Eleanors destiny

Part 2

The headache never went away.
I sit up in bed and let my body adjust. Then swing my legs over the side of me bed and slowly get up. I feel like hell. I walk to my bathroom and look into the mirror, I'm more pale then usual.
Great.
I don't have time to get sick. Especially since it's only the second day back. I take my clothes off and jump into the shower.

I look into the mirror one more time before heading downstairs. I'm wearing grey sweats and a pastel pink hoodie. With a long sleeve top underneath. It's meant to snow today. I grab my things then leave my room.

"Morning" I mumble to my parents. "Morning" they answer back to interested in the things they're doing. "I'm going to leave early, I'll see you tonight." They pause what they're doing and look up. "You're not hungry?" Dad scrunches his eyebrows in confusion. "Not really, I think I'm coming down with a cold or something" "you should stay home el." "I'll be fine mum" "okay, but if you need to come home please do." "I will."

"Love you guys!" Like every time I leave the house I say goodbye to my parents. I walk over to my car quickly trying to escape the cold. I'm glad I have extra coats in the car.

Once I'm in the car I text brad.

Me
Be there in 5. Be ready.

He doesn't respond, I just hope he is ready. I pull out of the driveway and turn my lights on so I can see ahead of me. It's already snowing hard.

I pull up to brads house and he is just opening the front door. He runs to the car and gets in. "It's freezing." "Morning to you too brad." "You look like shit el." I roll my eyes at him. "I know." "Are you sick?" "Not yet." "Whats the meant to mean?" "What it sounds like"

"Are you coming?" "Yeah just give me a minute, I'll see you in there" "you sure?" "Yeah." Brad shuts the door and starts walking into the school. I need pain pills. I pop the middle section up, surly I've got some in here.

FOUND THEM

I take two out and swallow them. Please work.
I grab my stuff and get out of the car. Much to my surprise adam is right beside my car. I physically jump. "Shit" I whisper out. He smirks. "Didn't know i was that scary." I hold back my eye roll and start walking towards the front doors.

Wow brad didn't even bother waiting at the lockers, so nice. I dump my things into my locker and grab my math textbook. Math will be the death of me. I shut my locker and start walking to class.

Outside the classroom I find Adams lips glued to a girls lips. Yuck. I rush past them and into the classroom. Who does that in the middle of a hallway? Like have some self respect.

Brad is at the back of the class and I join him.
"Thanks for waiting, asshole." "Your favourite asshole." I laugh at him. "Did you see Adam?" "No why?" "He is sucking a girls face off in the hallway." He scrunches his nose. "I wouldn't even do that." "That's saying something" this time brad roles his eyes.

"El!"
I shot up. I'm not in my bed, I'm in class, shit. People are walking out of the classroom. Brad is standing in front of my desk. "Hurry up we are going to be late to bio." I grab my stuff and stand up. Too quickly. I grab onto brad. "Woah." He holds onto me while the room spins. I regain my balance and let go. Brad looks very concerned and so does the person beside brad, Adam.

"I said I'm fine, seriously, it's just low iron." "Have you told your mum and dad?" I look at brad with the what do you think face. "Please just at least just say you've been light headed and have had headaches." "Brad you know I won't tell them unless it's an emergency with my health. My dad will automatically think I have cancer or something." He rolls his eyes. "Fine. But if you get worse. I'll tell them." "Fine."

"I'm so tired." "El we only just started lunch." "I know, I know." We are sitting on the bleachers next to the track. "Have you done the health homework?" "Nope." "Really? Miss el the over achiever hasn't done it yet? Wow." I slap his arm. "Shut up." He snorts, he literally snorts. "Why am I friends with you? I should've saved myself years ago." "Because you love me elly," I glare at him for using that name.

"So is your brother home yet?" I look at brad. "Nope he was coming home this weekend." My brother Eliot is at collage. "Do you think your brother will come home with him?" "Who would know what Reid is doing now days, last time I heard from him was like a month ago." I scoff. "Wow, I mean Eliot called me on the weekend to see how I was." "Did he mention anything about my brother?" "Nah, but I did hear him in the background being his loud self." Brad roles his eyes. "Typical"

"Come on we're going to be late." "Help me up," I stretch my arms out. "Thanks" "lets go" we start walking to class.

"It's finally home time" I sing to brad at our lockers. He laughs at me. "Did you want to hang at mine for a bit?" Brad thinks for a minute. "Yeah sure why not." "Okie. Let's go." I shut my locker and swing my bag over my back.

"Brad get in the car, what are you looking at?" I look over in the direction he is looking at. My eyes go wide. "Oh shit." "Yeah oh shit." I mutter back. "It doesn't surprise me." Brad whips his head towards me with a questioning look. "What?" "I saw it coming, I mean come on brad. You can't be so surprised." We look at Adam shaking hands with the very well known drug dealer of the town.

Our quite town has some secrets. It's not as picture perfect as it seems.

"When do Lisa and dan get back?" "I think around five, why?"
"No reason just felt like I haven't seen them in ages." "You saw them like last week?"
"That's a long time." I laugh at brad. "Sure sure."

"I'm home!" Brad and I leave my room and head downstairs, "hey dad." "Hey Dan."
"Hey guys, how was school." We both shrug our shoulders.
"Are you staying for dinner Bradley?" I look at brad. He looks at me for an answer.
"Yes he is dad." "Okay well I'll let your mother know because she is picking up something on her way home." "Okay"

"Bye, I'll see you tomorrow." I wave goodbye to brad as he gets out of my car.

The pounding comes back. With additional ringing in my ears. Great.

I walk in the front door. "I'm back." I yell out before heading upstairs. I go into my room and take my shoes off. It's only 7. I should try and get some homework done. Or I could sleep. Sleep seems more appealing.

Sleep it is.

I change out of my clothes and get into an oversized shirt and old sweatpants. I put my hair up and jump into bed. I grab my phone and scroll through Instagram for a bit. A notification pops up.

Eliot 👹
Hi
Me
What's up?
Eliot 👹
Nothing much, just seeing if you'll be at home this weekend.
Me
Yeah, why wouldn't I be?
Eliot 👹
Because maybe you'd be out or something.
Me
Nope I'll be home all weekend. Mum has some thing for work she has to do then dad is working like usual.
Eliot 👹
Okay, it'll just be us then. See you then.
Me
Okay, night.

I turn my phone off and put It on my side table. I roll over and snuggle into my blankets and instantly fall asleep.