Let's Find Ourselves

Chapter One

The first thing Tricia did after waking up was check her phone nestled under her pillow. She'd pulled an all nighter the day before and now regretted it. After unlocking her phone, checking the time, (12pm, June 10th), and her email, (nothing important), she went on snapchat.

She went to Sam's story first, her best friend on snapchat and in real life, where the five of them (her, Sam, Lauren, Ava, and Lily) were messing around Sam's apartment. There was one snap where she was twirling around the Sam's living room singing High School Musical, and she groaned. If she knew someone was filming her she would've never done that in the first place. She continued clicking, going through Sam's story, and snorted at the snap where Ava tried to drink water upside down. She remembered that moment well and how much of a fail it was.

She went to Nick's story next, another one of her best friends, where him and his boyfriend were cuddling in the back seat of a car. She smiled. Ryan was one of the sweetest guys that she'd ever met and he was good for Nick, especially after everything he'd been through. After his story was over, she was about to exit when a snap caught her eye. It was sent directly to her from Luke, her crush, and a shiver traveled through her.

She kicked off her blankets and got up from bed, phone in one hand, and shoved her feet into slippers. She walked out of her bedroom through the hallway and into the kitchen. There she placed her phone on the table that stood in the middle of room, and opened the fridge. Looking around, she finally settled on strawberry and banana yogurt, water, and an apple. After placing them on the table, she opened her cabinet, grabbed a box of granola, and a spoon from the dishwasher.

Settling in one of four chairs that surrounded the table, she opened her water bottle, poured some granola in yogurt, took a spoonful, clicked on Luke's snap, and promptly choked on it five seconds later. After banging her chest and coughing for the gazillion time, she stared at Luke's snap where he was lying in bed asleep, topless.

She read the caption underneath: He's mine and there's nothing you can do about it. She blinked. Then laughed. Luke's current girlfriend was a tad insecure about their relationship, and frequently liked to remind Tricia that Luke was her's. But using Luke's own snapchat? That was a new low even for her.

She shook her head and finished the rest of her yogurt. After taking a swing from her water, placing it back in the fridge along with the apple, putting her spoon in the sink, and throwing away her trash, she grabbed her phone and entered the bathroom.

She turned on the shower, making sure it was warm, then went to her spotify playlist named: Shower Tunes, and hit play. She dropped her clothes in the laundry basket, and entered the shower, I'll Show You by Justin Bieber blasting from her phone.

Eighteen minutes later, after brushing her teeth, shampooing her hair, and washing her body, she stepped out of the bathroom with a green towel wrapped around her, and phone in right hand. Her bathroom was directly across from her bedroom, something that made life a billion times easier.

She walked into her room consisting of light blue walls, a white carpet, queen sized bed, black and white wardrobe, desk, dresser, and a T.V. She still couldn't believe she was lucky enough to get her apartment at such a low price, compared to the other apartments that she'd looked at. Walking to her wardrobe she threw her phone on her bed, making a mental note to clean her room when she had the chance, which in her case meant never. After going through hanger after hanger, she finally decided on a pair of denim shorts, and a black crop top.

Ten minutes later she was ready and plucked her phone off her bed. She had one text from Sam saying to meet her at Cafe Contento, their favorite cafe in town, and replied with an ok, locking her phone, and placing it in her back pocket.