11:11pm

Emmanuel

I sat up in bed. I could hear my tia Loretta talking quietly on the phone to my dad, probably about me again. "No. When I bring her up he switches the subject." There was a pause, my tia took a shaky breath. "It's only been three months since it happened Jose. He won't eat unless I force him to, he never talks about it, he hasn't cried about it. I think he's trying to shut it out. He says he's okay but he's not Jose, I can see it in his eyes." She went quiet. I looked over at my phone to check the time; 6:35. Might as well get up for school, I thought. Standing up I walked to the bathroom, turning on the shower. Making enough noise for my tia to know I was up. She quickly told my dad goodbye and knocked on the bathroom door. "Mijo, I'm making breakfast. Waffles or pancakes?" she asked. "I'm not that hungry tia, you don't have to make me anything." I replied. "Chocolate chip pancakes it is." she said walking away. I sighed.

After showering I pulled on some black skinny jeans, a Green Day shirt and my dark purple hoodie I never part with. Shoving on my shoes I grabbed my phone and looked at the clock; 7:10. I quickly grabbed my bag and walked down the stairs avoiding the kitchen to get out the door to avoid my tia. "Bye, I've got to go to t-" she cut me off. "Emmanuel Pedro Thyme, you get your ass over here and eat a pancake or so help me god I will destroy that hoodie of yours!" she yelled. I sighed and trudged into the kitchen and quickly ate a pancake. "Tia I've got to go the bus will be there at 7:15, it's seveeeeen.." I dragged on as I checked the time on my phone,"7:12, see? Bye!" I said running out of the house to the bus stop.

"Oi E! Hurry I can see the bus!!" my friend Luke yelled as I got closer to the bus stop. Luke moved here to New Mexico last year from England, he gets all the ladies (and men, gender equality) with that snazzy accent of his. But I've noticed that it's starting to fade away a bit, Luke denies it but I know better. "AHHH!!!" I yelled as I ran to him. Luke laughed, "Just kidding you still have 3 minutes before it comes." I glared at him. "Seriously!... Dude...Not cool... Not.... Cool." I said catching my breath. Luke smiled and patted me on the back,"Hey at least you got in some exercise mate." He said laughing. I punched him,"Fuck off Luke." Luke smiled and looked down at his phone,"Hey my dad won't be home till tomorrow night, do you think it's okay if I stay with you and your aunt?" he asked as the bus pulled up to our stop. I rushed up the steps and sat down in a seat with Luke right behind me. "Yeah my aunt loves you she'd be totally fine with it." Luke grinned,"Sweet! So what's for dinner then?"

I walked down the hallway to my homeroom trying to avoid running into people. I kept my eyes down, which probably wasn't a good idea. I looked up just in time to barely miss running into a girl in my science class, only to run into somebody else. "Oh I'm sorry I don't see you th- hey you're Emmanuel, yeah? Emmanuel Thyme?" the guy I ran into asked. I looked up from my shoes. I had ran into Ian Lane, my crush since 7th grade. He's got the most beautiful grey-green eyes and dark ginger hair, cute little freckles, and luckily for me he's also bi. So I might get a chance. "Uh yeah. That's me. You can call me E if you want that's what my friends call me." I said as I began to blush. Ian Lane actually knows my name! Holy crap! I thought. "This is great! I've been meaning to talk to you since forever, I've just never been able to get your attention." he said grinning like an idiot and pulling out his phone handing it to me. "Here put your number in I'll text you later." he said. I quickly typed in my number and handed it back. The bell rang. "Welp, I've gotta go I'll see you around pretty boy, I-I meant E! E not pretty boy I mean you're... uh yeah I, bye..." he said quickly blushing red and rushing away. I stood there staring at Ian as he disappeared into a class room.