"Jina get the fuck out of the bathroom we have to go to school what are you doing in there?",Heather violently kicked the door. She looked around the upstairs hallway. The walls were green and white. Her long burgande hair was tied back in a low pony tail. She was wearing a purple bondage skirt a black tank top and boots, which made a mark in the door as she kicked it. Heather didn't hear anything just the toilet flush.
Jina sluggishly made her way towards the sink as she held onto the white marble coutner. She looked at her pale face. Her hazel eyes warn out and her long brown hair a mess. She looked down at her green cargo pants, her black air walks and her greenday t-shirt. Jina had been adopted she was the same age as Heather so they practically acted like twins after they had gotten really close. Heather's mom adopted Jina after she got a divorce from Heather's father. Jina never actually had a home she had been in an orphanage for the first 5 years of her life until she was adopted. She picked up her green shouldure bag and placed it around her. She opened the door to see Heather standing there with her arms crossed.
"What?",she questioned looking her. Heather rolled her eyes and began to walk down the stairs. Jina slowly followed her. They had a younger sister Ashley who was in 9th grade but she always got a ride with her best friend Billy Martin.
The bus stop was quiet that morning the twins were no where in site. Heather and Jina sat on a green bench in hopes that their friends would show up.
~*~
"Boys come on it's time to go to school.. sarah sweeti you too",there mom gently said. Joel opened his eyes to see his mom standing in the doorway. She looked like she was going to fall apart any moment. Her hair short was all messed up and her eyes had dark circles from lack of sleep. She had on on her pink bathrobe and pink slippers. She smiled slightly at Joel.
"Morning honey",she said walking over to his bed and opening his blinds so that maybe Benji would get up as well.
"Benj honey come on your late for the bus..",his mother lightly moved him. Benji moaned and rolled over.
"It's too early ma!",he moaned.
"Come on Benji Im not in the mood .. just get up please",she had a pleading look on his face. He didn't want her to know that he knew about what had happend last night so he put a smile on his face and got up slowly. Sarah had already claimed the downstairs bathroom and Joel had the upstairs bedroom so Benji was left to take a shower last.
"Benj.. your fathers gone",his mother sat gently down on his bed and sobbed. Benji placed his arm around his mother.
"We're gonna be fine mom... me and Joel can take care of things and we still have Josh when he comes home from college.. we'll be fine",Benji reassured his mom. He had never seen her cry before he had only heard her those nights where his dad was drunk. At the moment he was angry at his father for doing this to the family. That morning it was so hard to function. Their mom drove them to school in their old tan oldmobile that hardly ran. They arrived to school about 20 minutes late. Benji and Joel slowly made thier way down the orange and white hallways. Joel had his head stuck in his locker he had a few tears flowing down his face beacuse last night was the scariest night he had ever had with his father being drunk.
"Hey",he heard a soft voice from behind him say. He knew exaclty who it was it was Jina one of his really good friends. He could always talk to her about things but latley he didn't want anything to do with their friendship and he had no idea why. He quickly whiped the few tears that fell from his eyes. He turned around and looked at Jina.
"Hi",he sighed grabbing the black and white marble notebook and shutting his locker. He looked at her. There was a long period of silence.
"How come you didn't come to the bus stop this morning?",she questioned him. Her eyes were locked on him. She cared so much about me Joel thought but he was too numb to feel anything.
"Benji got up late",he lied. Great now im lying to her, first I was backing away from a great friendship now Im lying to her.. what next? he questioned himself. He was staring into space.
"Joel!",she said.
"Im sorry Jina Im gunna be late for math bye",he quickly made his way around her and ran to his class. Jina watched as he practically ran down the hallway. She sighed and knew there was something wrong with the way she looked or there was something wrong with her there was something Joel didn't like and she had to change that. She ran towards the bathroom nothing could stop her now except for.
"Ash!",she said looking at her little step sister crying in the bathroom.
"O Jina Hi..",she sobbed dabbing her eyes with a tissue.
"Whats the matter?",Jina made her way up to her clenching her stomach.
"It's Billy...",she cried.
"What about him?",she questioned.
"I like him",she said.
"Thats good right you like him.. you were so happy 2 days ago",she said.
"I dont think he feels the same way",Ashley cried.
"Ash, your only in 10th grade don't worry about that shit.. it's not worth it",Jina said.
"Your no fucking help!",Ashley stated storming out of the bathroom. Jina sighed. She looked over at the handicaped stall and made her way in. She hung up her bag on the hook that was on the back of the door. She kneeled down she stuck her sweaty fingers down her throat and tried to hack up something she didn't have in her stomach. Her throat burned as she tried to vomit but nothing would come out. She leaned against the stall and cried.
~*~
After Jina's little episode in the bathroom she took her bag off off the hook and headed towards math class. She knew Joel would be there. She walked in and Mrs. Caps was already at the board writing today's notes. Mrs. Caps was a tall women she had short brown hair and was very young.
"Well well Ms. Taylor it's nice of you to join us!",she stated looking at Jina.
"Im sorry I was in the bathroom..",Jina looked down. She could feel everyone watching her as she made her way to the back of the room next to Joel. He had his notebook open and had already jotted down a few notes but it was mostly words it definitly didn't look like math.
"Jina.. could you please come to detention this afternoon you know that there is no tardyness in my class!",Mrs. Caps scolded her.
"I didn't do anything wrong!",Jina's voice raised.
"Dont talk to me like that young lady.. you are coming to detention.. you haven't even passed a test yet this quater.. iam also calling your mother",she said.
"She's not my mother",Jina mummbled.
"What did you say?",she questioned her.
"Nothing I SAID NOTHING!",Jina placed her head down on the desk. Joel looked over at her and she looked up at him angrily.
~*~
Heather made her way into the library. She looked around the room it had about 10 tables and wooden book shelves behind them. She looked at the back table to see Benji with his head down. She wondered why he looked so down. She walked over to him and sat down next to him. He still didn't move. Then she lightly placed her hand on his shouldure and he jumped. He looked at her.
"Sorry you scared me!",he stated.
"It's alright are you okay?",she questioned him with a concerned look.
"Not really",he told her.
"Whats the matter.. if you dont mind me asking?",Heather questioned him. He looked into her eyes.
"He left for good this time.. he had his bags with him...",Benji looked down as a tear fell from his eye and he whiped it away quickly making sure no one would see it.
"Benj Im soo sorry.. is there anything I can do? I'll be sure to help out your mother and you.. do you guys need anything..",Heather questioned.
"My mom is soo depressed Heather.. I dont know what to do... I think I just need time you know I hate him a fucking hate him"
"It's alright Benj Im here",Heather comforted him as he put his head back down on the table.
~*~
Jina had been staring at Joel the whole period. The bell rang and she hardly noticed that it did. She saw him get up and jolt out of the room like lightning. She sighed and was the last one out of the class room. She looked down the hallway to see Joel at his locker writing something in his notebook. She walked directly up to him. He shut his notebook and looked up at her.
"Hi",she said.
"Hi",he said back.
"So your not gonna talk to me? did I do something wrong?",she questioned him.
"Im sorry ... I just need time to myself",he told her shutting his locker. Jina pressed her books against her chest and watched as Joel made his way through the crowd of preps and jocks.