My life

Change good or bad?

Shadow woke up in the same position she had fallen asleep in. Her eyes burned from the salted tears she cried last night. They almost felt like fire as she covered her eyes from the bright sun gleaming through her window. Her phone buzzed non stop. The squad was typing nonstop on the Instagram DM. She looked at what they were talking about curiously but never joined in the conversation. Out of no where her mother screamed from her room her name.

"Shadow!" she cried. "Get out of bed this instant! you have a lot to do today!" 

With a groan she raised out of the comfort of her phone and her bed. She hid her phone under her pillow and walked out the door to an angry woman in curlers and what looked like a t-shirt that got lace pilled on top of it. Shadow had to bite her tongue just to stop from giggling at the sight. Her mother looked over at her with a cold stare. Shadow scurried into the kitchen and picked up the long list that sat on the counter. most of it was just junk she wanted . others was food. Shadow added school supplies to the list. Her father looked over at her writing on the list and snatched the flimsy paper from her hand.

"So you need school supplies?" he grumbled. "what's wrong with last years?" he sternly asked. shadow shyly backed into the counter the farthest away she could from her father.

"y-you threw out l-last years stuff." She replied. She grew tense from the sideways glance he gave her. He raised an eyebrow at her then handed her the list back with his wallet.

"just get what's on the list nothing more than what you need or so help me god if i find out you bought anything else i'll feed you to the gators in the swamp!" he spat. She slowly creeped around him. He never once took an eye off her till she finally ran out the door purse, list, and wallet in hand. Once far away from the apartment she took a deep breath for a quick second shutting her eyes.

Thump!

she was suddenly on the ground and her head hurt like crazy as if something hit her. She opened her eyes and cold see the sky.

"Hey watch were your..." the voice trailed off she blinked and sat up to see a boy. He didn't seem to bad. He wore a black t-shirt with her favorite band on it. His hair was a little bit of a mess and his eyes were a shade of blue. she instantly became embarrassed and shy. 

"I-I'm s-so sorry, i d-didn't mean to run into you l-like that." shyly getting to her feet. He smiled at her as she wiped the dirt from her torn jeans. 

"No worries, it was all my fault." he had that cool tone. She couldn't put her finger on what intention he was making. without saying another word she walked away. Was she starting to burn up? was he watching her from behind? her checks felt as if they were on fire and she could tell that they were beginning to go red with embarrassment. she reached her apartment with everything on the list in hand. She even got a new satchel for school. Had one of her favorite anime on it. Her dad looked through the bags as shadow stood back from the man. she started to tremble as he grew a smile on his face. 

"shadow you did good. you didn't buy any unnecessary things. now make dinner before i get hungry." she rushed to the stove and turned it on. She hated when her parents got hungry they would beat her even more if it wasn't the way they wanted it or was not fed. without warning a hand fell upon her cheek and she went flying into the counter. She took a hold of the stove top. The palm of her hand burned as she grew to attention that her hand was on top of the burner. her fathers smile was now a stone cold stare of death. She grew really afraid.

"You bought a new bag?!" he retorted. I know for a fact you have one already and you surly don't need this garbage of a satchel. What is this printed on it anyway?" he snarled. She swallowed a lump in her throat he grabbed her burnt hand that she was cradling and slapped her across the face again slamming her head into the cabinet next to her. She gritted her teeth trying not to scream from the pain she just endured. 

"i don't want to hear or see you for the rest of the night!" he snarled. once he released her wrist she ran into her room. she sat on her bed and totally forgot about the blinds being open. she looked in the small mirror that hung on her wall. no blood was coming from anywhere. That was good. Not until she faced the window did she notice that the boy she met on the highway stood there. He took out a notepad and wrote something. "can you open the window?" it said. She did so being very cautious not to make any noise.

"Hey are you ok?" he asked with that again cool tone. Shadow nodded her head. "that's a lie." he said dropping the cool act.

"w-what do you mean?" her voice became raspy.

"i heard the whole thing of what happened outside your door." he explained. She looked up at him.

"what are you a stalker or something?" she asked in defense.

" sorry but i actually live next door. i just happened to see you walk into this door when i was on my way home and remembered you from the highway indecent." shadow grew really embarrassed and put her head down.

"i'll be fine it's nothing new." shadow explained to him. Her cheeks becoming more and more flushed. She could feel his gaze on her.

" ok then. guess i'll see you around." he then walked away with that cool stride. Shadow listened to the door being open then shut. just before she shut her window she then heard a crash.