Daydream Series: Book Two
A Change of Plans;;
Chapter Four; Part Four
I can’t remember when I fell back asleep, but I did. I woke up the next morning at seven A.M. to the sound of my dad banging on my door telling me to get ready for school. I wasn’t aware that I’d be going to school that day, but obviously I was.
I rushed to the shower because I only had a half hour to get ready. Apparently my father thought that was enough time, he obviously never lived with a teenage girl before.
After a five-minute shower, I blew my hair dry, and straightened it. I shuffled through my boxes for the cutest outfit I could find. I was going to be meeting new people today, and I didn’t want to give off a bad impression. Eventually I found some dark denim skinny jeans. I chose a tank top that had thick black and grey stripes and an oversized bow at the bottom of the neckline. I wasn’t sure if they allowed tank tops at Abraham, so I grabbed a black knit sweater to slip overtop.
On my way out the door, I grabbed a granola bar out of the cabinet in the kitchen. I was planning on walking to school with Jack.
“Hey Aiden, you need a ride?” My dad asked sounding a bit reluctant.
“No, I think Jack mentioned to me last night that he’d walk with me. But thanks though!” I smiled brightly, and spoke in a rush.
“Okay, well you have a good first day.” My dad smiled a fake cheesy grin as I turned around and left through the back door.
I spotted Jack who was, at the moment, slowly consuming a bowl of Cheerios on his patio.
“Hey Jack! Will you walk with me?” I shouted across the yard.
“Yeah, didn’t I say I would!” Jack asked me in a joking teasing tone.
I giggled and then headed towards him. By the time I was beside him, we were both staring at a bowl absent of cereal, and full of milk.
It was an awkward few seconds, and then he stood up, clasped his hands and announced that he would leave. I thought it was odd that he left his bowl behind, but I ignored it. I was ready for a new life, and a new school.