Simply Broken

Chapter 1

I wake up to my alarm from my fitbit and fall out of bed. Yes. I fell.

It's the first day of sophomore year and I am not excited. Mainly because I hate waking up at 5:45 in the morning.

I quickly get up to use the bathroom before my  brother, Sam, takes his shower.

I finish in the bathroom and head downstairs to eat breakfast when I notice my mom decided to wake up early and make us pancakes. She usually stays in bed until 6:30.

"Good morning honey! I made pancakes and bacon, do you want some?"

I just grunt in response due to the fact that I hate talking to people until I have been awake for at least an hour. She nods with a smile and hands me a plate that I gratefully take and start to eat.

After eating I go back upstairs into my room and get dressed. I look at my closet and dresser for a few minutes before deciding on jean shorts, an olive green tank top with a black and white flannel, and my black and white checkered vans.

I walk into the bathroom to brush my teeth and I jump at the sight of my hair in a wavy mess. I quickly brush my teeth then I decide the only hope for my hair is to straighten it.

After I go back to my room to put my contacts in and put on some mascara, I put a notebook and a folder into my bag because we never do much except get papers on the first day.

I make my bed then sit on it and text my friend that I always hang out with in the mornings.

To: Nicole

-I do not want to go today. Please give me an excuse to not go.

A few seconds later my phone buzzes

From: Nicole

-Sorry but if I have to go so do you.

I groan then notice it's pretty much time to leave so I grab my bag and walk downstairs. We almost get out the door before my mom stops us so she can take pictures of us on our first day of school.

Sam and I get in the car and we head off to school while the radio is blasting Paramore.

***

I walk into hell, oops I mean school, and see Nicole standing at the end of the music hallway waiting for me.

"Hey how was your summer?" Nicole asks

"It was pretty good. I saw this guy at the mall and I found him in last year's yearbook and his name is Mason. How was yours?"

"It was pretty boring but I liked being able to do nothing all day. So how old is this Mason guy?"

"I mean he's a junior so I am gonna guess he's 16 but maybe 17. I don't know."

We walk around until the bell rings and head to our homerooms.

***

We have been in homeroom for two and a half hours and we are about to leave to spend less than 20 minutes in each of our classes.

We get sent to our first class. Mine being AP World History. Yay so much fun (note sarcasm.)

I sit with Katie and some of her friends that I don't really know when the teacher starts talking.

"Alright class I know we don't have a lot of time so turn in your summer assignments and I will start to pass out the homework and assign you your textbooks."

Such a great way to start the year...

Four classes later it's finally time for lunch which is over my 5th period class which is Chemistry. Katie sits next to me and asks me if I have seen "mall boy" yet.

"Yeah I saw him a few times in the hallway. Didn't I tell you his name is Mason?"

"What? No. How and when did you find that out?"

"I found him in the yearbook a few days after we went to the mall."

We spend the rest of lunch just talking and hanging out then head to the rest of our classes.

I can already tell this is going to be an interesting, stressful, and fun year.