Hurting But Not Broken

Chapter 7-Coffee Lover

I woke up to the annoying sound of my alarm. Pain soared through my body as I reached over to retrieve my phone from the nightstand to turn off the alarm. I groaned in pain. I slowly got up to a sitting position and the room was spinning.

I waited a little and as soon as the dizziness weared off I grabbed two ibroprofen from my nightstand and gulped it down with water. I slowly got up from my bed and wobbled over to my closet.

I grabbed a black oversized sweater, a black sweatpants and a thin white crop top. I made my way over to the bathroom, took a shower,got dressed and brushed my teeth. I brushed my hair in a high ponytail.

I applied makeup to hide the ugly bruises on my cheeks. I grabbed my bag, keys and phone from the nightstand and slowly made my way downstairs. I got in my car and drove to a small diner.

Just a few people were seated at their individual tables when I entered the diner. I walked up to the cashier and she was busy typing away on her phone. "Good Morning", I said trying to get her attention.

"Oh my. I_I'm sorry, I_I just had to send a quick text to my father telling him I've arrived safely at work", she stuttered nervously.

"It's fine", I told her.

"Please don't report it to my boss. It's just that my father is very overprotective.....I know your father must be like that too", she said

"Overprotective my ass", I wanted to say but instead I said "Of Course he is", the sarcasm in my voice was very obvious but I'm sure she didn't pick up on it.

"So what can I get you ?", she asked.
"I'd like two cups of coffee, a small fruit bowl and a large chocolate chip cookie to go please", I said.
"That will be $10", she said and I handed her the money for my food.

"Ok your order will be ready in 3 minutes, you can go have a seat at one of the tables while you wait for your food", she said motioning me towards the table. "It's fine....I'd rather wait here", I said with a small smile. She went in the kitchen to collect my order.

In exactly three minutes she was back with my food. "Have a nice day", she said with a genuine smile as she handed me my food. "Same to you", I said with a small smile.

I got in my car and drove to school. I pulled up in the school's parking lot and drank 1 cup of coffee as I devoured the fruits and the chocolate chip cookie.

When I was finish eating the food, I got out of my car threw away the garbage and then grabbed my bag, my phone and my other cup of coffee.

I gulped down the warm liquid as I walked slowly to the school's entrance. I threw away the cup upon approaching a bin and made my way to my locker. I was still in pain but the ibroprofen that I took this morning made the pain bearable.

I grabbed my books from my locker and placed them in my bag, I closed the locker and came face to face with Emeralda. "Hey Rose", she said grumpily. "Looks like someone has woken up on the wrong side of the bed" , I teased.

"Don't start with me. You know I'm not a morning person", she groaned. I laughed. "Where is Sindy?", I inquired. "I haven't seen her from morning", she said.

"Hmm, maybe we'll see her at lunch", I responded. "Maybe", Emeralda replied. "See you at lunch Rose, I don't want to be late for class", she muttered annoyed. I laughed at her. "See yah", I told her as I made my way to first period.

First period flew by quickly and soon it was time for lunch. I was excited cause you know I love my food.  I stopped by my locker and grabbed 2 ibroprofen and placed them in the pocket of my sweatpants.

I went into the cafeteria and luckily they were serving french fries and chicken sandwich. I took that along with a bottle of water and made my way outside to our usual lunch spot. I see Emeralda seated at our usual seat with her face buried in her phone.

"Hey Em", I plopped down on the seat beside her and winced as pain soared through my body. "So dramatic", she said and rolled her eyes teasingly. "Only if you really knew", I thought but kept my mouth shut. I started to eat my lunch and Emeralda tried to steal one of my fries, I slapped her hand away.

"Ouch", she yelled dramatically. "Don't you dare touch my food", I said as I pulled my food close to my chest as I tried to make an angry face. She laughed hysterically. "Y_y_You should have seen your face", she choked out as she laughed.

I joined in with her and soon we were a laughing mess.
We sobered up and  we began to eat our lunch. About five minutes later I was finish eating so I got up threw away the garbage and went back to sit beside Emeralda. I pulled out the ibroprofen from my sweatpants pocket and popped them into my mouth and gulped them down with water.

"What are those for", Emeralda said giving me a weird look. "They're just ibroprofen", I shrugged. "Well duh, I can see that", she stated in an obvious tone.  "What I meant is,why do you need to take those?", she inquired. "Just having a minor headache", I shrugged hoping she'd drop the subject.

"You're_", she began to say but the ringing of the bell cut her off. I sighed relieved. "Bye Em, I'm going to class", I said as I speed walked to my next class not bothering to wait for her.

The rest of the day flew by quickly and soon it was time to go home. I walked over to my car and I didn't see Emeralda. "She must have already left", I thought to myself before getting in my car and driving home.
I arrived home and made my way to the kitchen.

I poured myself some orange juice and grabbed a big bag of bbq lays from the pantry. "This will have to do", I muttered to myself. I made my way upstairs to my room with my snack in one hand and my glass of orange juice in the other.

"Rose", I heard my name and almost peed my pants at the horrific thought of receiving another set of beating when I haven't even got time to recover. I spun around quickly and felt relief wash over me as I realised that it was just my mother.

I observed her and saw the bruise on her neck that her 'oh so loving husband' left there. Anger boiled deep down within me. "What is it mother", I said through gritted teeth. "Come downstairs let me make you something better to eat for dinner, you can't be feeding on chips everyday", she said sadly.

"No, I will not come downstairs with you to get nothing because we both know that your picture perfect husband will be home soon and if he sees me down there in his rich little kitchen he will beat the shit out of me", I said angrily and immediately regretted shouting as I saw a stray tear slid down her left cheek.

I was way too angry to stop at that though so I said "And it's not like you care whether or not I feed on snacks for the rest of my life". I spun around and stomped off to my room like a grumpy old troll. Before closing my bedroom door I heard her whisper "That's not true".

I marched over to my bed and ate my snacks . I then went into my closet and grabbed a comfy shorts and an oversized t-shirt. I went to the bathroom, took a shower, brushed my teeth and got dressed for bed. I plopped down on my bed, grabbed my phone from the nightstand and dialed Sindy's number.

When she picked up the call, I moved the phone away from my ears preparing for her loud cheery voice but instead I heard coughing.

I furrowed my brows at that and said "Sindy, are you okay?". "Do I sound like I'm okay, I have the flu", she shouted. "Oooh, sick Sindy is grumpy", I teased. "Don't laugh at me you little_", she stopped mid-sentence as she started to cough nonstop.

I laughed at her failed attempt at scolding me. "Love you bestie, get well soon", I said. "I love me too", she said and I laughed. "See you at school Monday", I said before hanging up.

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