Rubbing my shoes on the mat I enter the house. Lexi's on the couch in the living room. I plop onto the couch to her left. Diverting her gaze from Brad Pitt on the television she looks at me "What happened?"
"Nothing." I shrug
"Okay, what did you guys do?" She asks with her mouth full.
"We, Well we had fun." I snatch the packet of nachos from her and get up to go to my bedroom.
"Alyssa Green having fun." She raises her eyebrows. I flip her off.
Taking off my shoes I go towards my bed. It feels magnificent as I lay down.
There's knock on the door that wakes me up. I must have fallen asleep on my bed. Groggily I Stand up and open the door. It's mom.
"Lyss it's time for dinner." She says as I rub my eyes."Okay," I reply yawning. Nodding she turns around and leaves. Everybody calls me with some random nickname they came up with when I was small. Lexi calls me Al, Mom&Dad call me Lyss. Yeah, that's it, Except Ryan, Yeah, Ryan he called me Green today which I find really weird because nobody in my entire existence has called me green, like ever, not that many people know of me.
I look in the mirror, my hair's out of place. I wipe droll off my left cheek and wash my face.
The cold water feels relaxing on my dry face.
The floorboard creaks as I enter the kitchen. Dad's talking to Lexi about something, probably about her art competition. Dad nods at me from the dining hall, I nod back. Mom nods at me as I open the fridge. I nod back. Verbal conversations between us are kept to a bare minimum, something I quite like.
"Put this on the table." She hands me the dish, I nod. See, I told ya.
Lexi looks up at me and smiles when she sees me. The only time dad looks at me is when the chair makes a screeching sound as I pull it.
I sit idly as they both talk. Mom joins after a while and we begin to eat.
It's a weird scene, having all four of us sitting on the table and eating dinner together. We barely do it. I prefer eating in my room when they're present, but they're usually out so both Lexi and I eat our dinner while watching TV together. Sometimes we even cook our own meals when Doris can't come.
Mom asks me how my day went, I reply fine. Dad asks me the same, I reply fine. They ask Lexi and she quickly dives into the conversation of how and what happened. I quickly finish my food and go to the kitchen without anyone noticing me. Wiping my mouth with my sleeve I nod at everyone and go back to my room.
Closing the door I sigh. This has been our routine since I can remember. They ask me how my day went, I reply fine, they talk to Lexi, I leave. Not that I am complaining.
Locking the door I change into my sweats and plug in my earphones to drown in some music. Half an hour later a message breaks my flow. Its a "You up?" Message by Ryan. Boys and their "you up" texts.
"No" I reply
Ryan Ah sarcastic Alyssa.
Me-Piss off.
Ryan- This is the sarcastic Alyssa I'm talking about. I would love to meet the other Alyssa's too.
Me-Haha sure.
Ryan- Are you a dry texter?
Me-Depends on the topic.
I shrug and face palm myself when i realise he can't see me.
Ryan-Ok then, change the topic.
Me-Shut-up
Ryan-Oh, c'mon
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rainbows
Teen Fiction" I think rainbows are like humans. A person is like a white light, made up of different things, versions of themselves, mistakes, hardships, Just like the rainbow. Each colour is different but is equally important in order to make the white light...
