2:56 :: h.s

trieze

14:56

Rae came over yesterday for a little bit.
My mom came home shortly after so she left.
We didn't really do much, I just sat and ate a bowl of cereal while she talked about some lady she saw walking with her Australian Shepard the day before.

McKenna, Ashley, Stella, Jessa, and Ashlyn invited me to some sushi place after school.
They said that they were planning on going with their friend Zoe and wanted me to meet her.

I'm waiting to pull out of the parking lot now.
Stella and Ashlyn are in the car with me.
Ashlyn has the AUX chord and is playing some wannabe pop-punk band.
They're not bad though, they're actually pretty good.

I finally get out of the mess that is high school traffic and head to the highway.
Ashlyn tells me where to go and what exit to take.

We arrive at the sushi place and when we step inside, there is a girl with everyone else who I assume is Zoe.
She has brown eyes, dark brown hair, a nose ring, and is fairly tall.

"Harry!" McKenna calls.

I smile, "hey."

"Zoe, Harry. Harry, Zoe." Jessa says quickly.

"Nice to meet you," she says.

"You too."

Ashlyn tells me how to go through the line and pick what I want on the roll.
I get chicken instead of fish because I hate fish.
Everyone grabs a boxed water and I do too.

The sushi is really good and I feel like I'll be coming here more.
The table talk is mainly about how I look like someone from a boy-band.
McKenna says that that is the only reason they're friends with me.
The sarcasm is clear but I know there is some truth to it.
I laugh it off and finish my delicious sushi.

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16:21

I pull into my driveway after dropping Ashlyn and Stella off.
My backpack is heavier than usual because of homework and I don't have the motivation to do any of it.
But, being the good student I am, I go into the kitchen and begin working on physics.
After physics is French, then government, and finally English.

When I look at the clock, it reads 8:34.
I've been doing homework for more than four hours.
In all actuality, it was probably only two and a half but including all of the Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, texts, and food breaks, it was four.

My mom came home around five and has headed off to bed.
I should be doing the same thing.

I take a quick shower and throw on some pajamas.
I turn the light on in my room and pull my laptop out.
I wonder if there is anything good on Netflix today.
Just as I turn the light off and lay down in my bed, I hear a tap on the window.
I roll over and out of my cocoon to open it.
Rae climbs in and falls onto my bed.

"Hey," she smiles.

"Hi," my voice is raspy from the forever waiting sleep.

"What are you doing?" She asks.

I grab a sweatshirt from my floor and throw it over my head, the room is already becoming colder.

"Just getting ready to sleep. I'm exhausted." I say and fall back onto my bed for emphasis.

"Oh, what did you do today? You weren't home after school."

"I went to a sushi place with some friends. Then I came home and did four hours of homework."

She laughs softly, "awh, I'm sorry. I can leave, if you want."

"Or you could . . . stay?"

Her eyes widen slightly. "Would you be okay with that? I don't want to freeze you to death."

I laugh lightly, "yeah, it's nothing a few blankets and a space heater can't fix."

"Okay," she smiles.

I climb off my bed and find another blanket.
I turn on my heater and crawl under the covers.
Rae sits against the wall, where my pillows are, and watches me move around the room.
When I finally lay down, I feel my eyes become heavy.
I play the movie and am out within minutes.

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22:03

My eyes open and my face is almost numb.
The screen is still playing the movie and I stretch as I roll over.
My head falls onto Rae's lap and I'm too tired to move it.
After a few moments, Rae's bitter fingers move to my hair and begin running through it.
My eyes flutter closed and my arm raises up to rest on her leg.