• Maisie •

Friday night

I was sitting in my room reading my all time favorite book. How to Kill A Mockingbird.

I covered up with my small plush blanket, while playing Ed Sheeran's album.

My door opened with my older brother Daniel poking his head in.

"You need to clean the living room up before mom gets off work" he demanded.

"I didn't even make that mess in there, it was you and your basketball team" I scoffed.

"So? I'm going out tonight, and I need to leave right now, and mom said if the house isn't clean by time she gets home, she's going to be angry" now my brother was leaning in the door frame.

"You never clean anything" I whined.

"Because I have things to do"

"Yeah so do I, plus your a freaking senior in high school and still don't do anything around here to help mom out" I rolled my eyes.

"And? You don't do anything either, all you do is sit around and whine how you hate school & how bad your anxiety gets when you need to present, boo hoo"

"First if all, you don't know anything on why I hate school so much, second of all, if I would of known I could get friends by shooting an orange ball in a hoop, I would've"

"Yeah yeah, just clean the living room and stop being a whiny brat" he started walking away.

I got up from and bed and followed him downstairs, "Maybe if you quit being a dick I would"

"Maybe if you can just clean the living room I'd stop being a dick"

"Seriously, you NEVER do anything around here! All you do is ask mom for money to go buy weed and waste it on dumb things!" I raised my voice.

Daniel stopped and turned around, "You know what? I don't need a SIXTEEN year GIRL to talk to me like that!"

"I DON'T CARE, I CAN TALK TO YOU HOW EVER I WANT TO TALK TO YOU!" I was furious now.

"Dammit Maisie, can't you ever listen?" He pulled his hair with one hand.

"Just clean the house" he spoke.

"Fuck no, you do something for a change" I turned around and started heading upstairs.

"Stop being a fucking brat, and just do it all ready!" He yelled.

"QUIT BEING A DICK ABOUT EVERYTHING AND JUST GO" I yelled from my room and slammed my door.

I listened and heard Daniel yell a cuss word and slammed the front door on the way out.

Whenever I get angry, I end up and crying and that what I was doing right now.

I wiped my tears away and looked at my phone to see it was only six in the evening. It was early March so the sun wasn't setting just yet, and living in California by the beach didn't help.

I messaged my close friend Briana.

Hey, is there any parties tonight?

I got a reply from her immediately.

Yeah, @ 8 in Jamie's aunts beach house.

It was only a little past six so I decided to get ready. I was still mad at my brother so now, I'm going to blow off some steam and have my first shot tonight.

I put on white shorts and a burgundy tube top that I didn't even know I had until now.

I slipped on some converse and grabbed a flannel.

I started to head downstairs when I heard the front door open.

I saw my mom with her keys in her hand and tossing her jacket on the cough by our door.

"Hey mom" I smiled.

"Hey, you going over to Madison's tonight?" She asked.

"Uh, yeah" I smiled. Madisons my best friend, but she didn't want to come to the party with me.

I heard a honk outside, "oh, that's her, see you mom" I hugged her and slipped outside to see the sun setting leaving a purple pink tint to the sky followed by a dark blue consuming it.

I got in the passenger seat of Briana's car.

Then we drove to the party with a keg in her backseat.

This should be fun.