The Journal
Chapter 3.
My alarm clock blared Guns n' Roses Welcome to the Jungle, awakening me from my peaceful slumber at 6:00am.
"FUCK YOU ALARM CLOCK!" I cursed, turning it off and grabbing my journal from under my mattress.
6 February, 6:03am, 2003
So today it's the first day back at school. A whole new year of pure misery and judgemetal teenagers. It's also been just over a month that I've met the guys, and thankfully, we all go to the same school. Hopefully I'm in at least a few of their classes.
*****
I went into the bathroom and turned the water on in the shower. I waited for it to heat up and jumped in, loving how the hot water completely relaxes me. I frowned as I looked over my body, seeing all the scars and cuts on my thighs, hips and wrists. There were even a few burn marks from cigarette ashes. After washing my hair and body, I jumped out the shower, brushed my teeth and dressed into a long-sleeved Misfits t-shirt, some jeans and black converse. I brushed my hair and put a hat on. Ready. My phone vibrated and I checked the message.
'Im outside. Hurry up x -Mike'
I stared at my phone in confusion and looked outside my window. Mike's car was in the driveway. I quickly collected my school bag and ran downstairs and out of the house. I sat in the passenger seat and looked at Mike.
"How do you even know where I live?" I asked, putting my seatbelt on.
"Jaime told me,"
"I still don't know how he found out either,"
"Neither do I. But that Mexican is a weird dude. He probably stalked you or something,"
"Probably. Mind if I smoke in here?" Mike shook his head. I grabbed one of my ready rolled cigarette and lit it, winding down the windows. I took a puff and released the smoke out the window, and looked at Mike.
"You look cute," I acknowledged. He was wearing a white singlet showing his tones biceps, black jeans and a grey beanie.
"Thanks chica," he smiled. "So do you. Why are you wearing long sleeves though? It's hot," I froze but quickly covered it up.
"I don't care. I like the Misfits," I shrugged. Thank god I was such a good liar.
"Alright then," he laughed, stealing my smoke and bringing it to his lips and had a few puffs before giving it back. Alright man, I wasn't smoking that at all. I shrugged and finished it off.
"Why are we here?" I asked as Mike pulled up by a small café.
"I haven't eaten breakfast, and neither have you, so what do you want?"
"I didn't bring money..."
"And I don't give a shit. I'm paying. What do you want?" Mike repeated.
"I'm not letting you pay for me!"
"And I'm not letting you go to school without eating. So, HAH, I win!"
"You're so immature," I sulked.
"Better pick or I'm picking for you!" Mike sang.
"Fine! Just a cinnamon roll please,"
"Was that so hard?" I glared at him. "Alright, I'm sorry. Do you want a coffee with that?"
"No thanks. Coffee's gross,"
"Whatever you say chica." Mike went inside and came back 4 minutes laters with 2 hot chocolates, a cinnamon roll for me and a breakfast muffin for him.
"I hate this place," I sighed when we reached the school parking lot.
"Me too. Let's ditch,"
"As tempting as that sounds, we can't skip the first day Mike, or we'll be completely lost tomorrow,"
"We can skip tomorrow too!" Mike smiled proudly, thinking that would solve our problems.
"And the next day?" I asked.
"Oh, I didn't think of that," I shook my head and jumped out of the car, closing the door behind me.
"MIKE! BONNIE!" I heard Alan's voice from behind us before I was jumped on. I quickly catched my balance before I fell face first on the ground.
"Gimme a piggy back ride!" Alan demanded.
"No! I'm not looking like a freak the first day back!"
"Please?"
"No,"
"Pleaseeee?"
"Noooo,"
"PLEASEEEEE?!"
"Fine! But shut up Ashby!" People were starting to look.
"Yay!"
"You're lucky you're light, you little fucker,"
"Aww, I love you too!" I rolled my eyes and continued walking with Mike towards Hel- I mean, school. Yeah, that's it.
The whole school had this assembly thing before school started and we had to be in the right years, so Vic had to leave and find his senior friends, and Alan had to go find his sophomore friends . I sat at the end row of seats with Tony next to me, and the rest of the guys were down the line. Everyone was excitedly talking about their holidays and seeing each other again, while we just played small games of footsies.
"Silence everyone!" Principal Trent spoke into the mircrophone. When everyone had quietened down, he smiled and began talking.
