Ally POV
I woke up with a flaming headache. It felt like the weight of the world of squeezed into my head. I groaned in pain as my alarm pestered me to get up. Getting ready for school went by like a blur. The bus would be coming in twenty minutes, so I had time to spare.
I looked through my bag for my phone to kill time. I grabbed it from my cave of a bag, but had to dig through makeup, tissues, and tampons just to find it. Maybe Austin wants to talk. Text him. Text him now. An annoying voice in my head harassed me until I finally built up the courage to type hello. I waited awhile, but I grew impatient very fast. He's probably ignoring you. He hates you after what you did last time. He'll never talk to you again. The troubled voice in my head bugged me for the second time.
Stress slowly overwhelmed me. And the more seconds that passed by, and the more impatient I became, the more horrible my headache got. I lied down, groaning in pain, teeth clenched.
I stomped into the kitchen, looking for my lucky cup to get a drink of water. I searched through the cupboard. "Where is it?" I whined impatiently. While pushing pass all the junk in my way, a bottle dropped to the floor. I grunted, and as I slowly reached to pick it up, I stopped in my tracks. Pain relievers. Well, I was in pain, and I did need some relief, so why not? I opened the tempting container and took three tablets.
Although I was supposed to take one, the more the better, right? I gulped down some orange juice. I suddenly heard honking outside. The bus. I yelped, sprinting outside, with the pain reliever bottle still clenched in my hand. I quickly shoved it in my bag.
No one would notice it was gone, right? As I walked down the aisle, someone through a crumpled piece of paper at me, and as I sat down, I unwrapped it. The word LOSER was scribbled across it in bold letters. Girls a few seat up busted into laughter. Wonder what they're laughing about, I thought sarcastically to myself, shoving the paper into my bag. As I did, I felt the container of pills. My headache was still there, so it wouldn't hurt to take a one more⦠right?
I secretly plopped one in my mouth, drank some water from my water bottle. I felt a little dizzy, but at least the pain was gone. I plugged in my red headphones and silently waited out the long, miserable bus ride.
