Falling Backwards, Sammantha Lewis [the reading list .TXT] 📗

I was jerked awake not by an alarm clock, but by Carmen rudely throwing a pillow at me. I shot up out of bed and looked around the room frantically. I then saw Carmen leaning against the doorway with a smug look on her face.
"Morning sunshine." she said. I glared at her and fell back down into the pillow. She sighed and walked over to me.
"None of that missy." And then with out warning, she literally flipped the mattress over. Which caused me to herbal onto the ground. I moaned in pain,
"was that really needed?" I asked her from the floor. She laughed and said,
"Absolutely, Stacy texted this morning and said that her mom (from admin.) was told that there is going to be two new students." She said. I rolled over on my back and glared up at her.
"So?" I said.
"One of the new kids is Cole while the other is..." She raised her eye brows at me as she trailed off. I closed my eyes and sighed as I said,
"Branden." I knew it was completely pathetic of me to feel pain even at the mention of his name. I the curled up into a ball and grabbed a pillow and blanket and dragged them towards me.
"What are you doing!" She shrieked a me.
"Going back to sleep. There's no way in hell I'm going to school on his first day." I told her. I gasped as I felt her grab my ankle and start to drag me. 

"You crazy bitch!" I yield. She laughed at me and then continued to drag me. She dragged me into her closet. She finally let go of my foot. I sat on the floor with my arms crossed. She laughed as she rummaged threw her closet. She threw some of my clothes that I keep at her house at me. I looked at the off shoulder pastel colored floral camisole, and the ruffled denim overalls skirt. she then ran over to me and placed a necklace around my neck, and a straw pork-pie hat. I looked down at the necklace and noticed that it was my gold juicy couture heart necklace. She then handed me my Mindy Lace Up Booties. I looked up at her.
"I'll start the curling iron for you." She said with a smile before she walked out of the closet. I sighed and stood up. I stripped my clothes of and slipped into my fresh ones. I turned twirled in front of the mirror. I must hand it to Carmen, she can be a crazy bitch half the time, but she had amazing taste. I smiled down at my outfit and walked out of the closet. I walked into the bathroom to see Carmen leaning on her the sink as she applied her eyeliner. I shock my head at the heavy amount of make up she wears. I picked up the curling iron and began curling my hair. After about half an hour I was done. We heard a knock at the door and looked over to see Cole standing in the door way.
"Are you two ready." He asked us as our eyes met.
"Umm... yeah just a second." I said as I diverted my eyes from his. I looked over Carmen who obviously saw and raised her eyebrows at me. Cole nodded and turned down the hall.
"Hey did mom make breakfast?" she asked him.
"Yeah she did. Apparently you eat a lot." He said with a smirk. Carmen did a fist pump while jumping into the air and cheering. Typical Carmen. I turned back to the mirror and finished my makeup. after I was done, Carmen and I walked down the stairs into the kitchen.

As soon as we walked in I smelt bacon, pancakes, and eggs. I sat down at the table next to Carmen, and across from Cole.

Publication Date: 12-15-2011

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