kiss me through the phone ☾max mills

1 | sadie

|sadie pov|

the irritating buzz of my alarm clock causes my eyes to shoot open. i reach my hand over and slap the snooze button before turning back on to my side, pulling the duvet with me.
" sadie you better get your ass out of bed right this minute " my dads husky voice bellows from downstairs, bouncing off of each wall as it travels upstairs and into my bedroom.
i roll my eyes and slowly remove the duvet from its position covering my body, allowing the cold air to hit my skin.
at least he's sober this morning.

i finally stand up and head over to my closest,scavenging for something remotely wearable. i pull out a navy and white striped t-shirt and pair it with jeans and a green, zip up jacket.
i slip on my red vans and then stand up to glance at myself in the mirror, scanning the outfit up and down.
it'll do.

i slowly make my way down the stairs and grab my backpack, throwing it over my shoulder.
i peep my head around the living room door frame and come face to face with my dad sprawled across the sofa with a liquor bottle in his hand.
" goodbye dad " i whisper, not even bothering to disturb his slumber to inform him that i'm leaving for school.
he wouldn't care anyway.

i pick up my skateboard from its position propped up against the wall and place it onto the ground. i step one foot on and catch my balance before skating away from the place that i should be able to call ' home '.

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i enter the school building and make my way through the hall way, trying my hardest to find my friend finn.
finn is my only friend. i'm not the type of girl people really want to be friends with. i'm not pretty, i'm not popular, i don't have a nice home or family life, what is there to like ?
i'm just seen as a scruff to everyone other than finn. he somehow sees something in me that's so interesting and fun to be around. i personally don't understand how he can spend so much time with me and not manage to get bored.

i suddenly find myself colliding with another pupil in the hallway.
" watch where you're going freak " the voice, that belongs to no other than max mills, scoffs.
" sorry " i mutter, making my way past him and avoiding any further conversations or conflict.
max is the player of the school and has pretty much every girl at his feet. they're so mesmerised by him but i just don't understand how. he treats girls as if they're some dirt on the bottom of his shoe. hooks up with one for a week and then days later he's already locking lips with a completely different girl.
he cares for nobody but himself and that's why i despise him so dearly.

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i slouch in my chair, placed at the back of the class room, and stare out of the window, trying to tune out all words escaping our teachers lips.
"- so fill in your details and then in a couple days you'll be anonymously paired up with someone in your year group " my teacher explains as a student hands out the survey sheets.
one eventually makes its way to my desk and i pull a pencil out of my pocket before starting at question one.

name ?
sadie stevens

age ?
15

hobbies ?
-

likes ?
-

dislikes ?
-

address ?
stalkerish but don't you already have that in files or something?

how would you describe yourself ?
-

how do you think others see you ?
i don't think it, i know it, they think i'm a nobody

which isn't a lie, last year rumours went round the school that i was homeless due to me wearing the same outfits throughout the weeks. that's because they don't know the real reason, they don't know my story.

what type of people do you interact best with ?
-

i continue down the list of questions and they get stranger and stranger as i go down. i wouldn't be surprised if this school was trying to clone us because the questions were that in detail.
most questions i left blank because, quite frankly, i didn't know how to answer them.

the bell finally rings, signalling the end of class. i sling my backpack over my shoulder and walk swiftly out of the classroom.

i finally spot finn walking down the hallway with his other friend daniel. yes finn has other friends because people actually like him. he always assures me that he will never ditch me for popularity because he knows how much of a hard time i have at home.
i decided not to call him as i've never spoken to daniel and he's probably heard all of the rumours, so i can't really make a first impression.
instead, i make my way to my next class alone.

•••
'tis a new book.
i discontinued my other max story called ' misbehaviour ' so here we are.
what a long chapter to start am i right
- amelia