Waking Up

Chapter 8

'Good Morning class.' A tall, thin woman entered the room.

Gab pulled out her notebook and looked up. Ms. Briggs looked around, scanning for absent students. She glared down at each and every one of them, everyone knew not to mess with her.

No, she's not the badass type but the shut-up-or-go-to-detention-for-interrupting-type of teacher. She's completely bipolar, one time she would be joking and smiling then would glare at you for not laughing. Completely bi polar.

The history class went by slowly, Gab spent the whole class thinking of what would happen if she sleeps again.

When would any of this stop? Would it even stop? Or she's just going crazy?

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'Gab!' Honk honk. 'Gab! Honey!' I turned around to see Mom inside her car, waving at me. What the hell?

Honk honk.

'Gab!' She shouted again.

'I can hear you clearly mom!' I ran towards her. 'Mom, can you just stop that honking, the whole campus can hear you.' I rolled my eyes.

'Oh! Psh. Shut up, Gab, you sound like your father.'

Genes of course, duh.

Mom smiled at me widely, 'I came here to pick you up. Your dad is in his work again and I think your clothes are getting old.'

'Shopping?' I crossed my arms. 'On a Wednesday?' I know something's up. Mom never goes out on school days.

'Well, close to that. Get in and I'd tell you.' I went around the car and entered the passenger's seat. I threw my bag at the back and crossed my legs.

Mom started the car slowly and started driving.

' So you have any plans on telling me where we're going Mom?' I asked her while playing on my phone.

'I have to buy you a new dress, honey, we have a family friend who will visit us tomorrow. Actually, they're pretty close to me.' She looked at me. 'You remember Max? Your childhood friend?'

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'Mooooom! Have you seen Max?' Gab tugged at her Mom's dress, who at the moment was baking cookies.

'No dear, I thought you were playing prince and princess?' Gab pouted at her. 'But, but, he said he was just going to pee.' Gab said at her Mom.

'I'm sure he's just around.' Gab ran to the front porch, holding her yellow dandelion and sat down. Waiting for Max to come back and be her prince again.

She waited until her mom called her for dinner. She knew, though she's just a kid, that he's not coming back. Maybe tomorrow, she told herself.

She was ten years old back then. Max and Gab were bestfriends for 10 years. They were almost inseperable, also because their Moms were bestfriends too. They were neighbors, playmates, bestfriends. Max was all she had before Chloe and London.

'Yes, I understand Meredith. Good bye and take care.' I heard mom say as she hung up.

Max never came back. Now she's alone.

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She stared outside the window, remembering Max, everything about Max.

Gab wiped a tear on her cheek. She remembered those days, she was sitting on the front porch everyday, waiting for Max.

'Why do I have to buy a dress? It's just us.'

'Of course, they were gone for eight years! It should be a formal dinner.'

'Are they going to stay?' I hope not.

'Meredith said yes, so Max could finish senior high school here.' she paused. 'Together with you!'

I punched the dashboard. 'Fu-' I can't curse around my Mom.

She stopped the car. 'Honey, I know you're still upset.' She hugged me while I cried in her arms. 'Hush hush.' She comforted me.

I pulled away after minutes of crying. Reminiscing the past. 'Fine, I'll be the one to buy you a dress, I know you're not in the mood to try on dresses.' She wiped my tears. 'Besides, we're not that far away from the house.'

I nodded. 'I'm sorry Mom.'

'Oh Gab, I know, I know.' She turned the car around and dropped me off at home.

I entered the bathroom inside my room and observed my face. Should I prepare myself? Yes, but maybe not that much. Besides, that little shit's coming back.

That little shit who I considered my bestfriend. Take note, "considered". Past fucking tense.