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hey my babies, so here's the first chapter of 'since the day I met you'. Before we get into it just a quick PSA to say that the book may seem like it's fast paced but trust me when I tell you it'll be a rollercoaster. Decided to try something new and we know I love the drama (it'll be worth it trust me) so I hope u guys enjoy. And as for the trolls, don't take things too seriously because it's a book for crying out loud ð
Anyway here we gooo
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The Lee's
Where the fuck would you even start. They're like the Kardashians except everyone actually seems to adore them, mostly the girls if you wanna get technical. There's four of them, not sure of the youngest ones name however I know that there's twins. But the one that the girls in my grade wanna be liked by the most is Amariah, and I'll be real for the boys it's more of a I wanna hit kind of thing because who doesn't. It's a shame that we have a uniform because that body of hers is kinda hard to look away from.
Her dad has funded for the school many times and is also a lawyer, the guys on the ice hockey team seem to play ten times better when he makes appearances... he has connections. Something about Amariah's uncle going pro. And then of course her mom, Dakota. Let's just say we know where Amariah got her looks from, her mom is beautiful and I'm not even exaggerating. She's a fashion designer and owns a well known company so you already know the moneys high.
That and the fact that this is a private school
Of course every popular rich girl has some sort of issues going on but her family was strangely perfect. She also has her bestfriend, who I find extremely annoying. Amariah and Indiah literally come in pairs, Indiah has too much attitude for my liking. If you count Blair and Destiny that makes up their group of four, these are things that you learn through observation. And when it's all a lot of people talk about, it's kind of hard not to know.
"Well when you're a premium member like me, you get access to spam accounts", CJ boasts as he sits with us
Stubborn little CJ, I don't know how but he managed to secure Blair and they've been dating since tenth grade started.
"Let me see let me see", Archie says eagerly
Unfortunately my two idiotic best friends are fawning over the girls in that group, only Archie has not received any luck. I'll give him points for the dedication though, hes wanted Indiah since we were in the sixth grade but she hasn't shown interest.
"You're not premium-
"Shut up", Archie takes his phone anyway and I roll my eyes
"You realise that he's only following Blair's and not Indiah right"
"Well maybe if you did your little hacky tricks and found hers for me then I wouldn't have to see what my girl was getting up to last night through CJ"
"Oh please"
She had about five hundred posts. I never really understood what the point of spams were but I guess it's how you can tell what kind of person someone truly is. Archie was looking at Blair's most recent post, the first picture was taken in 0.5 and it was of Indiah putting a bonnet on Blair's head, the second picture included a large order of wingstop and in the corner you can see Destiny looking through one of the bags, "Aw man. Sleepover at Blair's house?"
"They have them all the time. Once I played an all night game of UNO with them, unfortunately I didn't sleepover though", CJ replies
"You little fucker, you didn't tell me"
There were a couple more pictures but it wasn't until I saw the last one that had me intrigued and surprised, there was an ashtray on the floor but also I saw a girl tying back her long curls with a blunt in her mouth. "Amariah smokes weed?", I say surprised
Now that one was surprising, I've not even seen her touch a bottle of alcohol.
"They all do"
"No I know but she's the most innocent"
"Innocent girls are the freakiest, that is if you still just want to quote on quote fuck her"
"Shut up"
I've said it before to be fair, I wouldn't date her. Only reason I'd get close to her is so that I can fuck her, not interested in anything more than that.
Speaking of, shes just made her way into the lunch hall with her little posse.
"She's one of the good ones. Leave her be" CJ says
"I made the comment once and you two won't shut up about it"
Blair waves at him as she passes by and he grins
But of course, Archie had to also turn back, "Indiana"
Indiah pauses before turning back, "How many times do I have to tell you to stop calling me that"
"Here we go", Destiny says amused
"Come on you know you like it when I call you that, what are you doing this week"
"Not going out with you"
Amariah makes a yikes face
"You know I'd take good care of you"
"Archie. I'm not into white boys"
Watching him go through this every day is becoming unbearable, it always ends in rejection and you know what it gets me annoyed how Indiah's so rude to him for no reason.
