Naomi POV
Last night dinner was the same as always, Riley was awkwardly quiet where her dad tried to make conversation. She ignored him as usual and I jumped in to save him the embarrassment by talking to him.
As I laid on the grass I looked up at the clear blue sky admiring its beauty, a sign escaped my lips as I remembered that it was the end of summer. Just a few days form now I'll be a high school senior with a jam packed schedule and enough homework to kill me literally.
While everyone mu age was worry about what they were going to wear to the end of summer party, I'm here thinking about how stressful school will be.
No wonder even the nerds avoid me.
I laugh at my own joke when I hear my uncle calling my name. I decided to answer on the first call.
"I'm out here!" I yell back. After s few seconds he comes and to view as he walks over to me with a smile on his face.
"I bought a cake and I wanted all three of us to go greet the neighbors together." He says with a bright smile on his face.
I instantly frowned at him, he knows I'm not good with people.
"Come on, we're just introducing ourselves so they feel welcomed." He pleads.
"Fine but only of Riley agrees." I shot back knowing shell say no.
A smirk creeped onto his face and I instantly knew something was up, I narrowed my eyes into slit and his smirk turned into a smile before he spoke.
"She already did."
"No way-
"Are you two coming or not!" I hear Riley grunt loudly.
I slowly get up from my sitting and then stand up I dust off my jeans to make sure there is no grass sticking to me.
My uncle smiles at me and I return it and we walk over to Riley who shoves the chiffon cake into my hands.
I swear he's the most unhealthy doctor I've ever seen. And trust me ive seen a lot of doctors in my short life.
We cross the street with him leading the way while Riley grumbles and glares at me. He rings the doorbell a couple times before pushing his hands into his pockets, he had his usual friendly smile in place with his usual relaxed look.
He looks like your typical nice guy that's also good looking, soon the door slowly opens and it was the Asian woman from yesterday.
"Hi, how can I help you?" She says in a friendly tone with a small friendly smile on her face. To say she was beautiful was an understatement, she was absolutely stunning, she had a perfectly straight nose and wide bambi eyes and v shaped face not to mention her perfectly clear skin.
"Hello, I'm Dave and these are my two daughters" Riley scoffs at the word daughter's and I sigh. " we say you moving in yesterday so we came to welcome you to our neighborhood and we hope you like it here." She says with a bright smile.
"Hi I'm Riley. Nice to meet you." Riley's says with a face smile in a sweet voice.
"Hi I'm Naomi and this is for you I hope you enjoy it." I say smiling at her.
"Oh you didn't have to this is so sweet, thank you so much." She say with suprise as she takes carefully takes cake. "Excuse me for a second, Hero come meet the neighbors!" She yells before giving is an apologetic smile. "You can just call me Suna by the way."
We hear a male voice say something in what I assume to be their native language. I wasn't sure if it was Chinese, Korean or Japanese but I knew it was one of those languages.
A tall figure stalks over to her and as he gets closer I realize that's he looks a bit too young to be her husband, unless she's into younger guys.
"This is my son Hero, introduce yourself and don't be rude."
"Hi I'm Hero, nice to meet you." I was so shocked by his deep voice that I couldn't speak or move. Not to mention how good looking he was.
David clearing his throat brought me back to my senses and the sound of Riley's fake sweet voice.
"Hi I'm Riley, its nice to meet you too. Will you be going to school with us?" She asks while reaching for a handshake.
"Uh yeah I will and you are?" He asks turning his gaze to me.
"Umm hi, I'm Naomi and this is Dave it's nice to meet you." I say with a polite smile.
Dave gives him a curt nod and he returns it.
"Great, I'll see you guys around I still have a lot of unpacking to do." He says and I realize how good his English was and when his mom spoke I noticed she still had an accent.
"Hes right we still have a lot of unpacking to do, thank you again for this lovely cake." She says with a wide smile and bowing slightly.
"I could help you guys out if thats okay?" Riley suggests in a chirpy tone.
"Oh no I wouldn't want to bother you! And you must have plans with your friends."
"Nope, I'm free and I'd love to help." She say giving her a broad smile.
The woman looks at Dave for assurance and that's what she got.
"I'm sure she will do a great job of helping you. And I have to get yo work do I'll see all of you later." He says his goodbyes and leaves us standing there.
"Well come on in then." The woman says to Riley then looks at me in askance and I just stand there awkwardly.
I remember reading somewhere that bowing is sign of respect so I bow slightly and mumble 'have a grate day" before scurrying away.
