Hello, Again

Chapter 1

Dear Diary, Today was April 23rd, 2019. A regular day for a 5th grader. Its amazing knowing that we were the big sisters and brothers of the school now & by we I mean me and cami. Well, Cameron but he always let me call him that or any other silly name. We have been best friends since diapers. Our families are close because our moms went to the same university and our fathers worked together at one point..l think? Anywho, Cami was on his way to my house to play chess after school. Our siblings looked at us weird for playing that game but we didn't care.

"MAMAAA" I screamed. Cameron laughed at the suffering he caused me. Both our mothers rushed into my room very concerned and asked what happened. Cami placed a spider on my head and boy was I scared of those. All those eyes and legs? Just ewww!

"It's fakee " , he said. Still laughing at me , but by the time he explained I was already crying tears and not the hysterical kind either. My mom comforted me while his mom scolded him and made him apologize. "I'm sorry Ari." To apologize he gave me one of his favorite cookies which were my favorite too. Sugar cookies. All was well after that we started trading pokemon cards and later he went home. I love cami and I wouldn't trade him for anything. That's all for today's entry , goodnight.

PRESENT DAY

"KIANA SOHARI HARRISON!" I sighed hearing my mother scream my name.. It meant two things. Either I'm being praised for something good or I did something wrong whether I knew what I did or not. School and track was already draining as well as being a junior in highschool. So hearing her yell? Really did it for me.

It was a weekend , so I was really confused as to why she was yelling. Especially early in the morning. I got up from my comfy bed, put on my light green house shoes, grabbed my coffee & headed downstairs. I knew that my dad had already left for work because he always kisses my head like I cant feel it & puts a coffee on my nightstand. My dad was my favorite parent. I saw nothing but chaos downstairs. The twins Kendrick Ir. and Kamaya arguing about stupid shit & our rushing trying to get ready for work, I knew then & there how my weekend was gonna go.

"Why in the HELL haven't you done the dishes like I asked you to? I swear it's like I gotta yell to get my point across with you now," she says screaming as I just stand there, blinking, letting her frustration roll right off me, because I literally didnt have the energy today. She snatches her work bag, still mumbling under her breath, & rushes out the door. It slams behind her, making the twins jump.

The second it fully shuts, I exhale rubbing my forehead. She wasn't totally wrong with her statement. After middle school, I became more quiet than usual. We grew apart, We didn't go on mother daughter dates anymore and I am always in my room now. I guess it was part of being a teenage in this generation.

"Get y'all stuff up. NOW. I refuse to keep getting yelled because of yall messes". I say giving them a stern look. They scatter like roaches, mumbling something back, but I didn't care. I put my hair into a bun, turned on some music and started cleaning the whole house. Dishes. Counters. Sweeping. Laundry. Everything, There wasn't no point in just doing one thing to have to eventually do it later. So, since | was stuck doing it I might as well do it right. By the time I finally flop on the couch, my back & feet were screaming inside these house shoes, I grab my phone and called groupchat with my two favorite girls. Rayne and Yara.

It took them a minute to answer because it was so early & I didn't blame them.
"Hey girll!" "Why do you sound so dead?" they said in unison. Somehow they were always in syne no matter in what they said or do. They been my closest friends. I've been friends with Yara since middle and Rayne since freshman year then we all became friends with one another.

I rolled my eyes even though they couldn't see me. Then , I went in. It's been a week or two since we all were on the phone so I needed to vent. "Godzilla woke me up yelling about cleaning the house..like ma'am this is your house too & you have other kids to HELP. Plus school and everything. I swear if one more teacher gives me more homework or my mom yells one more fucking time! I'M GOING TO LOSE IT:" They laughed but nodded in understatement.

"Nah, for real. They weren't playing when they said this year was gonna kick our asses" said Rayne. Me and Yara agreed with her. Eventually, they vented and we all gave our advice on what we should & need to better ourselves. Me with sports, Rayne with her debate team, and Yara with her relationship with Noah. They've been off and on since freshman year , but one thing was for sure. She loved her white chocolate. After that I soon checked my siblings then went to my room to play games with my girls.

A few hours later, I was watching my anime then my phone dinged. I got a message from my dad saying "Hey babygirl, I know u may be tired but I left u ur coffee and was hoping| that you would join me for breakfast tomorrow ? Its ok if not I know how u girls can be lol."
He swears girls are just soooo grouchy in the morning. He wasn't wrong about the tired part since I cleaned the whole house , but I can push through. My dad doesn't ask for much other than that 1 finish school, stay humble, keep God close & be happy. So I responded.

"Ofc i can come. Just let me know when u want me to be ready." He responded quickly.

"Ofc?? What that mean? You know im old girl and u let me know when ur ready because I know u want to put that stuff on your face that you dont need. Love you kiwi"

I laughed reading that. He doesn't understand my generation's slang at all but it's okay. I told him what it meant and that I loved him more. I loved my family nickname even though I never knew where kiwi came from because ironically I'm allergic to them.

I got up and went to my closet to find something because I hate rushing in the morning. It was October so I knew it would be a bit chilly. I picked out some black leggings, brown ugs, white shirt and a brown plated coat. I laid it all on my ottoman then I could do my makeup and put my jewelry on in the morning. I relaxed the rest of the day.