[JADE]
(alarm ringing)
ugh... this again.
(jade stops the alarm)
what time even is it?
i always out my phone on my desk when i'm going to sleep but every day i regret it because i can't reach it without getting out of bed. i am not a morning person, so it's even harder to get out of bed.
and still, like every day, i regret it and get out of my bed, walk towards my desk and grab my phone to check the time;
(10.36 am)
i blink a few times to see if i'm still dreaming.
this is not possible at all,
ever since i'm 11, my mom makes my breakfast and shouts from upstairs to wake me up.
i'm also late for school... 1 and a half hours late.
maybe mom just stayed up late and didn't wake up yet ?
i open my door and go to my parents' bedroom.
huh... empty. there isn't anyone there.
i walk downstairs and... i don't hear any noise.
my parents left without waking me up ?!?!?
that has never happened before. my parents know that i'm scared to sleep when i'm home alone.
and... there isn't any breakfast on the table for me.
... and i can't cook at all.
i'n going to see if there's anything in the fridge...
nope. nothing i can easily make.
i run upstairs before i totally miss school.
i open my wardrobe and grab my blue dress, and a flower crown to match it.
i get my bag and my phone and run back downstairs.
i quickly grab a loaf of fresh bread that is on the counter and get on my bike.
the school's not so far away, so i won't get so tired biking.
(10.50)
i get off the bike and run into the school. i check my schedule:
9.00 - 9.40 (first period)
9.50 - 10.30 (second period)
10.40 - 11.20 (third period)
11.30 - 12.10 (fourth period)
12.10 - 13.00 (lunchtime)
13.00 - 13.40 (fifth period)
13.50 - 14.30 (sixth period)
14.40 - 15.20 (seventh period)
great... we're already in third period.
i enter the classroom,
"sorry that i-"
"miss thirlwall, where have you been?!"
"i- my alarm clock ran out of battery"
i had to lie a bit but talking about my parents in class is just... embarassing when i'm eighteen.
"okay, make sure it doesn't happen again."
"of course mr." i said and went to my seat.
i always hated maths. not because i hated the teacher, because it's complicated.
my grades were all a+'s.
some people even called me "nerdy" before but my goal was to be more popular.
(11.20)
the bell rang. of course, like every breaktime, i was going to leigh and we were going to hang out.
she went to her locker and i went after her.
hey leigh!
i said.
she took a look at me, head to toe.
she had a serious face and she just stared at me for a couple of seconds.
what was happening today?
leigh walked to the classroom without saying a word. strange, very strange.
i was just standing there.
everyone was together and i was left out.
even leigh wasn't talking to me.
how could this happen? people were calling us "inseparable" all the time and now she left me without a warning.
next thing i know, i was crying at the school hall.
i sat down and covered my teary eyes with my hands.
it was kind of embarassing to cry just like that but everything was just... wrong. it didn't feel right.
i was praying for this day to be over.
praying for it to be a bad dream only.
while i was drowning in my thoughts, someone touched my hand.
i opened my eyes and there was a blonde girl in front of me.
with her ocean eyes, she said:
"is everything alright?"
she wiped away my tears with her hand and i said:
"o-oh, yeah, everything is j-just fine."
she gave me a hand for me to stand up and said:
"it doesn't look like it's fine."
