dangerous

part 1

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my alarm always woke me up earlier than i pleased for it to. id rather it never go off and i just sleep in for the rest of my life. i was never going to follow the directions my mother nor the alarm clock gave me "wake up."

my mom always came in my room around 6am to wake me up for school, my alarm went off at 6:30. i never listened to either, the amount of times i threw my clock at the wall to make it shut up. i always hated having to get up and do the same routine over and over again.

i wanted to do something different everyday. not wake up at 7, get ready, eat breakfast, then run to school because im almost late. recently i stopped caring about arriving to school early, on time, or late anymore. as long as i got there and i wasn't grounded for the rest of my life, i didn't care.

today my mom came in my room to wake me up earlier, apparently because we have a meeting with my principal. i couldn't care less about what she has to tell my mom "karleys grades are dropping" "karley isn't going to her classes like she should be" "karleys school attendance has looked better."

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oh yeah my alarm doesn't stop going off until 7:30 which i should be out of the house by then, but i never am. i sat up, unplugged my alarm then got up to get dressed. i went straight to my closet and picked out some ripped up jeans, with some old band shirt, and my black toms. i didn't really care what i looked like when i went out, as long as i looked a tad decent then i would be fine. i went over to my mirror to brush out my hair, my facial features really stood out today. my long black hair looked really straight today, my freckles along my nose and cheeks were very prominent. and then my big blue eyes always stood out, both of my parents have brown eyes so they always point out whenever they get the chance that i have a different eye color than them.

"karley!!" i heard my mom yell up the stairs for me. my mom wasn't really strict, she didn't like the things i did but she always said it was just a phase of mine so she gave me my space.

"coming!"

my dad was rarely home, he always worked and when he was home he just yelled. he said it was because of work and he was stressed about that and then having me run around and doing the things i do never made it better on him. i don't try to stress him or anyone out , i just do what i want to do. id rather live an adventurous life than a life where everyone is just going to forget the things i did and no one will know who i am.

i ran downstairs to see my mom looking through her purse until she heard the bottom step creak then she looked up to see me standing there.

"hey hun" she smiled at me, she always meant well and i really did appreciate my mom. she believed in me when no one else did, she was my best friend for a while .
"hey ma" i walked over to her sitting down in the kitchen chair across from her, "whatcha looking for?"
"nothing, because i found them" she said pulling out the car keys from her purse.
"you're driving me to school?" i would've asked if she was going somewhere else , but she doesn't have a job and she just went shopping the other day and she always lets me know when she has other appointments.
"yeah, today is thursday hun. remember that meeting with your principal?"
"well yeah i remember but i thought that wasn't going to be until after?"
"no, you thought incorrectly"

i stood up from my seat and grabbed my book bag, from behind the couch.
"well if you want to go then lets go now"
"okay, ill meet you in the car"

before she could fully finish that sentence i was already heading out the door. i went to the car and put my book bag on the car floor, i knew my mom was going to take a while so i went over to my friend blakes house. blake and i have been friends ever since i moved here , which was almost 10 years ago. he was actually my first boyfriend too, but we decided to just be friends after everyone was pressuring us to kiss. we were 12.

"karls" i only ever allowed blake to call me that and i don't know why only him, but no one else really tried and when someone did i told them i just preferred karley over a nickname . which is true, but blake was my best friend so i let him slide.
"blake, my man"
he stood up to hug me, "what's up buttercup"
"i have a meeting with my principal"
"oo fun"
"and my mom will be there"
"such fun"
"anything new with you?"
"actually miranda called me yesterday "
"really now?"
"yeah she was telling me how she misses me and she wishes we could've ended things on a better note and yadda yadda yadda"
miranda is blakes ex girlfriend from 3 years, they dated on and off for three years and every single time was her fault because she cheated on him. he was just dumb enough to go back to her, eventually she cheated on him with his guy best friend and he was obviously pissed. so he ended a friendship and relationship that night, i had to comfort him because he did love her but she treated him like shit and he really doesn't deserve that from anyone.

"well what'd you tell her?"
"nothing, i just told her i don't want to talk to her ever again so if she could kindly stop reaching my number id be forever grateful."
"im proud of you blake, i really am"
"thanks karls, means a lot honestly "
we hugged again and then i heard my mom call me from the car.
"looks like your mom is ready to speak to your principal "
" at least one of us is"
"youll be fine karley, but text me when it's over so we can meet up before first class"
"i will i will"
"karley ann!!" my moths started yelling.
"that's my cue, wish my luck"
"luck!!"
i smiled back at him as i ran across the street to the car that was waiting for me.

"are you ready to see ms. turner?"
"as ready as ill ever be i guess"