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I woke up to an ungodly noise. My alarm. Disgusting. I reached over to turn it off, turned over to my other side again and went back to sleep, of course. I keep an early alarm so when I wake up, I know I have about 10 minutes of mental preparation before the second air raid siren sounds.
I know, very smart. I can use this time to sleep or to read the various weekly updates on my reading/comic apps.
I lay there slipping in and out of consciousness and almost jumped when the second alarm sounded. I knew it was coming but I was tired enough still for it to startle me. I took a minute to compose myself before the third one went off, scaring the life out of me. Yeah, that's cus I know me and know that I'd sleep after the second one too. It's sad that I know myself so well.
No, I would not wake up without 3000 alarms.
I got up, got ready. Washing up and getting dressed, I threw on a plain black shirt, pulled a red hoodie over it with the word 'Death' fittingly written across the front and got on a pair of black jeans. I put on black socks and got my favourite trainers on. Black Pumas with a thick white sole. So flipping comfortable. I can't even describe to you the heaven it felt like when I found these shoes. The hoodie on the other hand was a custom made gift Aria had gotten me. She knows me so well.
It was now 8. My school was about 5 minutes away and I had to be there at 9 so I went and sat in my living room to again sit and mentally prepare for the hell hole I was about to go into. I then heard a knock at the front door at around 8:25.
Oh for god's sake-
I noticed it was Tom as I looked through the peephole and I couldn't help but smile at myself a bit.
Don't smile, what the actual hell is wrong with you?
I casually opened the door, pretending I didn't just look at him through the lens.
"Oh, hey, didn't know it was you", I tried to sound as casual as possible with a hint of surprise.
"I'll pretend I didn't see the shadow of your feet under the door while I assume you checked who it was", so much for that then.
"Shut up, why are you here?", he grinned at me knowing he had annoyed me a tad bit.
"I cannot tell you why I'm here if I have to shut up."
I stared at him blankly for a moment before saying, "I'm going to close the door now", I made a peace sign as I closed the door but he stopped it with his foot. I groaned in annoyance. "It's wayyyyyyy too early to be dealing with you."
"But that's what you always say", he said while pouting at me.
I turned around and walked back to my living room while trying to conceal the smile on my face. When I sat down I heard him scream, 'CAN I COME IN?'. I couldn't help but burst out in hysteric laughter, 'YEAH', I yelled in response.
He then let himself in, I could hear him talking to someone as he walked in. I turned and saw another person trailing him. I raised my brow as I saw him. I was a hundred percent happy believing that the goof was talking to himself until I saw the entity dawdling behind him.
"Sorry, this is Haz, my other partner in crime."
"You only asked if you could come in."
"He's my other half."
"WHAT? So that's why you said you had no girlfriend. I should've asked about boyfriends. So when's the wedding?", I knew they were friends, I always did because they always hung out together. We had met around college and I use to see them messing around outside the Gregs around the corner from college.
"You're mistaken, we are as straight as it gets."
"No, you don't have to worry. I ship it, I'm already planning a wedding. I'll be ordering the red silks tonight."
"She sounds fun", he smirked at me.
"He sounds like not a total idiot", I responded. I made eye contact with Haz with his eyebrows lifted.
"I have one question for you before I decide whether or not we can be best friends and leave Tom out because he was never interesting anyway", this could make or break everything. I needed to know the answer to this one very important question.
I heard Tom scoff but ignored it. He looked at both of us with a wierd confused smile on his face. Haz and I never broke eye contact.
"I'm ready", he matched my very serious tone.
I took a deep breath and after a dramatic pause for effect, asked, "Xbox or PlayStation?"
"Playstation", he didn't even hesitate with his answer.
I stared at him wide-eyed. I slowly got up, walked over to him and hugged him, "Tom, go away, he's mine now."
Haz chuckled while hugging me back. Tom looked at both of us as if we had committed some horrid crime.
"I refuse this. This cannot happen", he said while he waved his arms around frantically, gesturing between us.
"Oh but it is", Harrison said.
"We're hugging. It's happening. Right now."
Tom grabbed my arm and pulled me out of Harrison's grip, I stood facing Haz with Tom's arms around my waist. He put his head on my shoulder and looked very pleased with himself, "And now it's not."
