Twists and Turns

Chapter 1

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- Photo of Autumn's outfit is attached at the top!
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"Gooooooooood Morning, this is Elvis Duran from Z100's morning show, how's everybody out there today on this Monday mornig? Today we will have cloudy skies with temperatures with lows 62 and highs 78, I hope everyone has a good morning, here's a Fetty Wap's "Again" as a wake up song for everyone. Let's get MOVIN!!"

Ugh, Mondays.

I want you to be mine again baby!

I rolled my eyes and turned over, grabbing my phone, trying to ignore this annoying music. Who do I have to be mine again? I never had someone in the first place! When I say I'm anti-social.. I mean it. I literally have ONE best friend, Divine. Shes been by my side (most of the time) through the thick and thin. And when I say thin.. I mean thin! She's my sister from another mister. We grew up together. You'd expect if we grew up together that we'd be just alike, like twins huh?

Wrong.

Divine and I are like day and night. She's actually very popular in school, has naturally curly blonde-hair, a body to die for, a lot experience with boys, parties regularly and has multiple friends. I, on the other hand am anti-social, have no experience with boys (except for that "kiss" with my crush, Brandon in the 3rd grade. It was terrible, by the way!) I don't even count that as a kiss, I have no idea what that was. Let's just say our braces got stuck together and since my parents car was wrecked we had to take the bus to the dentist. In Queens. Our school was in Brooklyn, New York City. Imagine being in New York City, taking two trains with your braces stuck together the whole time. Oh, and don't Forget we had to come out from underneath the desks and walk past our classmates to sit in the main office. NOT FUN. If that wasn't the most embarrassing moment of my life, I don't know what is. Luckily, Brandon moved away two years later to Atlanta, Georgia to be with his Dad. Good riddens!!

Sometimes, I envied Divine. She was so pretty, smart, popular and experienced, meanwhile obtaining that perfect 3.8 GPA at the same time. My GPA was a 4.0, but it came at a cost. I'd do anything to at least get some recognition or become popular. I wouldn't mind trading in a 4.0 GPA for Divine's lifestyle. She's my best friend, and I love her. But for once, I want to feel like someone when I'm by myself. I only have somewhat status when I'm walking close to Divine and her crew.

I grabbed my phone only to see a message from AT&T telling me that I've used all of my data. I hated myself for that bit of excitement that got from seeing one unread message, only people who I get text messages from would be Divine or my parents, and family members every Christmas and birthday. I don't even know why I was even hopeful, no one else had my phone number.

I know my lifestyle is driving you crazy!

I cannot see myself without you!

We call them fans though, girl you know how we-

"That'll shut you up." I said to myself silently, dragging myself out of my bed to go and pick up the shoe that I threw at the radio to shut Fetty Wap up. Satisfied, I laid back down in my bed and began to think about what I would wear today. I wasn't too concerned about looks, but I liked to look decent every day. I know I would never be on Divines level, and I didn't want to. I just liked to look girly, but comfortable. Just as I began thinking about the shirt I would wear with my light denim shorts, I heard footsteps coming towards my room. I knew it was Mom.

"Autumn, what in the hell was that?!" My mom said barging into my room.

When you live with your family, you know whoever is coming down the hallway just by the sound of their footsteps.

Cmon, you know it's true.

Looking at my Mom, I felt kind of bad for startling her out of her sleep by the loud noise caused by my shoe. The best I could do was make her laugh.

"Fetty Wap was talking too much mom," I said, rolling my eyes.

Staring at me in amusement, she shook her head, and chuckled. She then walked out of my room, mumbling something about teenagers nowadays.

Sigh.

I turned around and looked at myself in the mirror. I looked completely terrible. I stayed up late last night studying for my math test today. The dark circles underneath my eyes did nothing for my caramel skin. My hair was all over the place and my eyes looked like I had the flu for 2 years straight. I went to my bathroom to brush my teeth and shower to get ready for school. I really wasn't in the mood. It wasn't that I hated school, it's just that I never had as much fun as everyone else. Everyone had friends or their own clique. I never stayed around Divine much because she had her own clique which I hated, they were all stuck up, and if you weren't blonde, forget about it. Divine says they aren't like that but I highly doubt it.

After my shower, I moisturized myself and brushed my hair. I looked in the mirror and smiled at myself. I didn't look half bad. One thing I've always loved and admired about myself  was my brown complexion. Bell high school was pretty diverse, mostly Black, White and Hispanic students were at this school. I'm black, of Caribbean descent, my parents are from the island of Jamaica. Divine is White and  Spanish, her mom has European roots and her dad is Puerto Rican.

I put on my choker, (one of my favorite pieces of jewelry) and decided to wear my hair down. Since it was summer time and my school had no uniform policy (Thank God!!), I put on some light denim shorts and a black crop top with white designs and low top black converses. I applied some eyeliner on and a little lip gloss, put on some black and white bracelets, and my black shades and I was ready to go. I grabbed my book bag, slung it over my shoulder and called Divine. Every morning we drive to school together. It was our traditional everyday  routine.

"Heyyy girly! You ready, love?" Divine sang through the phone. I couldn't help but smile. Divine was always cheerful in the mornings, she was clearly a morning person.

"Of course I am" I said, sighing.

"Awww, cheer up Autumn! It's the first day of the week, be happy!"

"I'll try to, you know how I feel about school. Never hated it, it's just lonely sometimes" I said nonchalantly while biting into an apple and sitting down on my chair, waiting for her.

"Thats because you DON'T socialize with anyone! Look how many clubs we have at school, parties, and programs! You never participate! And you don't like my clique because you feel they are too stuck-up!" Divine said, clearly annoyed and sighing. This isn't the first time we've had this conversation.

I rolled my eyes. "Girl shut up. The clubs here are all about dancing or singing. First of all, I cannot sing to save my life. Secondly, you know how I feel about dancing, Ms. Katz makes boys and girls dance together, and I know that you're also in it, but that just makes it worse. With you being there, you should know that I do not feel comfortable with  any boys touching me in any way, at all!" I said, feeling defensive, the anger and hurt behind my words was evident. Wait.

Oh God.

Did I just say that?

There was a moment of awkward silence for a while..

"Dee, I didn't mean it like that.." I trailed off.

"N-n-no girl!" Divine stuttered. "It's cool! Don't worry about it, it's nothing- hey!" She said, her cheerful tone returning, I'm outside, let's go."

"Cool, give me like 30 seconds, I'll say bye to everyone and come out."

"See you in 30 seconds, love!" Divine said, and hung up the phone.

Phew... That was close.

I said goodbye to Mom and Dad, grabbed my keys and headed to the door.

It's not like I didn't forgive Divine for what she did.. I know it happened so many years ago, when we were children. I just never forgot. I mean, Who could leave their best friend, their "sister from another mister" alone when-

You'll find out soon.