Four Letters in Reverse (FLIR #1) by Christina Channelle Page B
Authors: Christina Channelle
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Breathing in nothing but baked goodness as I waited for whatever it was in the oven to finish up was sometimes the mouthwatering highlight of my day.
Cupcakes, anyone?
If only that was an acceptable form of food for dinner. But I doubt Mom would believe it if I told her that cupcakes and brownies were recently added as a recommended daily food intake for teens aged thirteen to eighteen.
Sigh.
Tonight was a meat and potatoes kind of night and I was currently stuffed to the max with it. I rubbed my stomach and yawned; it was a miracle the buttons of my jeans weren’t popping. I lay on my bed, eyes closed, thankful for the quiet.
Marie was out playing with some of the other kids in the neighborhood, Mom was in her office writing, and Dad got an on-call appointment from the hospital during dinner so as soon as he’d finish eating, he was gone.
I let my mind wander … sometimes it was nice to let it do that. It had just started raining so I listened to the pitter-patter of raindrops against the windowpane near the head of my bed. I smiled, imagining Marie running for cover, the little bugger. One arm was tossed over my body, the other flung toward my headboard as I nodded off.
I wondered briefly what the kids at school would think of my glasses. Then I wondered why I cared so much. I thought about the rumor that Mr. Beech and Ms. Cooper were secretly dating and I frowned. I mean, how weird was that? I thought about the fact that my fingernails kept chipping and maybe it was about time I had my first real manicure, like Hannah, one of my best friends, kept pestering me to do.
My phone vibrated next to me and I blindly fumbled for the device. Opening my eyes, I chuckled when I saw it was from Hannah.
So … how does it look?!?!
I sat up in bed, reached for my glasses on the nightstand, and put them on. I quickly snapped a photo of myself and sent the image to Hannah.
I didn’t have to wait long.
Ugh, now I wanna wear glasses! They look AMAZING!!! Soooo jelly!
I smirked. Hannah was my own personal confidence booster. She was the best.
We texted back and forth for a few minutes more before promising to see each other at school the next day. I got up from bed and stretched, ready to tackle my homework that had seemed like a chore just minutes before. School didn’t seem like such a torture to go to tomorrow and I was really curious about one thing.
I wondered if anyone would notice my new look.
CHAPTER TWO
C LICK .
I snapped a photo of four gray baby rabbits nibbling on some flowers nearby from where I sat on a bench outside on the school grounds. It was after school, the buses had left full of kids, and I was waiting for Jade to pick me up. We were going to have a girl’s day out, just the two of us. Marie wanted to come but she was sick with the flu and was currently being waited on hand and foot by Mom and Dad.
I strongly believed it was karma for the whole “Four Eyes” comments.
Since the parents were spoiling Marie rotten, it was only fair that I would be spoiled too by another member of the family.
Jade was my sister but I’d only known her for not even a year. Mom and Dad had given her up for adoption when she was a baby when they were teenagers themselves, and had only recently been reunited with the family. I always knew about the sibling that I’d never met and wondered about her all the same: what she was like, what she looked like, if she would even like me.
Finally meeting her made me so happy about the whole thing because it was fun talking to someone that I was sure would show me the ropes when it came to life. It was also pretty amazing to be the younger sister for a change.
I stood from the bench and gingerly made my way closer to the bunnies, camera phone in front of me, finger hovering over the red button on my screen.
Click.
Rabbits were the cutest things ever. I wondered if Mom and Dad would notice if I brought one of them home, then laughed quietly at myself.
Yeah,
Cupcakes, anyone?
If only that was an acceptable form of food for dinner. But I doubt Mom would believe it if I told her that cupcakes and brownies were recently added as a recommended daily food intake for teens aged thirteen to eighteen.
Sigh.
Tonight was a meat and potatoes kind of night and I was currently stuffed to the max with it. I rubbed my stomach and yawned; it was a miracle the buttons of my jeans weren’t popping. I lay on my bed, eyes closed, thankful for the quiet.
Marie was out playing with some of the other kids in the neighborhood, Mom was in her office writing, and Dad got an on-call appointment from the hospital during dinner so as soon as he’d finish eating, he was gone.
I let my mind wander … sometimes it was nice to let it do that. It had just started raining so I listened to the pitter-patter of raindrops against the windowpane near the head of my bed. I smiled, imagining Marie running for cover, the little bugger. One arm was tossed over my body, the other flung toward my headboard as I nodded off.
I wondered briefly what the kids at school would think of my glasses. Then I wondered why I cared so much. I thought about the rumor that Mr. Beech and Ms. Cooper were secretly dating and I frowned. I mean, how weird was that? I thought about the fact that my fingernails kept chipping and maybe it was about time I had my first real manicure, like Hannah, one of my best friends, kept pestering me to do.
My phone vibrated next to me and I blindly fumbled for the device. Opening my eyes, I chuckled when I saw it was from Hannah.
So … how does it look?!?!
I sat up in bed, reached for my glasses on the nightstand, and put them on. I quickly snapped a photo of myself and sent the image to Hannah.
I didn’t have to wait long.
Ugh, now I wanna wear glasses! They look AMAZING!!! Soooo jelly!
I smirked. Hannah was my own personal confidence booster. She was the best.
We texted back and forth for a few minutes more before promising to see each other at school the next day. I got up from bed and stretched, ready to tackle my homework that had seemed like a chore just minutes before. School didn’t seem like such a torture to go to tomorrow and I was really curious about one thing.
I wondered if anyone would notice my new look.
CHAPTER TWO
C LICK .
I snapped a photo of four gray baby rabbits nibbling on some flowers nearby from where I sat on a bench outside on the school grounds. It was after school, the buses had left full of kids, and I was waiting for Jade to pick me up. We were going to have a girl’s day out, just the two of us. Marie wanted to come but she was sick with the flu and was currently being waited on hand and foot by Mom and Dad.
I strongly believed it was karma for the whole “Four Eyes” comments.
Since the parents were spoiling Marie rotten, it was only fair that I would be spoiled too by another member of the family.
Jade was my sister but I’d only known her for not even a year. Mom and Dad had given her up for adoption when she was a baby when they were teenagers themselves, and had only recently been reunited with the family. I always knew about the sibling that I’d never met and wondered about her all the same: what she was like, what she looked like, if she would even like me.
Finally meeting her made me so happy about the whole thing because it was fun talking to someone that I was sure would show me the ropes when it came to life. It was also pretty amazing to be the younger sister for a change.
I stood from the bench and gingerly made my way closer to the bunnies, camera phone in front of me, finger hovering over the red button on my screen.
Click.
Rabbits were the cutest things ever. I wondered if Mom and Dad would notice if I brought one of them home, then laughed quietly at myself.
Yeah,
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