Ch. I

"Cora, get up!" I heard my roommate rapidly knock on my bedroom door and I groaned, covering my head with my blanket as I tried to ignore it. "Cora. Come on!" She then began to bang on my door this time and I sat up abruptly. I threw the covers off of me and walked over to open the door. "What?!" I hissed at her only for her to walk past me and to my closet. "Do you have any idea on what time it is?" She asked, looking through my clothes. "No. Nor do I care." I responded. "Do you remember what day it is today?" She questioned, quickly grabbing a few of my hung up clothes as I sat on my bed and stretched. "It's Monday. What's so special about this day from any other Monday?" I asked and she swiftly turned around to face me. "What do you mean? Oh dear god, don't tell me you forgot," She groaned and I looked at her. "Can you remind me? After all, I just woke up." She threw a shirt at me.

"It's the first day of school and our last year in high school. I can't believe you forgot." "Malori, did you really think that I would remember something as dumb as that?" I queried, grabbing the shirt and throwing it back at her. "Of course I know that you wouldn't remember, but that doesn't change the fact that you need to get ready." She threw a pair of capris next to me. "Gods, you sound just like my stepmum," I said with a sigh, holding up the article of clothing. "Speaking of.. aren't you going to see your parents soon? I mean, it has been four months since the last time you spoke to them." "Yeah, but I told you, I don't wanna talk to them just yet.. at least not until I've gotten used to my classes." I told her with a shrug and she gave me a look. "Anyways, get dressed so we can head out." Malori said before walking out of my room.

I let out a sigh and got up, getting dressed before heading into the living room where Malori's newest sex friend was sitting on the couch. "Hey, what're you doing out of the room? And on the couch at that." I teased and he looked up at me, squinting. "Don't patronize me Canadian girl." He said and I laughed, heading into the kitchen where I saw Malori was leaning against the counter. I grabbed an orange from the fruit dish next to her and she looked up at me. "You all set?" She asked and I shook my head. "Not just yet." I responded as I began to peel the orange, it's scent filling the air. "What do you mean? You're dressed and your phone is charged, what else do you need in order to be ready?" "Oh I don't know, materials maybe? A backpack?" I voiced as I put an orange piece in my mouth and Malori crossed her arms. "I thought that you already had a backpack?" She questioned.

"I don't. It got fucked up, remember?" She shook her head and I rolled my eyes. "How 'bout this, remember that one guy you were with? Meth Head?" "Meth Head? Wait do you mean Samuel?" "Yes, him. He was a tweaker." I responded and he huffed. "No he was not. He was just studying Methamphetamine, Cocaine and the other fucked up drugs with a few of his buddies." Malori said in a matter-of-fact voice. "He was interested in the drugs and we caught him in the act of taking the drugs. He was a total Tweaker~" I voiced and she rolled her eyes. "Whatever. What the hell does that have to do with your bag?" "Well, he had gone into my room, without permission from either of us, took the bag because he had for some dumb reason thought that I had some of his damn drugs and burned it when he didn't find anything." I explained to her, peeking at the guy on the couch and Malori let out a gasp.

"That was your bag? He said that he had found it on the street." She said and I just scoffed. "Yeah, so that's why I don't have a backpack because of that guy. Thank gods he's in jail.." I muttered the last part under my breath. Malori thought for a bit, scrolled through something on her phone before looking at me. "Well, it's the first day of school, they shouldn't give us too many things other than textbooks. Ya'know, depending on our classes." "I guess." I grabbed my house keys and walked into the living room. "Let's go before I change my mind and stay home." I heard Malori grab her keys and was walked out to her car. "So, what are you going to do with that guy?" I asked, referring to the man that was in our house and she just shrugged. "I haven't decided yet. Keep him maybe? I don't know." She started the car, backed out of the driveway and down the road.

"Well, you do realize that since we have started school, everyone you had sex with or want to have sex with will have to wait until we get our first break." I told her and she just groaned. "I know, I know.. I guess I'll have to figure something out later..." It was about a thirty-five minute drive from our house to the school, if the majour traffic caused by parents and teens didn't count. We arrived at the school that had parents dropping their kids near the front of the office. "Alright, let's go to the office and get our schedule for this year." Malori voiced while getting out of the car. "I don't really want to be here, but I can't exactly drop out either.." I complained, getting out of the car as well. "Oh Jesus Christ Cora. We just got here and you already want to go home." She groaned. "Hey, I never said that I wanted to go home," I said as we walked out of the parking lot and up the stairs.

"Besides, I'll give it a week."