The sound of Like I Love You by Brett Young pulls me out of sleep. With a groan, I reach over to silence my iPhone. I shift slightly in bed and glare at my clock.
6:00AM
This is bullshit.
It's the first day of school.
I told my Dad that I refused to spend any more time in Daniel's bedroom because we're no longer friends.
He got the key to the house two days later and he told me very bluntly that he's not paying for a hotel when I'm not trying to fix things.
On the last night of me there, Beatrice's brilliant idea to make us work it out was to lock us in the closet.
I proceeded to sit on the wall so he couldn't see my phone screen and I watched The Office until Danny told his Mom he was going to puke so she would let him out.
He went straight to his room and I went to shower and then back outside.
On the first day it was raining and my Dad refused to give me the keys to his truck so I could sit inside.
Instead, I crawled under his truck and laid down.
I haven't said a single word to him.
It's been two and a half weeks.
He's texted, called, and FaceTimed me so many times I lost count, but I couldn't care less.
He cut me off. He doesn't get to decide we're friends again without an apology.
I know I'm being a child but I guess I'm just hurt that he got so mad that he was willing to end our friendship.
I would never do that.
I flop out of bed and walk into my bathroom. I strip down and get into the shower, shutting my eyes and letting the warm water wash over me.
I grab my herbal essence shampoo and wash my hair. I use the matching conditioner and wash my body, shave, and wash my body again.
Once I'm out of the shower, I put my makeup on quickly and curl my hair.
If I'm going to a new school, I could at least try.
The people at my old school...most of them knew me since kindergarten, and they knew Danny.
They remembered when he left, and they saw the changes in me when things got bad.
The friends I had and the acquaintances I had vanished. They stopped waving to me in the halls, nobody tried to help me on projects, and I lost everyone.
Amber was the one person willing to take a chance on me because she was one of the only people that didn't start out at my school.
Once I look good, I walk into my bedroom and grab my clothes that I laid out.
I pull on a pair of ripped black skinny jeans and a maroon crop top that has a music note with the zig zag lines of a heart monitor. My jeans are high waisted so my midriff is covered. I put on black no show socks and white converse. I have a white and navy blue plaid button down as a jacket. I grab my backpack and my wallet, walking into the kitchen.
My Dad started work about a week after we got here. It's a little early for him to be awake.
"Good morning kiddo."
"Morning." I say, kissing his cheek.
I grab the fruit loops and pour them into a bowl, followed by milk. I get a spoon and put everything back, and then sit next to him at the bar.
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