"Welcome everyone to the new year of 2003! This year -"
"I like big butts and I cannot lie! You other brothers can't deny that when a girl walks in with a iddy-bitty waist and a big round thing in your face you get sprung!"
I closed my eyes as everyone turned to look at our row and laugh. Guess who's phone that was? Good old Jaime's. Now this is fucking embarrassing. And it went off full volume.
"I'm sorry sir. Please carry on." Préciado was not sorry at all, and he wasn't even embarrassed. Mr Trent sighed and continued.
After assembly, we had to go get our schedules. I had 2 classes with Austin, 1 class with Matt, 2 classes with Oli, and the rest I had with Mike, Jaime and and Tony. I only had 1 class by myself which was good. My first class was History with Matt.
"Hey History buddy!" Matt greeted me with a hug and we sat at a table at the back of the room.
"Hi!" I smiled. I loved being around Matt. He was a real funny guy.
"Okay so for our first topic, we are working on World War ll. I will hand you out a book and a question sheet which I expect to be complete by the end of the lesson. Work in pairs please," Miss Bell instructed, handing out books and sheet of paper. I looked down and shrugged. they all seemed pretty easy. Matt and I worked on it together, talking about the work and what we were all going to do today after school.
"Maybe we can go to the zoo!" Matt suggested excitedly.
"Nah, we should go there on the weekend so we can just have a whole day,"
"True... Hmm, a carnival? There's one at the park not far from where I live tonight, and it closes at 9:00pm, so there would be no way of us over staying. I'm sure one of us could take you home,"
"Good idea! I haven't been to a carnival in years!"
"It's settled then! now, I really have to go pee."
"thanks for sharing mate,"
"Miss, I need to go to the bathroom,"
"You can wait," Miss Bell replied.
"Nooo! I really have to go!"
"You can wait," she repeated. Wow, she really is a bitch.
"You are offending me! I am on my period!" Oh my god Matt.
"Mr Nicholl's, you will wait. There is only 7 minutes left of the lesson,"
"Fine. Don't blame me if I pee on your floor then."
Well, here's to a hopefully better new year. It's definitely going to be an interesting one.
"FUCK YOU ALARM CLOCK!" I cursed, turning it off and grabbing my journal from under my mattress.
6 February, 6:03am, 2003
So today it's the first day back at school. A whole new year of pure misery and judgemetal teenagers. It's also been just over a month that I've met the guys, and thankfully, we all go to the same school. Hopefully I'm in at least a few of their classes.
*****
I went into the bathroom and turned the water on in the shower. I waited for it to heat up and jumped in, loving how the hot water completely relaxes me. I frowned as I looked over my body, seeing all the scars and cuts on my thighs, hips and wrists. There were even a few burn marks from cigarette ashes. After washing my hair and body, I jumped out the shower, brushed my teeth and dressed into a long-sleeved Misfits t-shirt, some jeans and black converse. I brushed my hair and put a hat on. Ready. My phone vibrated and I checked the message.
'Im outside. Hurry up x -Mike'
I stared at my phone in confusion and looked outside my window. Mike's car was in the driveway. I quickly collected my school bag and ran downstairs and out of the house. I sat in the passenger seat and looked at Mike.
"How do you even know where I live?" I asked, putting my seatbelt on.
"Jaime told me,"
"I still don't know how he found out either,"
"Neither do I. But that Mexican is a weird dude. He probably stalked you or something,"
"Probably. Mind if I smoke in here?" Mike shook his head. I grabbed one of my ready rolled cigarette and lit it, winding down the windows. I took a puff and released the smoke out the window, and looked at Mike.
"You look cute," I acknowledged. He was wearing a white singlet showing his tones biceps, black jeans and a grey beanie.
"Thanks chica," he smiled. "So do you. Why are you wearing long sleeves though? It's hot," I froze but quickly covered it up.
"I don't care. I like the Misfits," I shrugged. Thank god I was such a good liar.
"Alright then," he laughed, stealing my smoke and bringing it to his lips and had a few puffs before giving it back. Alright man, I wasn't smoking that at all. I shrugged and finished it off.
"Why are we here?" I asked as Mike pulled up by a small café.
"I haven't eaten breakfast, and neither have you, so what do you want?"
"I didn't bring money..."
"And I don't give a shit. I'm paying. What do you want?" Mike repeated.
"I'm not letting you pay for me!"
"And I'm not letting you go to school without eating. So, HAH, I win!"
