Status: Working on some more chapters. I'm working on making them longer as well.
Hell Hounds
Chapter 4
Tuesday is much easier than Monday. My alarm goes off and I only send it to snooze once before getting up. I slap edge control into my hair and work coconut oil through it. Getting ready is normal: shower, get dressed, then head downstairs to eat breakfast. Mom is outside tending to her garden. she was pulling out her Amaryllises and checking on her pumpkins she planted a while ago. Mom liked gardening, something about it was therapeutic to her I guess. I pull out some waffles and pop them into the toaster. Then I pour some cereal into a bowl.
I'm finishing up the last of my waffles when my mom calls me.
"You friend is here Amaryllis!"
I grab my bag and pull on my hoodie, ready to see Eliza's red corvette. If I knew nothing else about cars, I knew about Eliza's red corvette, her one and only baby. Instead my mouth is hanging open in the doorway as I see an old vintage black car I can only recognize from yesterday.
I snap out of it when Mom eyes me, she was definitely going to get suspicious if I keep being an idiot. I approach the car quickly and throw my bag in the backseat. There was a lot of hair all around it. Black hair. In the far end away from me sits another boy, he has dark auburn hair and red eyes as well. I know him, his name is Josh. I can't seem to recall him having such an unusual eye color though. Josh is looking solemnly out of the window before he turns to me, his face unreadable for a moment. I close the door and slide into the passenger seat.
"What are you doing here?"
"I just thought it'd be nice to give you a ride to school. Eliza told me she usually does it, but I wanted to give her a break." Jet gives me a cheeky smile before backing out of the driveway.
"You have a dog?"
Jet scrunches his eyebrows together and looks back at Josh, who's now looking at the both of us.
"Uncle's, I take care of it every now and then."
It's silent for a long time, before Josh rips out an earbud and says much too loudly:
"I didn't know you were talking about Amaryllis."
I look back at Josh, who was smirking at Jet. Josh was on the football team too, Eliza mentioned him a bit and I saw him around at school, but not much else.
"What?" I mutter.
"Jet was going on and on about this amazing girl he met on his first day. Some black girl with red hair, really shy and timid . . ."
Jet tells Josh to shut the hell up and I roll my eyes. Just what other black girl with red hair could he possibly be talking about in the school? Josh was probably messing around.
I'm finishing up the last of my waffles when my mom calls me.
"You friend is here Amaryllis!"
I grab my bag and pull on my hoodie, ready to see Eliza's red corvette. If I knew nothing else about cars, I knew about Eliza's red corvette, her one and only baby. Instead my mouth is hanging open in the doorway as I see an old vintage black car I can only recognize from yesterday.
I snap out of it when Mom eyes me, she was definitely going to get suspicious if I keep being an idiot. I approach the car quickly and throw my bag in the backseat. There was a lot of hair all around it. Black hair. In the far end away from me sits another boy, he has dark auburn hair and red eyes as well. I know him, his name is Josh. I can't seem to recall him having such an unusual eye color though. Josh is looking solemnly out of the window before he turns to me, his face unreadable for a moment. I close the door and slide into the passenger seat.
"What are you doing here?"
"I just thought it'd be nice to give you a ride to school. Eliza told me she usually does it, but I wanted to give her a break." Jet gives me a cheeky smile before backing out of the driveway.
"You have a dog?"
Jet scrunches his eyebrows together and looks back at Josh, who's now looking at the both of us.
"Uncle's, I take care of it every now and then."
It's silent for a long time, before Josh rips out an earbud and says much too loudly:
"I didn't know you were talking about Amaryllis."
I look back at Josh, who was smirking at Jet. Josh was on the football team too, Eliza mentioned him a bit and I saw him around at school, but not much else.
"What?" I mutter.
"Jet was going on and on about this amazing girl he met on his first day. Some black girl with red hair, really shy and timid . . ."
Jet tells Josh to shut the hell up and I roll my eyes. Just what other black girl with red hair could he possibly be talking about in the school? Josh was probably messing around.