"Aw come on Indi", Blair persuades
"Yeah babe, you hurt my feelings"
"Archie save yourself the embarrassment please"
He silences Destiny "Shh, grown people are talking"
She screws him
"I have plans", Indiah states
"That's cool. Next week"
"I'm busy next week too"
Amariah gestures, "Come on let's go"
B hugs CJ, "See you later"
"Yeah see you"
My boy was in the middle of talking to Indiah and she just swoops her away, girls have no heart honestly. They all leave and CJ pats Archie on the back, "Heres a thought, go for someone that actually wants you"
"You two are the shittiest wingmen in the world"
"Hey we supported you for years", He defends
"Now support me for another two"
I sigh with disappointment , "She has you so whipped"
Way too whipped
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â¢AMARIAHâ¢
"Look I'm just saying, would it really hurt you to give Archie a chance?"
"Yes"
Archie is actually quite cute, he's a dirty blonde and hes got a pierced ear which is what Indi's into. He also hasn't given her a reason to doubt him, I mean hes been trying at it for years.
"One of these days he'll win you over"
"I'm good", She replies whilst parking
For now
I pick up my bag, "You coming in?"
"Nah I gotta go to my grandmas real quick but I'll call you"
"Tell her I said hi", I say whilst opening the door
"I will, later"
I wave before entering the code for the front gates, they slowly drift open and I head over to my house. I see both mama and daddy's cars so I know that they're both home, in fact I heard the tv as I entered the house. Daddy leaves work early on Mondays so it's no surprise a game of basketball is on, "Hi" I give him a kiss on the cheek
"You ok?"
"Yup"
He looks away from the tv, "Why you home so late"
"I went to get food with Indi remember?"
"Does your mom know that?"
"Yes, don't worry I didn't forget to tell her" I say amused
I swear mom starts to flip the fuck out when she doesn't know where I am sometimes, I mean I get it but like I just forget to tell her when I'm going to places. She doesn't have a problem with me going out, especially if I'm with Indiah but she says I just need to tell her.
"Sissy!", Little footsteps run over to me and I smile as I pick up my three year old brother
"Hi Aidan"
"Hi"
"You ok?"
"Uhuh"
I kiss him on the cheek as we make our way to the kitchen, "What'd you do at preschool today"
"Drawing"
"Show me after ok?"
"Ok", He replies happily
The twins were sat at the island on their phones whilst mom was cooking, I knew I smelt something good the second I stepped into the house.
"Hey"
She turns back, "Hey baby how was school"
"Not bad to be fair"
"Anything funny happen?"
"You mean besides watching Indi reject Archie again?" I say amused
"Aw he's still trying?"
"Yeah. It's like the more she says no the more he wants her"
"Reminds me of your dad, don't worry he'll get there in the end"
She actually blew daddy off a lot of the time before eventually giving him a chance, I can only imagine that she had a lot of attitude so I'm not quite sure how my dad kept going.
"What does she keep rejecting him for? He's so fine", Neveah says
"And too old for you", I snort
"Only five years", She replies in a duh tone
"Ew", Trinity frowns
We always say that Neveah's an eighteen year old trapped in an eleven year olds body, my sister wants to grow up too fast and has way too much sass. That's why we call her mini mom, whereas Trin is like dad because she's nonchalant and minds her business.... where it matters.
"How was skating", I ask my sisters
"Boring, we didn't do much today except for spins"
"All part of the learning process", Mom replies
We're even lucky to be able to have an ice rink in school, every year there's like this poll that goes around to parents and they get to have a say in what their kids do for PE and extracurricular. A lot of kids were into skating and so that's how we've had the ice rink for about four years now.
