Broken Down

Chapter One

"Spencer!!! Get down here now!!" my mom screams at me from down stairs. I look at the mirrror one last time and make sure I look sophisticated enough, with my skirt, blouse and tie. I pull on a pair of leather boots, and grab my backpack. As I run down stairs my dad looks at me and says, "Spencer, nice to see you have joined us for breakfast," I roll my eyes and give a small giggle. My mom looks at me and gives me a stern look, she hates when I roll my eyes. "Thats first time you have giggled in a while." my mom says, my dad looks at her and mummbles something under his breath. I grab a granola bar and some coffee. I quickley eat the granola bar, and put my coffee in a travel mug. As I put on a blazer my dad ask me if I have any plans after school. "Umm, I think me and Toby are studying for our science test on Monday." I give with a shoulder shrug. Shes not a big fan of Toby, hes to 'bad' for her type. She likes the good guys with good grades. The perfect guys, I think that is the only reason she fell for my dad. I like Toby, I don't know why or if he will ever like me, but whatever.

"Where will that be happening?" my mom ask, somethimes she can be so annoying. "Emily, she will be fine. No need to worry about her all the time." my dad says with a sigh at the end. "We will probably study here, mom." I say. I'm so tired of her always on my tail. "Wouldn't you rather study with Chris?" she asked, Chris is the guy like my dad in our grade. She meet him once when he came over to talk about the debate team. "I made plans with Toby mom, I'm going to study with Toby. You always tell me commitment is important." I say a little fusterated with her. Why does she not like Toby, hes nice, smart, a lot of things. I leave, while she has that look on her face, the look where she regrets having me. I get that look from her all the time. Why does she hate me so much?

I get in my car. Put in my earbuds, blast music as loud as it will go. Tunning out everything, people, thoughts, life, I hate life. Hate it.

When I get to school, my freind Aria runs up to me. "Hey, Spenc" she says casually. I wave, turning down my music, enough to hear her, but still hear my music. She pulls out an earbud, "Yes?" I say, putting my earbud back in. She takes my phone out of my hand and turns it off. "Hey! I was listening to that." I say fusterated. She gives a small giggle, when our friend Brooklyn walks up. "Hey," she says sounding like her normal, happy, self. I never understood how we became friends, she is so outgoing, and I blast music in my ears to drown out life. I give a small smile, "Hey," I say trying to sound, normal. Then I think to myself, who can see the bags through my concealer, My tired eyes trough my eye whitening contacts. 

"You okay?" Brooklyn ask, she always is concerned about me. Wanting to make me as happy as possible. "Perfect," I say sarcastically. Our other friend, Makayla, joins in the court yard. Then I see Toby, he is walking towards us, towards me. I shove my phone in my pocket, pretending not to notice him. When Toby walks, I go a little blank. "Hey, Brooklyn, Aria, Makayla," they smile, he actually remembered their names. "Hey," they all say in unison. 

"Hey Spencer can I talk to you?" he asks, I wonder what he wants to talk about. "Sure," I say and give a small smile. He leads the way to a little bit over in the court yard. "So, Spencer," he as almost a question. "Yeah?" I say as a question. "I know your mom doesn't like me." he say a bit hesitant. "Yeah, but shes fine waith us studying at my house..." I trail off a bit. "Not that actually... I was wondering if you would..." the first hour warning bell rings inturupting our conversation. "Don't worry, we can talk about it tonight," I say rushed, walking towards my locker.