I look at the clock that shows ten o'clock in the morning, I get out of bed stretching and go to the bathroom where I relieve myself and then I take a quiet shower. It's a good thing I'm going to college tomorrow, otherwise, I would have been late. I get out in my towel and rummage through my closet for what I'm going to wear today. I decide on sportswear, which consists of black Nike tights, a black sports top, a white sweatshirt, and my white sneakers. I comb my hair and do some boxer braids.
I leave my room and go straight to the kitchen. My mother works from seven to five in the afternoon, so I have the house to myself. I decide to make myself some orange juice and pancakes.
When I finish breakfast I see that it's eleven o'clock, more like lunch than breakfast. I go back to my room when I hear the notification sound of my cell phone. I go to the bedside table where I have it charging, I see it's a message from Aby.
"Can you video call?"
I hit reply.
"Yep."
I answer and within seconds I have the incoming call.
-Hello-I say when I see her.
-Hello love, how is everything over there?- she asks. We always call each other that, it's like my "wife". I see her walking around the campus.
- Well, yesterday I went to see Uncle Bob and Aunt Rose- I see her stop walking.
-Wow, and does your mother know? Did they remember you? What are they like? Are they still at the same gym you told me about? There were hot guys? - I roll my eyes in amusement.
- My mother doesn't know, she thinks I don't remember. Two, yes they remembered me; three, they're like my family, when you come over I'll introduce you to them. Four, yes, yes they're still at the same gym; and yes Aby, yes there were hot guys.-I watch her bite her lip. I roll my eyes again.
-Now I'm three times as eager to finish the semester and move there. Everything here is so boring, my parents keep pressuring me with my studies- she snorts.
-Did you talk to Nataly about my position?
-Yep, she told me that since the position is vacant and she knows me, she has hired me. I will combine it with the university and the cafeteria. All to be able to go there.
-Thank goodness they gave us both scholarships at this uni -I walk to the living room and throw myself on the couch.
-Yes, I have enough money saved and when I sell the car I will be able to pay for everything. In five I go into class pfff.
-I'm going in tomorrow, I hate being the new one- I grunt and she laughs.
-You'll do great, you'll see, tomorrow we'll talk and you'll tell me how it went, I love you.
-I love you too baby, bye- I say and hang up. I let out a snort. I look at the time and frown, the movers should have arrived by now. I decide to call my mother.
CALL*
-You know I can't answer at work- she grunts as soon as I answer.
- I know, but the movers haven't arrived yet- I answer.
-They'll be here at half-past twelve, bye- she says and hangs up. I look at the clock, it's forty past eleven. I start to pick up and clean everything.
As my mother said, at twelve o'clock the intercom rings, I let them go upstairs and leave the door open. A guy comes in with a cart with boxes, he gives me the car keys.
-Good morning, the car is downstairs. I look at the boxes with Eleanor's name on them.
- The ones with Eleanor in the first room on the left and the ones with Kara in the back room- I answer and he nods. He leaves the boxes in the room and goes back downstairs. In half an hour they have everything upstairs since they are three guys. They leave all the boxes in the corresponding places and leave, saying goodbye politely.
I close the door. Let's get to work. I start by putting away everything from the kitchen.
***
It's five o'clock and my mother is about to arrive. I'm in my room studying so as not to miss a beat. I hear the door of the house and then the sound of my mother's heels, she peeks into my room.
-Have you tidied everything?
-Everything but yours for you to arrange as you wish. I'm leaving in a little while- I announce.
-Where to?
- I'm going to look for a job- I answer and she nods, she knows it won't come to anything to discuss it, according to her I have to focus on my studies.
-Don't be too late, you have college tomorrow and I don't want you to stain my name, understood?
I snort and she leaves my room. I take my sports bag where I put my boxing gear. I leave the bag on the bed and go to the bathroom where I wash my face and teeth to clear my head. I take the keys, the bag and my cell phone and leave the house without saying anything. When I get out of the building I feel the cold impact on my face. I put on my hood and start walking towards the gym.
