l.o.v.e

my blood went cold

I reached for my alarm clock, which was starting to get on my nerves. I hadn't even opened my eyes while my hand searched for it. I found it after I fell off the bed.

I opened my eyes and sat up on the floor peeking over my bed. It wasn't even light out,ugh why does school torture us like this. I got up and walked to my dresser, grabbing a pair of leggings and t-shirt along with my running shoes and sports bra.

I looked in the mirror above my dresser to see my hair in a red mess. I put it in a ponytail and walked down the stairs- after getting dressed of course and left a note on the counter for my mom to find before she left for work.

I put in my earphones and started jogging. I jogged to a park a little over 45 minutes away from my house. I took a few drinks of water, then decided to do some pushups and situps.

I then head back to get a shower cause after the run, I could use one." I hoped that the shower brushed my teeth". I headed into my room from my bathroom and was conveniently attached to"my room".

I had my clothes laid out for today, which included black ripped jeans, my grey crop top t-shirt,and my flannel that says 'idiot' in white on the black along with my black boot, a thin wire choker, and some earrings.

After I was done putting on my boots, I headed downstairs to the kitchen, finding my lil sister, Issabelle spinning on her stool.

I fed the lulu max and snickers snickers was a rescue husky he had a cut on his nose from a previous owner who left him chained up. A rescue team found him, so we adopted him. He's a lil protective, but other than that, he loves people. I walked towards the door. I kissed my sister on the forehead.

"Oh hey mom, I'm gonna pick up Isabelle today. I found this cool park and thought we'd go there, get ice cream since you've got work till later tonight again."

"Ok thanks sweetie." I kissed her cheek.

"Bye mom," I grabbed my car keys and headed out to my car. It was an old red suv.

On my way to school, I listened to my fav playlist with sabrina carpenter and 21 pilots blackbear etc. Singing along with every word, tapping my fingers on the steering wheel .

After about 3 turns and a 25 min drive, I arrived at Hillsboro Highschool. I parked my car and headed straight to my locker. There, I was greeted by my bff, sabrina.

"Hey sabrina," I called out.

"Hey em," she responded.

"So hey sabrina, what do you think about going to eat out for lunch today?" I offered.

"Ooh I'm in as long as it isn't mexican food," she replied.

"Hmm," I thought for a moment, "how about this new bbq place? It's called The Rattlesnake; it seems to have a lot of good reviews."

"Sure, she says back to me.

"Plus, you could use the wait sabrina," I decided to add anyways.

"So could you, em?" She asked.

"Ok, you got me," the bell rang, making me pause. "Talk to you after class," I say before walking to Thielemans class; first period writing class. And I took my seat next to Zac, a brainless jock who always tried to peek at my tests.

The classes were fairly boring- just a bunch of notes- before the bell rang again, signaling that I was free for lunch.

I sighed in relief, Today was almost over. As I went to tie my boots, I felt someone smack my ass. My face burned red as Alex walked over to his friends, high-fiving them before he left the classroom with them. He winked at me, causing my face to get hot. I ran after him, shoving my stuff in my bag.

When I finally caught up, I slapped him "Do you have no sense of respect for women? And does that make you think that you can herass every girl you meet and get away with it? You'r a gross, oversized stinky bully, and I want an apology."

"Now, why should I give you an apology. I mean c'mon shortcake, it's not my fault your ass was there." This made my face get red again with anger, causing me to punch his stomach. His goons just looked on, shocked as I jogged away, catching up with Sabrina at my car.

We drive silently to the BBQ place in silence. I guess she knows what happened. Our favorite song came on, so I turned it up. I smiled when we started to tap our feet. The next thing we knew, we were singing in sync.

"So, I can treat you better," we grabbed some ribs for each of us. We sat on top of my car at the nearest park, talking. I mean who would care if we were 10 to 15 min late?

When we got back, we grabbed our books at our lockers and went our separate ways. Mr. Hays didn't even care that I was late. I sat down next to- well this is new; I sat next to alex. I looked over to see Mike sitting by an underdressed blond and chuckled.

Alex didn't look happy to see me, but I didn't care; I focused on class. When it was time to pair up, I paired with Tyler. After a while, we finished a little early, so I went out to the vending machine and when I saw him, I couldn't help but hug him.

"Luke what are you doing here?" I asked him.

"Well, I missed my favorite street racing buddy!" he replied a bit too enthusiastically.

"Shh, keep it down. And that's not what I meant: Shouldn't you be in class?" I asked, lowering my voice a bit.

"You caught me. I felt like driving 25 miles here to use your school's vending machine."

I laughed at that."So hey wanna go practice a little early? We do have a race on Saturday. I don't think they'll miss me in history."

We drove off in our own cars to where Tony greeted us with hugs. "Hey, kid, where have you been?"

"Missing you guys, heh" Tony replied simply.

Three weeks since the trip, "Yeah, anyway we want to borrow the track for some practice."

"Eh, no problem. Anything for our star.

Are the fans still calling you the fire skull?"

"Yeah, I don't know why. Who knows?

Shit, I got to go pick up Isabelle. I promised to take her to the park!"

I drove a little anxiously hoping my little sister wasn't kidnapped or something. When I got there I couldn't see her, but I saw a group of guys beating up someone. I looked a little closer and recognized it was Isabelle! I yelled at the boys and walked over with a glare. The boys scattered while I picked her up and brushed her off. We walked to the car and I put on her favorite soundtrack from suicide squad. She smiled sheepishly. I had to break the silence,

"I won't tell mom and dad okay, but please be more careful okay?"

"Okay."

On our way home we laughed and played and I got her ice cream like I said. As I pulled up to the driveway my blood went cold as I saw the flashing lights, I caught a glimpse of my father getting put into a car. I frantically texted mom and told her Isabelle and I were having a sleepover at Sabrina's and why my dad killed a man. I knew he had been more violent recently, but I never expected this.