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CHAPTER-1 "Just another day.."

"Hurry up Lisa we are going to be late."
"In a minute"
I yelled back to my brother and grudgingly woke up, got ready in a hurry, and rushed down.

 I was greeted by my mother sprawled on the couch and my brother impatiently motioning me to hurry up.

I remembered what happened last night. Mom came home a drunken mess while Sebastian and I were sleeping. We were awoken by her hysterical screams as she kicked the furniture around. 

It didn't take me long to figure out that she was referring to Paul, her drug dealer and as she liked to think, her boyfriend.
she passed out shortly after, Sebastian and I cleaned up the mess.

Such was the norm in our house. On most nights Mom came home belligerent, spewing hateful crap about one person or another. If we were lucky, we'd be asleep by then (or at least pretended to), on the unfortunate days that we weren't in bed, we were at the receiving end of her abuse. 

 Come to think of it, I don't remember a time when my mom was sober. She had been a drunk for as long as I can remember. Sebastian was the breadwinner of our family. He dropped out of college to support us financially and put me through school. Seb was more of a parent to me than my mother ever was. 

"Hurry up now, or we will miss the bus" Sebastian pulled me out from my thoughts.

I quickly ran to the gate and apologized for being late. We left the house and Sebastian locked the door behind him.

huh, weird. 

I gave him a confused look because he never locked the door when Mom was in, as he knew it will just piss her off. He gave me a small smile and said nothing.

'I'll ask about it later' I thought and ran towards the bus stop.
"Uh oh, I guess the bus left," I said looking back to Sebastian as he held up the car keys.

"Always prepared, " I said to myself as I opened the door to the passenger's seat.

"Lisa, you have to sit in the back, Jess's coming" I frowned; I hated Jessica.

 She was Sebastian's girlfriend and the daughter of the one and only, Alex Carter, owner of Casa del Amor, the largest hotel in our town. I never understood how Seb and Jess ended up together, nevertheless, he was infatuated with her, so I concealed my disdain for her like any good sister would.

"Ugh... ok whatever" I mumbled and sat in the back.  

A short drive after we reached Jess's house, she opened the gate and slipped into the passenger seat. I smiled at her and mouthed a Hi to which she didn't respond. Not surprised. 

As soon as we reached the school I jumped out of the car, said a quick goodbye to Seb, and feigned a smile to Jess, which was once again, ignored. 

I was late so I was practically sprinting towards my classroom, in my attempt to avoid being any later than I already was, I tripped and fell flat on my face. 

As I regained my composure, I saw a hand stretched out to me. I looked up and saw a familiar face, It was Jack.

I took his hand and stood up " Are you okay?" he said with a concerned look on his face. "As good as I can be" I replied straightening my clothes. 

"Cool" he smiled "I'm Jack, by the way. " 

" Yeah, you're in my chemistry class, right?" I remembered. " I'm Annalisa" He nodded. 

Jack and I had shared classes since the 8th grade, but this was my first time noticing him. He was cute. I felt blood rushing to my cheeks.  Geez Lisa, chill.  

" Care to join me? " He asked as our first class was chemistry that day. 

I nodded.

He sat next to me in class, and we kept snickering the entire period.  He was really funny and charming. My little accident in the morning turned out to be pretty great.
He walked me to the bus stop. 

" I had a pretty great day hanging out with you today, I'm glad you're clumsy," he said to me as the bus approached.

" I had a pretty swell day myself " I added.

" Well, give me a call when you get home," he said to me as the bus approached, and handed me a note with his number on it. I nodded and waved him goodbye as I boarded the bus.

As soon as I sat down, I opened his note, he had drawn a cute little winky face on the top. I smiled to myself, crumpled his note, and kept it in my pocket. And then a realization hit me.

"Oh shit"

*life's a bitch*