I run downstairs to the smell of sizzling bacon and fried eggs. I gobble the delicious food in front of me whilst drinking orange juice. Mum laughs at my stupid action and kicks me playfully in the butt. I grab my bag from the floor and run outside.
My blazer gets stuck to the door and curiously look over to my mum seeing her depressed face which reminds me of what I need to say.
"I'll come to New York with you." I modulated
Mum rushes to me and kisses me on the nose. She realises my blazer is stuck in the door and guffaws loudly. This continues for a very long time which makes me to look over my watch. Mum helps me finally after a long wait.
"Charlotte, this is your last day of school. We leave London tomorrow morning so don't take too long as we are packing today" Mum rumples on
"Don't worry, Mum. I will get drunk today and have lots of fun with old men" I stick my tongue out and shake my hips.
"Silly girl, run off to school" Mum pushes me which nearly made me fall
*
"Class, settle down. Settle down." Ms Smith shouts out to our Further Mathematics class
"Today is going to be slightly different. We are going to dedicate our lesson to Charlotte as it is her last day in this school. We will have no work, no screaming from me, just a fun lesson. So, Charlotte, my only favourite student, what would you like to do today?" Ms Smith stares intensely at me with everyone in my class grinning at me.
"I'll do whatever everyone in the class wants to do." Everyone goes on the computer and puts on Happy from Pharrell Williams on the projector. The whole class is dancing weirdly with Ms Smith joining in breaking down in Bhangra Style. Every single individual in this room has their own way of dancing which illustrates why I love these people and it's hard to let them go.
Dan grabs me and puts me in the middle of the room with Ms Smith coming towards me with a chocolate cake titled 'Goodbye Charlotte- the current head girl'. Everyone comes towards me and hugs me with a loud chatter calling my name. My name rings in my ears a thousand times and I forget that this reality will no longer exist. I inhale this reality once more till it's no longer known.
*
I wake up with a start. My mum is shaking me as we need to depart this plane to go to our new apartment. I walk with my mum drained with little energy to our awaiting car.
The streets of New York are filled with never-ending tall buildings that cover the skies where I once dreamed. Everything looks so identical here and it's like everything has been duplicated showing not once a sign of difference. My daydreaming gets cut off by my mum pulling me out of our car and into the awaiting apartment.
I rush to the nearest bedroom and peer over to the gloomy night sky. My previous realities come back to life when I doze to sleep.
YOU ARE READING
Shattered
TeenfikceCharlotte's life was what any other girl wanted. She had lots of friends, a tail of boys wanting her and a perfect family. Her life turns upside down when her mum has a job promotion in New York. Will she survive or will her life shatter slowly aro...