I walk down the stairs slowly, rubbing my eyes with my palms, keys in hand. It's the next morning and I stayed up with Johnny until 3 a.m. I left him pretty drunk on my bed. We were talking calmly and the next thing I know the poor guy is crying. Well he had already drunk a good quantity of alcohol. He's not going to school. I had to wake up at 5:30 to at least look presentable. Esperanza hates it when my appearance is lacking elegance. I usually get up at 5. I leave for school at 6:30am.
"Good morning." Nick calls up, from the base of the stairs. I give him a half hearted wave. "You look very tired." He adds before stuffing an Oreo in his mouth.
"Why aren't you in the kitchen eating breakfast?" I blurt out. Great, I tend to blurt when I'm to tired.
"Oh, well I was waiting for you here. Since, well, we're going to the same place and all. And it's almost 6:30. Esperanza said you leave around this time." He explains, while handing me a cookie.
"Oh, thanks. I guess." I say, trying to hide the blush that is creeping up my face for my own stupidity. "Isn't Joe coming with us?" I ask, stepping of the carpeted steps.
"Joe's being a dick and pulling the get out of school free card. He's sick. He has a fever. My mom's with him right now." He mutters with a forced cheery tone.
"Oh." I reply averting my eyes to the ground. I commence to walk to the front door before Esperanza's voice freezes me in place.
"Are you leaving without saying goodbye?" She demands in a flat tone.
I turn around and walk to her at the door way that leads to the living room. "Oh course not." I croak quickly.
"Good." She smiles pressing her lips together in a very unattractive smirk.
"I was going to turn on the car, and then return to bid you goodbye." I weakly defend myself. Knowing I'm going to get punished for my blunder.
Her animal like snickers fill my ears momentarily. She yanks on my arms and I stumble into her surprised. She 'hugs' me, but really digs his fingernails into my side. "I'll see you in my study after school. You better not be late." She threatens, before putting her hands on my long sleeve shirt and giving my forearm a twist.
I bite into my lip, hard enough to draw blood. I can taste it on my tongue only so Nick won't hear my cry of pain. I lick my lips to erase the evidence before I turn around and force a perky smile onto my chapped lips.
Nick stares at us temporarily before shifting his brown orbs to meet mine. I avoid them, but, stroll forward and out the door. I glance back and spot Nick following behind. Not before hearing him call his goodbye to Esperanza.
I slide into my jeep and slide the silver key into the ignition and twist it hard.
"Esperanza and you have a very interesting relationship." He notes.
"It's nothing" I spit out between my teeth as I try driving out without hitting any of the cars misplaced cars. I stop at the gate while Sam opens it from his control room. I click on my seat belt while Nick does the same, following my lead.
I drive the rest of the way without muttering a word. Nick looked deep in thought the whole way. Once I reach the school, I park in the first available parking I see. I turn off the car but not before glancing at the dash board for the time.
6:45.
Perfect, I have enough time to go to my locker and grab a quick coffee before class. I'm cranky until I've had some caffeine running through my veins. I think unbuckling my seatbelt.
"Can you take me to the office, to pick up my schedule and locker combination?" Nick asks hopefully, interrupting my thoughts.
Guess I'm not going to get my coffee. "Sure." I sigh, before twisting in my seat and grabbing my backpack from the back seat. I open my door and head over to Nick's side as we walk into St. Marys. I aim my key back and lock the car before dropping them in my waiting backpack.
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