Meant To Live

Part 1 ^ Yuck

Yuck. Yuck. Yuck. Oatmeal, I swear to god. I'd rather die than eat that chunky 'breakfast'. My mother was on the opposite side of the kitchen preparing her own batch of 'delicious' oatmeal.

"Maybe you should think more greatly, Kierra. Some kids don't get to have anything for breakfast and I'm going to assume you're a smart enough girl to know that my now." Her voice was sour, hearing it made me want to mock her and be as sassy as possible for my teenage girl years.

Unlike my mother, my father was already at work trying to earn us an income. Sure, we have a nice home and a stable family, but not so much enough to buy good enough food like Frosted Flakes maybe!

I heard a knocking at the door, which would lead me to assume that Kyle was here. Kyle was an amazing boyfriend, it was truly an honor to be able to date him. My mother turned to me and waved me off to the door. "Have a nice day, try to eat some lunch since I see all you did was pick at your oatmeal." I gave a guilty smile and shrugged, grabbing my coat and bag and out the door.

Kyle greeted me with a toothy grin, leaning into the house quickly and speaking to my mother. "Good morning ma'am!" He always wanted to seem like a gentleman to her, though I'm sure news from school spreads to her easily with the amount of time she spends on Facebook these days.

"Did you have the Chemistry homework last night?" Kyle's gentle voice broke the silence on the way to the car, opening and holding the door open for me.

I gave a soft chuckle before shaking my head. "No, I'm not in Chemistry, remember?" He always seemed to forget the unimportant things.

"Ah, my bad, Miss Kierra."

I was already growing out of my name. Like, sure, people go through a nickname phase but this was no phase. I don't like that name. 'Kierra'. I like Kie, it's not so feminine and doesn't sound like a posh rich girl name.

The rest of the car ride was silent. A little unusual for Kyle.. but maybe he was just thinking about stuff. As we arrived at the school and parked, he didn't open my door for me. Had I done something wrong..? No, I was just expecting too much, no big deal.

I met up with him and linked my arm around his so others would know us being a couple. That was something I enjoyed doing, showing off that I had a boyfriend who wasn't scared to walk with me.

We really didn't have any classes together, but that wasn't a big deal, right? We don't sit near each other at lunch either. Why was I suddenly getting nervous over him.. he loves me and wouldn't do such a thing like cheat. Kyle is Kyle, and Kyle wouldn't cheat. Besides, wasn't cheating a sin?