Serendipity

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Tomorrow is the day of the dreaded school. Whoop, whoop.

I still can't believe she signed me up, but if it makes her happy all I can do is at least try.

Anna told me we were shopping today. Why do we have to shop for school? I mean it's school not a holiday.

To be honest, I couldn't care less what the others thought of me. It's not like I wanted them to see me anyway. My plan was to go and then ditch or just lock myself in the bathrooms, then come back and pretend to Anna that I went there just so she would fulfil her part of our little deal.

That should do the trick.

I throw up my hair in a simple pony tail because that's what a good little school girl should do. I may have missed most of my life feeling sorry for myself but I still know what the world was like before I hid from it.

Would my parents be proud of me if they saw me now? I'm doing what they wanted. I'm finally listening to them. I'm hiding and I'm running from my nightmares, from my life. Just like they told me too.

But inside me screams but you never listened to them before.

I quickly shut that part of me off. Still, I blame myself, if only I was just a fucking good daughter.

Anna calls me, giving me an escape from my thoughts. Anna's always been my escape. That's why I trust her. I don't know why she still caters me.

I must've looked so desperate when she found me, thinking I lost my parents through a little game of hide and seek.

When she found me she had asked me if I can remember my way home. I played her game and took her to my house. Obviously my parents weren't there. Anna waited with me until my parents came home. They never did. I knew that. But I still had that little hope that they'd come back even though I knew they never would.

"Izzy are you alright?" Anna's always so caring, always so concerned. There's no reason to be. I know she feels sorry for me even though I give her many reasons why she shouldn't.

I don't like it when she does. I'm more than just a little girl who needs someone to look after her.

"I'm fine Anna. Can we just go?" Anna flinches at my response and I can feel myself break down a little more. I don't mean to hurt people but like always, I mess up.

"Anna I- I'm sorry,"

Softly, she reads my face and she nods to accept my apology. Right now I can see through her exterior. She's scared.

She hasn't had it easy either. She must have been about sixteen when she found me. She didn't have parents either. Only this tiny place.

I know I'm too harsh on her too. I need to stop being so selfish. So I go for it. I pull her into a hug this time.

She relaxes in my arms and it feels good to be there for her. Just like she was there for me. I can't imagine what she's been through.

After we both have our moment, Anna smiles her dazzling smile and she drags me to go out. I can tell she's excited. Ecstatic even. Then I remember what we were supposed to be doing today and I groan in protest.

"Do we have to?" Instead, Anna rolls her eyes at me and pushes me out the door. She may not have much but she does well for herself. All I know is she sells flowers for a living. Not any flowers. Daisies.

"Come on sunshine, you said it yourself, let's go," She always calls me sunshine to annoy me and let me tell you- she does a fucking fantastic job at it.

"Don't call me that," Anna smirks and she knows that she's won.

I'm awoken by Anna scrambling through my wardrobe. The day of school.

Joy.

Why do people even bother what to wear? But it's Anna and I know she won't let me go in just anything.

She throws me a tight white crop top and some leggings that stick to my figure like glue to wear with my denim jacket.

Thank fuck she didn't give me a top you could call a bra with a skimpy short tiny skirt like the other little strippers I'm bound to bump into.

So Anna threatened me that I couldn't pretend to fake going to school because the school had her phone number.

Knowing I couldn't go ahead with my plan and I actually had to do our deal, I purposely did everything sloth slow.
She eventually found this out too and was literally on the urge of spoon feeding me.

After that tiny little episode, childish, I waved goodbye to Anna as I kicked on my converse and headed of down the street.

Was I supposed to get a bus? I mean I have the address of the school but it's so far and I'm really not a morning person.

Not much further down the road I see a group of platinum fake blonde girls outside the shop. Well I guess I'm not going there.

Maybe it won't hurt to be late on the first day. I'll just say I got lost.

Yeah that'll do it.

Is it just me or is this so relatable?

I've always hated walking my way into school and only looked forward to when I leave. School's are so boring.

I'm in my first year of doing my A Levels so far and college is so much better. Studying History in the afternoon is such a big no though, I find it so fucking hard to stay awake😭

Let me know if you ever want any support at school/college. I'm only one message away <3

𝐿. 𝒜 . xoxo