A Writer's Journal

Chapter Seven

"Where the hell have you been, Annabella?" My mom says as I silently close the door behind me. She is sitting in the living room right next to the stairs that I have to go up in to get to my room.

After the picnic and the stand-up ride I did Harry took me to KFC and after went to this movie theater where Harry said they were doing a marathon of all four Scream movies and finally went back to pick up my car at the Starbucks empty parking lot. I hated scary movies and have no idea how he got me to watch all four. Though good thing he was right beside me. What the hell did I just say?

About KFC I haven't been in one since I remember. I hope Cass doesn't find out because her and I are in this weird diet that I barely understand so if she found out I broke it she would literally give me a 30 minute speech why it was a wrong of me to do so. But the worst speech was yet to come.

"Mom," I begin my argument with a groan and a sigh combined. "Its only..." I check my phone. What the? "3:30 am." I whisper and stop making eye contact with my mom. And play with my silver Tiffany and Co charm bracelet.

"And you know the rules." She puts her hands on her hips. Not this again. "Ugh." I put my hand to my head annoyed at her 'rules'. She always repeats the same thing and I never listen. Whats the point?

"If you want to stay late on a Friday and or Saturday you have to call me each one hour if not-" She stared at me and I quickly roll me eyes. "It's not funny Annabella." When she repeats The Rules I always mimic her with one hand on my hip and the other one moving it like it was talking!

"Elizabeth," I started also using her first name. "I know the rules."

"Then follow them." She quickly backfired. "Now Bella. Go to your room and sleep."

"Fine!" I said and ran up the stairs.

"Busted!" I heard a the word be shouted from Niall's room.

I swung the door open and picked up a pillow that fell from his bed. "At least I have friends to hang out with on a Saturday night." I gave him a small smile and threw the pillow to his face. "Harsh." I heard him scream as closed the door.

I took a quick shower and took a over sized black shirt with the wore 'DREAMS' in white which hang lower than my hips and shoved a square patterned black and red shorts that reminded me of the picnic. I read the first chapter of the book 'The Giver" that we were instructed to read for English and fell quickly asleep.

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BEEP BEEP!

I groaned at my alarm clock, it was 8:00 am on a Sunday morning and I have to go meet Cass at the gym in half an hour. Dressed in a matching dark purple top and the same color for the shorts only that this time the purple swirled with a a black color.

I tied my snickers applied only a small amount of make up and pulled my hair into a perfect high ponytail. I grabbed my my gym bag which I thankfully packed yesterday and headed downstairs.

My mom, Daniel, Niall, and, Sophia were already seated together eating breakfast.

"Care to join us?" Asked Daniel taking a bite out of his scrambled eggs.

"Can't." I gave a simple response and grabbed a fresh green apple from the fridge and a Red-bull. I took a bite of the apple.

"I have to meet Cass at the gym in less than fifteen minutes." I plugged my headphones to my phone and rolled them up to place them in my pocket.

"Be back by noon." My mom said and I waved goodbye to all of them before quickly jogging to the gym which was 10 minutes away and pulled my headphones on but my phone rang and I answered not interrupting my workout.

"Hello?" I quickly panted on the phone and took a right turn on the side walk.

"Bella!" The voice sounded desperate and I quickly guessed the person in the other side of the call from the dozens of voice mails and texts he left on my phone yesterday. Nate.

"Thank god you answered. I have been so worried since yesterday I left you call after call and text after-"

"Nate!" I quickly cut him off. "I'm fine, yesterday I was just... with no connection... I had to go out of town to do a little drawing and sketches for art." Ok, so it wasn't completely a lie.

I didn't mention Harry because I knew he would freak out. Nate always picks and bothers Harry if he knew that we went to have a picnic he would get a wrong idea. Anyone would actually.

"Ok, Bella. Call me tonight okay?" I sounded relieved. "Promise Nate. I have to go though I am almost at the gym to meet Cass."

I hung up and entered the gym. I showed the lady at the front desk my member card and took an ice cold Evian bottle from the mini fridge and spotted Cass already running on her walking machine and an empty one next to her that she clearly saved for me.

I gave her small wave not wanting to distract her and she returned it, her ponytail bouncing as she quickly jogged in the machine. I started mine up. First walking quickly then quicken my lacs like Cass'.

(Sorry for not updating in so long! Promise I will at least to a chapter once a week. Please comment it would really mean a lot to know what you think of the book and any feedback of future theories. Also if you can please vote!)