My First Drink - Original Writing

“I’m going to go now. Ask your teacher if you need any help. I’ll come pick you up after school ok? Don’t worry you’ll be fine.”

“What?” By now, it was the two of you, as the nurse left to care for other patients. “Uh-”

“Umm ok,” she says with a confused face. My hands are shaking and sweet is slowly dripping down my head. I have never felt so awkward in my life. We walk through town just talking about school and other boring topics until I decide to cut the small talk and stop about 50 metres away from Jack Loniel’s house.

She couldn't help but crack a bit of a smile, “Yeah, I'm surprised as you are. What are you doing here?” She paused for a second before speaking again, “Trevor, right?”

“We can give you a ride if you are going downtown. How’s your sister?” Dean said.

Morning came before she knew it. Just as she and Sam were heading to the car, they were met by an older lady with curlers in her hair, and wearing a fluffy pink robe. She was wearing a beaming smile and was holding a foil-covered plate. Before Lauren could utter a word, the lady extended her hand in friendship. “Hi, I'm Miss D Richards, and I live in the corner house. I brought y'all some biscuits in welcome to the neighborhood!” Lauren bobbed her dark head and smiled. “Hello, Miss D, I'm Lauren Hastings. This is my daughter, Sam,”

“Follow us and I’ll tell you." I looked back at Alex rolling my eyes. She sat me down in one of the chairs and disappeared into the kitchen. Alex slid down into the chair next to mine, his stare intense enough that I started to squirm. Rhonda reappeared with a bandage and some topical ointment.

“What are you doing here? Don’t you live on the other side of town?” I say, surprised to see him.

“I’m feeling better already,” she said, as Arthur took a seat beside her and handed over her first dose of medication, along with a paper cup filled with water. “I didn’t realize how horrible I felt until I was sitting in Dr. Monmouth’s office. Thank you so much for bringing me and blowing up your whole day.”

"Don't worry so, my boy; I know you will. None of these medicines are vital, so if they wait another day before being delivered, it will still be fine. It was more important that you were able to rest up a bit this afternoon. Now go, Arthur will be waiting."

"Wow, really? That’s so far away. I'm from Newbern, which is about 15 minutes down the road. What brings you so far?"

The bright neon yellow walls of my room glowed as my screen lit up my face. My eyebrows were knitted together in concentration. I heard the front door swing open causing me to break from my focus.“Alana, I’m home and have a surprise.” I wonder what surprise she could be talking about, my birthday isn’t for another 6 months, and she doesn’t plan things for it this early. I swung out of my room and down the steps to find my mom holding 3 giant presents and a grocery bag. I looked around to see piles of flattened boxes laying on the ground in the living room. “No.” I whispered. She wouldn’t, she couldn’t. “No, n-n-no, no, no!” I screamed in defiance, running to the stairs, skipping steps to get away from my mother as fast as I could.

I was walking home from school it was just a five minute walk. But it still tires me out because of all the books I have in my backpack. I finally reached our street, it’s just the usual nothing new, Ms. Gomez walking her dog, The Jacksons still as noisy as ever that even though they’re inside their house you can still hear them playing their music loudly, and then there is our house.While opening the door, I almost step on something, it was a pocket watch. Now why would a pocket watch be here? I also had no clue.

“I was just wondering if you wanted to go. We could hang out if you like.”

“Hot chocolate?” Ana asked with a grin. “You go ahead,” I said, I'll just get something from across the