Just Another Day

Coming home from school, I threw my bag down on the floor and plopped down on the couch. Flipping on the T.V., I couldn't find anything so I settled on the Discovery channel. Oh gosh I was lame. Pulling out my phone, I texted Angel, Where are you? Oh wait let me guess, with MARCY? Damn you Angel you're attached to her hip!

Waiting for a reply, I danced my way to the kitchen and pulled an apple out of the fridge. My parents were never home, my mom, Ella, had remarried about 5 years back. I had never knew my true father, but Ella said he was the perfect Prince Charming. His name was Charles, that's all I knew. Ella's new husband, Louis, (whom Echo called loser behind his back), was not the best person. He was perfect for Ella-I mean mom, but he was always trying to be the father I never had. They were both veterinarians, (the career choice I wanted to follow), but they were never home. They owned their own building for their job and even had rooms there. They didn't worry about my grades, I was naturally smart and could handle myself just fine at home.

Upon hearing a buzzing sound in the living room, which announced the arrival of the text message, I took my time getting to the room. If Angel had no time anymore, she wouldn't have time for him either. Plopping back down on the couch, I pulled her phone out of the cushions in the couch. Opening it, I read:

Do you always have to be so snappy? What's with the attitude, I was going to come over, and just for the record I'm not with Marcy, she had cheerleading practice. Can I come over?

Before I could type the first letter of my answer, I heard a loud crashing noise outside. My house was by the woods, and if I didn't mention before, we lived in San Juan, Washington (an island), and my house was on the edge of a rainy rainforest. Our house was on the island next to the "famous Twilight-the-movie island" (no this is actually true). Looking outside the window, I didn't see anything so I decided to step outside. Creaking open the door, I stepped outside, unafraid. Peering around the corner of out large house, I looked into the woods. Nothing was there. Besides there were only deer on this island, nothing dangerous, It must've been a deer.

Suddenly, I heard a rustling and saw a human figure dart away deeper into the woods. I slowly slipped back inside the house, terrified and wondered why someone would come to my house. Everyone on the island was friendly, mostly…..and no one stole.

I texted Angel rapidly, my fingers flying furiously over the keys to tell him to hurry.

Angel..I think you should hurry. There was a large crash outside my house and I went to investigate. I saw..what I think was a human run away. Please hurry here!

The joyous noise of the beeping rung through the air not but 15 seconds later.

Are you ok? I'm coming now. Do not go outside of the house I'll look around before I come in I'm actually 2 minutes away.

Echo hated it when people treated her like a child, but she stayed put. The door rang about 3 minutes later, and Angel stood outside of the doorway. I thought it was one of the best things I've seen, I felt safe now. His dark hair was swept up from the wind and his piercing green eyes searched my violet ones.

Darting through the door, he swept me up in a hug. "Are you sure you're ok? I checked around the house and near the edge of the woods. I didn't see anything that had fallen that could've made the noise. You're safe come on lets go do something else."

Sighing, I pulled away from his embrace. Ok, I had a teeny crush on my best friend, but that's natural, right?

"yeah, you're right, come on, let's watch something".

We sat down next to each other and I put my head in his lap. Angel was comfortable with how close we were, I was a little sister to him. He covered us with a blanket and put in a scary movie, one of my favorites, The Grudge. I didn't pay any attention though, and I thought about what I had told Marcy. What am I going to do when I show up to the dance without a date, much less the Spike I talked about. Why am I so lonely? Everyone tells me that I'm beautiful, but I'm so lonely. If it wasn't for Angel, I 'm not sure what I'd do.

"Are you crying Isi?" (he called me this because that was part of my first name and he was the only teenager who knew my real name).

"Oh, no….". Wiping my eyes, I realized that my face was soaked with tears. Pulling me up, Angel looked into my eyes. "What's wrong Isi? Did someone hurt you?", he demanded with a dangerous glint in his eye. "No, no it's not that I was just wondering, am I always going to be lonely? Look at you! You have Marcy, everyone says that I'm beautiful..which I don't believe anyway.. but I'm so alone, I have you, and that's not a bad thing, but I want someone who will love me. my Parents are constantly gone, I don't have any friends who I can go shopping with…"

"You are beautiful, and who ever doesn't think that must need to get their eyes fixed, and I would go shopping with you if I wasn't so busy", Angel told me reassuringly. "You are perfect, just what every guy must want, I would know because you're my best friend!". Wiping my face dry, he kissed my forehead gently, in a friend-sort-of-way, though I wished it wasn't. He held me and whispered "Everything will be alright", over and over again, until I drifted off into the darkness.