Chapter 20: Unlucky

Today is the day where I work up courage to ask my brother something. A very hard thing to do, I know.

I did my usual morning routine, get ready, put on makeup. You can hardly see my bruises on my face but that doesn't mean I'm going to stop wearing makeup. They could spontaneously appear for all I know.

Before I head downstairs I checked my phone (which my brothers so graciously gifted me) and saw the date was Friday the 13. You have got to be kidding me. Of course out of all the days this one just had to be it. I guess the universe hates me. As I was walking downstairs, I tripped on, can you guess it? The thirteenth stair!

This just proves I'm going to die today.

"Hello Chica! How are you this fine morning?" Zack asked me. How could he be so optimistic on this day?

"Zack, you do know what day it is today? Don't you?" I asked him in return.

He looked at me like I was crazy. "Um yes. It's a Friday. I'm pretty sure that means no school tomorrow? Last time I checked Fridays were amazing?" He said, no doubt his mind swirling with questions.

As soon as I was about to answer, we heard a clunk. We looked over and saw Jesse flat on his face. I power walked over there and leaned down. He groaned. "What the hell... Oh shit. You have got to be kidding me" He said.

"Okay what am I missing?" Zack asked.

"Bro, it's Friday the 13. You do know what that means right?" Jesse told him.

Zack had a face of recognition. How could he forget something like this? Today is going to be the worst, most horrible cursed day ever. I think the only reason it is 'cursed' is because of that movie.

"Well off to school again. Don't be late and ," he looks at me, "don't skip class. I don't need a call from the school today." Zack demanded.

I rolled my eyes, something I would've never have thought of doing while in the 'care' of my mother and Carl. But alas, things that feel good never last. Once my full mind realizes it, I'm sure my face turns white.

"Chica? Are you okay?" Zack looks at me and asks.

Once my composure is collected, I look at him and fake a smile and nod. "Of course I am. Why wouldn't I be?" I tell him.

"Well you turned into a ghost too early." Jesse told me.

Zack smacks the back of his head. "Not funny" Zack scolds him.

Jesse is snickering when James finally come down. "About time sleeping beauty." Jesse says and continues to snicker.

I am still spacing out and internally scared. How could I be so reckless? My brothers could've discovered my secret! Why would I allow myself to be so rash? I truly am stupid.

When Jesse gets his full composure he nudges my arm, telling me that it is time to go. Well so far this Friday the 13 is not turning out so good.

As always, and probably for the rest of eternity, Jesse drives  off with me closing the car door not even two milliseconds. How did this guy even get his license?

I look out the window and count the trees. You have got to be kidding. I saw 13 old ladies power walking. My day cannot get any worse. But of course I jinxed it. Only I could do that.

When the door opened guess what? I fell getting out. And James being James, he totally ignored me. Thank lord Jesse helped me up. But it couldn't be Lidia Whites life without her getting grass stains on her white jeans.

Besides looking like a total dork with green stains on my white jeans and my hands scraped up, I walk in with somewhat pride that my older brother helped me up. I've never had siblings before and normally people would just continue to push me down.

"Omg girl where have you been?" My new best friend Audrey told me.

"Umm I don't know. I was here yesterday and the day before you saw me at lunch?" My voice having a questioning tune to it.

"Well yeah but that-thats not what I'm talking about. So listen, you know Casey? The girl who was practically assaulting your brother? Yeah well you know Hadee? You'll never believe what Casey said about her." Audrey began to explain.

(So I've gone back and I can't find the bully's name in chapter 17 so let's just pretend that her name is Casey)

I can't believe someone would try and say anything bad about sweet Hadee Cannel. She was just about the only person who didn't say something bad about me. If only people would reciprocate those kind words.

"How could anyone say something bad about sweet Hadee? What did that horrible person say?" I demanded.

"Um that bitch with the name Casey. Duh." Evan says, now appearing by Audrey.

How rude. I mean James is rude but she's rude.

"Shut up and let me tell her" Audrey lightly pushes Evan but him being him, he moves two feet and holds his arm, "she said that Hadee dresses like a slut."

I gasped so fast I started to choke. This really has been an unlucky day.

In math class I get my paper that we did. Apparently I didn't do it the way that she did it so even though I answered all of them right, I got a 73%. Most people would be okay with a 73 in math, but not me. But I'm to socially awkward (Thank you mom and Carl) to go ask the teacher about it.

When she walks by my desk, her body speaks pompous. Her chin is up in the air and her back perfectly straight.

What a bitch

I head to my next class. They act kinda normal. I hate school.

Lunch is where it gets interesting. So here's what happened. Me and my friends are talking and then all of a sudden we hear a loud boom! In sync, our heads turn to the sound.

You'll never believe who it was!

Hadee and Casey were down on the floor slapping and hitting and pulling hair. Now being the people we are, we head over to watch. Just as we arrive we see Hadee punch Casey in the boob.

"Ugh. You bitch!" Casey yells.

Casey punches Hadee in the face but Hadee doesn't stop hitting. It's like a fight gym in here. No one is stopping it and everyone has betted on a person to win. Finally the teachers come and pry them apart.

