Let's Mine the Day Away

Chapter One

.:: CHAPTER ONE - On a Quest for Tomato Sauce

I took a deep breath as I ran along the beach. The sun was just rising over the horizon, the waves softly coming into the shore.

Running was truly the only thing that helped me when I was sad or confused or mad.

And right now, I was a big jumble of all of those.

Two weeks ago, I got in a really bad car crash.

Me and my mum were driving to the movies for our monthly girls night when a transport truck slammed into us. It crashed into the driver's side, so my mum instantly died from the impact. For me, I only got a few scratches and a fractured rib. It all healed quickly, but one thing that didn't was my broken heart.

My mum was the closest person I had. My dad left us when I was seven for a woman with really big boobs and that made amazing burritos which really made me want to like her, but I couldn't. She was the one that ruined it all. But luckily, I still had my mum. Well, I did.

Ever since then, my dad didn't want anything to do with me. When he found out that I needed a place to stay after my mum died since I didn't have the money to support myself, he just laughed and wished me luck finding someone to put up with me.

Since he was the only one I had that lived in the region, I was forced to move from my homeland of Canada to the hot and sweaty state of South California with my grand-mother, away from all my friends.

This all didn't settle with me very well. If it was hard for me to make friends with the most accepting people I ever met, it would be impossible for me to make any friends here.

Suddenly reminding myself that thinking about all the negative stuff about the situation wouldn't help me any, I payed more attention to the music that blasted through my earbuds. I quietly sang along to the song, which just so happened to be my favourite of all time; Fallen Kingdom by CaptainSparklez and TryHardNinja. My best friend Kayla was obsessed with CaptainSparklez. He was a YouTuber that played Minecraft. I myself didn't pay much attention to him. I was more of the person to play the game then to watch it, but since Kayla sucked at the game she would either spend her days watching me or CaptainSparklez play.

I soon reached my grand-mother's house; an old one story house with the smallest two bedrooms I had ever seen, a small rundown kitchen and a bathroom that didn't work half the time. It may of not been much, but it was all I had.

"Grams I'm home!" I yelled once I walked inside.

"I'm in the kitchen sweetheart!" she replied.

I quickly slipped off my running shoes and joined her in the kitchen. "Watchia making?" I asked her, sitting up on the counter.

"Oh, just some cookies, dear," she answered with a smile. "Your favourite, too."

I couldn't help but smile at that. "Red velvet with mint fudge chunks?"

"What other kind would I make?" she said with a short laugh as the took the pan out of the oven.

I took a deep breath, the delicious smell invading my nostrils. No matter how much I missed living in Canada with my mum and having my friends by my side, living with Grams was amazing. Having beat leukaemia twice and still maintaining a healthy lifestyle, she raced her way up to the top of my "Most Inspirational People" list.

"You're the best, Grams," I said and kissed her cheek.

"Oh, I know dearie," she said playfully. I couldn't help but let out a laugh. "Now how about you be the best for me and run into town? I want to make spaghetti for supper, but I seem to have run out of tomato sauce."

"No problem! I'll just go get changed then I'll be going," I told her. I hopped off the counter and made my way to my room. It was the smallest one in the house, but the bright blue paint that Grams had painted it for my arrival made it seem bigger. I had a twin sized bed in the right hand corner facing the door, a small end table with a lamp, a dresser in the opposite corner of the bed and then a desk on the same wall as the door.

Quickly changing into some white shorts and a flowy navy blue tank top, I walked back downstairs and slipped on my navy blue Toms. After my fashion preparation, I went outside and starting my way towards town on Grams' old vintage bicycle. Since she was too old and tired to drive, she didn't have a car but she did have her old bike sitting around, so she decided to give it to me so that I wasn't stuck walking twenty minutes to go into town if ever I needed anything.

After ten minutes of biking, I finally got to the grocery store. Since Merriwyn was such a small town, the grocery store was more like the size of a big corner store.

As soon as I walked into the store, the smell of semi-expired food filled my nose. Pushing aside the grimace I was tempted to make, I walked further into the store and made my way down the aisle in search of tomato sauce.

"I gaze off into the boundless skyline

Noteblock choirs playing in the sunshine

Turn 'round pick up my sword and wield

The blade that once forced evil mobs to yield

And hope one day that this chaos and

Destruction turns for the better

Never a bow in hand

And that was when I ruled the land"

I sang quietly as I walked around.

Just as I was about to walk into another aisle, I hear a voice behind me say something that shocked me quite a bit.

"You're singing my song."

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Why yello there!

Allow me to introduce myself. The name's Rex; Rawrosaurus Rex.

Haha, I'm just kidding guies :3 My name's actually Danielle, but I find that too Plain-Jane, so I prefer to go by Rawrii whenever I can!

You guys may not know much about me now, but every chapter I'll add in a random fact about myself so that you guys can get to know me a little bit better! After all, you can't appreciate the story if you don't appreciate the writer.

Also, I like to ask questions after each chapter, just so that I can see what you guys like, dislike or want in my story. I find that it helps me interact with my readers a bit better!

So, now that this boring ass shit is over with, let's get to the candy!

🌺RANDOM FACT ABOUT ME🌺

~I tend to swear a lot, if you can't tell! Although, I'm one of those lucky bitches that has that automatic switch that helps me not swear in front of my parents or any other type of adult that may want to slap me if I say anything worse than hell.

🌸QUESTIONS🌸

1- Did you enjoy this first chapter of Let's Mine the Day Away?

2- Let's test your reading comprehension skills! Who's the person that said the last line of the chapter?

3- Do you watch CaptainSparklez's videos? I personally find then fantabulous!

Well, thanks a ton for reading guies! Every single read, vote and share means so much more than you think.

Rawrosaurus "This is my middle name" Rex 😘