I tried to move but he started to tickle me if I tried to wiggle my way out so I stopped. Haz just stood there looking sad, lonely, dejected.
"OH, I HAVE A GREAT IDEA! Why don't you two just be partners and I can just sit at home and watch sherlock", one of my best ideas if you ask me.
"No", Tom said instantly.
"See, I get sold out so easily", Harrison pretended to cry, very dramatically, with sniffles of course, "all I do is cook and clean at home. I slave away and this is what I get."
Tom began to play along, letting me go and walking over to Harrison.
"I'm so sorry, I can't believe I treated you so badly, I...I...", They then both burst into laughter after a very awkward looking hug. I stood and rolled my eyes.
"Ugh, drama students, and here I was thinking I may be the most dramatic one", They both smiled at me. I grinned and picked up my phone. It was 8:43.
"We should start heading to college", I tried not to sound utterly disgusted as the words left my mouth. They both started groaning like little kids.
"I'm sorry children but we have to go", I almost felt like grabbing the little primary school milk boxes for them.
I picked up my stuff and led the boys out. I locked my door and as I started walking out to where the elevator would be, I saw my dad walking down the lobby. He made eye contact with me and he had a smile on his face. I sped up a little and gave him a hug.
"Heyy, good morning. How are you today?"
"I'm ok, just dealing with bozo and knucklehead", I said with a little gesture towards the guys as they caught up to me.
"Boys, Huh?", he wiggled his eyebrows at me while they were out of hearing distance.
The dudes now caught up to me and stood next to me, "Hi, I'm Shawn. Raven's dad."
"Oh, hi, I'm Tom and this is my best friend, Harrison", wow, he can be polite, who knew?
"These 2 seem nice. Why couldn't you have dated them instead of that stupid Phillip horse name guy?"
The boys started to snicker as I started to go red, "DAD?! Do you have no filter??? You've known them about 3 seconds and horse dude isn't my ex. He's Aria's. Blimmin' heck, you hang out with a dumb ass twice and you get branded for life", see, I should get the permit for that circus now.
"Sorry about getting it mixed up but you have to admit, even in this short amount of time they seem better than him."
"We are so much better, I guarantee it and horse name guy? I love that. We are so spreading that around the school", Harrison said like a thirteen-year-old gossiping school girl.
"You know what, we gotta go. You guys can bond over Aria's ex later."
I grabbed both Tom and Harrisons hands and pulled them towards the elevator. We got on and I flashed a smile at my dad when the door closed. Haz had let go of my hand but Tom kept holding it. I pulled it a bit to indicate he could let it go but he didn't. I turned to look at him with a scrunched face. He gave me a huge grin and tightened his hold a little.
"You guys want me to leave or?"
"No, Bozo here won't let go of my hand."
"Wow, you are such a good liar. If you wanna hold my hand, hold it but at least don't lie."
"Damn Raven, I won't judge", Haz smirked. I pulled my hand and glared at them both.
"Just know, I am mentally breaking both of your jaws, right now", They both looked at me, a bit shocked at what I said. We had finally gotten to our floor so I walked out with them staring at me.
Perfect timing. Now that is how you leave a room...elevator...elevator room? And that's how you ruin a moment by being an idiot. I'm just glad I didn't say that out loud.
I had walked out the lobby with them following me and we had gotten to Gregs to grab something to eat. I bought a pastry filled with chocolate (the superior choice of course) and the other 2 both got a sausage roll each. We walked and ate on our way. The guys finished theirs before me and I split what I had left and had given it to them. It was a big pastry and they were pouting at me. They were on either side of me and as we entered the premises, a bunch of boys came running in our direction. I automatically backed up a little while the boys all got acquainted as if they hadn't seen each other for a decade.
I laughed a little to myself because looking at them brought a term to my mind, separation anxiety.
Yerp, defo a cult.
I quickly walked around them because they were an inconvenience and I needed to make my way to Aria as I always did. I knew Phillip would be somewhere in the area and I didn't want to bump into him. Unfortunately, as I hurried a little, I looked up to see him walking my way. My blood instantly started to boil.
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A/N : Yes this is a day late. My punctuality skills this week have been thrown out the window and burned because I can't seem to do anything on time. Pray for me you lot.