BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! My alarm went off in my ear. My dog, Harley, shifted her weight as I groggily rolled over to hit the snooze button. It was just after 6 in the morning. I sighed as I rolled over and snuggled back into my warm pillows.
"Why do you set it so early, you never wake up?" My sister, Kathleen, yelled from across the room while she pulled her blanket over her head. I just grunted in response to her.
I woke up to a pillow hitting me in the face.
"Come on, we're going to be late." Kathy tried to wake me up.
"What time is it?" I asked half awake.
"7:18, mom said to tell you that your breakfast is getting cold." She replied as she picked up her backpack.
"What? I'll be up in a minute!" I jumped up out of my bed. Kathy walked out of our room while I frantically searched for clothes. I went to my closet and pulled out my white and black plaid shirt over my red avenger shirt. I grabbed my backpack and ran out of my room and up the stairs into the kitchen.
Three of my siblings were sitting at the table eating waffles, the other four would be getting up soon. Chris and Kathy were twins and were about a year older than me, then William was 2 years younger than me. I sat down in my spot at our incredible long table next to my brother William. I took a couple of waffles and poured the maple syrup on top of them.
"Hurry up guys, we are going to be late." My brother, Christian, said as he finished the last bit of his waffles. My brothers and sister were almost done and I was still on my first bite. I quickly shoved most of my waffle into my mouth and then put the plate in the sink. After I did that I want to the bathroom to brush my teeth. As I was brushing my teeth my brother, William, started banging on the door.
"Come on Tegan, I don't have all day!" I quickly finished up and ran out. On my way out the door I grabbed my backpack and my shoes. Everyone was in the truck, and as soon as I got in, we were heading for Will's school. He was a middle school while the rest of us were in high school. I ran a hand through my short auburn hair before pulling my shoes on as we pulled into the busy parking lot of Will's school. Christian pulled up along the sidewalk and Will jumped out into the crowd of middle schoolers. We said goodbye to him and pulled away.
The three of us rode in silence on the way to school which was just a few minutes away. Christian searched for an empty parking space until he found one that was quite a bit aways from the school, but that was the best that we were going to get because I made us late.
Christian lock the doors of his old truck and we walked into school together.
"Are we getting lunch today?" Kathy asked.
"I might have to take a test during lunch, but you guys can go get something."
"Wanna do that Tea?"
"Sure Kath."
"I'll text you if I can, but if not bring me back something." He handed the keys to Kathy and left to join his group of his senior friends.
"Alright." Kathy called after him. "Meet at the truck?"
"Sounds good, see you then." I waved goodbye to my sister before we went our separate ways to find our own friends.
"Cass!" I heard my friends behind me call out my nickname.
"Sam! Dean!" I yelled back to them. Their real names were Nikki and Amber, but we go by the characters we are most like from one of our favorite tv shows, Supernatural.
Nikki is more like Dean because she is a little obnoxious, pushy, close-minded, and stubborn. But she will always stick up for what she believes in, she's fiercely protective, compassionate and steadfast. She can be both incredibly selfless and incredibly selfish, sometimes in the same sentence. Those are some reasons why I love her.
Amber is more like Sam because she will always try and find a peaceful way out of things, unlike Nikki who will stand with her opinion until then end. She's a little bit more on the quiet, bookworm end, but she's incredibly sarcastic and sassy. Amber will always put others first no matter the situation.
They say that I'm a lot like Cas because get confused a lot and I don't understand half of the things that they say. Plus they were friends before I met them and my name is Cassiopeia; a name which I hate by the way.
"Why are you so late?" Nikki asked me as we walked down the hall to the library. We always hung out there before first period actually started.
"What? Me, late? Pfft!" I laughed. "I slept through my alarm." I said quieter as we walked into the library. They both laughed softly at me as we sat at our normal table"Of course you did."
"Look, it's not my fault, surely…okay yeah it's my fault, whatever." I laughed.
"Hey, are we doing anything for lunch today? My mom gave me some money." Amber asked.
"I'm down to drive, what about you, Cass?" Nikki looked over at me.
"Not today, I'm going out with Chris and Kathy today." I pulled out my laptop to finish the English homework because the school computers were crap.
"Okay, how 'bout tomorrow?" Amber asked.
"Sounds like a plan Stan." I laughed. After that we sorta sat in a comfortable silence as we did our own things until the bell for first period rung.
"Alright, see you guys during second." I got up and walked to first period. Pretty much nothing exciting happened during the first three periods and soon it was time for lunch.
Mr. Oaks, the science teacher, let us out a couple minutes early for lunch. I was one of the first people out of the classroom and on my way to the parking lot. Like I expected, I was the first one there, so I leaned up against the hood of the truck and waited for Kathy. About two minutes later, she and Chris were walking up to me.
"I thought you had a test to take." I looked up as I put away my phone.
"I got it done during second. So where are we going?" He asked as Kathy gave him the keys and unlocked the truck.
"How about the Pizza Pie?" I suggested as I slide into the back.
"That's fine with me. Chris?"
"Yeah, sure." Pizza Pie was a diner nearby that sold almost anything and was always overrun by teens. We made it there in 3 minutes as we talked about our classes earlier that day. Soon enough we were in and seated while trying to decide what to get.
"How 'bout we just get a pizza and shakes?" Chris asked as he glanced over the menu.
"Sounds good." Kath and I said before Chris got up and stood in line to order.
"So, who's night is it tonight?" I asked as I looked around at all of the people.
"Mitch's, we're going to go to the library and pick up some craft books. What about you?"
"Jules and I are going to work on the robot she got for Christmas."
"Fun." She smiled as she looked around the restaurant. When Chris, Kathy and I were little we use to fight a lot, so our parents made us spend one night a week together so we'd get along better. We kept doing it as more kids came into the family, so now every night we do something with a different sibling.
"So how are things between you and Rodney?"
"I don't know, I don't think I'm going to go out on another date with him, he just had a really creepy vibe the whole night." Kathy made a face and shuddered as came and sat down next to Kathy in the booth.
"They said it'll be a couple minutes for the pizza." He said as he passed out our shakes.
"Thanks," I said as I took my strawberry banana one.
"So have mom and dad left yet for the med conference?" Kath asked as she sipped on her chocolate shake.
"The one in LA? No, they're leaving right after school so Jane didn't have to come tonight. Do you know how long this one is?" I answered.
"Uh, I think they get back on Saturday, but I'm not sure. It's on the calendar."
"What are we doing for dinner?"
"Will and I will make it," Chris piped up.
"What are we eating?"
"Uh, probably mac & cheese, or frozen pizza."
"Yum," I laughed as a waiter set down our pizza.
Kathy P.O.V.
"Tegan, hurry up! We're going to be late!" I yelled. The rest of us were ready, the boys were already in the car while I was waiting for Tegan. "Tegan, Mitch has a meeting with a teacher, come on!"
"Just a minute!" She yelled back.
"Fine, whatever. I'll be in the car, if you're not out in 2 minutes, we're leaving without you!"
"Yeah, okay." This time her voice got quieter like she was distracted. Finally I went outside after yelling down the stairs and got into the passenger seat upfront.
"Is she coming?"
"I told her if she's not out in… a minute now, that we're leaving without her." After a minute passed, Chris huffed as he turned on the car and backed out of the driveway.