The School Trip

Chapter 1 - The School Trip

I woke up to the feeling of slobber on my face. I turned around to see my dog, Toby, standing next to me waving his tail. I lifted myself up and rubbed my eyes.

"Chloe! Wake up!"

I heard my mother yell at me from the hallway and immediately got out of bed.

"I'm awake." I grumbled as I walked to my closet. I looked at all the options I had to wear. I had so much clothes yet I could never decide what to wear, ever. I grabbed a nice Hollister sweatshirt and some black leggings and went into my bathroom. I brushed my blonde hair while trying to pull my leggings on. I usually didn't put on makeup, but today I put on some mascara and concealer, and headed to the kitchen.

I pulled out a chair at the dinning room table and went on my phone. My dad, Daniel, was sitting across from me and the head of the table. He cleared his throat and rudely said,

"Jill make some some bacon, will ya?"

My mom nodded her head and grabbed some bacon from the fridge. I rolled my eyes. My father wasn't the nicest guy, but my mom is too distracted by 'love' to stand up to him.

My 15 year old sister, Amelia, walked into the kitchen and went straight to the fridge.

"Mom, do we have any milk?"

My mom looked at my father who had the whole container of milk to himself.

"Ask your father" my mother replied quietly.

Amelia walked over to my father and held out her hand. You could see her black nails, and her dark purple hair covering her shoulders. She was going through the 'I'm too cool for everyone' phase. Luckily I didn't go through that.

"What?"

My father looked up at her in a mad, confused kind of way.

"You have all the milk."

"So?"

My sister rolled her eyes and sat down at her spot, I thanked god that she didn't try and start an argument.

"Chloe, did you get everything packed up for the trip?"

I almost fell out of my chair.

"What?"

"The school trip.."

My mother rolled her eyes, and said-

"I packed you some clothes for the trip today. I can drop you off at school if you'd like."

"Yes, that'd be fine."

I replied, and walked towards my mothers room and saw a small suitcase packed with clothes. To be honest, I was dreading this trip. This school trip was only open for certain students with high enough grades. I'm really upset that my best friend Grace can't go. She would've gone but she had other family plans.

I grabbed my suitcase and my backpack full of junk, and headed to the living room. I said goodbye to my sister and dad, but they pretty much ignored me. So much for trying to be nice.

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"Are you excited?"

A girl named Jorie stood next to me while we waited for the bus to bring us to our destination.

"I guess so."

"I'm suuuuper excited! Like you don't even know!"

I don't want to know.

A few more people stared crowded in waiting. I saw an old friend of mine standing near the curb reading a book.

"Hey Kaley."