Lucky, Enough

Chapter One: Ash

It was now 2020, and I was sixteen.

"Ash!" I yelled in my room while listening to my favorite songs and drawing a picture.

My cat came running over to me, he was the best.

He rubbed his fluffy tail in my face while I laughed at him. I loved him, he was the best.

I petted him and then he jumped down from my desk.

"Wren!" My mother yelled from downstairs.

I went downstairs, Ash followed.

"I'm going on a date tonight, you can go over to your friends if you want, just don't eat too much, okay?" She asked me.

"Yeah." I said to her.

She had a black short dress with heels that were at least three inches tall, the opposite from me, I was in an old black t-shirt with some gray leggings and my combat boots.

"Bye." I said.

Once she left I turned on the T.V. In the living room and grabbed a bag of chips to eat, my body wouldn't show if I ate a bunch of junk food, I was always skinny.

When I was done with my show, I ordered a pizza.

I had always said to myself that I would run away from my mother because I hated her, I just didn't know when.

"Thanks." I said to the pizza delivery guy.

"Yeah, the tip?" He said.

I gave him two extra bucks. "Enough?" I asked and closed the door in his face.

I went up to my room and half of the pizza and Ash ate one of the pepperonis.

I lied down on my rickedey bed and listen to music, Ash layed down on my chest, he kept my neck warm.

I fell asleep a little bit later.

I woke to my alarm beeping at me. I hit it and rolled around into a more comfortable position. It beeped again a few minutes later, I finally got out of bed when it beeped four times.

"I need to get ready!" I yelled. It was 6:30, I was supposed to be awake at 5:50.

I threw on some clothes, fed Ash, and ate a piece of bread. I grabbed my bag and hopped in the car. I drove to school at the speed limit because I didn't want to be late.

"Miss Wren, you're late." The teacher said to me.

"Sorry, I woke up late." I said.

"No sorrys Wren, detention after school." She said.

"Okay, I'll be there." I said.

After class I went to my friend, Olive, but he is trasgender, so I call him Oli.

"Hey, Oli?" I asked him.

"Yeah?" He asked.

"Can you go to my house after school and fed Ash for me? I have d-" He cut me off.

"Detention, I know, I know, I'll feed him, don't worry." He said to me.

"Thanks." I hugged him.

I went to my next classes, which were really boring. Then it was lunch. I had forgotten to pack myself a lunch, I had just enough money to buy one of the "lunches" as they call them, it all taste like plastic to me.

I sat down next to Oli. "Hey." He said to me.

"Hi." I said picking at my "food" with my fork.

"How was your day so far." He asked me.

"Eh... You?" I asked finally taking a bite of the "chicken".

"It was okay, this girl came up to me asking me to feed her cat." He said.

I laughed. "Very funny." I said with a smile.

Then the bell rang.

"Bye, have a good time feeding that girl's cat." I said.

"Yeah, I will." He said.

The rest of the day was really boring and such, then I had detention, I didn't know what to do during it because I didn't have any homework or classwork to work on.

I went into the detention class, there were only six other people in there, I sat down in the back. I pulled out my sketchbook and started drawing. I couldn't listen to music, so that was a bummer. I sat there trying to draw one of my characters for a few hours, then detention was over.

When I got out of detention, I had a few texts from Oli.

Oli: Something happened.

Oli: I don't think you'll like it.

Me: What is it?

Oli: You just won't like it, go straight to your house.

I was so scared, did something happen to Ash? Did he do something? Was he hurt? I didn't hesitate and went straight home.