Broken

Part 1

I woke up on Friday morning and rolled over to look at the clock. Time for school. Lucky for me I have great friends and good grades. I know most people don't like school but I don't mind it, but it's not exactly my favorite place. My favorite place was at the beach of course but that was any girl that grew up near the beach. Too bad it was September and too cold to swim. I sat up and smiled at the thought of it being Friday and exactly six months until my sixteenth birthday! The day most girls dream of is so close. I've had my party planned since the day after my fifteenth birthday, with my Mom's help. I wanted a big party with all of my family and my close friends. A pool party. Yes, my birthday is in March and I live in New Jersey. My aunt and uncle have an indoor pool in Ocean City. It's perfect since they live beach side and have the best view a girl could ask for. My Dad can cook on the grill and it's not too cold to not be able to eat outside. I even planned the decorations and color scheme. Pink and green. Sabrina, my best friend had her fifteenth birthday seven months ago. It wasn't the best. She came over to the Matthews household with her Mom and they ate cake. My family got her a lot of presents. Katy, her mom was upset because we got her stuff they knew she liked. Katy, not so much. It was resolved after she saw that we got Sabrina a present and put Katy's name on it. Sabrina's face was priceless. Her Mom thanked us for being so kind. We didn't do it to be kind. The goal was to make Sabrina smile. That was the best gift I could have given her. A bonding connection with her mom. I planned out a surprise for Sabrina. My birthday party, is pretty much a double birthday party. I was so excited to see the look on my best friend's face when she finds out.

We've been best friends since before I can even remember. We tell each other anything and everything. Sabrina lived at my house one summer because of her parents divorce. It was the best and worst time of her life she always says. I was her rock at such a hard time in her life and she was mine whenever I was bullied as a kid. If someone was bothering, Sabrina would push them down and get them to apologize. They always did and it made me feel better. She's the sister that my brother and I never had, my brother always jokes when I'm being annoying. It was true for me. I always wanted a sister until Sabrina came into my life. I continued getting ready while being excited our day was so close.

"Hey Sweetie." My Dad walks in and kisses my head wondering if I was ready or not.

"Hey Daddy." I smiled brushing my long brown hair.

"Almost ready to go?" I nodded.

My Dad works at my school as the assistant principal at my school. It was weird at first but now it's normal and nice to have him there.

"Breakfast!" My Mom said calling from the kitchen. I followed the smell of pancakes and sat down at the table. She's the best cook in the world, just ask any of my friends.

"Hey Rowboat!" Sabrina entered my house as her usual routine. Rowboat was my nickname I was given at birth. I think my parents named me Rowan, just to use that nickname. Sabrina came over every morning because she lived in an apartment complex down the road. She ate breakfast here since Katy sleeps in before work.

"Just in time for pancakes." My Mom sets a plate in front of Sabrina.

"Thanks Topanga." We ate.

My School was only ten minutes away but my Dad would take us every morning. We're going to the same place so why not? Some days if my Mom wanted to sleep in. We'd leave early and go to breakfast at a restaurant. My brother rides with his friends, so he always misses out. It's usually twice a month and it's really nice. My favorite thing in school was getting to have most of my classes with Sabrina and my crush. Kendall Hess, a grade older than the us. He's popular and good at sports while being average in school. We have classes like art, film lit, and math together. My math grades went from B's to C's for a month when my teacher sat us in the same row. I think she caught on the next day she changed our seats and then I was as far as possible from him. It was probably for the good. Sabrina and I sat in art class with our good friend Lucas.