I didn't look back out of fear of seeing distaste or disappointment on her face. I went straight into the house and into my room. I take a few calming breaths before look across the street.
I saw straight into Hero's room just like last night, he didn't even care. He was sprawled across his bed and I could clearly see large boxes thay needed to be unpacked.
He suddenly got up and I suddenly panicked. I I desperately wanted to move but I was frozen in place buy shock guilt and embarrassment.
He just stood there looking at me with a black expression.
And then he suddenly smiled.
My brain managed to start working again and I hurried over to my window and closed the drapes.
Damn it! Now he thinks I'm creep.
I wish the earth could just open up and swallow me whole never to be seen again.
I bet hes going to tell Riley about this and then she's either going to blackmail me with it or spread it like wild fire as soon as school reopens.
My senior year hasn't started and its already over.
Naomi's POVThere was a strange buzz circulating through my body. I can't remember the last time I felt like thisIs thus what excitement felt like?Was I really thar excited to go to a party?I rummage through all my clothes but I couldn't find anything similar to what Riley and her friends were to these parties.I don't even know what I'm going to do with my hair.Why do high schoolers go these things? They're so stressful.I pull out the tightest pair of ripped jeans I own then begin the search for the only crop top I own. It was a white spaghetti strap crop top with a cute blue butterfly embroidered in the center of of it.After finding my outfit I headed straight for the shower, as I washed my hair I wondered what I was going to do with it for the party.
Naomi's POVCollege.The one thing everyone should be thinking about. But instead, only 10% of us take it seriously maybe even less. Instead of thinking about our future we think about out next move, the next party and an array of things that's aren't as important as our future.Frankly thinking about is stressful, so why not avoid the thought completely whenever you can? Focus on enjoying your last year of high school before officially becoming an adult.At least that's what I think other kids my age are thinking.But for me it's different.I try to steer clear of those thoughts, even though they ever so often cross my mind as if they think I don't have other things to worry about.As lay on the grass these are things that float freely through my mind, I much to think about and most days it feels
Riley's POVMy brain felt like it was going to explode from all the thinking I've been doing lately.I lied to dad at dinner earlier when I said I didn't choose a college yet, in fact I had chosen three. I've even drafted up application letters and started doing research about the different scholarships I could apply for.I was too afraid to tell him all of this incase he wasn't able to afford it. I know he told me not to worry but I can't help but worry.Ever since our mom's died, he's been the only one taking care of us, none of our family members ever chipped in to help dad. The only time we ever got help was to pay for the funeral.Not to mention, only time they call is once a year on the anniversary of our mom's death and that's it. They don't call on birthdays, they don't call at Thanksgiving, the don't even call for Christmas and new y
Naomi's POVI found myself glued to the romance book that Josh suggested, it was no doubt one of the best romance books I've ever read.The sound of knocking on my door sounded so distant that I almost didn't answer."Come in!" I yell disturbed.The door suddenly flew open. "Why would I want to come into your book infested room?" Riley says irritated."I'm pretty sure you have a lot of books in your room" I deadpanned."Not as much as you do, like get a life. Anyways I came to tell you dinner is ready." She scoffs before walking away.Its been like this between us lately, she's talking to me way more than usual. I think its because of what I said in the car the other day.I painfully close the book telling it goodbye as I went downstairs for dinner."You've
Naomi's POV Its been a few days since the Amber incident and she hasn't approached me since. I guess the warning Riley gave her worked. I was still a bit down because I didn't get the books wanted Saturday. All the book groups are still buzzing about the books, some people even start getting ther books already. While I had nothing to look forward to. And nothing new to read. To cheer myself up I decided to go to the bookstore down the road, even its run by an old lady she tries her best to keep up with the latest stories and the most popular one while still having all the classics available. Since I'm going to walk there I decided to put on sneakers instead of flats, I glance at my hoodie but decides to leave it, it's just the middle of September the evening's not going to be that chilly. I
Naomi's POVThe weekend came and went as quickly as it came, Hero and Riley didn't get caught thanks to my efforts.And as for me I was miserable. All everyone online talks about online are the books that I faild to purchase.Where does being a good person get you? I'll tell you, nowhere.I leaned against my locker sliding down to the ground in the almost empty halls during lunch time. I pulled out my lunch from my bag and ate it silently.Some gave me weird looks while others just mind their own business. Other loners like myself join and did the same thing I was. One of them even smirked at me."Eww your all so disgusting, can't you get some friends or get a life." A girl named Amber says giving all of us disgusted looks and she walked."Especially you. Pill popper." She scowls at me.