lungs

part 4

my eyes been open to my ceiling and the sound of my alarm on my phone. i turn to my night stand and grab my phone to look at the time. 5:30am.

tell me why we have to wake up this early just for the school to take six hours out of our day. i could be sleeping right now, bro.

i get out of bed and stretch, before i head to the bathroom to take my shower. once i'm doing taking my shower, i put on a t-shirt with jeans. also leaving my hair down to my shoulders.

my phone buzzes against the night stand as it makes a noise. i go to my phone and look at the lock screen to see what it is.

joey texted me, "good morning. you walking to the bus stop or riding to school?"

i don't open the text. i slide my phone in my pocket and walk downstairs. no one is down there but the only thing is just a note.

" had to go to work, see you after school. love you guys. ps. walk to the bus stop"

my parents work at the same place so it makes since that they'll be out at the same time.

i also go to school before my little siblings, since i'm in high school and they're in middle school.

i take out my phone and decided to answer joeys question. "i'm riding the bus ig." i texted.

he read the message fast and replied fast also. "okay. be at my driveway in five minutes."

"bet." i texted.

i pull out my earbuds from my bookbag and plug it into my phone. i hit shuffle on my lil skies playlist since he's my favorite artist.

i walk out of my house and across the street to joeys driveway. not even a minute he comes out with wet hair.

he smiles as he sees me and approached me. "you excited?" he asked.

we started walking down the sidewalk. "nope." i say as i pop the "p".

he chuckled and hangs his fingers on his bookbag slings. "it'll be fine."

i look at him and give him a little smile. he nudged my shoulder with his elbow and smirked, "hey." he said, "at least you got a friend."

i look around, "who's my friend?" i said playfully.

"um me." he said smilng as we turned the corner to go on jacobs block. we see jacob running towards us with his shoes untied.

"tie your shoes, dumbass!" i yelled as i laughed with joey, watching jacob almost trip.

he catches up with us out of breath. "thanks for texting me." he said trying to catch his breath. "i saw you guys walking while i was taking out the trash, i didn't want to be late to the bus."

joey shakes hands with jacob in a broly manner as we walk again to the bus stop. i'm in the middle of both of them. jacob looks over at me with my earbuds.

"what you listening to?" he asked referring to my music in my earbuds. i take out one earbud and put it to his ear. he smiles and bobs his head, "lil skies, huh?"

i took back my ear bud and nodded. "yeah, red roses is my favorite song of his. not because it's a good song but because it's my favorite flower."

the memory of mckenna bringing me flowers while i was in the hospital popped in my bed. gosh, that smile on her face was priceless when she realized that i was going to get out the next day.

we get to the bus stop and wait for the bus. soon it comes and we get on, bringing us to school.

the bus stops at the high school. my heart takes up a paste as i get up from my seat. i get in the isle with joey behind me. "you can hang with me if you want." he offered, patting my shoulder from behind.

i look back at him, i see his hair dried from this morning. "thank you." i said.

he smiles and nodded. we got off the bus and there i was standing in front of the "spring mills high school"

i take a deep breath and walk in the doors. here we go...