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oh come on, I feel like I just fell asleep no more than 2 minutes ago...
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I slam the alarm clock and sit up out of my bed. I rub my eyes and turn to look at the time on the clock.
6:30
Time to get ready for school I guess. I stood up and looked in the mirror. My friends always said I was pretty, but I couldn't see it. My golden blonde hair was always tousled and knotted and fell into my face, covering my round blue eyes. I wasn't very tall, and all of my friends would make fun of me being short, even when I really am not that short!
I looked into my closet. I really didn't care if I looked presentable at school. I didn't care how people thought I looked. I mean who even does look good at school?
Oh, I know who.
Harry.
The boy who I've been practically in love with for 2 whole years of my life. Ever since high school began, I just couldn't take my eyes off him. None my friends understood my crush on him. But like, how could you not find him attractive? With his bold green eyes, adorable dimples, bright smil-
"Nicole, come down here!!", my crackhead mother interrupts my train of thought.
She wasn't always like this. When her and dad got together, he helped her to sober up. But then, in late February, he was diagnosed with cancer. And ever since he died 6 months later, she just started acting, I don't know just, different.
Now, shes back doing crack and god knows what other drugs, not to mention drinking and smoking. Its like I don't even know her anymore.
"Nicooolllee!"
"Coming mom!"
I came down the stairs and saw her packing up her things. I knew she was leaving Indiana today, to go to San Francisco for some work meetings. She had some kind of new advertising campaign or something.
"Here you go, heres the house key, some money for food, and make sure to feed the cat. Don't do some kind of halloween party this Wednesday , I don't want the house looking like a wreck when I get back on Friday."
"Ok mom."
"Bye Nicole, I'll see you next Friday."
She walked out the door and got into the van with her coworkers that I recognized. The van drove off and I felt a sudden weight lift off my shoulders. Now I could actually go and get ready with no interruptions.
I made my way back up the stairs and into my bedroom. I picked up my phone and checked the time again.
6:45
Gosh, only 15 minutes till first period Biology. I should hurry up.
I rush back to my closet and start flipping through my neatly hung clothes. I grab a red H&M crop top and high waisted stone washed jeans. I quickly throw my hair into a messy bun with a plain black hair tie. I press a bit of concealer under my eyes a put on a light layer of mascara to accentuate my ocean blue orbs. I'd usually put more makeup on than this, but there was really no time today. I went downstairs, packed my backpack, and put on my white converse.
I put on my backpack and stepped out the door. The sudden change in lighting burned my eyes as I walked down the sidewalk. There were only 4 minutes until school began, thank god I live no more than 2 blocks away.
"Nicole!"
I heard my best friend Amber yelling over to me.
"Hey Amber!", I wave back over to her across the courtyard.
We walked in together and i saw all the familiar faces that made up my school. I saw our other good friend May walking in from a different entrance and waved her over to our location.
"Hey Nicole! Hey Amber!",
she said with a bright smile.
My friends could always brighten up my mornings when my mom had made me not feel so great from the start of my day. I never really talked about my mom, but my friends knew both of us have had a hard time since he passed away in August. But luckily, I wasn't going to have to deal with that for the next few days.
"Did you guys get the biology homework done?", May questioned,
"The symbols in Lesson 2.4 were a bit confusing, so I'm not sure if I was-
Her voice decrescendoed into silence as I saw a familiar silhouette appear behind their shoulders...
him.
He walked in through the same door as May, directly across from me. His wavy locks bounced up and down as he walked through the hallway, his piercing green eyes looking ahead of him as he moved through the groups of people chatting. I blinked and stepped back into reality and saw Ambers hand waving in front of my eyes.
"Nicoooole? Earth to Nicolee." she said jokingly.
"Oh, haha sorry about that.", I said shyly.
"Ooooooh, Nicole haas a crrussshh!", May said in a sing-song voice while her and amber both burst out laughing.
"I don't see how you guys still find me liking Harry funny even though It's been going on since freshman year."
"Haha I just don't see how you like him, he isn't even that cute.", May said.
The bell rang and we all parted ways to get to our classes.
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16 and pregnant; a one direction fan-fiction
FanfictionNicole is a sophmore in high school, and to anyone else, her life looks normal. But on the inside, she is struggling with so much. How will one halloween party change her life?
