Endless Summer; Never-Ending Love

~Chpt 4~ Butterflies

I woke up this morning, and smelled my favorite food in the world. Waffles . . . I went down stairs into the kitchen, where I saw my dad cooking over the hot griddle. "Hey Munchkin." Dad said.

"Mornin' dad." I said in a sleepy voice. I yawned. I helped myself to a plate (out of the boxes still) and a fork. I grabbed the butter out of the fridge, and the syrup from another box.

"Ready for school tomorrow?"

"I don't think so. I mean, its already the end of the year. Why go for less than a month?"

"So you stay smart. Do you want to make lots of money like me?" Dad asked.

"Yes sir" I say in a sadish tone.

"Great, now go get ready."

~back upstairs~

I go to my room, and look on Instagram and Snapchat. Only 1 person. Lia. Why is she the only one that liked a picture of our new house? I tagged her in it, and I know she took one, because she tagged me too. I look at her page~ 235 Likes. I need to get off. Twitter. I get on, and the last person to like one of my posts, was my mom.

I put my phone away, because I hear Lia moving. I need to get downstairs. I grab my phone again, and run (briskly, but quietly) down the stairs, and grave another plate, and fork from the boxes. I try and look really tired, and start eating my waffles. Lia walks into the room and dad and I wink at each other.

"Hey Lillo. Nice hair you got going on." Dad said.

I laughed.

She looked mad, but laughed too.

"So, dad, why are you making waffles again?"

And then Lia's quick response of "Yea dad. Are you trying to poison us?"

"I just wanted to give you guys a little treat, because you start school tomorrow."

The look. I saw it in Lia's eyes. Great dad, you brought the monster back to life! "We're starting school tomorrow?"

"I tried already Lia. There's no point."

She looked at me, and stared as if to say "how dare you interrupt me you maggot."

"You'll be fine. You'll actually make friends."

She looked at me. "Collin, come one. You'll make friends and you know it. So stop being a pussy, and get over it!"

I just kind of looked at her.

~next day~

BEDOO! BEDOO! BEDOO! BEDOO! BEDOO! My alarm goes off. I turn my head, 5:30 in the morning. "UUUUGGGGHHHHH!" I just yell/whisper. Like Napoleon Dynamite.

I picked out a nice, dark pair of skinny jeans, a nice aqua "muscle" shirt to show off my abs, and pecs. And a pair of light and dark blue Vanns.

I opened my door to go take a shower, and there was my sister. I basically tripped over her. "Lia, wtf are you doing?" I ask in a yell/whisper/laugh.

"Just trying to take a shower!" She uses the same tone I used.

"Okay?" I ask. She never copies me.

"Okay" she proceeded on to the bathroom, laughing. I went into another, and got ready for school.

~time in shower~
~no one wants shower details~

I got out, and started blow drying my hair. I got it all styled, and how I like it. I know that Lia will either A) fix it, B) make fun of how I did it in so little time, or C) ignore it because she's Lia.

Today was a "C" kind of day. We both sat down, and ate breakfast. Lia grabbed a bowl, and got Special K, and I had nothing. (I never eat I. The mornings) I had a glass of ice water, and I went to brush my teeth.

I ran back down stairs, because it was already almost 7:00. Lia and I grabbed our back packs, and headed out the front door. Finding our way to the bus stop.

~at lunch~

"Have you made any friends yet?" Lia just about scared the shot out of me. She came up from behind, and set down her tray.

"Yea. Just one though. He's pretty cool." I said. Trying to eat. "He's right over there." I said pointing to a tall boy with dark hair and blue eyes.

I could tell, she have him the 'boy toy' look, and then turned to me. "See? Who was right about a tragic Collin problem? AGAIN!"

"Shut up. I'm trying to eat." I think the just toned me out, but I don't really care. We were the only kids at our table, but it was kinda nice.