Hey guys I'm a relatively new author and this is my second fic, well technically I started to write this before my first one but its the second that I'm publishing. Its going to have rotating POVs between Emily and Naomi. I hope you all like it and for those who are reading my other story don't worry i'll keep it up but this story just kept bugging me so I had to write it
PS I dont own anything, if I did I'd be exponentially more awesome :P
Manhattan 6:15 am Emily
*BEEP BEEP BEEP*
"Bloody hell" I leaped out of bed to the sound of my abrasive alarm clock
"It should be illegal to have to wake up this early" Katie whined still hoping to get a few more minutes of glorious sleep before she had to start getting ready
"Go back to sleep Kay I'll wake you up once I'm out of the shower"
Within seconds Katie was back in a blissful sleep. I got my towel and made my way to the still unfamiliar bathroom in the flat my parents just bought in New York City. It was bittersweet to be pulled away from my friends before the last year of college in Bristol; on the one hand they were more Katie's friends than mine, but I had started to grow fond of them.
I turned my ipod on and thankfully the first song to pop on was Breathe Me by Sia, one of my favorites. I stepped into the warm shower and thought of how the day was going to unfold; I was going to be the new kid my last year before uni. The more I thought about it the more it made me want to resent my dad for making Manhattan the new headquarters for Fitch Fitness, but I could never resent him, I love him far too much. I walked back into my room to hear Katie's loud snoring.
"Katie get your lazy arse up"
"Ugh five more minutes" she moaned at me
"If you don't get up now we're going to be late I know how long it takes you to get ready"
"Fine no need to be such a fucking cow about it" and with that she was out of the room preparing her shower
With that I just lay on my bed in a towel it was only going to take another 20 minutes to get ready. I took a few minutes to relax and mentally prepare for something I've never had to do, go to an American high school and shuddered at the thought. All I've had to ready myself for what's to come is some American telly and wasn't thrilled at the thought of being stuck in one of those high schools. I sighed in anticipation, hoping it was going to be better than I feared. At this moment Katie burst into our room looking confused.
"Why aren't you dressed yet? How are you still in a towel? It's our first day at Roundview High School and I'll be damned if you look like a lezzer on the first day when I'm trying to talk to all the fit blokes that are bound to be there. "
"Katie why does it matter if I look like a 'lezzer' how exactly will that interfere with you shagging all the 'fit blokes' that will possibly be at this school"
"Because Emily it just will GOD don't be such a dozy cow and get dressed in something that's not plaid or flannel"
The only thing I could possibly do was roll my eyes and start getting ready. I got ready and Katie approved if "I guess that's okay" is approval and went to eat breakfast before we left for school.
Queens Village Same time Naomi
"Naomi time to get up you have to get ready for school" Gina shouted from the kitchen
"Mom I could literally sleep for another half an hour and still be ready early." I shouted back
"It's your first day can't you at least pretend to put some effort in your appearance" sighed her mother
"Anyway isn't Cook coming over for breakfast that's your tradition right?"
Shit she's right, my mother is fucking right; I looked at the clock Cook would be there in the next half hour or so.
"YOU WIN shower it is" Damn I hate when mom was right.
I showered and got ready half excited and half dreading the first day of my last year in high school. I knew it was going to be a lot of fun but wasn't ready for all the work I had given myself by taking 3 AP classes. I put my ipod on its dock and put Pandora on, Breathe Me by Sia came on I'd never heard it before but quickly decided I loved it. I was enthralled by the melodies, lyrics and the way it moved me. I was unsure whether or not this song was supposed to make me feel sad or optimistic but it made me feel both with ease.
"BLONDIE ITS THE FIRST DAY OF OUR LAST YEAR GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE" Cook bellowed upon entering the Campbell house.
"Jesus Cook you're going to wake up the whole neighborhood" I scolded him as he was making his way up to her room
"And no one told you to come up here go hang out with my mom I'm not dressed yet"
"But that's the way I like you, and anyway isn't it about time we so something about all this sexual energy between us"
"Cook the only 'sexual energy' between us is the way you energetically sexually harass me at every opportunity you get."
Cook bellowed a laugh that would seem obnoxious on anyone other than him.
"This is why I keep you around Blondie" he laughed until he got downstairs to help Gina with breakfast.
I never really cared what I looked like when I went to school, I'm not really aiming to impress anyone. For some reason this year seemed different full of potential and I recalled a conversation I had earlier that week with Cook.
As per usual Cook, Naomi and Freddie were smoking a joint talking about the upcoming year at Roundview. Freddie figured it'd be like any other year high as hell and trying so hard to get with the elusive Effy Stonem who happened to be from London. Naomi still hadn't decided how she thought the year would go, other than knowing she was going to be burdened with work for all her classes, she'd already had a summer project for her government class. But Cook had an entirely different view he was excited like he could smell change in the air he'd gone so far as to call this year "pregnant."
For the first time I agreed with Cook's assessment of the year to come. I walked downstairs to see stacks of pancakes and sausage. My mom and Cook couldn't be bothered to wait for me so they started eating before I was downstairs, I didn't mind, all I wanted was some coffee and maybe a sausage or two. Shortly after we got our backpacks and got on the subway to get to school.