*Y/n's POV*
"Noooooooooooooo. I don't wanna go to school!" I say slowly opening my eyes to adjust to the light
"But I thought you loved school! Come on! The teachers always give out their leftover candy because they always eat their kid's!" Aaron says walking over to my bed
"I do! But not today! I have tests! And NO MORE CANDY, PLEASE! I'll get diabetes and die." I say rolling over to face the other wall
"Come on. Get up." Aaron says attempting to pick me up
He's successful. Sadly.
"Ughhh don't YOU ever get a Halloween Candy Hangover?" I say grabbing onto him
"Never. The chocolate will make you crash and burn so I don't eat it. It's gross anyway." Aaron says putting me down
"Weirdo. Fine. I'm up, I'll go to school." I say looking up at him. "Yesterday was my first time Trick or Treating. Mother never allowed us to go."
"Geez she really is horrible. Come on, sis, get ready." Aaron says leaving the room
"You have no idea." I mutter walking over to my dresser
I get dressed and ready and go downstairs. Black hoodie with my hair still in French Braids and my makeup still isn't fully wash off from last night but it's just mascara for the most part. I normally love waking up but today... today, is just not going to be a good day, I feel it. So much for a Happy Halloween. While we were Trick or Treating last night I heard Genevieve. It wasn't good. Maybe I can see the future not the present? I wrote about it in class the other day and my teacher asked if I was okay and if this was true and that this piece was like the work of a 10th grader at the top of their class. Thanks Ms. Bradbury. Yeah. So I'm apparently "talented" and they want to move me up three grades. Possibly four. I'm not opposed to it but then I means I'll have to leave Garroth. There's also this girl Aphmau that he likes and I get it. She's really pretty and kind and she has deep hazel eyes that I could drown in. Maybe its just the amount of Mean Girls I listen to that's making me think this way. Yeah. Of course it is.
She likes to write too. She also likes soccer and I try to play with her but while people say I'm smart, I don't understand the concept at all. Like I know the rules and I know what I'm supposed to do, I just can't think normally when I'm around her. She's younger than Garroth and I but only by a year. It's strange. She says she'll be moving soon. I don't think I want to deal with more heartbreak if I do like her somehow. I... I don't know. Shut up feelings.
Today when I get to school, my teacher says she would like to see me to talk about something.
I enter the room silently as always, not making my presence known to anyone who doesn't care to notice me. But Ms. Bradbury looks up. Her peripheral vision is phenomenal, so it seems.
"Hello, Y/n! How was your morning?" She asks getting up and walking over to me. I'm the only one in the classroom, everyone messes around out in the hallway until there's one minute til they're late for class. But I'm punctual.
"Hi. It's going alright, how's yours? Thank you for asking." I respond following her as she walks back to her desk
"How do you feel about moving up a couple of grades?" She asks gesturing for me to grab a chair to sit on
"Well, I don't particularly want to leave my friends Garroth and Aphmau and my brother Aaron. So, that's currently the only downside of skipping grades." I say sitting down
"I see. Well, it turns out Aphmau is moving and Garroth wouldn't be able to skip grades because he isn't doing very well where he is currently. How old is you brother again?" She asks putting her glasses on and grabbing a pen to write on some piece of paper.
"Ten. Okay. What grade would you place me in if I were to say yes?" I ask
"I would move you to the same grade as your sister Melissa." She says writing something down
"No dice. I love her but I'm not moving to 7th grade. I'd rather excel in the grade I'm in than fail in the grade I'm moved to." I say flatly looking her in the eyes
"Are you sure? I wouldn't want you to be held back from your potential." She says as her brows show her disappointment
"Two grades. That's all I would do. Not four." I say trying to bargain. I'm only agreeing now because the 5th graders and the 3rd graders share recess. I'll still have Garroth for lunch and recess. That's all I need.
"I can do two. Alright, then it's settled. You'll be moving to 5th grade effective tomorrow. I wish you luck." She says standing up she puts her hand out to shake on it so I stand up as well and shake her hand. So much for friends.
I walk over to my desk. It's next to Garroth's. My last day getting to goof off with my best and only friend. Well, my only day to "goof off" because while he tries, I never cave. But today is our last day together in class unless he suddenly picks up his grade to close to mine then maybe we would be together again. But that won't happen. Garroth doesn't apply himself enough to skip two grades.
Garroth walks into the room so quickly he's almost running. This is not going to be a nice conversation. Once he sees me he actually runs over to me and basically tackles me in a ginormous hug, like always. It feels so amazing today. I love it. I love this. I hug him back so tightly I bet neither of us can breathe. He doesn't let go. I don't either. We just stand there in each other's arms and it feels so safe. Until we hear the announcement.
"THIS IS A LOCKDOWN. THIS IS A LOCKDOWN. THIS IS NOT A DRILL."
"Shit." I say under my breath
Garroth is having an anxiety attack and freaking out and normally I would be worse than him right now but today is not the day for anxiety.
A/N
Hiii!! Sorry it's been so long, I was trying to get this out the day after Halloween but my failure to write an entire chapter in one sitting was not helping me. I'll try to update semi-regularly but we'll see. I'll probably get a couple chapters done and ready on Thursday because I'm spending 3 hours in the car and even more in the waiting room at the hospital. The next chapter is probably going to be dedicated to my baby cousin Aurora. This chapter is dedicated to my cousins, Twin A and Twin B. They died at birth at 21 weeks. Their birthday is Halloween. They would have been one year old last Wednesday. Okay, sorry for that little tangent. Anyways, leave a comment telling me if you enjoyed this chapter and if you hate me for having a cliffhanger. Make sure to vote and share! Bye!
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