Gisele's Dream

Chapter One

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"Gigi!...Wake up!"

I heard my sister's screams though the house. They traveled right into my sleepy mind. Pulling off my covers, I rubbed my aqua blue eyes and tousled my long black curls. I turned on my radio and it started blasting 'Never Gonna Leave This Bed' by Maroon5. I looked at the time... yup only 6am. I hopped into my favorite fuzzy slippers at the bottom of my bed and walked sluggishly toward the window to open the blinds. I looked at the brilliant sun rise and rolled my eyes.

Another good dream ended too soon, I thought to myself.

It might sound silly, but when I was younger my mom and dad would tell me to never take my dreams lightly. They both passed away just last year in a car crash. My older sister Jessica was destroyed. She was only 18 and knew that she now had to take care of the both of us. My pain was ten times worse though. Mom and Dad were on their way to the train station to pick me up. I was coming home from a trip to New York City for the Harry Potter Exhibit with my friends. I will always blame myself for both of their deaths. I've regretted that trip ever since.

The morning after the accident is when everything started to change. My dreams, good or bad, found weird ways to crawl into my life.

Anyways ...today wasn't just any other day of my life. Today is the first day of a new school year. After a long summer away from my bestie Stephine I couldn't wait to go back as an upper class man. That's right this girl is finally a junior. The only downer to all of this excitement is that no matter how much i try to forget, my heart is still aching from last year's breakup.

It was the sophomore dance and I went with, my boyfriend of two years at the time, Anthony. He drove 2 hours to surprise me there. He even brought me red tulips. My favorite. It was the sweetest thing a guy has ever done for me. Then the night went sour when I found him hooking up with some blonde cheerleader in the hallway. I was devastated. I had to break up with him right then and there. I ran out of the dance in tears to wait for my sister to pick me up. As if being the girl who lost her parents wasn't enough.

Since then the thought of falling for a guy that would just end up hurting me has been in the back of my mind all summer. Even after finding out that the dance was only one of the seven other times Anthony cheated...I still miss him. He was not only my boyfriend but my best friend. We told each other everything, or so I thought. I also thought I could trust him when he had moved to Philadelphia. Well I guess the whole relationship was a lie.

"Lets go G," My sister paused standing in the door way of the bathroom. "You can't be crying on the first day back...chin up sis." She put her hand on my shoulder and then left.

"Come on G...No tears today," I told my reflection whipping my eyes dry.

Despite the almost break down, when I was finally ready to go I had the perfect outfit. I was wearing a hot pink fitted tank top, jean shorts and my black flip-flops. Short, sweet and simple just like me. My naturally curly hair was now straight and silky smooth. Most important to this fabulous outfit was my now positive attitude.

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"Gigi," Jessica yelled from her black mustang V6 convertible. One of the few things we were thankful to inherit.

"I'm coming, Jess. Calm yourself...Just start the car already," I said hoping into the passenger seat.

While Jess was driving she gave me the normal obnoxious pre-first-day-of-school lecture, "Don't talk to any of my friends, and bla de bla de bla."

At least that's all I ever heard. It might have been because I had 'Love Like Woe' by The Ready Set on my iPod blasting, or just the simple fact that I didn't give a damn. It was the same speech every year and if I've heard it once I've heard it one time too many too many.

"Gisele, are you even listening?!?"

"Okay okay Jessica Ann. Whatever you say..." I said with a smug smile on my face. Jess hates when I call her that. We both shrugged it off. This might sound surprising, but we really don't like to fight much. As much as my sister might annoy me, she's all the family I got left and we both knew it.

When we finally pulled into the senior lot, the school colors, purple and gold, were all over the building as usual. Yep, that's East Oaks. We're home of the proud and brave lions. Rawr. (Note the lack of enthusiasm in my voice)

Being a junior at East Oaks High School meant so many once in a life time experiences. On the top of my list is my big 17th birthday party in April. Last year my parents couldn't afford a sweet 16. And after they passed I had to find a job to help my sister out with things around the house. I've also been saving up money ever since. April's also the sam month i get my full license. I'm beyond excited to get behind the wheel. I legit can't wait till April.

The usual clicks were all scattered in clusters. You've got the meek freshmen wondering around the front of the school like lost puppies, and then there was everyone else; All the girls were screaming and hugging each other and the guys were high-fiving and doing those weird guy hugs. They were obviously catching up on their wonderful summer experiences.

I have to admit. I am definitely one of those girls, but only with the one person who knows me inside and out. When I saw her I ran and tackled her with a big bear hug. What can I say; Stephine and I have been best friends since pre-school. Our teachers always use to say that we were together so often, that it's like one can't function without the other. Steph and I have helped each other through all our tough times over the past several years. There is no doubt in my mind that we will be best friends till...well forever.

"How've you been?!" Steph's short brown hair was up in a small ponytail like usual. She was wearing the normal comfortable skinny jeans cut down to shorts and a nice t-shirt. I hugged her tight again and laughed. Confused she asked, "are you okay G? Like how was the summer ..."

I let her go and smiled, "I guess you could say it was okay. I mean what's better then hot lifeguards on the beach, sun all day and parties all night? On the other hand - things without Anthony- are whatever." I paused, "Funny story though... He tried getting back with me when I saw him at my sisters 19th birthday party. He was drunk...it was embarrassing. I still don't know how Jess even thought she could invite him after knowing all the shit he's put me through..."

"Well yea, that's your sister for ya. So what did you say? To Anthony I mean," Steph asked curiously.

I stood still paused and took a deep breath, "Well I told him how I really feel. 'My heart still needs time away from you.' Oh god i sounded so corny. But its true, I mean its gona take a while for me to be even be remotely ok with what he did to me...anyways, what's up with you gurl?"

"Mehh...Nothing really. Camp was the same as every other year, but Hawaii...gosh G, Hawaii was beautiful. Nothing like Trinidad last summer though."

There was a decent half an hour spent on talking about the good and bad of our vacations. Then my phone buzzed.

Jess: dnt forget the orientation's soon

Me: thnx

I realized the time as I closed my phone.

"Who was that?" Stephine asked.

I sighed moving my hair out of my face, "Just my sister...the assembly starts in 5."

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hey guys,

so I got to admit I've been writing this story for the longest time. it all started as an 8th grade English essay...meaning I was 14 when I started now I'm finally tweaking the last bits :). (I'm 18 now -_-) I really hope you guys like this first chapter because it only gets better :p

-xoxo-Sammy

p.s ill upload ASAP