Everything but love

Chapter 1

-ZARAH'S POV-

Monday ugh. I hate Monday's so so much and I am pretty sure the rest of the universe can testify that Monday is the worst day of the week by far. My alarm is blaring 21 Pilots so I press stop and go back to hibernating in my bed. I am not ready for school again.

"Zarah get your lazy ass up, you need to get ready or you will be late!" Luke yells at me.

Ahhh Luke my favorite younger brother. The most popular jock at West View. We are complete opposites full stop. He likes partying, I like binge watching. He likes getting drunk out of his brains, I like eating ice cream and avoiding human contact.

But alas, the hell hole people call high school prevents me from achieving my dreams of being alone for an eternity with my one and only true soulmate, food.

I drag myself out of bed and walking like a sloth to my closet. I pull out my Hogwarts shirt and my navy blue shorts.

I walk down stairs to be greeted by my mum.

"Hi honey I have to run to work now and I won't be back until about 11:00 tonight so you will have to figure out dinner for yourselves. I left money on the counter for you. Have a good day!"

And with that she slams the front door and is gone. Typical. She is never home for more than 2 hours at a time because she is a nurse. And she also has a habit of going to bars and drinking until she can't stop throwing up. So we never really see her a whole lot. It was different when dad was around.

She was always home and only really left the house to go grocery shopping. Dad would work so mum could stay home. But that's the past and I have had to except that she is who she is now and I can't change that.

I fumble around the kitchen looking for the coffee.

Once I finish it I grab my keys and get in my white Suzuki Swift.

As I am driving to school there is a car that pulls up beside me at a red light. They have music blasting from their car and everyone inside it is jumping up and down.

Someone turns to look at me and catches me staring. He winks at me and then the light goes green again and they speed off in the direction of the school. No doubt it was some idiots from the football team.

I park my car and walk into school. The hallways are flooded with people and the volume is crazy with everyone laughing and yelling. Typical high school. I make my way through the sea of people towards the senior locker area.

I spot my best friend Casie who is talking to some boy I don't even recognize. Wait no scratch approaching her they are now eating each other's faces off. Gross.

I decide to talk to her about it later instead of interrupting their little fiasco.

I go round the corner to my locker and stick my bag inside and pull my folder out for Chemistry and Maths.

Once I have everything I need I head to homeroom. It's the same classroom as what I had last year so it is pretty easy for me to find it.

I walk to the back of the classroom and slide down in my seat. I don't need anyone to come talk to me or notice me. I just need to get th-

I am pulled out of my train of thought as I hear my name being yelled from across the room.

"ZARAH!!!! Omg it's so good to see you again! I have missed you so much! You have to fill me in on everything that has happened!"

Casie fires question after question at me with no time to respond to a single one.

"Casie calm down! I will tell you everything, not that there is much to tell in Chem ok?"

"What do you mean not much to tell?"

"You will see."

And with that the bell goes to signal start of lesson 1. Casie and I walk to the science labs together trying not to be squished to much by the crowd flooding the hallways once again.

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AUTHOR'S NOTE

YAY FIRST CHAPTER DONE!!!! (Squealing so much rn)

Anyway I hope you enjoyed it because i promise you the next chapter (or maybe the third) is going to start getting juicy 😏

Lol this book is going to make up for the lack of drama going on in my life 😂😂

Anyway STAY STRONG!

Kate xoxo