Our stars

Chapter two

I Woke up with not a thought in my head. I slumped out of bed to get dressed and brush my teeth. I got lucky; my dad wasn't drinking again, so he was able to drive me to my mom's.

When I walked in, the first person to catch my eye was Lucas.

"Oh hey, Viola," Steph said in her prissy voice. She knew I was coming back today. She did this on purpose!

"Hey, Steph," I answered. I didn't want anything to do with her, but oh, I did want her boyfriend. He turned and looked at me with his blue eyes and lipstick all over his face from Steph. They were watching my favorite movies, Harry Potter. My mom and I used to watch them together until one day Steph joined us and she loved it. I can't blame her, Harry Potter is amazing.

I walked up to my room, which even I can't find sometimes in this mansion. My mom walked out of her room when she heard me and came and hugged me. She didn't say anything because she knows I don't like to talk. She let go of the hug with her hands still on my shoulders and smiled before walking away.

I walked into my room and lay down on my bed, facing the ceiling and staring at the glow-in-the-dark stars I put there when I was 10. Except on my ceiling, there's no star in between mine and his. Those stars have each other until they fade. I will not have my star. I'm going to die alone in my parents' basement. I'm a lowlife failure that has no friends and is just trying to get through high school so she can go off and study astronomy in college. If I'm even smart enough for college. Steph has her whole life planned with Lucas. She wants to get married and live on a yacht until they are old enough for a retirement home. I just want to get through school and maybe fall in love and start a family. But that sounds ridiculous to me. Everyone says Steph is better. She's prettier, smarter, more talented. But she's just another asshole in a world of assholes.I feel like no one truly understands my thoughts. What if I'm an alien and the only person who doesn't know that is me? When I look in the mirror, I see a human, but when people look at me, it's as if I have three eyes and a tail.

Just as i was getting up to get my phone charger out of my bag Steph barged in my room.

      "So, do you still like lucas ?" she said as she grabbed my chin and sat on my bed. I'm not stupid i could see lucas standing on the other side of my door.

"No, I never liked him," I replied. However, she didn't seem convinced by my story. "Now, go enjoy your time with your little boyfriend before your dad gets home and kicks him out," I said, hoping to scare her out of my room. She rolled her eyes and left, slamming my door. The sound made me wince, but I shook it off and went to my bags from my dad's. I pulled out my book, "The Fault in Our Stars". I've read it about a hundred times, but it never fails to make me cry. I always read a chapter or two before I sleep, and before school starts in the morning of the first period, I reflect on what I read.

I hear the front door slam and my stepdad yells, "What is he doing here!" I laugh. Now, I can go get something to eat without Steph and Lucas making out on the couch. After I eat, I think I'm going to take a nap. I didn't sleep at all last night. All I could think about were the stars.