Thunder rumbled again and the sky outside lit up with lightning. I jumped back from the window and laughed at myself. It's just a little thunderstorm. I wrapped the blanket tighter around myself before picking up my mug of coffee and walked over to the middle of the living room, dodging lit candles as I went. The power had been out for awhile now, and it was starting to get cold in the house.
"Well, the storm is right on top of us now," I informed the five lumps of blankets sitting around Monopoly board. I sat down next to Zayn and rolled the dice. "Six," I said, and moved the shoe to Reading Railroad. We were playing on teams, so I was paired with Zayn, Harry with Liam, and Louis with Niall.
"You," Louis said, "are supposed to be in the shower."
"I," I responded, "take very long showers and there isn't enough hot water."
"Then take a bath," he suggested.
"I get belly rashes," I argued.
"What do you do when you're on your period?" Liam asked, looking up at me.
"Sit on the shower floor," I said, then shivered. "Is it just me, or is it freezing in here?"
"It's definitely not just you, but it might help if you put on more layers," Niall said, moving the money bag three spaces.
I stuck my tongue out at him and stood up. "Fine. I'll go change."
"Use the buddy system!" Louis shouted.
"Lou?" I said in a sugary sweet voice. "I'm right here." I took one of the battery-powered lanterns that wasn't being used and walked up the stairs to my room, Niall walking next to me, carrying his own lantern.
When I walked into my room, he politely stayed in the hallway. I locked the door behind me out of habit, then walked into my closet and pulled a sweater off its hanger and pulled it over my head. I hopped around my room, pulling my jeans up, then yanked my cowboy boots over my socks before pulling my hair up into a ponytail and putting a snapback on to top it all off.


I walked out of my room, pulling the blanket over my shoulders again. Niall walked beside me silently, and I was so lost in my thoughts that I almost didn't feel him slip his hand in mine.
Almost.

Notes

Sorry it's short and more of a filler chapter, but I'm really not that motivated to do much today. School starts on Wednesday, so I'm stressing over not having a backpack yet. I'm probably going to have to order one off Amazon.
I'm in the same Spanish class as my older sister, and she's not happy about that at all. First hour. She's not too happy about having to retake algebra 1 either, especially since I'm in her class then, too. Third hour.
I just think it's funny. And she brought this on herself, so I'm laughing about it. We just hope that she won't lose her chance at getting a North Dakota scholarship because she has to retake freshman algebra.
I'm also really nervous about seeing one of my friends that I recently had a fight with. I haven't spoken to her since last Sunday. It's a really stupid reason to be mad at her, but her apartment had better fucking sparkle like Edward fucking Cullen in Arizona or I'm going to be even more mad at her.
Guess what guys! I'M FOURTEEN!!!
But I'm still permit-less. I'm taking the test on Thursday. Thank GOD it's only a written test. I have some trouble staying in one place in the lane (Dad lets me drive sometimes on this one highway that is never busy, so I know how bad I am at driving), so if it was an actual DRIVING test, I would probably fail.
I have a friend that failed her permit test. She got nine wrong. So I'm studying my permit book like crazy.
Okay....
Sorry I haven't updated in awhile! I've been SUPERBUSY with work and school shopping and studying for my permit test (okay so I just started that now and I'm trying to study while I'm typing this because I - for some odd reason - always type the notes before the rest of the story) and stressing over what my little sister is going to wear for the first day of school (her outfit is LOUD. I'll see if I can get a picture of it....).



Except the shirt is bright yellow with pink polka-dots and a belt the same shade as the leggings. Needless to say, she's kind of a walking neon sign.
So anyway, I'm going to stop babbling now and do a little online shopping for a backpack.