That was an eventful lunch.

I walk to my locker and lo and behold, I smash my fingers in it. Great. It's still Friday the 13th luck.

At the end of the day, like normal, I walk to the car but unlike usual, I see kids dressed in blue and yellow spray paint our gate/wall of our school. I stop and my eyes squint at them. There's this dark guy with blonde dreadlocks made into a bun with a Halloween mask on and a blonde, coffee with creamer  one also with a Halloween mask on. But then there's this really pale kid with black hair off to the side. He has a beanie on and is wearing all black, he kinda reminds me of Audrey.

My looking was interrupted by a hand on my shoulder. "What are you looking at Lidia?" A deep voice which only tells me it's one person.

"Oh Caden. You scared me. Where's Jesse and James?" I asked looking around the parking lot.

"I don't know. Luke just told me to pick you up and take you home. C'mon."

My eyebrows furrowed in confusion but I went anyways. We got into a Ford Mustang. Only the best and the richest for my brothers I suppose.

We start to drive and a silence falls upon us. I couldn't decide if it was uncomfortable or comfortable. Maybe it was both or maybe it was just o-

"So how was your-erm- day at school?" Caden basically squeaked out.

"It was good. I mean today is Friday the 13th so as good as it's gonna get. How's Sasha?" I reply.

"Yeah she's good, so uhm. Yeah." He says back to me.

To my surprise we turn a different way than usual. As if sensing my confusion he comments

"It's hot today so I thought we should go get a snow cone."

I nod my head in approval. We park in one of the spots and head inside. The place is called

'Frosty the Snow Cone'. Huh. I have a sense of remembrance here.

I order a blue bubble gum and he orders while I go sit down. We sit down in a booth by a window. The booth is cyan with pink stripes. I start to eat it when I look up and sees he also has a blue bubble gum.

"Why did you get the same as mine?" I ask him.

"What do you mean? I'm older. I had this way before you were born. You got this snow cone from me." He defends himself.

"Okayyyy then. What ever you say." I say looking at my treat.

Just my luck I spill like half of it on me. I hate today. And the rest of the days that come before today. I hate the world. I hate everything that mom and  Carl did to me. I hate that I just stood there and let them do it to me. I hate that I'm so pathetic. I hate that-

"Lidia! Lidia snap out of it! It's just ice!" I feel my shoulders shaking. I quickly wipe my tears.

"Lets-lets just go." I said quietly, embarrassed that I made such a big deal out of a snow cone.

The rest of the car ride was filled with Kiss softly playing and my sniffling. I just want to crawl into a hole right now. Caden took me to somewhere he didn't have to and I went and embarrassed him. How could I be so selfish?

Once we got home I hurriedly got out of the car and headed inside, not wanting anyone to see me. I made it up to the 13th stair when I realized I still had my bag in his car. Oh well. It's Friday so I don't need it.

I crawled under the covers and started to cry softly. I remembered that boy with the pale skin and black clothes. Do I- do I like him? No, I like the hunk of hotness with the name Ian. Wait- no freaking way. Do I like both of them?

Oh shit.

I stayed up there the rest of the day until dinner. Yay. I went into the bathroom and fixed my makeup. You can never be too careful.

I made sure to splash cold water on my face to make the puffiness calm down.

I carefully walked downstairs, thankfully without tripping this time, and sat at the dinner table. We're having hash brown casserole for dinner. My favorite.

Everyone was chatting and talking. We had Manny and Spencer with us. I, of course was not invited into any of the conversations. It did kinda hurt me a little. I know it's stupid it's just I want to be apart of something and not be ignored.

Luke looked at me and as of feeling my loneliness (which he probably could) he says "Lidia how was school?"

"It was pretty good. I mean there was a fight between these two girls and I accidentally fell and face planted into the grass and got grass stains on my new white jeans, which I'm sorry for by the way, and then Caden took me out to get snow cones and I spilled it all over me! Can you believe that! And stupid Mrs. Gray gave me a 73-" I realized I said too much and looked at him.

He raised one eyebrow and slightly shook his head. "Seems you have had one eventful day. Caden took you out for snow cone? Hm." Luke responded.

I really, really said too much. But hey, that was probably the longest conversation me and Luke have ever had.

The rest of the dinner was uneventful. I'm ready for this day to be over. I did my routine for bed and got my diary from my drawer.

Dear Diary,

So guess what? Hadee and Casey (the girl so was making out with my brother and who tripped me) got into a huge fight! I'm pretty sure Hadee won. Today is Friday the 13th and it was horrible! First I got grass stains on my white jeans and I smashed my fingers into my locker! How bad could it possibly get? When I walked outside for my brothers I saw some kids (I am sure they're from the rival school) spray paint our fence. Well these two kids were doing it. The third one was just watching. I think I'm in a love triangle (is it love or a like triangle?). I like Ian but I also like the kid. Life is so hard! Well while I was waiting turns out Caden was picking me up and we went to get snow cones! I spilled half of it on myself and for some pathetic reason I started to cry. I blame mom and Carl. Well that's all

Love,

Lidia White

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