Okay! So here's my Sawyer chapter :D
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“Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you! Happy birthday dear Soy-ee, happy birthday to you!” I opened my eyes to see my aunt sitting beside me on my bed with a plate of pancakes in her hands. Today was the big day, I was finally eighteen and all my aspirations of helping my aunt out were slowly dwindling with all the motivation an eighteen year old should probably have.
I hadn’t been able to pull myself out of bed long enough to do anything as of lately, but today I’d make an exception for her.
“Thanks aunty.” I yawned as I sat up and took the plate from her. I dug in hoping that the food would give me some type of energy, but sadly it didn’t. But before I gave up all hope my aunt smiled and grabbed a thermos decorated with a bow off the floor and handed it to me. I grinned at the swirly letters on it which clearly spelled out my name. It was a little girly, but I loved it. She knew me too well.
“I know it’s a little feminine, but you’re always leaving my mugs in your car so I figured why not spring for one a little more personalized.” She winked, and I couldn’t help but to laugh.
“You’re the best.” I chuckled and shook my head as I opened it up, the steam that rolled out warmed my heart up and I inhaled the sweet hazelnut scent that poured out of it. “Oh god, you already filled it too? Thank you!”
“I did! Now you can go to school lazy ass.” She laughed and I rolled my eyes. It had been a few days since I had gone, so I couldn’t really argue with her on needing to go. Would it be a productive day? Probably not. But the least I could do would be to humor her.
So I forced myself out of bed after eating my birthday breakfast and climbed in the shower. When I got out I realized that my sneaky aunt had woken me up long before I needed to be up, so I sighed and sat down on the couch. She laughed once she saw my disgruntled look, but went about her way getting ready for her day.
It wasn’t really all that long of a wait, but it’s an extra ten minutes I could have been sleeping so it really felt like an eternity, but even worse I was actually on time to school today so I didn’t get to dodge everyone like I usually did. People who remembered stopped me and told me happy birthday, and the people who overheard those people stopped me a little further down and wished me a happy one as well. It was nice, but nauseating, and I don’t think I have ever been happier to sit down in class before. But the happy feeling slowly dissipated as this overly perky girl whose name escaped me sat down. I knew my day was about to go quickly down hill when she turned around and smiled. Oddly she knew my name, but I couldn’t for the life of me remember hers.
I stared blankly at the female as she spoke. I don’t know why she started speaking, but for some reason she talked to me as if we had been friends for years; which was probably one of my biggest pet peeves. She didn’t even care if I responded or not, she just kept talking and talking, but then she struck a nerve. She brought up the ALMOST accident that happened LAST month which sent the class into an uproar all over again. Not that the topic had died down any, but it seriously only took one person to set it off still, and it drove me insane. Porter is fine, Acrimony is fine, and the two douche wads in the car are doing just as well. I will never be able to wrap my head around why anyone still cares this much!
“I just don’t know how he did it!” She exclaimed before looking at me again. “Sawyer, it was like he was there one minute and then on the other side of the street the next! It was insane.”
“That tends to happen when people run. They don’t usually stay in the same place.”
“No, you don’t understand, it was like… Faster than running!”
“Okay so he sprinted.” I sighed, my composure for her stupidity was at its very end now. “Why are you talking to me?”
She huffed exaggeratedly and turned around in her seat. I could hear here call me rude or something to that extent before gabbing on with another guy. Their conversation, her voice, this class, the school, and everything about today were all seriously draining me.
“Alright, alright class! Class settle down. Today we’re going to discuss-“
I zoned out after that. My body just felt so heavy, and my eyelids felt even heavier. I just wanted to go home, but this would be the fourth time this week.
“Sawyer, please lift your head up.” I looked up at the woman standing in front of me, she said a few more words in an angrier tone, but I didn’t bother listening. I couldn’t take this anymore. I was eighteen, I was an adult now, and I didn’t have to be here if I didn’t want too.
I was good with my hands, I could figure out a job that didn’t need schooling. Yeah, maybe I’d just drop out. I mean I’d hate to disappoint my aunt, but holy shit.
I grabbed my bag and smiled at her before politely moving around her and exiting the classroom. I could hear her yelling at me, telling me to come back but it was all just white noise.
It didn’t even feel like I was moving my legs now, I just kind of drifted through the halls and out to my car. I probably shouldn’t drive, but it wasn’t like I was going to walk home, so I started up my engine and slowly made my way back to the house.
My aunts car was gone, so I knew I’d have at least a couple hours of uninterrupted blissful sleep before I had to deal with being scolded again. Eventually I’d convince her that school just wasn’t for everyone, and I was one of those people who it just wasn’t for.
Until then, I smiled and rested my head against my worn down and raggedy pillow.
Happy birthday to me.
April 20th, 2015 at 09:22pm