The Silent LIfe Of Becky Jones

Chapter Four: Look-A-Like?

Getting out of the shower I wrap a towel around my body, pick up my pjs and head back to my room.

I throw my pjs in the laundry basket and head towards my dresser. I pull out a baggy blue tee - shirt that has an ice cream cone on it and a mouth licking up the dripping ice cream, light blue denim short shorts and light green and blue knee high socks with stars on them. I get dressed and walk over to my dresser and open my makeup bag, I put on some black eyeliner, silver shimmer stick shadow and some clear lip gloss. I brush my hair and let it fall in short wavy black curls. I turn on my TV before going to lie on my bed. I turn down the volume and change it to family channel; I quickly change it back to much when I find little kids shows on. I soundlessly laugh as I watch a rerun of jackass. Fina comes in to wake me up, but I'm already up and ready to go.

"So, when did you get up?" she asks

I hold up six fingers

"Six! Really? Why so early?" she asks

I shrug my shoulders

She walks out of my room and turns to the right. I go back to watching TV, about half hour later I hear my name being called from down the hall. I walk into every room before finding Fina. She tells me to come in.

"Can I do your hair?" she asks

I hesitate before I nod and she sits me down on a chair. She puts half of my hair up and straitens the bottom parts. Then she lets the top half fall down and straitens them. Next she straitens my bangs. Its scary how similar we look now. Only she has blond hair and I have black hair.

We go into the bathroom and brush our teeth before going downstairs. In the kitchen Margret is cooking eggs and toast. We sit down around the island counter and wait to be served. A few minutes later our plates are in front of us and we eat quickly. After we finish eating we rinse off your dishes and put them into the dishwasher. We go out side just in time for the bus to show up, and just like

yesterday we get on the bus and sit in the back.

We go to Fina's locker once we get to school before going to mine. I grab my Science/Math note book.

And we head to class a few minutes early.

We sit in class and text each other until the bell rings and then the teacher shows up. We do a small lesson and then she gives us a free period. We sit in a circle with a group of girls; I listen as they chat about silly things like boys and such.

The bell rings and we head to math, in math we have a supply teacher. She is very odd . . . she tells the class about how she can see ghosts and she has visions. . .

She walks over to me and the first thing out of her mouth is "Your parents and sister are very proud of you."

I look at her like she is nuts. I can't believe she just said that I want to cry. I hold back the tears.

"They are here in this room with you." She says

I pull out my phone and text Fina

-Tell the teacher she is fucked in the head.-

"Sorry for swearing but, your fucked in the head. And please DON'T say things like that to my new sister . . . she doesn't like to talk about it." Says Fina matter-of-factly

"Thank you." I mouth to her

She smiles.

I smile back.

The bell rings for lunch and we go to our lockers and put our things away. We sit in the cafe like we did yesterday and lunch flies by. Just like the rest of the school day. Before I knew it we were sitting on the bus going home. At home we sat in the living room watching TV until Jarle got home, and then we went upstairs into Fina's Purple bedroom. It looks just like mine only not blue. We turn on her TV and change the channel to MTV there is a new episode of teen cribs. There is a girl showing off her castle like house. Some people have way too much money.

"Don't you wish we had that kind of money?" asks Fina

I nod my head before shaking it and then shrug.

"Well, sometimes. . ?" she asks

I nod my head.

I'm not going to lie; sometimes I wonder what it would be like to have that much money. But it's not something that I would want to have. . .Money changes people I know that for sure.

We watch TV until dinner is ready. We go downstairs and sit at the dinning room table. We serve ourselves pasta noodles and there are two different sauces one in a bigger bowl with meat and one in a smaller bowl that just have tomatoes and other vegetables. I take the one without the meat and place it on top of the noodles.

We all eat in silence. After dinner Fina pulls me upstairs to her bedroom. She closes the door behind us.

"So, Kassidy-Lin and Cresecentia are having a small get together and have asked to to ask you if you wanted to come?" she asksI text her.

-Are we aloud?-

"Yes, mom said it was okay. "She says

I nod and she pulls me towards her closet . . . I'm going to slightly change your look just for tonight . . .

is that okay?" she asks

I nod again smiling.

She opens her closet and pulls out a few tee-shirts, skirts, skinny jeans, short shorts, tank tops and flip-flops.

She spreads them out on her bed.

I look at all the cloths, over and over again.

Finally after looking at the outfits only 100 times I decide.

I choose skinny jeans, a blue and white tank top, and a cut off sweater and flip-flops.