The Sibling Diaries
Chapter 1
Part 1 of 2
Authors note : 8 part series.. This chapter is in two parts. A lot of the first chapter is build up. After that it's into the good stuff, so bare with me please. The next chapter will follow the first rather quickly as these early chapters have been prewritten.
Character Sheet
Alex (Main Character)
Emily (Sister)
Melissa (Sisters Friend)
Brian (Alex's Friend)
Rose (Alex's Crush)
Mandy (Brian's Girlfriend)
Maddison (Cheerleader)
Brad (School Bully)
Benson (Head coach)
Mrs Willaims (Teacher)
Mr Bennett (Teacher)
Part 1
It was the day before the big game. The first game of the new academic year. His senior year.
Finally after many years Alex was a senior. All the benefits that came with being a senior at GreenDale High were about to be his. Coach Benson sent out the emails for the prep before the big game. The first game of the new year was always a full house. Students would be packed to the rafters.
Now a senior, Alex was made Point Guard in the men's basketball team. He'd played there many times before. It was actually his preferred position. He wondered whether his family would be able to make it.
Alex supposed the day wasn't going to get itself.
Sitting up in bed, Alex rubbed at his eyes. Birds chirped from outside his bedroom window and the sun was poking through the curtain.
"Alex! Get up, we're going to be late!" Emily shouted from beyond his bedroom door.
Despite being a senior, his Sister still had to give him a ride to school every morning. That was at least until he got a car. Now at college, Emily was no longer the popular girl in school. She wasn't the bitchy kind of cheerleader. For the most part she was nice, sometimes very tormenting like Sisters can be, but all in all she wasn't that bad to be around.
She was two years older at twenty years of age and more womanly now than she was two years ago as a senior herself. Emily liked to play the parent sometimes. It was as if she felt it was her duty to baby him.
Alex finally got out of bed and descended the stairs into the open living room and kitchen. His Mother Nancy was sat at the table with their father Derrick who was enjoying the morning paper and a large cup of coffee.
"All set for the big trip Dad?" He asked, as he grabbed at the milk from the refrigerator, before pouring himself a bowl of cereal.
"Two flights. One from here to Edinburgh, then from Edinburgh to Berlin."
"How many hours is that?" His mother, asked.
"Fourteen I think. No, fourteen and a half." He corrected himself.
"Two weeks and I'll be back. Don't you guys worry." Derrick, said.
Alex and Emily were used to their Dad always flying out to another country on business. He'd done it ever since they were little and with him now coming into the peak of his career he wasn't likely to stop anytime soon.
His Mother on the other hand, she worked late nights at the hospital as a nurse in the elderly ward. If Nancy was home before 8 o'clock it was some kind of miracle.
Emily turned to leave. She'd had enough of waiting on him. Her jet black hair swished around as she spun on her heels and left.
"Are you watching your time honey?" His mother asked as she gestured towards the clock above the door.
After a quick glance at the clock, Alex realised he was late. "Oh Shoot!" He scoffed down the last of his cereal and made for the door.
Emily beeped at the horn of her car until Alex sat himself in the passenger seat.
"What is with you this morning?" He asked.
"I'm gonna be late for college because of you! Get your own car already!" She moaned.
"I'm working on it!" He felt the need to shout back for some odd reason. "Now will you chill out. What's got your panties in a twist?"
"My panties, for your information are not in a twist. I just have a lot on my plate today. I'm sure you'll be the same tomorrow with your 'big game.'" She mocked.
"Yeez, Emily. You are up tight about something that's for sure." He chuckled.
"I'm not up tight." She made an effort at sounding calm.
"I have a test." She said. "First day of the semester and they are testing us! Can you believe that!"
Alex started to worry that Emily wouldn't be able to concentrate on the road. In her state of panic she was driving much faster than usual. Alex gripped at the handle above the door for support in his seat as the cars whooshed by.
"You're smart, I'm sure you'll be fine." He reassured her.
"Tests are easy when you revise. This is a shock test. To see where we are at."
"Then there should be no problem. Just show them what you can do."
After that, Emily started to calm down a little.
She supposed that maybe he was right. That it isn't the end of the world. She is smart, all she had to do was show it.
After the ten minute drive Emily pulled into the parking lot outside of the school. Normally kids would be walking like a hoard of zombies towards the entrance. Alex was late however and the school could be mistaken for being closed with it being so quiet.
"Here we are." She said, as she cranked the Handbrake.
Before leaving the car Alex turned to his Sister. She'd crashed her car before in a state of panic and he didn't want her to do the same again.
"Listen. You'll do fine. You're the smartest person I know. Stop worrying so much. You wouldn't be there if they didn't think that you were good enough and I can assure you, you are."
Emily smiled back at him for the first time that morning. He could sure be a real sweetheart when he wanted to be. "When did he get so mature?" She thought. He'd grown a lot over the past year. No longer was he so slender and small. He'd grown a good few inches and his stature had filled out quite a bit too. Suddenly Emily started to feel very warm.
"You better go, you're already late." She smiled.
Emily leant over and gave her brother a gentle peck on the cheek. Alex couldn't believe what she'd done.
"What was that for?" Alex blushed. He didn't know how to react. She'd never done that before.
"Will you go!" She laughed at the expression on his face.
As if in a daze, Alex shut the car door and watched it pull away onto the road. He felt his cheek where his sisters lips had just been.
"Hey, Alex!" Brian jogged towards him from around the corner. "Late too huh?"
Alex kept staring.
"You alright?" Brian waved a hand in front of his face.
Alex shook off whatever daydream that he had been lost in. "We better get to class." He said.
"You think?" Brian gave him a look of confusion.
Alex and Brian walked down the empty hall. Their footsteps echoed around every corner. Not a soul was outside of a classroom. It was rather eerie like this. It was then that he wondered what this place would be like at night.
"Why can I never find what class we're in?" Alex moaned as he looked from left to right at the end of the hall.
"I think we're down here." Brian tugged at Alex's sweatshirt.
They made it half way down the hall
Before they heard footsteps slowly approaching from around the corner. Mr Bennett appeared from behind a row of lockers. His long nose and button like eyes stared right through him
"What are you boys doing out of class?" Mr Bennett glared down his crooked nose at them.
"We couldn't find..." Brian had begun before Mr Bennett had cut him off.
"Couldn't find your class? You boys are seniors now you know. You're expected to be on time, to set an example."
Alex screwed his eyes up at him. Mr Bennett was nothing but a bully, worse that Chad Hogan. Mr Bennett even bullied some of the Teachers too. The ones he saw to be lesser than himself. Alex reckoned he fancied the head teacher post as it had freed up come the start of the new semester.
"We'll just head to class now. I think it's this way."
Brian again tried to tug at Alex's sweatshirt. As if to lead him away from the impending danger of detention.