"Yeah but you taught us spins when we were like eight, it's getting very boring now" Neveah complains
"Not everyone started skating when they were three so don't go acting like you're better than them"
"But I am", She mutters
Dad chuckles as he walks in, "This about skating?" He asks knowingly
"Yup", Trinity replies
GG did figure skating when she was young and she was kind of a prodigy, so then she got aunt Zuri and mom into it when they were kids and mom did the exact same thing and started getting us to skate from young, we have the choice to stop but we all love it. Dad's already started with Aidan, only he'll do ice hockey.
"You gotta be patient"
"But I'm a prodigy, and prodigies don't have time to be patient"
I snort, "This is what happens when you leave her to stay with GG for a weekend"
"Noted", Mom replies
Dad rubs her stomach from behind, "How was the scan"
"It was good, everything's fine"
Oh yeah, we're expecting babies number six...
When I first found out at the end of February I wasn't too happy (neither was mom) because why the hell do we need another two kids in this family, but I've had time to be mad about it and I suppose it won't be too bad for Aidan to have some company when we all grow up. Also, mom's been pregnant since November but wasn't showing at all up until now so that's how we only found out last month, she's four months now.
They kiss and we all scrunch our faces, "Ew"
Minus Aidan, "Kiss!" He giggles
"They must've forgotten how they were made"
"Shall we tell them?-
"Noooo", We say in unison
"Don't need that image thank you very much", I say with disgust
Trinity moves dads hand away from moms ass, "You're too grown to be all boo'd up like that"
"Excuse me my husband's forty thank you very much. Where were we?"
"I was about to kiss you again", He replies
Aidan giggles whilst jumping excitedly between them, "Trin set the table please" Mom then says
"Kk"
"What's for dinner"
She picks up Aidan, "Carbonara"
I love carbonara
We have our unassigned, assigned seats at the table. Dad always sits at the head and mom sits at the other end, Neveah sits opposite me, I sit besides Trinity and Aidan usually sits on his high chair but he wanted to sit on dads lap today.
"Can you pass the soda please"
I slide it over to Neveah, tuning into our parents conversation in the process.
"Well when's the court date"
"Next Thursday", He replies whilst feeding Aidan
"This shits a waste of time, why does she even want the kids"
"She just doesn't wanna lose them-
"Well she should because Cole is a good dad and she's a shitty mother, we all know she couldn't care less about the kids"
"Who aunt Mckayla?", I ask
"Yes"
"No", They say at the same time
"Really?", He says to her
"They already know what's going on, I'll shout it across the street if I have to" Mama replies
"It's ok, we already know mom don't like her"
"I never said that"
"Your face speaks for you"
"Plus Elijah and Daniel wanna stay with uncle Cole", Neveah casually says whilst twirling her fork around her food
"They do?", Dad says surprised
"See what I mean", She gestures
After dinner I went up to my room to get on with some homework, Math was ok but then History and social studies was so long.
4/4
Bð: ok guys seriously wt am I gonna do for my sixteenth
Desti x: didn't we establish this? A party obviously
Me: yh y not?
Bð: but I had one last year
Indiâ¤ï¸âð¥: yh and everyone fucking loved it, if u want we can have brunch just the four of us and then later on in the evening we'll have ur party
Bð: alr sounds good
Blair's birthday is next week and I already know what I'm going to get her.
I remember my sixteenth, it was back in December and it was so fun. I couldn't throw a party here because mom doesn't trust kids and didn't want the house to get fucked up (her words not mine), I don't blame her to be honest. But I spent my sixteenth with the girls, Xavier (Indiah's brother) supplied us with some weed and we got high off of that, then we went to a theme park at night time.
I put my phone down before picking up my MacBook and heading downstairs, finally having finished my homework. Dad was sat at the island with a bottle of water on the table and he was on the phone frowning, so I'm assuming it's a work call.
"Since when was he in Greece?"
Or not
I sit next to him, "Spell check"
"Hold on I'll call you back", He ends the call and I slide my laptop over
"History?"
