Chapter 1: Last week of school

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Waking up early every morning is stressful. Waking up to an alarm is annoying, but waking up to your kid brother on your face is just plain weird. That's how I Riley Mackenzie wakes up every morning.

Hitting the off button and rolling my 7-year-old brother off me, I sat up in bed. Rubbing my eyes, I stood up stretching, I grabbed my black framed Ray Band glasses off my nightstand and shoved them on my face, then I walked over to my bathroom to get ready for another day of school.

I bit my lip as I start to brush my hair. I had a lot on my mind waking up this morning, I'm really worried about my mother. She has been sick with cancer for as long as I can remember and she's only getting worse. When my mom had my little brother, Benjamin, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. It was devastating and scary. Luckily the doctors were able to cure it with a lot of chemo and radiation.

About three years after that the doctors found a brain tumor. It was horrible re-living the worst year of my life. As for my dad, the night my mom announced she was pregnant with baby number two, my dad went out to ' buy baby stuff' and never came back. When I was little I use to stare out the window waiting for him to come back, but he never did. All I wanted was one letter, a birthday card, one text, or even an email explaining his leaving. But that never happened. And I don't think it ever will.

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Before I took Benjamin to his bus I went over to mum's bedroom to check on her. Poking my head through the door I smiled at her!

"Hey, mum! I'm just taking Benji to the bus, I'll be back soon!"

"Alright, Riley! See you soon" she said smiling a weak smile.

My mom was a brave fighter. For a woman her age, she was doing a pretty damn good job at fighting the pain without us worrying. But of course, me being the person I'am I worry over every little thing in life!

Mom Is probably my biggest hero of all being a cancer survivor. After being in and out of the hospital for the past 5 years, she had to quit her job and stay home to rest. She's literally in bed 24/7 because she's in so much pain, and sometimes I don't understand why she can be in so much pain!

Ever since she's been staying home in bed pretty much all day, every morning I'd wake up brush my teeth and brush my hair, get Ben ready for school, eat breakfast and walk him down to the bus stop. Once I'd get home I'd make a quick breakfast for mum, get myself ready which takes about 10 minutes and eat breakfast and then I'm off to school. And as you may wonder why I walk to school it's because I'm literally a 15-minute walk to school and I just love the breath of fresh air, it clears my mind and helps me think at the same time.

"Benji you ready?!" I called from the bottom of the stairs.

"Yup!" He yelled back rushing down the stairs.

"Have you eaten breakfast yet Lil' buddy?" I said ruffling his hair. He hit my hand away from his head and nodded. We put our shoes on and headed out the door.

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"See ya later Benji!" I say waving to my brother as he climbed the steps of the bus.

"Bye riles!" He waved before I couldn't see him anymore. I turned around and made my way back to the house.

Opening the door to the house, I picked up the mail from the place mat and walked inside to the kitchen. Fixing up a small breakfast for mom and me, I walked up the stairs with a tray of toast, butter, and jam. Some orange juice and water.

"Thanks, sweetie," my mom says smiling up at me. "You're the best!"

"No worries momma bear." I smiled giving her a kiss on the cheek.

"Go get ready for school honey, alright!"

"Alrighty! See you tonight mum!" I say waving as I walked to the door. "Bye sweetie, be good!"

Walking out of mom's room, I walked into my room to get dressed into something appropriate for school. Heading over to my closet, I pulled out a pair of high waisted shorts and a white over the shoulders top.

I paired it with a cute necklace and a bracelet. I then went into my bathroom put on some makeup, which consists of mascara and lipgloss, I then headed out of the bathroom and grabbed my sunglasses and backpack.

Heading downstairs, I grabbed a granola bar and headed to the front door. With the bar in my mouth, I put on my sandals and grabbed my house key from off the side table. Sliding my backpack onto my shoulders and taking off my glasses and slipping on my prescribed sunglasses, I walked out of the house and locked the door behind me.

And I started my journey to NeverLand. Jokes! I started my way to school.

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Hey guys!
Guess what!!! I'm back with a new story!!! Yayaya! Who's excited for this story!! *cricket* *cricket*
Well come on don't be shy!?
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Ella: Oh stop it. It's nothing. Truly.
But since you guys are so happy then I must tell you more. So this story is about the bad boy and the goody two shoes, I guess you could call Riley. Yes it's cliché but hey what's a love story without the clichéness in it. Yes I do know that clichéness doesn't make sense. Buttttt whatever. So are you guys intrigued. *bats eyelashes while chin rests on hands*
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Ella: good because get ready for heartbreaks, humour, late nights and you've guessed it clichéness. Also since I'm very very bad at updating my stories I've decided to have a day where I update that specific day. So the day I'll be updating is......drum roll please!!!

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Ella: Coming to you every Sunday is an update for the awesomest story, Working for Mr. Bad Boy!!!
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Oh jeez I'm such a nerd! But whatever that's what makes me unique. Don't worry you guys are awesome and unique in your own way. I Love you guys so much! Hope you guys like the story and I'll see you and your amazing uniqueness next Sunday!!!

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