"Hey...hey...Wake up!" A pair of hands we shaving me out of my sleep. I looked up to see Maria already dressed with her make-up on.
"Go away. I'm sleeping..." The room was dark except for the bit of light shining through my curtains on my sisters annoyed face. With a sigh, she yanked all my covers off.
She wasn't going to leave me alone. "Adrian, come on. Just get up! Get your ass in the shower and get dressed. We have company. The people living next door came over with their daughters to meet us. It'll be nice for us to make some friends around here, eh? Quite frankly, you look like shit so hurry up and jump it the shower."
Ugh, this bitch... I guess I might as well. What do I have to loose? "Fine, just shut up." A wide smile spread across Maria's face. She just lovedddd getting her way.
I quickly showered and got dressed. Since I didn't unpack my boxes, I tore right into some of them looking for something to wear. Pair of jeans...white Aero shirt...some white flip flops...ok. My brown hair fell down my shoulders still a little damp.
Downstairs, there was my family and the neighbors sitting in the living room chatting away. There was four people in their family including their two kids Liz and Tyler. Liz was a skinny tall blond girl around my age and Tyler was an older blond guy with a strong build. Him and Angelo were fast friends. The parents were both blond and thin-ish. The dad was a banker and mom a nurse. Liz brought her friend Sherry with her who was short and had dark hair.
While my parents were entertaining their parents, us girls decided to go outside and walk around.
"So where you guys from?" Liz was a pretty girl with blue eyes. She seemed excited about having girls around her age living next door.
"Long Island. Our dad got transferred here since there wasn't much going on there," Both girls slightly giggled. "What? Why you laughing?" Maria began taking defense. Sherry looked up at her with an innocent look in her eyes. "Oh nothing. There's just a lot of stuff that goes on around here. We live in the safer area thank god but there's a lot of crime in this city. Gang stuff according to my dad."
Wanting to change the subject, I began asking them about people around here. Like who should we watch out for, who are the people I want to befriend, innocent stuff. They both began giving us the download on what it's like here. It was the typical preppy girls stuff, don't hang with people who wear all black or are loaners or don't meet the popular kids standards blah, blah, blah.
There was a slight breeze that felt so good. After walking around for what seemed like hours talking about random stuff, Sherry stopped. "Hey why'd you..." Sherry and Liz stopped in front of a small house with an unkempt yard. Liz lowered her voice. "There's this kid that lives here named Jack. He's real weird. Doesn't really talk to no one at school. Heard his dad's an alcoholic..."
"Hmm.... that sucks." Of course Maria would say that. She didn't sympathize people. "Lets just go."
Speaking about that, school starts next week. Schools out for spring break here, not that I have a problem with that. At least I have time to try to settle in this damn place...