Another day of sorrow, another day without him. Why is life so cruel? When you lose someone you love so much, then they suddenly leave you forever, why are you forced to try to move on with life? Personally, I think it is God's way of making us suffer, or maybe Jesus. All I know is, it's being controlled by someone up there.
I slammed my hand against the button of my alarm clock, although I'd been awake for an hour before. I lifted my head in the darkness of my room and sat up. I looked to my left and saw my calendar, Monday August 22nd, first day of my junior year back at Hollywood Senior High, oh joy. The only reason I'm actually going there was because of my mom's new husband, Kenneth, who is a "movie director" who's looking for the "right movie", pfft, yeah right. It was also a day in my life that was earth shatteringly changing, well, for me anyway.
I placed my feet on the floor and slowly started to stand up, really not wanting the day to start. I walked over to my vanity mirror, really a hand-me-down from when my mom was my age. My hair was sticking up in all different directions, eyeliner running down my face from crying myself to sleep that night. I tried my best to clear the eyeliner from my face, but with no luck at all. I reapplied some eyeliner to my eyes, trying to conceal the puffiness. I brought the comb to my dark brown hair and brushed it slowly, making sure to get the knots out. The tumbleweed on my head was tamed slightly, so I made my way to my closet. I opened the small doors and picked out a pair of black skinny jeans, black converse high-tops, a black 'Guns 'n' Roses' shirt and my dad's old hooded black jumper. I wore that thing everywhere, I needed something of his everyday, or else I wouldn't live my day properly.
I eyed my bed and saw that it was a mess, but as if anyone cared. I left my room and went downstairs to grab something to eat. I jumped down the last step and slowly walked over to the dining room. To my surprise, everyone was already awake and halfway through breakfast. Great, they all forgot to make me breakfast.
"Morning everyone." I mumbled. I heard a grunt come out of my full-mouthed brother, Topher; at least someone acknowledged my presence. I walked over to the kitchen and grabbed an apple, that's all I needed to fill my stomach that morning. I took a few bites while I walked to the bathroom. I brushed my teeth quickly and took a final look at myself. It was as good as it was going to get, which wasn't that good at all.
I grabbed my book bag, which was hanging on the edge of the stair banister, and the remainder of my apple and started heading for the door.
"Oh! Casey, honey, come here for a second." Called my mom. I guess she finally realised I was awake. I turned on my heel and went back to the dining table where everyone else was.
"Yeah, mom." I said, hoping she remembered what today date has marked in our family.
"Casey, could you please pick up Kenny's dry cleaning after school today, he really needs it for a meeting tomorrow." Kenny… mom's nickname for Kenneth, it's sickening. And of course, she forgot what today was.
"Actually, mom, I was planning on visiting the cemetery today after school."
"Oh honey, why would you want to go to the cemetery? Isn't that just a bit depressing? I'm sure you don't want to." Great, mom completely forgot all about today.
"You honestly don't remember what's happening today, do you?" I asked her; surely asking her would at least possibly trigger something in her memory.
"Of course I do, today is my little Topher's first day of high school." She answered, ruffling Topher's hair. I saw a very annoyed look on his face; I knew he hated it when his hair was ruffled.
"Oh my god, mom. You honestly don't remember." And as I said this, I left the house on the verge of tears. The last thing I heard in the house was Topher say, "Mom, today's dad's one year death anniversary…"
So, what did you think? Please review, I really appreciate it, I know its short, but the other chapters will be longer, hopefully. I'll add one more chapter after this
xoxo
Susie
AN: Ok, this is my first story, and its also an original. I want to see what the general public think of it, cuz I've had my friends read it and they like it, but I'm not sure if its genuine like, so, I'll let you guys read it and see if you like it. PLZ REVIEW!
Also, I'm not that much of a descriptive writer, so I might write up character descriptions once I've introduced all the important characters.
Chapter 1