"And social studies"
He starts to read
"So who's in Greece" I ask
"Miles. I don't know why but then again I'm not surprised, he's everywhere"
"Has he got a new girlfriend?"
"I think so. We all know he doesn't stay with one person for too long"
I smile a little
"Tion words, remember?"
"No and I most likely won't", I reply as he corrects my error
"Not with that negative mindset you won't"
"Well it's not like I can go into Law with dyslexia can I"
Dad frowns, "Yes you can. People'll go over your research and if there's errors they'll point them out so they can be corrected, where's this coming from?"
"Nowhere"
He's giving me that look
"Well Mr Jenkins just leaves comments on my work sometimes, but it's fine-
"What kind of comments"
"Dad, it's fine"
"What kind of comments", He repeats
I sigh, "Just like about how I keep spelling words wrong and he'll leave question marks sometimes referencing how I won't become one cause I don't proof read"
"Why have you never told me this?"
"Cause I didn't want to bother you"
"You know you don't bother me, I need to know these kinds of things. I'm dropping you to school tomorrow-
"Dad"
"It's either I drop you or I pick you up"
"Fine, pick me up-.... don't you have a meeting?"
"The day after then. The rest of your work is fine, let me go over your History essay"
Mom comes downstairs holding a pink box with an annoyed look. "Who keeps eating my crumbl cookie"
"Not me"
I shrug
"I done told ya'll to stop touching my snacks"
"It wasn't us", I say amused
She turns back as Neveah comes down the stairs in her pyjamas, "What happened"
"What happened-... who ate my crumbl cookie"
"Oh that was yours?"
"Don't piss me off Neveah"
"I didn't know it was yours", She defends
"There are four damn boxes of cookies in the pantry, you not only ate one but all of mine"
Not gonna lie Neveah doesn't give a fuck about what belongs to who, she'll take it anyway. She'll have no problem using my shit but then when it comes to mom she respects that it's hers like what? I know she thought that crumbl cookie was mine.
"I'll buy you another one", Dad tell her
"It's closed"
"Yeah tomorrow I'll get you some"
She kisses her teeth before taking her car keys and leaving the house, "Do we go with her?" Neveah asks
I snort, "That's the last thing she wants"
He looks away from my essay, "Why'd you eat it? You know how she is"
"I thought it was Amariah's"
I roll my eyes
~*~
"Due to you all not taking things seriously when I allow you to choose your own partners, I will be picking the pairs for your project" Our social studies teacher announces
Groans spread around the classroom, Indiah and I roll our eyes at each other because usually we always work together but I guess now we can't.
"Some of you may end up with your friends and some may not, you pick a name and that's that. There will be no switching unless of course you end up with your own name, once you've picked it I want you to come to the front and let me know"
She starts to walk around with a box and each person picks out a piece of paper, "Ok so there's a slight chance we'll end up together" I say
"Universe works against us", Indiah reaches into the box and after that I do
I open mine, not feeling much at all once I see the name. I'm not sad about it but I'm also not ecstatic, Indiah on the other hand is frowning.
"Let me see"
She shows me hers and I show her mine
"You got Chris? He's not so bad"
"Yeah but he's not you", She pouts
"Let's just make sure we sit near each other"
"For sure"
We went to go and let Mrs Phillips about our pairs, the lesson was over anyway so it was time for us to go. As I'm packing I hear something drop so I turn back to pick it up, "West"
He didn't hear me at first so I had to call him again, eventually he turned back.
"You dropped your pen", I hold it towards him and he raises a confused eyebrow, not saying anything.
"What?", I eventually say
"You know my name"
"Uhhh why wouldn't I"
He takes his pen, "You tell me"
I frown
"Well you know, prestige people like you are usually in their own little world"
"Excuse me?"
"You're excused", He leaves and I screw him as I leave the classroom
"What's with that face", Indiah says amused
"I changed my mind, I want another partner"
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