Chapter 1
The alarm sounded, and I reached my hand toward my nightstand to turn it off. It hit the button on the alarm with a solid thud. At that point, I knew I was going to have a bruise on my wrist but I really didn't care. "5 more minutes." I said to myself, a promise that I intended to keep.
I awoke 20 minutes later "OH SHIT!" I yelled when I looked at the time. I was, once again, going to be late for school. And I, Phoebe Terese, couldn't take one more tardy on my permanent record. Detention was not where I needed to be, and missing today was not an option. No, the biggest project of my high school career was due today and it couldn't be turned in late.
I got dressed in a flash, grabbed my backpack, yelled to my dad "I'm leaving for school!" and ran out the door, red hair flying. I tried to start my car, but it was, of course, out of gas.
"Damn Murphy's Law" I muttered as I looked across the street to see if D.A. had left yet. The ever-punctual D.A. had, of course, left at that point.
Just when I was about to give up on getting to school on time, a red mustang convertible came screeching to a halt in front of me. "Get in the car!" a familiar voice said. Looking back, I probably should have never gotten into that car, it was a reckless, stupid thing to do, but I got in anyway. Before I even shut the door the car sped off.
After I collected myself enough to realize that I needed to thank the driver, I opened my mouth to speak.
"Carlos? Thank you for getting me to school on time this morning, I would've been late if I had driven myself."
Carlos, without even batting an eyelash, grunted "We're not on time yet sweetheart, and if you value your safety, I would keep that mouth of yours shut until we get to school."
I did as I was told, so much for being a feminist, huh? Doing what a man tells you blindly, without any explanation or reasoning behind it. But I'd always been a quiet person, so keeping quiet was relatively easy.
We slid into the school parking lot 5 minutes before the late bell. I grabbed my backpack and ran towards school, hoping to get to my classroom on time. Little did I know what was to come later in the day...