The bright light shining through the curtains in my room woke me up. I attempted to get up from the floor but winced and swore under my breath as soon as I felt a sharp pain in my lower abdomen. The events of the night before came rushing back. I tried to get up more slowly this time and was successful.
I wobbled over to my walk in closet and picked out a black leggings, paired it with a long sleeve royal blue top and went to my en-suite bathroom and took a shower. After getting dressed I applied makeup to cover the bruise on my cheek and grabbed my backpack and went straight to school.
Upon approaching my locker I saw Emeralda, one of my bestfriends. " Hey Em, where is Sindy?"
"Sindy just left to go to maths class", Emeralda responded with a smile.
"How was the party Em......did you meet any cute guys?", I asked teasingly and she punched my arm lightly. "ouch", I pouted. She rolled her eyes at my antics.
"Rose you know I don't have time for boys, plus these boys don't want relationships, they are all man-whores". "ok ok, don't get all serious on me", I raised my hands in mock surrender.She laughed. "My dad can't pick me up today so can you drop me home after school?"
"Yes of course, meet me at the parking lot after school", I responded before we parted ways and went to our respective classes. The day flew by quickly,nothing out of the usual happened and soon enough I was at my car waiting for her. Emeralda lives with her father Vincent since her mother died when she was 10 years old. They are very poor but Victor is a very hardworking mechanic. Emeralda works a part time job at a small cafe.
"Rose let's go", Emeralda sighed heavily as she got into the passenger's side of my car. "Why so eager to get home?", I eyed her warily. "I'm exhausted!!!, I've done roughly four exams today", she pouted and folded her arms miserably.I laughed at her antics. "ok ok, I'll get you home before you start to get all cranky on me", I raised my hands in mock surrender.
The rest of the journey to her house was silent. "Thanks bestie,love you", Emeralda shouted as she walked up the path to her house. "See you tomorrow Em, love you more", I shouted back at her before I drove slowly to my house praying that my stepfather was working late.
About twenty minutes later I pulled up into the garage, locked my car and went into the house. I stood at the door and waited just to make sure that no one was home as yet. Upon realising that I was home alone, I headed straight to the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of orange juice, a pack of dorritos and an apple from the fridge and went straight upstairs to my room.
I ate the snacks and was now working on my chemistry homework when I heard my phone started ringing. I grabbed it from my backpack and read the caller's Id. I recognised that the caller was Sindy. "Hey bestie poo!!!!!!!", she said in a very cheery and high pitched voice the minute I picked up the call. "Gosh Sindy, why you gotta be so loud and how many times have I told you to stop calling me that", I said grumpily at the nickname she loves to call me. She laughed at my antics. "How are you girl?", "I'm fine Sindy. I was busy doing my Chemistry homework but someone decided to rudely interrupt me", I smiled while pretending to sound annoyed.
"Ungrateful much?", she asked sarcastically and we both laughed. "Just wanted to make sure you were ok since I didn't get the chance to see you at school today", she said seriously. "Thanks for checking up on me bestie, I'm ok and I love you but I gotta go", "I love me too, see your stupid ass at school tomorrow", she joked. I rolled my eyes at her antics. "See you tomorrow", I said before I hung up.
Sindy is my other best friend, she has a part-time job at an ice-cream shop. She lives with her mother, Clarissa. Sindy's father Victor met in an accident when she was 15 years old. Her father was a very successful engineer. He was a wealthy man but when he died, Sindy and Clarissa had to move to a smaller house since Victor's family had never liked Clarissa.
The family acted civil towards Clarissa for the sake of their son but when he died, all hell went lose since he didn't leave a will. The only thing that Clarissa got was 2 bank accounts. One was in Sindy's name for her college funds and the other was in Clarissa's name. Clarissa works as a hairdresser at a small but popular hair salon that she owns. She makes enough money to provide herself as well as her daughter with all the necessary things they both need.
I swiftly drifted out of my thoughts when I realised that I still haven't finished my homework as yet. For the next twenty minutes I burried my head in my chemistry homework, after which I went to bed.
Author's Note: Heeeeey Honies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Second Chapter to HBNB. Let me know what you think about this chapter down in the comment section below.
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