Blind (Mindless Behavior)

School

My alarm was going off. I wasn't in the mood of going to school. It was the first day of school. I turned it off and stayed under the covers. A few minutes later, my cousin Danica came in my room. She shook me.

"Lee, get up"

I sat up and brought my knees to my chest. She was still in her pajamas and rubbing her eyes. She looked at lot like me. But she had light brown hair that's shorter than mine. Her eyes are brown. She only has one piercing in each ear. Freckles were scattered around her face. She was starting high school this year. It was my junior year.

"I'm getting up"

I stood up and stretched. "We're leaving at 8:30"

"Okay"

She left my room and tripped going back up the stairs. My room is in the basement, and I love it. I went into my bathroom and showered. The hot water helped me wake up. I stepped out and wiped my mirror down. I brushed my teeth and straightened my hair. I decided to put on my black and grey shirt with lace sleeves and back , grey skinny jeans with my studded belt, and my black combat boots. I put on my feather necklace and my earrings were diamond studs.

I grabbed my messenger bag, my iPhone, my car keys and headed downstairs to eat breakfast. My aunt was in the kitchen at the stove frying bacon.

"Hey Aunt Sophie"

She turned her head. "Morning sweetie. Here's your breakfast" she handed me a plate with pancakes and bacon. A little while later Danica came down. Aunt Sophie gave her food too.

"Aunt Sophie, where's Uncle Jared?"

"He had to leave early this morning. There was an emergency at the diner"

It was almost 8:30, school starts at 9:30. I got up and put my plate in the sink.

"Lee?"

"Yeah Auntie?"

"I expect you to take care of your cousin today"

"I know Auntie. You know I wouldn't let anything happen to her"

I took out my phone and texted Jacob. He's been my best friend ever since I came to live with my aunt and her family. Why? I'll talk about that later. We met when I was playing with my uncle in the yard. We were playing catch and I started running around with it and he chased me around. I tripped and the ball rolled into the neighbor's yard. At that same instant a boy with a mess of a curly afro came outside. He saw the ball and picked it up, then looked at me.

A lady, I guessed who was his mother came out and walked over to him. She brought him over and started talking to my uncle.

"Hey Jared, who is this?"

"Hey Felicia. This is Riley, my niece"

She squatted down to my level. "Hi Riley. I've heard a lot about you"

Right about now I was trying to hide behind my uncle's leg. I simply waved.

"This is my son, Jacob"

"Hi" he said

"Hi" I replied

"Is this your ball?"

I nodded.

"Here" he said and handed me the ball

"Do you wanna play?"

"Sure" he said and smiled

After that we found out I was going to the same school and soon we became best friends. When we got to middle school, I started to get teased. Jacob would defend me and I would try my hardest not to cry sometimes. I owed him a lot. But I could never figure out why he wanted to be my friend.