Endless Hope

introduction

I woke up to my alarm going off. "Ugh" I mumbled while blindly hitting the snooze button. I got up and got dressed while grabbing my bag and going downstairs. Everyday was the same old thing, get up, get dressed, go downstairs and greet my asshole brother before walking out the door to greet gracie and head to school. I mean I dont hate it or anything, just sometimes I wish something more would happen, the same routine starts to get boring. I walked downstairs to my 16 year old brother sitting on the couch watching TV and eating cereal. "Are you not going to school today?" I asked while putting my shoes on. My brother shook his head and just stared at the TV. "Why?" I asked while grabbing a granola bar from the cabinet. "I just dont feel that well today, I'll go tomorrow." I just nodded and patted his head before walking out the door. My mom works all the time and is barely home with me and my brother which is why my brother gets away with staying home. Even when my mom is home shes always working on papers or soemthing. My dad recently passed away a few years ago from a car accident. Someone came from beside him and rammed into his side of the car, he was killed on impact. It really crushed all of us, especially mom. She was very in love with him and then one day hes just gone and never coming back. Now since hes gone she has to work overtime a lot to keep money for the house and food. I sat on the porch while waiting for Gracie to pull up, suddenly I heard a beep from across the sidewalk and realized I must've been caught in my thoughts because she was here. I slowly walked to the car and greeted her while throwing my bag in the back seat and turning the radio on. Gracie suddenly looked at me with a confused face while looking around. "Wheres justin? Is he not coming today again?" She asked. I shook my head while sighing, "I guess not. He said hes just not feeling well and that he'll come tomorrow." I replied while switching the radio stations. I heard gracie sigh, "well what if he decided he doesnt wanna come tomorrow either?" She asked while starting the car and pulling away from the sidewalk. I smirked and shook my head, "he doesnt have a choice, hes coming tomorrow because I'm not letting him stay home." I sounded like my mom, if she were here, justin wouldn't have even missed today. My mom can be pretty laid back, but Justin has already missed 5 days and we've only been in school for 3 months. We finally arrived at school and I sighed, "yay another day in 7 hour hell." Gracie laughed and agreed while we walked arm in arm into the large building.