I look in the mirror and trace the familiar 55 tatoo at the back of my neck.It appeared on my third birthday,my mom used to always stress that I was never going to get it since most people already had theirs when they were born,I guess I was a late bloomer..My gran used to tell me that no two people's tattoos are the same.When a person dies a baby is born with the exact same tatoo as the deceased.Now she's gone.I wipe a stray tear away that found itself rolling down my cheeck and find something to distract me from my depressing thoughts.
"What's wrong,fifty five " my brother asks me with concern laced his voice
"I'm fine, twenty seven just thinking about gran"I say to him
He nods his head in understanding,he knows how close I was to her.
"Kids set the table" my mom screams from the kitchen
"So you excited for the naming ceremony " my Dad asks me as I take a seat next to my brother.
"The naming Ceremony is in three months time " I point out
"When I was your age I started making a list of all the possible names they would give me"
"I'm guessing you didn't get any of the ones on your list"
"Not even close " he says while laughing
'I wonder what my name will be" my brother says with a dreamy look
"You still have to wait until you're sixteen buddy"
He shrugs and says"Only one more year to wait"
"Helllllooooo!!!anyone home"my bestfriend screams as she walk inside the house
"Go away nobody's home"I scream back.I remember the first time that we met.A smile lights up my face as I recall the memory.
"Nock nock anybody home.
"Go away I'm not home"
"Yes you are I heard you"
"No I didn't This is a recorded message,pls leave a message after the beeeeeeeeep."
"Goodbye recorded message" she says as she leaves
"Wait" I scream as I open the door."did you watch Despicable me too"
She nods at me
"Eeeeeck" I scream and jump on her
"Uhhhhh " she says unsurley picking herself off the ground
"Sorry sometimes I get over excited " I say,the embarrassments showing in my red cheeks.
I hold my hand out to her"I'm 55"
She looks unsurley at my inthusiastic hand for a moment and then shakes it"I'm 32"
"How old are you " we ask simultaneously.
"Jinks....jinks again " we say and connect our pinkies.
I grin at her and say"we're going to be best friends"
"Oh there you are my most favourite person in the word" she says to me
I raise my eyebrow at her"What do you want 32?"
She looks over to my mom and says " Abby would you mind if I borrow 55 for a sec"
"Not at all 32"
I roll my eyes as she drags me to my room.
"Sooo I asked 24 out on a date "she says nervously
I hug her"that's great!"
"Ummm well that's not all "
I raise my brow at her and urge her to continue
"Uh well umm he said that umm he uh"she stutters
"Use full words 32 " I tell her
She bites her lip which she has a habit of doing when she's nervous " well you know how I like 24...sooo I asked him out and...and...
"And?what "I question her
"And he said we should make it a double date"
"Well as long it's not with his jerk of a bestfriend then we're good"
"Of course not " she says while rubbing her sweaty palms onto her pants.
"Sooooo you know 24 is a bit of an adrenalin junkie."she says so softly that I bearly catch what she said.
My eyes widen at her,I know where she's going with this.I should've known why she was so nervous.
"Absouloutly not " I shout
"But-"
"Nope"
"What if-"
"No"
"Come on 55, you only live once"
"Exactly why I shouldn't jump off that death trap"
"Its called Bungee jumping " she says in a frustrated tone
"Yes that what I said"
"Please...do it for me " she wines and gives me her best puppy dog eyes.
"There's no way you can convince me".I know she's stubborn,but I'm more
"What if I buy you three jars of Nutella " she says smirking
"Keep talking" I say and I bite my lip still not fully convinced.
I'll add in a packet of oreos"
"3 packets"
she gives me a look asking me if I'm serious
"Hey don't judge me,oreos is life"
"Deal" she says as she holds her hand out for me to shake.
I shake her hand and say with a straight face "If I die my ghost is coming back to haunt you".
"I better not regret this"I mutter
Hi everyone so I hope you enjoyed the first chapter.Please don't steal my ideas,I work hard on them and won't appreciate you copying my work.On a lighter note please please please don't be a silent reader I would love to hear your thoughts on my book.
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Number 55
Teen Fiction"It's gone " I say to her the fear showing in my eyes giving away my calm and collected facade. "you talking about the-" "yes what else would I be talking about" she shakes her head at me before saying "it's not possible". "you calling me a liar,we...
