Independent.

Ch.1

|Naomi|

Beep, beep! Beep, beep! Be-

"Ughh, I'm up." I groaned as I lazily hit the snooze button.

I grabbed my scrunchie from the nightstand and threw my jet black hair up into a messy bun. Feeling drowsy, I yawned and attempted to go back to sleep, until little Miss Nicole interrupted. How wonderful.

"Wake up mommy, wake up!" She yelled directly in my ear. I ignored her and tried to continue slumbering.

"Mommy, you have work! Get up, get up!" She beamed once again, shaking me. Slowly and hesitantly, I opened my eyes, only to be met with her big ones. No fair she has big ones and I have little, squinty Chinese eyes. But oh well, I still look pretty darn good with them, if I do say so myself.

"Good morning, pretty girl." I smiled, moving her long, brown curly hair out the way.

"Good morning pwetty girl number two!" She giggled, as she planted a wet kiss on my cheek. It never gets old with Nicole.

"Whose pretty girl number one then?" I asked, even though I already knew that answer. She thinks she just the bomb, but I love it.

"This girl!" She shouted with her two thumbs pointed towards her direction.

"Well, this girl", I pointed towards myself. "has to get up. Now move it." I patted her butt, so she could get up. She got off the bed, then ran somewhere.

"Off to brush my teeth!" She yelled as her footsteps soon faded out. Now time to get myself together.

Firstly, I got up, stretched, and then made my queen-sized bed. I then grabbed my hygienic products and proceeded to the bathroom. I turned the shower handle almost all the way to left, causing the mirror to fog with steam. Perfect.

After stripping out of my clothes and putting a shower cap on my head, I stepped in the sauna-like shower. The hot water droplets felt so soothing to my skin, that I didn't want to get out. Pure ecstasy, is what it felt like.

After washing everything a couple of times, I got out and covered myself with my cheetah print robe-towel. My grandmother gave it as a gift to me, knowing how much I adored the cheetah print. It's just a really cool pattern. I then applied my Suave deodorant and Jergen's lotion. I slipped on my black lace underwear, along with the matching bra.

Next, I brushed my teeth with Colgate Optic White toothpaste. After that, I stepped out of my bathroom into my closet. It wasn't a walk-in, but it was a nice size. I grabbed my pre-ironed uniform and put it on.

I checked behind me and saw that the clock read 7:36. I had to be at work at 8:10 but I still had to drop Nicole off at her great-grandmother's house, which is my grandmother.

"Nicole, can you be a big girl and dress yourself today!" I yelled, as I rushed to put on my all black low-top Vans.

"Yes, mommy!" She yelled back, excitedly. Whenever she gets the opportunity to dress herself, she just loves it.

Minutes passed by and I just left my grandmother's house after dropping Nicki off. If I come late, my boss will, hands down, have a fit, but I don't care. She's not an eighteen year old, single mom, with a 3 year old daughter to take care of; I am.

I finally arrived at 7:55, and made my way into the crowded coffee shop; better known as Starbucks. I know it's not much, but I'm currently taking medical classes online, to fulfill my dream of becoming a nurse. It's been a dream of mine, ever since I was little. I guess I just like helping people in need.

It took some time, but I made my way through the crowd and into the employees' locker/ break room. As usual, I received hateful and disgusting stares as I walked towards my locker. In the beginning everything was cool, with my co-workers, but ever since they found out I had at a child at a very young age, they labeled me a hoe, slut, whore, and whatever else.