25 days of Christmas writing prompts

Day 3, Snow

AN:I apologize in advance, this one is a little sad I guess? and it kinda ended briefly and for that I am sorry but I'm trying here.

I was awoken by no other but myself, something wasn't right. I looked at my phone, 7:23 am "Shit.." Simon and I are gonna be late to school.

I laid back in bed for another few minutes, starting to wonder why dad didn't wake me up. I felt my phone vibrate in my hand, I raised it up so I could see the screen. It was a text from dad "I called you and your brother in saying you'll be there at 9." thanks dad, I thought to myself..now I gotta get Simon up.. Great. I decided to get myself ready first, giving Simon some time to sleep in a little more. I showered, did my hair and makeup, today's look is black leggings and a black sweater, and to doll that up I put a small snow-flake brooch on the left side of my chest. I decided to now try and get Simon up, I went to his room, he wasn't there..his bed wasn't made either. He's probably downstairs, yeah, that's where he is. I went down, and there he was, on the couch, curled up in a blanket, looking out the window. I sit on the couch with him, looking out the window, "It's snowing." he said in a muffle of words, I gave him a "mmhm" response. We looked out the window for about 5 more minutes, I looked at him and lightly punched him in the shoulder, "Get dressed..we gotta leave soon." he sighed and got up, taking his blankets with him. I laughed at that, he's still a kid.

I decided that we were going to Starbucks for breakfast. I went out to start my car so it could warm up, my poor car..needs to be cleaned. I went back in to grab my purse and backpack and to wait for Simon. "Hurry up!" I shouted up the stairs and went back to the couch. He came running down the stairs, wearing the equivalent to skinny jeans and a grey sweater with an alien in the corner.

It was a quiet ride to Starbucks, with the quiet sound of Christmas music on the radio. I ordered a peppermint mocha and got Simon a peppermint tea. We got to school within a few minutes. Simon and I walked to the front office to get our passes to class. I walked we went our separate ways for the day, he went to the choir room, that was going to be his next class, and I went to geology.

I sat with my friends in the back of the room, we have a group project that we're working on for the rest of the month, my group is doing a simulation of an earthquake. "Hey hun, we missed ya this morning, well, I did anyway, where were you?" my friend Alex asked. Alex has been my best friend for years, last year he helped me with my makeup for homecoming. "My dad let my brother and I sleep in this morning," I responded with a bit of concern in my voice, I hoped they couldn't tell, "Are you alright? You sound...worried." my other friend, Gladis, asked. "I think somethings wrong with Simon, he was quiet all morning, and he was actually up on time too." I should've asked him about it this morning "Maybe he's having boyfriend troubles again?" shit I forgot, Simon's always having problems with his "on and off" boyfriends all the time. "I'll talk to him about it when we get home." After that we worked some more on our project some more. After class, I saw Simons boyfriend, Jerome(Jeremy), he was holding hands with some girl. It actually made me a little upset, how dare he hurt my brother.

It was the end of the day, I waited for Simon in the music hall, when I saw him, I knew, I knew that something was really wrong, and I can actually see it now. We got in the car and started driving home, I had to plan out what I was going to say, I don't really want to see him cry, and even if that isn't what's going on, I'm gonna feel even worse breaking the news to him.

"Simon, you know I can tell when somethings wrong, so spill it. Now." I tried to be as gentle as I could, really emphasizing the "now", he didn't say anything, just burst out in tears. "We were supposed to watch it snow together!" Simon shouted out through tears and sobs "Who's we?" I asked him, knowing the answer that would upset me "Jerome" He yelled through even more sobs and even more tears. I decided to just leave him alone about it.