monster in your clothes, and I'm tired of you wearing mine. I got to go, I'm going to be late for work." She replied.

There's my sister. I thought. I cleaned my 2 jobs and texted Tess if she was up for the mall.

Tess: I'm up for it. Need a ride?

Vi: that would be great.

Tess: Great, pick you up at noon. Be ready.

I went downstairs to see my brother playing Minecraft on the TV.

"The hermit is out of his cave????" I said sarcastically.

He glares at me and turned his attention back to the screen. I just smile. Where was sweet boy this morning?

I had about and hour and a half till Tess comes get me. (More like her parents) I will I could freaking drive. It would be so much easier. After wandering my house looking for things to do. I end up watching my brother and scrolling through Instagram. I started to think of what I was going to buy. More jeans? Beanies? Shirts? Food??

I will be updating, just not regularly. I will be busy. But please rate and share. And tell me if you have any story ideas. I am looking for some. Thanks!