When I get to the door of the gym I can hardly feel my face because it is so frozen. As soon as I open the door I feel the warmth of the gym. I walk in and the warmth welcomes me. I take off my hood seeing Rose at the counter, as soon as she sees me she smiles happily, I approach her and hug her. -Hello- I greet her when we separate smiling. - Hi little girl, come in, here- she says and gives me some candies. I smile wistfully, hug her again and give her a kiss on her forehead since I'm taller than her. I enter the gym eating one of the candies. It is full. I walk up to Bob who is training a hazel-eyed brunette boy, he will be about seventeen. -Hi- I say still holding the candy in my mouth. He smiles at me and hugs me. -Rose is already spoiling you- he says pretending to be angry. -No way, not at all- I say and we both laugh. The dark-haired man looks at us a little bit surprised. -Oh, this is Jack, Jack, this is my niece Kara- he smil
I pick up my cell phone to see the message. Six o'clock here. DON'T BE LATE! Your uncle loves you. Uncle Bob I roll my eyes in amusement. Okay, I love you too. PS. Ask Martha what time I start tomorrow. I hear the door followed by my mother's heels echoing with every step she takes. -I'm going shopping with my coworkers and then to dinner, change and leave- she announces, peeking into my room, and leaves just as she came. I snort. - Good afternoon daughter, how was your first day? Did you make friends?- I laugh falsely and go back to study for a while more. I look at the time, half-past five. I leave the notes and run to the closet where I change into some sports clothes consisting of a black sports top, black leggings and a grey sweatshirt and a big pogo stick. I get in a line and grab my gym bag. Finally, I grab my cell phone and keys to leave the house. I walk into th
The sound of the alarm clock startles me and I fall out of bed. I get up with a sore butt from the fall. I get dressed in blue jeans and a white sweatshirt. I get in a line and walk out of my room with my backpack on. I have twenty minutes to go so I grab my coffee and put it in a disposable cup to run out. I arrive just in time for my first class and start taking notes like crazy. I spend the morning like that. Now I head to the cafeteria for lunch. -Hey- I hear and turn around to see the waitress from my aunt's cafeteria come running over smiling- Hi, I'm Lilian- she introduces herself. -Hi, I'm Kara- I answer in kind. -Do you mind if I come with you to the cafeteria? she asks. -Of course not! Let's go- I answer and we walk to the cafeteria. -Martha told me you'll be working at Matthew's now. - That's right- I say happily. - Great! Seriously, I love that coffee shop, I've been working there since I was seventeen and it's as i
We spend the road singing the songs that are being played on the radio. Fifteen minutes later we arrive at an old factory, a little far from the city. We park and approach the door where we pass a little squeezed by all the people there. As soon as we enter we see the ring in the center of the factory. It smells too much of alcohol and marijuana. To the right is the bar and at the back there is a corridor where, I guess, are the dressing rooms. -Make bets, ladies and gentlemen!- shouts a man to our left, standing on a platform where people are holding up their bills. Lilian grabs me by the arm and drags me to the bar, she orders two "Bronx" (I don't know what they look like). -Here- she says handing me one, I take a sip noticing that it is sweet but it has vodka in it and I don't know what the sweetness is. I drink the rest in one gulp because it is very good. I order another one and the truth is that it is blue. I drink it just like the previous one. -LADIES
- Why did you take me out of there?- I asked confused. -The devil Campbell is very dangerous, you shouldn't have told him that. -I'm not afraid of him- I say, crossing my arms. -Well, you should be, he's very dangerous- she answers and I snort. We arrive at my apartment. -Thank you for the ride. - It's nothing, I'll see you tomorrow baby- she says and drives off as I enter my building denying amused. I go straight to my room where I put on my pajamas and then to the bathroom where I take off my makeup and brush my teeth. I throw myself on the bed and fall asleep within seconds. *** The damn alarm goes off, making me groan. I turn it off with one swipe and get out of bed like a zombie, thank goodness it's Friday. I go straight to the bathroom where I take a shower without washing my hair. When I get out I look in my closet and decide on a white short sleeve sweater, black jeans, military boots and my leather jacket. I tie my hai
My knuckles are bruised but it doesn't matter. I get into the cafeteria on time. I greet them both and go to the little room where I change. Once changed I leave the room and approach Lilian. -What did Campbell say to you when he kicked us out? -He gave me a "warning" and I gave him another one- she looks at me with wide eyes but before she can speak Martha sends us to clean the tables. We both obey and go to our respective sides. People start to arrive filling the cafeteria pretty fast, this cafeteria is quite well known because the food Martha prepares is the best. Llilian and I go from one side to the other. The only thing I've noticed since I started is that no one is occupying Campbell and company's table. I seem to have summoned them because they appear through the cafeteria door. I roll my eyes again, I don't know how I haven't gone cross-eyed yet, I walk towards them. -Good afternoon, welcome to Matthew's, what would you like- I smile forcedly.
