Sunflower | h.s

15

Aaliyah Moreno

I've been awake for ages. It's now 8:00am in the morning and I'm wide awake ready to see Harry. I was both nervous and excited for what was going to happen today. But either way I did not get much sleep last night, I was way too excited.

I open my eyes and am immediately greeted with the warm rays of the sun heating up my face, telling me to enjoy the day ahead.

My heart was beating fast in a way I've never felt it beat before. I couldn't stop smiling. I was rushing around my room getting changed even though I wasn't leaving for another hour and a half roughly. I just couldn't help it, I needed to be ready in advance.

I slip on a red airy top and some blue ripped, high waisted jeans. I never wore this outfit often, I normally lived in dresses. But for the coffee shop, a dress wasn't really the right attire. I put on my favourite necklaces that Raven got me as they reflected nicely off the suns rays. I grab my curlers and curl the ends of my hair so it looks slightly feathered.

I go over to my draw in which contains makeup which I barely ware but I was going to today. I grab my eyelash curlers, mascara and lip gloss. I never normally wore Makeup at all, it just wasn't my thing. But when I felt like putting it on, I only ever put on a tiny bit.

I go over and look at myself in the mirror. That's the thing about mirrors. They reflect back what we look like yet not who we are. They don't know how our eyes light up when we speak of something we're passionate about, they don't know how our eyes flutter before we go to sleep, they don't know what our interests are, who or what we love is yet another mystery to them, mirrors cannot see the scars we chose to hide sometimes wether they be physically or mentally, they don't know about our personal life or our story

They just reflect back what you look like, and while it is nice to be reminded that you look okay, they don't know the real us. The only reason I looked into the mirror was to fix my top. But if I could give one word of advice to anyone who doesn't like what they see when they look into this reflective glass it would be

When you look at yourself in the mirror, don't be afraid to notice how beautiful you are.

I look over at the clock

9:00am

It took me an hour to get ready? That's a while.

I decide to go downstairs and see my mum to tell her I'm going out with "Raven" but before I do I need to text Raven to cover for me.

Raven

Cover for me please? Just for a couple hours. I'll explain it later xx

You owe me coffee bitch! xx

You're the best xx

I  know xx

I chuckle to myself at her text as I go downstairs where I'm met with my mum feeding Cayden.

"Hey nugget!" I say as I kiss him on the head.

"You look nice hun. Where you off too?" My mum asks while wiping caydens face of what looked like spaghetti

"Just out with Raven! I'll only be a couple hours."

"Okay. Take your phone with you please."

"Will do." I say as I go grab a small glass of orange juice from the cupboard. I always had a glass of orange juice in the mornings. It woke me up. I love a certain saying that says