Day by day

chapter one

Logan

Senior year.

Everyone thinks of it as your last year before adulthood.

I think of it like the year I finally get to become my own person.

Hi, I'm Logan Corbyn. And I'm two weeks from entering my final year of highschool.

I want this to be my year of exploring, figuring out who I am as a person and not by my parents definition, I want to branch out and do everything I wasn't, or still not allowed to do.

I'm 18 about to turn 19, it's time they start treating me like it. for a little bit of context my parents are super strict with me, because I'm the youngest, and the only daughter.

However my brother, Morgan Corbyn gets to do whatever he wants.

It makes sense, he's the oldest and he's in college but still. There's no need to baby me anymore.

Aside from that, I'm kind of excited for my senior year, a little nervous but mostly excited to see what my senior year brings.

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I wake up to a pounding on my bedroom door, and my best friend Marilyn or as I call her linny shouting at me to "get my lazy ass out of bed and start the day."

Marilyn's my best friend, we've been bestfriends for as long as I could remember, our dads were college friends so our moms grew close in college and then our moms gave birth us somewhere along the way and here we are, with Marilyn shouting at me.

Marilyn is drop dead gorgeous, shes 5'6 with olive skin, super bouncy curls and the prettiest hazel eyes you've ever seen. She does track and volleyball so she's pretty fit.

Marilyn and Naomi are the only friends I've ever been allowed to hang out with really, linny and I met Naomi in the 4th grade. So we're pretty much a trio.

Naomi, she's perfection. She's Japanese and moved here when she was 3, she has long black hair with pale skin and beautiful brown eyes, she's my height, 5'3, and she plays volleyball as well as Linny and I.

I turn over in bed and try to go back to sleep when I hear my bedroom door bust open and linnys weight on top of me.

Linnys the first to speak, "Get up Logan, you promised me and omi that you would go back to school shopping with us today."
"I know." I say, struggling to keep my eyes open.
"Okay then, you have exactly 7 minutes to get up, be fully clothed and ready to go. Omi is wating in the car."
"Okay Okay."

I rise to my full height, I'm about 3 inches shorter than linny, coming in at a whopping 5'3.

Linny walks to my closet and starts looking through my clothes with a confused face, since we live in Florida I'm praying that she gives me shorts and a t-shirt.

Which is exactly what she throws me. Linny picked out some black Levi shorts and a red tube top.

I send her a "you know I would never be allowed to wear that out look." Linny walks up to my bed and sits down, she begins to speak.

"I thought this was your year to go against your parents absolutely ridiculous rules"
I give her a pointed look, she knows shes right, linny almost always is.

I open my mouth, "You know what, you're right."
I get up and begin to change into the outfit linny picked out while she chooses which shoes I wear. Once I'm finished changing I walk over and plop into my vanity chair, I begin to brush my long brown hair.

Then I curl my lashes and move to put mascara on. I put my hair up into a ponytial that flows down to my mind back. Linny hands me my white converes with a pair of socks, I grab them and start to put them on when I hear foot steps

My fathers footsteps to be exact

"Here we go" my best friend says to the left of me.

My father pops his head through my door, he never knocks. "And where are you going young lady?" he says, annoyance hiding within his words. "I have to go back to school shopping eventually, I decided I might as well go today. I already asked mom."

I began to feel conlicted, I thought mom had told him. "Okay, fine, You need to be home by 7:30, sharp. No ands, ifs, or buts. Do you need money?."

I'm struggling with my left shoe when he finishes so I reply with "No" he snaps back with "No what"  "No sir" I reply.
He walks out without another word. I look at my phone, a picture of me, omi and linny stares back at me.

The clock reads 4:49.

I turn to Linny "Welp, better get going" she looks at me "Yep" she replays. I grab my phone and wallet.

We make it to the car, omi hops out and gives me a literal bear hug, "Finally Log, you took literally forever" omi says.
I reply with "Yeah yeah, the father felt the need to lecture."

"Don't let her lie to you omi, she just didn't want to get up." Linny breathes out.

We arrived at the first store, target. We only came to target to get actual school supply's. They have no good clothes, and their clothes are over priced as hell too.

We make our rounds through target grabbing things we need, notebooks, 2.0 pencils, highlighters, calculators, expo markers, notepads, all the good stuff.

We make our way up to the check out when I see a familiar face, we get a little closer and I realize it's Morgan, my older brother. Omi and I walk up to him and some guy, Linny had to use the bathroom so she went by herself.

I haven't seen Morgan in forever due to him being away at college, even though it's summer, he's been doing any and everything to stay away the house.

"Hi morgy" I say from behind him. Morgan snaps his head around, as his friend did as well. "Oh shit, Hey Log. I haven't seen you in forever. How's it been?"

I chuckle a little as I move in to give him a hug. "I"m good, I'm here back to school shopping with omi and linny, senior year here I come" as I give an awkward laugh.

"That's good dude" he replied. "This is Roman, my new roommate, he doesn't talk much but once he gets comfortable hes super nice." My brother says.

I reach out to shake his hand, his brown eyes stare into mine while he makes no movement, he's at least 6'1, given as my brothers 6'0 and Romans a little taller.

Meaning he's towering over me, Omi snickers a little and his eyes snaps to hers. The air becomes tension filled.

Right on time linny makes an appearance, she greets my brother. I try to ignore Romans stare at side of my head but it's hard. I cut my brother off, he's talking something about football.

"We should really be on our way lol, we still have to go clothes shopping" I say hastly. "Yeah you're right log, well we better get going it was nice to meet you Roman, and I hope you have a good sophomore year Morgan."

Linny says. "Yeah you too bro. Bye, I love you log. Call me soon" Morgan replies while giving me a hug. "I will, I love you more morgy, bye."

As we're walking away I feel eyes on the back of my head, I look over my shoulder to see Roman smirking back at me. I nearly trip over my own two feet.

God, he's handsome.
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AHHHHHHHHHHH OKAY THIS IS THE FIRST CHAPTER, I HOPE YOU LIKE IT. (Give me recommendations on how to better my writing and or some ideas for the store) Please ignore any misspelling.
How are we feeling about the characters so far?

ENJOY   sincerely, Caitlan.