Horoscopes

03| scorpio - august

scorpio -august

Sara was not home from school yet, because of her stupid science club. My dad died a few years ago and my mom works late. I have to kind of babysit Sara, well my mom expects me to, but Sara is 14 and can look after herself. So, I thought I should try out my new bike. I live fairly close to some people, such as Violet Parkers who I'm pretty sure doesn't like me. I grabbed a piece of lined paper and teared some of it off so it looked a bit like a square. I grabbed my pen, wrote a note and taped it onto the door, so Sara doesn't wonder where I went if she ever comes home.

I got onto my bike and I put my phone into the little basket. I bought this bike with my own money, and it looks like a 'tumblr' bike, which was why I wanted it. The snow cleared up a bit so I headed down the sidewalk. In early January, Sara slipped and fell by our house and got a big bruise, so mom complained. It turned out the people who sand the sidewalk weren't doing their job, and they got fired. 

I should tell you a bit about myself instead of talking about how slippery our area gets. I am August Grace Waters-Lancaster, I'm 16. I'm still referred to the new girl at school. It's already March but these people are weird. My mom is kind of over protective. I was supposed to have another sister, but my mom had a miscarriage. That's why she wants me to ALWAYS look after Sara. 

I passed the Parkers house. I told you they live very close to me. Just another block away, so sometimes, Violet and I end up on the same bus. Sitting together. But I can tell she doesn't like me. Violet is into horoscopes so she calls Sara 'Mini Scorpio' and she calls me 'Big Scorpio' because my sister and I are both scorpio's. I steered the handle of the bike and I heard someone yell 'Watch Out!'

I stopped the bike  and turned my head to see a boy very close behind me. I also realized there was a street and I almost drove across the street while cars were on it. Thank goodness he stopped me. 

"Thanks." I said, and hopped on my bike and went down the sidewalk. He went to my school, didn't he? A few minutes later, he was running after me. 

"Wait up, August!" He said. I stopped my bike. 

"What on earth do you want?" I said, angered. I couldn't even get around one block without something or someone interrupting me. I looked at him and I realized he was Leo Pritchett. 

"What's up?" Leo asked. Okay, that was super lame. I rolled my eyes.

"Nothing, you're wasting my time. Why did you follow me?" I asked. 

"I saw you, and my friend went to soccer, I was wondering want to bike with me?"

I blinked. "You're alone so you come to me." 

Leo was trying really hard to spend time with me. "Yes!" He said. "Please? I'm bored, alone, dying." He fell dramatically. 

I laughed. How comical. "Okay, only for a bit though."

And so, we biked down into the woods, near Sara's school, talking like we were old friends. I liked Leo. He is very nice. But if you make one wrong move, you can hurt him. So I have to be very careful, because I don't want that happening to him.