4 DC~ Nobody Would Miss Me

My life has always been achieved by going day by day. I tried to never plan ahead because, you never know, you might not live that long enough to make it there. So whenever I make an achievement it feels good and I usually celebrate. So when I saw the red circle stating loud and proud that today is my first day of Sophomore year, I felt a surge of excitement through my body.

I jump off my bed. Careful to not wake up the sleeping others, I grab some clothes and walk out of my room, tiptoeing to the bathroom.

After a quick shower, I walk silently back to my room. Before I close my door I glance around. Doors are still closed. Shaking my head, I close my door. Of course they are not awake yet.

I walk over to my bed and flop down on it. Looking up I see the glow-in-the-dark stars on the ceiling. Smiling I remember when my dad put them up there when I was just 4 years old. I remember when we would go outside at night and lay on the grass and stare at the stars. We would talk for hours about the different constellations and planets.

Sigh.

That was the good ol' days.

Now my life is filled with me trying to hide from my step-father who thinks that I'm wasting my life. He says that a "true man doesn't fool around with aliens and fake crap like that". He says that I should be focused on getting into a career that "actually gets you somewhere".

What does he know? His job consists of packing boxes in a UPS truck!

Everyone always asks me why can't I be more like my "siblings". Well if they had any sense they would know that I don't have any siblings. Those are my step-father's kids. They are like the best in everything they do. Which for the two boys is football and basketball. For the girl, it is cheerleading.

I would rather go through college grade astrology than play ONE game of football.

Everyone always just looks past me. Sometimes I wonder if I should have even been born.

I mean, if I disappeared, nobody would miss me.