How it Started

"Cause of death?" The doctor looked over to one of the nurses that was clutching onto paper for her dear life.

"Cardiac arrest..." She said gravely, her eyes about to pop out of her head. Could be first body. I thought to myself.

"Alright, I'll need you to write that down while we take this guy out of here." One of the other nurses said to her. A male, right about every girl's dream; Tall, tan, no facial hair and dark hair. He smirked at her and gave her an assuring nod.

The screen goes black, and I grab the nearest pillow and throw it over my head in anger.

"What the hell Margot?! I was watching that!" I squeal at her, and she just waltz past the room and grabs all the things I had laying around.

"Don't touch my stuff!" I snap at her.

"School! Go to bed or you'll wake up with a bloody headache, Reece!" She yells at me, and I grunt in frustration.

"Seth was about to kiss Amber cause, it was her first day..." I whine and she rolls her eyes.

"Bed! Now!" She shoves my things into my hands, and I sigh in defeat. I begin to walk up the stairs and then I look back at her and she has herself sitting on the sofa watching the same show.

"When is Dad coming home?" I ask her and she turns back to look at me. Her light brown eyes smiling sadly.

"I don't know. His trips usually take a while. A week? A month?" She says and I sigh.

"We can throw a party!" I exclaim and she throws a pillow at me. I run up to my room cackling.

"Not in your wildest dreams! Good night peanut! Love you!" She shouts so I could hear because I was now in my room.

"Love you!" I respond.

First thing's first before I get to bed. Wash up. I walk over to my bathroom. I step in front of the mirror, and I look at my hideous eye bags. I thank my absent mother for these every day. Unlike Margot, I've got grey eyes, and jet-black hair with tanned skin. Margo is whiter than I am. She's got brown eyes and chestnut hair just like our dad.

"I think dad doesn't stay because I'm a constant reminder of Elizabeth." I say to myself as I clean my face and brush my teeth. Once I'm done, I peel into my pajamas and hop into my bed.

I pull my phone off the charger, and I am absolutely overwhelmed by the million texts I find from my friends on our group chat. I've got three close friends. Sloane, Belle and Cameron. And Sloane thought it would be a great idea to open-up this group chat during the summer. But it's been chaotic ever since.

Belle: I think he's serious guys.

Sloane: That's the fifth guy this month Bel, you really trust this one?

Cameron: Don't listen to L. She doesn't know what she's talking about

Sloane: Just cause, he took us all out on his boat doesn't mean he's a good guy.

Cameron: Think of the money Bel, all those wonderful things be bought you at the expensive store.

Belle: Tik tok says his love language is gifting.

Sloane: Screw this! I know Reece will be on my side once she reads these texts.

Belle: Reece is dealing with her OCD. Let her be.

Reece: First of all,... I do not have OCD. I'm just a Virgo.

Cameron: Okay! I'm done! You're all gonna start saying I'm an Asparagus again.

Sloane: Leave like the Aquarius you are.

Cameron: I just don't get why they'd put the most watery name as an air sign. That's ridiculous.

Belle: Well… if I was making the charts back then I'd set things right.

Cameron: Good for you Belle. Good for you... -_-

Reece: So, we're just gonna drop the whole guy jig?

Sloane: Tell, Belle Myers. That she cannot trust a guy after seeing him for two weeks.

Cameron: Do not listen to her Bel, you're doing fine girl.

Reece: Cam, you're being a bad friend. So, am I because THAT boy? Got me backstage passes to that concert I wanted to go to.

Sloane: Tf Reece, you're supposed to be on my side.

Reece: I'm going to bed.

Bel: Sweet Dreams

Cameron: I hope the bed bugs bite a little.

Sloane: I will kill you tomorrow morning Reece.

Reece: You'd be doing me a favour.

I closed my phone and tossed it to the side and said a little pray and went to bed. Tomorrow is the first day of high school. My friends and I will be seniors, I'm excited to get finished with school but I'm not ready for the insane workload.

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"Do you think these earrings will go with that outfit?" I heard a familiar tone wake me up, I tried to open my eyes, but everything was so bright.

"No, how about no earrings, just a couple of rings and a cute necklace?" Another person suggests.

I pull myself off the bed. My head feels like it's being pulled down and I groan in pain and frustration.

"What are you idiots doing here?" I croak, then clear my throat.

"Planning your outfit for today." Belle says already dressed up and ready for school. I look over to my phone and it's 6:30. Shit.

Belle Myers is wearing black and red checkered skirt with a cute white blouse paired with white sneakers. She's got blond tightly curled hair and brown eyes. She's biracial, white mom from South Africa and Black dad from Zimbabwe. She's the nicest person I know.

Sloane Richardson is more of your laid back I don't care type of girl. She's got deep brown hair typed back into a low messy bun and she's got green eyes. She's wearing a huge black hoody with black sweatpants and white sneakers. Cameron isn't here-

"Yo! Reece, tell Margot to buy more cereal, I just finished it." I hear Cameron yell from downstairs. Cameron White is the only guy friend in our group. He mostly eats, makes snarky comments, and helps us make bad decisions. You know, balance.

I see him pop in with a bowl of cereal and he just sits on my reading desk and starts going through my computer. He's got salt and pepper hair and green eyes like Sloane. He's wearing our soccer team's jacket and light blue jeans with white sneakers.

I go into the bathroom and get dressed as quickly as possible. I put on whatever clothes these goons put together, brush my hair quickly and we've got, ten minutes to get to school. I'm wearing an off shoulder floral white and pink blouse with ripped boyfriend jeans and white sneakers.

"I look like I crawled out of Pinterest Belle." I whine packing my school bag.

"Let's go, everyone is in the car." Belle says, already rushing out and I walk over into Margot's room and find her still sleeping. Must be nice to be in college.