Axle
1038 Words
Katie looked at me completely sorry. I had gone to meet Mrs Emma who thankfully gave me a new top she had in her cabinet at her office. "I had no idea she'd do that. It's all my fault. I'm sorry Lissa." She looked pitiful.
Let's just go home, it's fine actually, I just don't know why she keeps picking on us" I looked away trying to hide my frustration. She called a cab and we headed home
Aunt Caroline had noticed my new top and sour mood when I got home.
"Oh dear, you look terrible, bad first day?" "You have no idea, I said bursting into tears again. I thought it'd be perfect" "well first days aren't the rosiest dear. Made new friends?" "I made enemies, enemies aunt Caroline " "oh no, that's bad , but I have just the thing for you. I knew your first day would be rough so I made your favourite, pepperoni pasta tofu and meatballs and yoghurt for dessert." She said as she opened the dishes on the table. My jaw dropped open. "Aunt Caroline?, This is a lot of food, we don't have that much money to eat this much in one sitting. "Yes, very true but it's a special occasion. I decide not to pay for the book club so I can set this up. After all,it's just a book club" I stared at her, she was just like my mother.
Tears rolled down my cheeks as I remembered how my mom would give up things she wanted to have just for me to be happy. I wiped my tears and ate the little I could, kissed my aunt Caroline goodnight before heading to my room upstairs to shower and freshen up. A call came in from Katie. I reluctantly picked up the call knowing full well that she wanted to apologize all over again.
True to that, she began apologizing all over again. Until I assured her everything was fine. It was just one day after all. There wasn't a guarantee that the next days of the week would be better or worse.
We decided to dress really nice for school the next day just to shame those nosey girls. After the call I decided to study a little of what we had learnt for the day. Then I decided to pick out an outfit. Aunt Carol had gotten me a few lovely thrift outfits that I could combine into something really nice so I selected the clothes, organized my bags and made sure to put everything in place in my tiny room. I really just wanted to look nice and fit in a little.
Everyone in the school seemed to wear expensive clothes, complimenting them with expensive jewelry. Even Katie dressed better and wore nicer clothes than I did. I was kinda excited and hoped the day would at least turn out better than than the previous day.
Axel's POV
I alighted my Lamborghini la voiture noiré. Our convoy had just arrived at the 'V' mansion from a concert at Toronto. My bros excitedly chattered as they walked behind me talking about all the pretty ladies they had encountered and how we rocked the Toronto pop festival. I had no interest in what they were saying so I kept silent and walked steadily till we got to the large entrance door to our living room. I knocked slightly even though I knew the door was open.
I can't open the door myself when we had maids to do them for me. It's their job obviously. The door sprung open almost immediately and we marched in, all four of us.
My mom sat with Ciara, my little sister, who dashed like lightening to hug me the moment she saw we had returned.
"Good evening big bro, how was the concert?" Ciara asked me excitedly. I picked her up and nudged her nose lightly. "It went well and how are you my little pumpkin?" I set her back on her feet as she dashed to hug the others behind me. My mom signalled at me to come sit beside her in the couch. "Good evening mom", I sat beside her and giving her a side hug. I hadn't seen her in days as we stayed at Toronto for over a week. Carl, sat beside her and smiled warmly as he greeted her. "You're all welcome, how was the concert, how was your stay at Toronto?" My mum began to bombard us with questions. "It was fine mom, everything went smoothly." I replied quickly trying to cut her off in the simplest and nicest way I could. "Oh that's wonderful, you all go upstairs and freshen up, dinner is in an hour." She looks at me sternly and says particularly "Axel, I don't want to have to send anyone to you up there once it's time, is that clear?" "Yes ma'am" I nod giving her a knowing smile. We immediately stood up and walked up the spiral staircase to our respective bedrooms. I felt uneasy, very uneasy, school suddenly came to my mind. It's been a month since we last went to school. I usually didn't like going to school, but my mom emphasized how important it was to balance work and school.
I saw no usefulness in going to the university when I was already a multi billionaire. I had everything I needed, and I could afford to feed the whole of Ontario for a whole year and still not break my bank. I only attend the school because my mom desperately wanted me to graduate and have a certificate. Today was quite different from other days as I had the unusual urge to attend classes the next day. After showering, I slipped into my silky Bottega Veneta nightwear then headed downstairs.
Everyone was already seated at the dinning table. They watchted as I sat down. "We'd be going to school tomorrow morning" I said calmly. Everyone looked shocked. This was the first time I actually wanted to go to school without being dragged by my mom and my bros. I winked at them before kissing my mom and little sister goodnight then heading up to my room.★★★★★
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