Keturah

16

The sun rose and everything fell, that’s what it felt like when I woke up this morning. It’s strange how on Monday mornings that what the initial feeling feels like when you have to go to start the day. It’s something about Mondays. I groggily rolled out of bed, hoping that if there was an audience they would notice my dramatic movements out of bed. “Anna! Get up!” My mother from behind my door. I sat still until I heard her footsteps fade away in the hall. The thing about summer is that some days you really don’t know what to do with your life. I grabbed my laptop from my nightstand to see if my boss sent out the schedule. Working at a pizza shop has been probably the epitome of life. It’s the place where most people my age hang out, so I have to socialize a great deal. Seeing that I had to work from 12:30 to closing I figured I should get some of this dreaded summer work out the way. It irks me to the point of jumping off a cliff that this big assignment is only twenty points. Twenty measly points is not a lot at all.
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“Hey, Alex” I smiled at my best friend. He’s your average nerdy high schooler. Moppy brown hair, glasses, the impossibly possible smirk, the works. “Hey, Anna” Hey looked around the store to make sure there wasn’t anybody coming and nobody in line. It was only 3:30 and usually it’s pretty slow because who in the right mind would want pizza at 3:30 in the afternoon. Its like when parents go to an ice cream shop with their kids just before dinner. Where is logic in that? “Kids, we’re about to have dinner, so no toppings” they would say. Why did you bring them there in the first place? Any who, Alex smiled at me, as if he had something to tell me. He did.
“So, guess what” he said, leaning against the counter. I looked at him as if saying “really?” He just rolled his eyes and continue. “My parents decided that it best for us to move near my grandparents, I knows this is not really something to happy about but for me it’s a big deal. They have program that can help me be that actor that I could be.” He smiled as if this was the best news in the world. I looked at him
“And this is good because of a good program. Dude, your leaving your best friend, the girl that you shared your first kiss. The girl that you spent all of pre-school through high school together.” I said angrily. I knew I was being selfish but I think that my selfishness was justified.
“I didn’t know that you were going to be so affected by it. Besides unless you want to come with me, you need to be supportive. That’s what best friends do.” At this point the kitchen staff were eavesdropping I couldn’t see but I could feel the stares in the back of my head.
“Alex just go…..” I said
“Dude, be fair….”
“I think I am….”
“What was the point of that reply, I think that yiu were saying just to say it.”
“Don’t act like you go around not saying nonsense.”
“Sometimes I wish you were like a bug so that way I can squish you with my fingers”
“I hope I become a hornet so can sting you.”
In the background I could hear the kitchen staff snickering. I guess they found the arguing petty. It pretty was, I’m not going to lie. I looked at Alex at he was smirking and his eyes were laughing. “I’ll go” he started to suck his bottom lip. You know when somebody is trying to hold back a sob. He looked back, all sad looking even though I knew that he was faking. “What did you do?!” Jeff yelled from the kitchen. “ That poor kid.” Alex looked back eyes to the sky. God he’s dramatic. He looked back, and glared saying “ I’s tricked you.” I jaw dropped my mouth, so basically I fell for the classic I’m-moving trick. No wonder he was smile. Heck his grandparents live near me.
“Go away.” I yelled laughing at the same time. Alex dramatically looked away. Alex stared at the door handle and slowly turned the knob.