Chapter 3

VALERIE

I woke at the sound of someone calling my name. As the sound became louder, I moved my blanket away. "I have been waking you up for the last half an hour. Valerie, you will get late for school. Wake up quickly", said my father raising his voice slightly.

"What time is it?", I asked rolling myself on the other side of the bed.

"7:10, and if you don't want your brother to leave you behind hurry. There's's only 20 min. left.", my father said while going out and opening my windows.

"Shit, Shit, Shit". I jumped off my bed and quickly entered my bathroom.

I ran downstairs after getting ready before Jason leave me behind. "Take your sandwich with you honey", said my mom from the kitchen.

My mother is really sweet but can be really scary when she wants to be. So, I took the sandwich without any protest, kissed goodbye to my mother and went outside.

"Is that skirt supposed to look like you stole it from a Junior kid?" Jason, standing by his car, said looking at the length of my red skater skirt, which was definitely not short. It was above my knee but below mid-thigh.

"Was your shirt supposed to look like a car ran over you?", I said throwing my brother 'his' trademark evil smile.

"Very funny. I think its definitely short but I won't say anything, because I don't want you to go all feminist on my *** and besides, you look little better than your average self", he said, getting in the car.

I chuckled at his protective behaviour and at the same time trying to respect my choice.

We parted our ways as we reached our school. I desperately started to search for my one and only best friend, Emily. All of a sudden a body hugged me from behind with huge force.

"Hey, Val, missed me?", said Emily smiling at me. "I am not ready for such affection in the early morning Em", I said glaring playfully at her.

"Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed. "She said and started walking toward our class. "Now stop being a baby and hurry before we get late".

As we reached our classroom, Emily stopped in her tracks and abruptly turned toward me. "Let's ditch this class. You know I hate English." She nervously clutched my arm and starting dragging me away from the entrance of the class.

"And you also know how much I love English", I said entering the classroom and made my way toward my seat.

And then I heard that voice. "Hey babe", said Noah taking his bag from the empty chair beside him for me to sit.

"Shut up asswipe", said Emily from behind me and continued walking toward the other end of classroom. Noah tried to keep his temper in check while glaring at her. I burst out laughing and went to sit beside Em.

I have decided to live my life happily without worrying about what happened in past. 

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