I woke up with the smell of bacon and burnt toast in the air.
Rolling over, the sunlight blocked my view of my alarm clock only for a few seconds. I rubbed my eyes to look at the clock again, in red lights it read, "12:46 pm."
My stomach growled and ached, I curled up in a ball and held my stomach. I still felt so tired from just sleeping. 14 hours while I tossed and turned half of the time. Getting up slowly took all energy in me. Once I was up and sitting, I pushed myself off of the bed. Walking towards my desk, I picked up my phone to find 5 new unread messages.
Ben, Sammy and Andi all messaged me in a group text
Sammy: "Us 3 are gonna head up and get some liquor and head to Sweet Central for some muffins and cookies. Come with us! We miss you!" (11:30 am)
Ben: "Wake the fuck up!!" (11:38 am)
Andi: "Meet us at the abandon park behind my house." (12:03 p.m)
Sammy: "Plus Ben's buying, so wake up!" (12:23 pm)
Andi: "Wear a dress too! We're heading back over to my house and Alex's band might play!!(:" (12:25 pm)
I though about it. I've missed them all and Alex deeply, along with that, its been 2 months since I've seen them.
It's been days since I've eaten as well, what could a muffin do? I thought.
I text back, "Sounds good, see you there!"
I threw my t-shirt off, grabbing my pink bra, and put it on. Then opened my tiny closet, searching for a dress like a mad man. I finally grabbed one, my black dress with pink daises on it, with lace on the bottom and chest area. Size 3. Brand new. It was perfect to wear while Alex will be singing over at Andi's.
I ripped the price tag off and unzipped it. Bending over a bit, I stepped into the dress. Pulled it up and put my arms through the straps. Zipping it back up, I wondered why I agreed on this part. I looked horrible in dresses. No matter what people say. I have no girl assets. I still wear the same bra size since 8-9th grade. Saying that, I'm going to be a senior this year. I also have the tiniest butt in the world, with no curves as well. Like Sammy and Andi, they grew into their women assets. Especially Sammy.
But it was my fault for that. I walk into my bathroom and look in the long mirror, seeing what I knew. A not good enough body in a dress. I step away and plug in my straightener, that just lays on my sink for me to come back and warm it up. Till it warms, I put on mascara and eyeliner.
Glancing up at the clock it read, "12:16". I jumped back when the straightener beeped telling me it was hot. I picked it up and straightened my thick, long hair. My light golden hair was slowly falling out. But for my bangs, they stayed there full and chopped in layers along with the rest of my hair. Once I was done, I unplugged it. Heading down stairs, the bacon and burned toast smell was being aired out from the kitchen window. I stood there to see my 3 sisters, Carly and Claire (twins) who are 15 and the youngest, Amy, 6, making breakfast. I stood in the door way. They looked up and gave me a weird look. Before any questions, I told them, "I'm going out. Mom will be home at 6." I stepped away from the kitchen, and grabbed my sandals. Putting them on I yelled out behind me, "Don't burn the house down and if so, call mom." I heard Amy giggle as I shut the door.
The great thing about Andi's house was that it was only 3 blocks away. Walking there, I blared Asking Alexandria as loud as I could. My neighborhood, PineVally Community,s was mostly filled with old people, so there were either for sale signs in yards or old women mending their gardens. But there were about 5 kids that lived around here who were my age, not including Andi though. Because most of the kids never talked to people or do a bunch of drugs.
Reaching up to Andi's, I walked around 2 houses and headed forward to the abandon park. The only reason why we say it's abandon because it looked like kids were once playing there but then suddenly abducted by some unearth ling ship. What was once red and yellow, held 8 swings. Mostly people came and broke them or somehow stole them. The only ones there that worked well enough were 2 swings. One was on the far left and the other one was placed beside where the 7th swing should of been. Along with the kids being sucked up, so did the slide that was once there. Seriously, no one knows where it went. Just one day, it was gone.
Walking up I spotted Andi in a hot pink dress and a white flower crown in her hair. She was about the same height as me, but was a bit more thicker then I was. She was beautiful, as always. Long brown hair and green eyes. She sat on the swing to the left, smiling her perfect smile. Along with Sammy, she wore a blue dress with her black, shiny hair up in a high pony (as always). She was tall, like 5'7 tall. She was all muscle, toned, and was very a tomboyish. Name any sport and she played it. Ben was in tan skinnies and a black v-neck t-shirt which made him look tan and muscular. He had that classy clean cut look, with round, brown eyes. He was handsome. Ben and Sammy were sitting in the grass, as Andi tried to touch them with her foot, swinging. As soon as I was in their view, Andi waved her hand and all 3 got up and walked towards me.
As Sammy and Andi reached me, they gave me tight hugs. Ben stayed back till they were done and hugged me which to me, felt like a good minute.
They all stood back to look at me and how much weight I lost. Its been almost 2 months since i've been physically with them. Between work, applying to colleges, vacation, and seeing boyfriends, i've been on my own for a while.
"Anna, you've gotten so tiny... It makes my body hurt" Sammy said. Looking at my thing gap, she hugged herself.
" How rude!" Yelled Ben, "So what, she's still our Anna Baby right?" He said smiling at me. I knew I made him felt uneasy as Sammy and Andi felt. He grabbed my hand and we started walking towards the liquor store only a block away. As soon as we were walking, Sammy and Andi were trailing behind us. Sammy was telling us all about the vacation she went on with her boyfriend in Germany. Slowly Ben's hand and mine lost grip and fell to our sides. As Sammy was still talking, I looked to my right to see the house I once passed by, had a moving truck in the front of it. I watched as the paid men move box after box along with the family into the house.
Then someone pulled up in a black, dirty truck. The truck's door opened and out stepped, a very handsome guy. He glanced over at us and he look as if he was our age. He smiled and waved, before I could wave back, he was turned around and was grabbing boxes.
All I thought to myself was, he was gorgeous, and I wanted meet him.
