Right Now

Chapter 1

Watching him walk away only made it harder. I watched him walk into the tunnel in Logan Airport as he boarded a plane back to London. A single tear ran down my cheek. This was the last time I would ever see him.

What am I doing? Let me start at the beginning.

Beep! Beep!

My eyes fluttered open. I stared directly up. I was in my boring room, in boring house, in my boring town, Chesterfields. Nothing ever happened in Chesterfields, maybe a car crash or two. Maybe a robbery. But the town was dead boring. I yawned and made away across my boring room. I pulled open my drawers, taking out a oversized T Shirt and a pair of denim shorts.

"Belly, time for school!"

I moaned.

"C'mon, ladybug" called my mom from the bottom of the stairs.

I grabbed last night's homework and my knapsack and ran down the stairs. I was always trying to find interesting ways to call normal things, to make them less-you guessed it- BORING.

"What are you wearing?" asked my mother, pulling on my T Shirt, "and look at your hair!"

She pushed me over to the bathroom.

She was right. I was a mess. Oh well.

"Mom, its the last day of school. Its fine." I tried to reason with here. Truthfully, I wasn't really into it today. Last night wasn't my night per say.

I looked around the bathroom and Mom was gone. Lost in thought, again.

"Ok, fine, fine. But at least brush your hair!" She yelled from the kitchen.

I moaned. I grabbed the hair brush and moved it swiftly throughout my blue-black dyed curly hair.

"Julia is here!" Mom called from the kitchen.

Julia is my best friend. She is my sister from another mister and also my partner in crime. I met her when she was in first grade and when I was in kindergarten. Even though we were a year apart, we were still the bestest of friends.

"C'mon, chicky. Lets move it." she clapped her hands as she spoke. I really hate when people do that.

I grabbed my best friends hand and we headed to her car.