Saturday, thank goodness! I get up at half-past eight as I have to be at Matthew's at nine. I take a ten-minute shower. I decide on black jeans and a red top and over it my leather jacket. I put on my beloved military boots. I leave my half-wavy hair loose and grab my stuff to leave the apartment. I arrive at minus five, change and grab a brownie since I haven't had breakfast. *** -There's a party tonight, are you coming- Lilian asks when we leave, "it's at Mike's house, a soccer player," she continues explaining. I shrug my shoulders -that's a yes, I don't take no for an answer- she concludes- I'll pick you up at ten o'clock since it's a little bit out of the center, don't be late baby, bye- she says goodbye like crazy earning the looks of some people in the street, I deny amused and go back home. -I've seen your boxing gloves, I hope you haven't set foot in Bob's gym-she says as soon as I walk in the door. -I'm old enough to go wherever I want, then
P.O.V X I watch as she takes a couple of drinks and then goes to the makeshift dance floor. -Hi- says a squeaky voice, I turn my head to see a blonde poly-blonde looking at me "seductively", I raise my head in greeting and she sits next to me touching my arm. I see Axel going to the kitchen and shortly after Liam proposes me to some twins but I reject his offer, he shrugs his shoulders and goes after Axel to the kitchen. Shortly after I see them leave and followed by her. She goes back to the dance floor and I see a redhead come up to dance with her. I can't deny that she dances very well and I can tell she's made the redhead hot by the way she bites her lip, I roll my eyes, horny. The blonde sits on my lap and starts wiggling her ass on top of me making my friend slowly wake up and even though he wants to deny it Kara helps with that. I watch as she cobra's the redhead and goes to the kitchen I laugh and take a swig of my drink. I see the red-head c
We hear the little bell at the door and we turn to see if it is Uncle Bob but I get a big and not pleasant surprise when I see the person standing at the door looking at me with hatred, he approaches me and without expecting it I receive an open-handed blow on my cheek, the rings make the blow hurt much more. My head turns in the direction of the painful blow. I grimace and look at her. - You are an ungrateful, insolent little girl and as far as I can see a bitch, your things will be at the door, I don't want bitches in my house that the only thing they do is bother me- she says pissed off. I see Bob standing at the door of the cafeteria looking with surprise at the scene. - What did I do, as far as I know during all these years since what happened I have only been pleasing you- I say starting to get pissed off. - They have called me from the university because of what happened, and I don't even want you to take your father's last name- as soon as she says th
We are in Campbell's car on our way to the university and he still hasn't told me what his idea is. - Are you going to tell me once and for all what your idea is - I ask a little pissed off and he just looks at me mockingly and shakes his head and then fixes his gaze on the road again. I huff angrily and decide to look out the window for the rest of the way. When he parks it's my turn to crawl out of the car where I see Campbell holding in his laughter but he fails and starts laughing to which I elbow him and grab my backpack. - We will go to two of your classes and two of mine. -I ask, I didn't know he studied, and even less here, it's not because of the money, it's because I never imagined him studying. - Yes, any problem? Or the boxer of illegal fights can't study- he says half angry. - I didn't say that, I've never seen you around the campus in the time I've been here and I don't know - I say shrugging my shoulders - what do you st
We enter his apartment after a few long minutes of silence. The walls are white and gray, but a light gray that makes it seem more illuminated. He drags me into the kitchen where he pours himself a glass of water. I observe everything curiously and notice how he looks at me out of the corner of his eye but I don't give him any importance. He leaves the kitchen once he has drunk everything and we walk through a hallway, not very big and enters the room at the back. To my sight appears a room with gray tones and black bedspread, the room is a bit simple and very much in his style. -If you have finished scanning the house, can we take my pajamas? Thank you- he says, making me roll my eyes. He leads us to his closet where he grabs two sweatpants. He holds one out to me. -Thank you- I thank him, he nods and leads us to the bed where I let him change first and then quickly change myself. He gets up and we head to the bathroom where he gives me a new toothbrush. As
