England to America

19-Nothing

It is Saturday and me and Alex have done nothing all day. Literally nothing. We have eaten, watched movies and played xbox games. Note that we also haven't changed out of our pyjamas, mine consisting of black trousers with yellow batman logos on and a black tank top, and Alex's consisting of  striped trousers...no top. 

Our Mum walked in, stopped and looked at us, then sighed. "Let me guess, you've just been couch potatoes all day?" She shook her head

"Couch potatoes is the definition of me and Evie so you really shouldn't expect much else" Alex snickered then apologised after seeing Mum's serious face; she was shooting lasers at us. I tried a different excuse,

"Mummmmm" I whined "We're teenagers!" She just rolled her eyes

"I've been talking to Aunt Maddison, and she's going to have Christmas at her house with Grandma and Grandad, and the rest of the family. The only problem is we have to buy our plane tickets." She sits down and puts her head in her hands

"I'm sure we can find cheap ones," I say hopefully rubbing her thigh

"That's the only thing, I've been looking for cheap ones for about an hour, I can afford three, but that means we'll be living off water for the rest of the month." She chuckles somewhat darkly "And I would let both of you go without me, but then again I would rather not." She looks at us with guilty eyes and I sigh

"Don't worry, I don't mind not going, half the family hates me anyway" I say, and Mum looks at me with grateful but pitiful eyes

"Half the family does not hate you" She casts me a stern glance

"Oh believe me, they do. But I don't mind staying behind, how long will you be gone for?" I glance at Alex and he smiles at me sympathetically

"About 5 days, but I don't want you staying here by yourself, you-" 

"Mum, I'll be fine" I interrupt

"No, no you won't, I'll ask Pamella if you can stay with her" I roll my eyes

"Honestly Mum-" This time she's the one to interrupt me

"Don't 'honestly Mum' me. I'm not having it, you can stay with Pamella or we won't go."

I nod my head, Alex has been really quiet throughout this conversation. I look over at him and he glances up from his phone, I raise my eyebrow and he shrugs. I look back at Mum and she is also now on her phone, and I'm the anti-social one? 

"Right, Pamella said it's absolutely fine, she even said she'd give you your presents from us. Now" She claps her hand and stands up, breaking Alex out of his drowsy state "you two need to get up and dressed, we need to go food shopping" We groan but nevertheless get up and clear up our mess on the sofa.

After showering I throw on some leggings and a warm jumper, I grab some money, you know just in case Mum suddenly decides not to give into me and Alex begging for sweets, and go downstairs. I put on my boots and sling my coat over my arm then sit on the steps scrolling through instagram, waiting for Mum and Alex to be ready.

Pretty soon they are ready and we go to the shops, now me and Alex are walking down one of the aisle looking for eggs. We literally cannot find them anywhere! And believe me, we aren't stupid, we would ask a person who works here, but we can't find any of them either!

"This is hopeless" I halt to a stop and Alex slumps onto the shelves

"I wish there was a google maps for shopping" He says and I nod my head in absolute agreement. I don't even need to tell you how useful that would be, everyone has suffered through not being able to find anything in a supermarket.

"Oh hey, Alex, can I help you with anything?" I hear a scratchy, high pitched voice address my brother and instantly recognise it as Brooklyn. Kill me now, please.

"Uh-ummm, hey Brooklyn" He blushes and I almost gag, my brother has a crush on Brooklyn, the queen bee, really?! He's going to get heartbroken! Not to mention die of basic-ness!

"So how come we haven't seen each other in a while, anyone would think you've been ignoring me baby!" She clings to his arm and I roll my eyes, a suck up, and stuck up. "I'm sorry, but what are you looking at?" She finally addresses my presence and I scowl

"Oh, I just saw a piece of shit on the ground, and you reminded me of it" She pretends to look offended and clings to Alex even tighter

"Aleeeex! Your sister is so mean!" He looks down at her then glares at me

"Evie, please be nice" I roll my eyes, she called me a bitch, I haven't forgotten. I sigh and walk off, I'm not dealing with his shit. I don't even hear him call my name, he's so nice. I walk around for a bit and can't find Mum so I just text her that I'm going to go, and that I won't be back for dinner. 

I don't want to eat dinner with him, or hear his lying apology like last time. I walk out of the store and the cold wind shocks me, I pull up my furry hood and speed walk to the beach, which takes a good 15 minutes, giving me time to think.

Like really? How could Alex even like a piece of shit like her? She's just so fake and horrible! Can't he see that she's literally just playing him? He's such an idiot, I swear when his heart gets broken, I'm not going to be there to comfort him. And don't even start saying that I should give her a chance, she's been nothing but bitchy towards me, she doesn't deserve any chances.

I reach the beach and an even harsher wind catches my cheeks, surely making them red. A tear slips out of my eye and I furiously wipe it away, why am I even crying? I guess because it seems Alex will take even some stuck up bitch over me. I walk along the boardwalk, watching the sun start to sink into the waves leaving a trail of red behind. I stuff my hands into my pockets and walk even faster to try and keep warm. 

I stumble into a small café and order a hot chocolate, I sit by the window and watch the quiet beach outside.

"Evie?" I turn around in my seat, and see no one other than...

Muahahahahahaha! A cliff hanger, oops! When I was in primary school, we watched this film and we had to pause it because we had lunch and my teacher was like, ooh! A cliffhanger! And I thought she literally meant that this girl was using a cliff hanger because she had just climbed up a building XD. Bit random, but yeah. Sorry for not updating in ages, but hey I still updated now! Stay clever!

Thea x