"You're so immature," I sulked.
"Better pick or I'm picking for you!" Mike sang.
"Fine! Just a cinnamon roll please,"
"Was that so hard?" I glared at him. "Alright, I'm sorry. Do you want a coffee with that?"
"No thanks. Coffee's gross,"
"Whatever you say chica." Mike went inside and came back 4 minutes laters with 2 hot chocolates, a cinnamon roll for me and a breakfast muffin for him.
"I hate this place," I sighed when we reached the school parking lot.
"Me too. Let's ditch,"
"As tempting as that sounds, we can't skip the first day Mike, or we'll be completely lost tomorrow,"
"We can skip tomorrow too!" Mike smiled proudly, thinking that would solve our problems.
"And the next day?" I asked.
"Oh, I didn't think of that," I shook my head and jumped out of the car, closing the door behind me.
"MIKE! BONNIE!" I heard Alan's voice from behind us before I was jumped on. I quickly catched my balance before I fell face first on the ground.
"Gimme a piggy back ride!" Alan demanded.
"No! I'm not looking like a freak the first day back!"
"Please?"
"No,"
"Pleaseeee?"
"Noooo,"
"PLEASEEEEE?!"
"Fine! But shut up Ashby!" People were starting to look.
"Yay!"
"You're lucky you're light, you little fucker,"
"Aww, I love you too!" I rolled my eyes and continued walking with Mike towards Hel- I mean, school. Yeah, that's it.
The whole school had this assembly thing before school started and we had to be in the right years, so Vic had to leave and find his senior friends, and Alan had to go find his sophomore friends . I sat at the end row of seats with Tony next to me, and the rest of the guys were down the line. Everyone was excitedly talking about their holidays and seeing each other again, while we just played small games of footsies.
"Silence everyone!" Principal Trent spoke into the mircrophone. When everyone had quietened down, he smiled and began talking.
"Welcome everyone to the new year of 2003! This year -"
"I like big butts and I cannot lie! You other brothers can't deny that when a girl walks in with a iddy-bitty waist and a big round thing in your face you get sprung!"
I closed my eyes as everyone turned to look at our row and laugh. Guess who's phone that was? Good old Jaime's. Now this is fucking embarrassing. And it went off full volume.
"I'm sorry sir. Please carry on." Préciado was not sorry at all, and he wasn't even embarrassed. Mr Trent sighed and continued.
After assembly, we had to go get our schedules. I had 2 classes with Austin, 1 class with Matt, 2 classes with Oli, and the rest I had with Mike, Jaime and and Tony. I only had 1 class by myself which was good. My first class was History with Matt.
"Hey History buddy!" Matt greeted me with a hug and we sat at a table at the back of the room.
"Hi!" I smiled. I loved being around Matt. He was a real funny guy.
"Okay so for our first topic, we are working on World War ll. I will hand you out a book and a question sheet which I expect to be complete by the end of the lesson. Work in pairs please," Miss Bell instructed, handing out books and sheet of paper. I looked down and shrugged. they all seemed pretty easy. Matt and I worked on it together, talking about the work and what we were all going to do today after school.
"Maybe we can go to the zoo!" Matt suggested excitedly.
"Nah, we should go there on the weekend so we can just have a whole day,"
"True... Hmm, a carnival? There's one at the park not far from where I live tonight, and it closes at 9:00pm, so there would be no way of us over staying. I'm sure one of us could take you home,"
"Good idea! I haven't been to a carnival in years!"
"It's settled then! now, I really have to go pee."
"thanks for sharing mate,"
"Miss, I need to go to the bathroom,"
"You can wait," Miss Bell replied.
"Nooo! I really have to go!"
"You can wait," she repeated. Wow, she really is a bitch.
"You are offending me! I am on my period!" Oh my god Matt.
"Mr Nicholl's, you will wait. There is only 7 minutes left of the lesson,"
"Fine. Don't blame me if I pee on your floor then."
Well, here's to a hopefully better new year. It's definitely going to be an interesting one.
Notes
So, I want to apologise for all the grammar mistakes and misspelt words in this story. It's cos I type this on my phone, which autocorrects everything, and the screen is also extremely cracked so it makes things hard to see. (Fucking iPhones and there weak ass screens xD)So, if you'd like, subscribe, vote, and comment :D
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this is really good. Im in the middle of class and about to burst out laughing
3/6/15