On Tuesday I was dodging my mother, who wanted to talk about me quitting boxing. Although we both know it's a waste of time for me to try since I love boxing with all my soul and it's something I've always shared with my father. In the afternoon, after working at Matthew's, I went with Martha to her house to take care of Kaia's little monster for the rest of the afternoon and evening. Once all the chatter and warnings and the management of her school had been released, they left, leaving me with the little girl. We spent the afternoon with tea, movies, homework and dolls. In the evening we decided to make a cabin and she forced me to promise her that Campbell would come to the next sleepover as she spent an hour asking me to call Campbell to come but I managed to convince her, this girl is stubborn. I find myself preparing breakfast while Kaia is sitting at the kitchen island wiggling her feet from the high chair I had to lift her into. I serve her pancakes and we st
Between Martha and Bob stands one with blue eyes like her mother's. Her blonde hair is in two little pink ponytails that match her little dress. Her blonde hair is tied up in two little pink ponytails that match her little dress. -This is our daughter Kaia, Kaia, this is Kara- Martha introduces us. I duck as she comes running towards me. She jumps on top of me and I catch her in time so she doesn't fall. -You're the one who always talks my daddy- she says excitedly and smiles at me showing me some small dimples and her teeth, which have two spaces because of the fall of these making her even more adorable. -How old are you?- I ask her smiling while she has her little hands on my cheeks, she pulls one of them away and shows me four little fingers indicating her age. -I'm a big girl now- she answers proudly. I laugh a little and hold her better. -Of course I am- I nod and put her down. She doesn't let go and as soon as she touches the floor she
Sunday goes by too fast and unfortunately it's Monday. I get out of bed wanting to kill someone so I can sleep for a thousand years. I jump in the shower so I can wake up completely. I do my routine and leave the apartment in good time, strange, but true. I walk leisurely until I reach the busy campus. I go straight to my first class without running into Lilian. The bell rings, ending today's classes, thank goodness. I go straight to the cafeteria. -Hello- I say hello to Martha, there are a couple of customers and today I haven't seen Lilian yet, strange. - Hello pretty -she answers me smiling from behind the bar- can we talk for a second?- she asks and I nod a little bit surprised, she leaves the bar and we sit at one of the many empty tables without any problem since the two customers there are already served. - I wanted to tell you that I know we don't know each other for long but I want you to know that you can count on me for anything, okay little girl?
P.O.V X I watch as she takes a couple of drinks and then goes to the makeshift dance floor. -Hi- says a squeaky voice, I turn my head to see a blonde poly-blonde looking at me "seductively", I raise my head in greeting and she sits next to me touching my arm. I see Axel going to the kitchen and shortly after Liam proposes me to some twins but I reject his offer, he shrugs his shoulders and goes after Axel to the kitchen. Shortly after I see them leave and followed by her. She goes back to the dance floor and I see a redhead come up to dance with her. I can't deny that she dances very well and I can tell she's made the redhead hot by the way she bites her lip, I roll my eyes, horny. The blonde sits on my lap and starts wiggling her ass on top of me making my friend slowly wake up and even though he wants to deny it Kara helps with that. I watch as she cobra's the redhead and goes to the kitchen I laugh and take a swig of my drink. I see the red-head c
Saturday, thank goodness! I get up at half-past eight as I have to be at Matthew's at nine. I take a ten-minute shower. I decide on black jeans and a red top and over it my leather jacket. I put on my beloved military boots. I leave my half-wavy hair loose and grab my stuff to leave the apartment. I arrive at minus five, change and grab a brownie since I haven't had breakfast. *** -There's a party tonight, are you coming- Lilian asks when we leave, "it's at Mike's house, a soccer player," she continues explaining. I shrug my shoulders -that's a yes, I don't take no for an answer- she concludes- I'll pick you up at ten o'clock since it's a little bit out of the center, don't be late baby, bye- she says goodbye like crazy earning the looks of some people in the street, I deny amused and go back home. -I've seen your boxing gloves, I hope you haven't set foot in Bob's gym-she says as soon as I walk in the door. -I'm old enough to go wherever I want, then
My knuckles are bruised but it doesn't matter. I get into the cafeteria on time. I greet them both and go to the little room where I change. Once changed I leave the room and approach Lilian. -What did Campbell say to you when he kicked us out? -He gave me a "warning" and I gave him another one- she looks at me with wide eyes but before she can speak Martha sends us to clean the tables. We both obey and go to our respective sides. People start to arrive filling the cafeteria pretty fast, this cafeteria is quite well known because the food Martha prepares is the best. Llilian and I go from one side to the other. The only thing I've noticed since I started is that no one is occupying Campbell and company's table. I seem to have summoned them because they appear through the cafeteria door. I roll my eyes again, I don't know how I haven't gone cross-eyed yet, I walk towards them. -Good afternoon, welcome to Matthew's, what would you like- I smile forcedly.