I woke up to the usual sound of my alarm. Ugh. I hate it so much. It was 6:37 am. I hid in my covers and sighed loudly.
I could hear the faint voices of my parents. They were fighting, nothing new.
They called my name and I ignored them completely. I went in the bathroom, washed my face and looked at myself in the mirror. My straight, long chestnut brown hair was in a messy bun. I let it loose and brushed it softly.
My eyes were puffy and my under eye dark circles were darker than ever before. I blame my parents. They sat with me last night to talk about the little prank I decided to pull on my geography teacher.
I don't blame the poor old guy for calling my parents though. it was a brilliant prank. Let's just say we're having a sub for the next week and we all got hundreds in our midterm exam.
I pull pranks because I like it. I feel like myself when I do it. I love making a mess.
Actually, I'm part of a mess. It all started when Austin, my little brother, was diagnosed with Diabetes. He was 5 years old when he was diagnosed with Diabetes. He's 8 now. His life just started and all this crap is happening to him. He has to get a shot of insulin every day, for the rest of his life.
My parents are always fighting, mostly because of money issues. My mom doesn't work and my dad has two jobs. They have to pay for Austin's treatment and they don't have enough money to do that and raise us. Not to mention my sister who is always stealing their money.
Tara, my 26 year old sister doesn't live with us. But somehow she manages to take as much money as she can when she visits us. She then leaves and doesn't come back for another year when she needs more money.
So this is my life. It is a mess. But no one cares. So I pull pranks to distract myself from all this crap.
I applied a bit of makeup and went back to my room, I changed into a floral sundress and added some gladiator shoes. My attitude is the complete opposite of my style.
"Skylar I need your help" Austin cried from his room.
I ran to him and saw him trying to inject himself.
"AUSTIN! STOP THAT." I took the shot of insulin from his hands and injected him in his lower stomach carefully.
"Ouch" he whimpered.
"Sorry, little one, you'll get used to it" I said patting his head, messing his dirty blonde hair and pulling him into a hug.
He laughed and held me tighter.
"I hope they find the cure for this instead, then I don't need to give myself a shot of that nightmare everyday" His blue eyes shined with hope and I laughed at his little words hoping that too.
I love Austin, he's the only reason I cope with this family. I would be living somewhere else if it wasn't for him.
I went downstairs to get some breakfast. I grabbed a bowl from our relative small cupboard and poured some 2% fat milk. I grabbed my favorite cereal, Cocoa Puffs and pured it on my bowl. I started eating it when my dad stepped in.
"Missy, don't even think of skippin-"
"Dad, i'm not skipping school. I have detention today and I don't want summer school so I'm going even if I was dying" I said monotonously."Plus, Harry is waiting for me at the bus stop"
He looked at me sternly. "I don't care, just be careful with what you do. Your teacher is at the hospital because of your 'little prank'. Laxatives can be really dangerous if you take too much of them."
"He's in the hospital? SCORE." i said excitedly trying to annoy my dad running to the front door.
"See you later daddy" I smiled and closed the door.
I walked a couple of minutes till i got to the bus stop.
I saw my best friend sitting on a bench. His curly hair perfectly styled and he was wearing jeans and a white T-Shirt.
Harry smiled when he saw me walking to the bus stop.
"HAZZA" I sad pulling him into a hug.
"Sky, blue sky how are you?" he said. His smiled and his dimples showed.
Harry has been my best friend since I was 6 years old. I'm 17, he's 18 and we're still as close as we will ever be.
"I'm great. Did you know Mr. Buckles is in the hospital? Apparently, I dropped too many laxative pills in his coffee and he's really bad. How are you?" I let a cry of joy.
"You're the worst but I still love you." he said kissing me on the cheek.
We went in the bus and started talking.
"Rumor has it that there's a new kid and he just got here yesterday and he poured oil and sand all over the basketball court right before the big game" Harry said flipping his hair.
"No way! That brilliant prank was pulled by a new kid? I need to meet this fearless bastard" I laughed.
Harry kept talking about this girl in his math class, Belle. They sat next to each other but she barely said a word to him.
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We arrived to school and I hugged Harry.
"Hazza I'll see you at lunch"
He kissed me softly in the cheek and walked to his class.
If people didn't know we were best friends, they would think we were a couple but Harry was well known at school.
I dragged myself to English class. Niall was there with my other best friend Kelsey. Gosh I'm glad I have great friends.
"Skylar!!!" Kelsie hugged me
"Your prank was brilliant but-"
"Class, listen up we have a new student in our English class. His name is-" she stopped for a second and gestured him to come in.
The boy came in staring at the ground.
The kid was gorgeous. Tall, jet black hair and hazel eyes. His hair was styled in a quiff and he had tanned skin. He was wearing black jeans with a white shirt topped with a leather jacket.
"His name is- What's your name dear?" Mrs. Mocherman said.
He looked at the classroom and flashed a smile. That smile.
"Zayn, Zayn Malik" he said softly.
He dragged himself to an empty seat in the front of the room.
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I hated my schedule. First English, then I had PE, Geography, Chemistry, Lunch, Math Studies, Art and Spanish.
Harry was in the same lunch as I was. Niall, Kelsie and my other friend Marissa were too. We sat in our usual table and I waited for Marissa. She always brought me lunch. I loved her for that.
Suddenly the doors opened and the new kid, Zayn, came in and sat alone in a table.
"Hey, Sky, that's him, that's the kid who pulled the funny prank" Harry said.
"What are you serious? He's new in my English class. I'll talk to him soon."
Suddenly I heard the usual beep of the school's announcements.
"First of all let's have a big round of applause for the soccer team. We are going to nationals. Marine Biology club and music club have meetings today. Now, the principal. Hi this is your principal Mr. Minor could Skylar Grey and Zayn Malik come to my office right now? Thank you. Have a nice day."
