II. Sleepover

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Dear Dad,

Apparently, I get my clumsiness from you. Mum says you met on the first day of work when your poured all you coffee down her new work shirt. I just wish I got something else from you, like your chocolate eyes. Write back soon,

 Write back soon,

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"Kris," Leighanne complains. She's been going on like this for the past two minutes but I won't give in.

I push the pillow harder down on her face so her voice muffles.

"Kris, please, I can't breathe!" She mumbles from under the pillow.

She kicks her legs vigorously until she hits my back sending me backwards and rolls onto her stomach knocking the pillow off her head.

"Ouch keep your melanin magical feet away from my back," I call from the floor of my room, my hand checking for bruises on my back.

"Well, I was dying under there. God, when was the last time you changed your sheets, Kris," she throws the pillow I was using to suffocate her at my head as I start to sit up knocking me right back.

I swear I'm not a murderer! It sounds like I'm trying to kill my best friend but I promise you she deserves this 100%

I frown at her and throw the pillow back even though she's too busy tapping away on her phone to notice,"Bit-"

"Language!" She interrupts, "Besides I helped you out. Now you and Levi have something to talk about, he's on the team too!"

"Well, that's great! But you know what's not so great? You signed me up for the rounders team without my permission, I mean you've known me for like ten years, you know the only thing I'm good at is sleeping!"

"You'll learn! Think about you scoring full rounders and batting every ball thrown at you."

I throw my hands up in frustration,"Wrong! Think about me showing up an hour too late because I overslept then smacking Levi on the head with a bat! "

"Right, I underestimated your inner clumsiness," Leighanne was agile and skinny. She moved like a lioness holding power and grace in every step. She looked like a princess just stuffing popcorn in her mouth. I envied that about her.

"I guess I could always not go..." my sentence trails off into the silence of the room.

"No can do! Already signed you up, that's 60% of your grade." Leigh sighs as I facepalm.

We sit in silence contemplating the situation and munching on popcorn.

"I say we fuck it! Who cares about physical education, anyway? Like, huh, we have gyms for a reason!" I try to ignore the pounding from my head and enjoy Jughead's beautiful face from Riverdale.

"You're choice, honey! But your lazy ass won't find herself near a God damn gym even if she's drunk," she giggles and snatches the duvet to her side.

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