My Life Started at the End of the World - 3. Chapter 3 - The Scott Family - Unconditionally

Holly shit I did it! I told the boy I love how I feel about him. We even had sex the same night! How did this happen? How did I manage to get him to go to bed with me.

I practically ran out of his house yesterday. I was just so excited! Then I realized that I needed to get Noah to talk to Aaron about everything. Which he told me he already handled. So that's a good thing.

Here I am though on the first day of school, at 7:30 am, still lying in bed. I would still be sleeping if Skylar, my little brother didn't come into the room screaming, “FIRST DAY OF HIGHSCHOOL!!” and bouncing on my bed.

Skylar, as I just said is my younger brother. I'm 15, he's 12, turning 13 soon. I'm actually 3 years older than him, my birthday is literally moments before the new year. Skylar is like a mini me. Everything I was just into, he's now into. So he plays all the sports I play and he even has my previous hair style.

If the kid could have everything the same as me he would. God, he would even copy my hair if mom let him. Skylar is my number one fan and I hate it. My mom thinks it's cute.

Speaking of my mom, she is starting her new job as the school nurse this year. Our old one moved to another city, I'm kinda happy. Mom went to school for Nursing but when she had me, she decided to be a stay-at-home mom. This is her first job in years!

My mom has never had long hair. In none of the photos when she was younger did she have long hair. It's still black like mine but mine is much longer. I got my blue eyes from her. She's a pretty chilled mom if you follow the rules.

My dad on the other hand can be pretty stubborn. He's been a cop for as many years as I've been alive. He's pretty in-shape too so you really don't wanna double cross him. Even with his hair getting as grey as his eyes.

Like I said before I've been told I look like my dad at my age. I've seen pics, we looked the same besides the hair. All in all Skylar 'looks like me' and I look like my dad... It's great.

“Aidyn, mom says to get your butt out of bed.” I rolled over to see my brother in my door way. Of course he's wearing something similar to what I wanted to wear. T-shirt, hoodie, and cargo shorts...

I threw the blankets off me, “Tell mom I'll be down in a minute. Has dad left for work yet?”

“He left just before I came up.” He stood in the doorway, “Do you really sleep in your underwear?”

He still sleeps in PJs, “Sometimes less.” He blushed and rushed off. “Now he's gonna start.”

I did my whole morning ritual. Showering, blow drying my hair, straightening the longer parts of them and finishing up, making sure it looks good. I've done this for almost a year now, I've got it all down. Finally I got dressed and made my way downstairs.

By the time I got to the kitchen for breakfast, everyone was done eating. I sat on the counter and started eating “You take forever to get ready in the morning.” Skylar mentioned out of the blue.

“Looking good takes time, kid.” He gave his little kid giggle.

Mom walked in, “Aidyn can you be ready in 5 minutes?”

“Sure mom, what's up?” I took a big bite of toast and listened.

“I just want to make sure my office is in order. I'm a little nervous, tomorrow and on we'll leave a little later.” Funny, mom is honestly nervous about something. Usually she says, 'I'm not nervous' and leaves it at that.

I took a gulp of milk and took another bite of toast. I nodded, “I'll be ready.” I spoke with my mouth full. Mom looked at me and shook her head. I smiled as she walked off. She would have gotten mad if she wasn't so busy being nervous.

Like I said, I was ready when mom wanted me to be. I took my shotgun seat even as Skylar yelled, “SHOTGUN!” from the doorway.

“Just lock the door Sky!” I yelled back at him.

He locked the door and sat in the backseat, “I called shotgun.”

“And I sat down there before you even locked the door. You know the rules, last one out locks the door.” He kicked my seat and crossed his arms.

The ride to school was quiet. Skylar and I usually just stare out the window of our car. Mom focuses on driving, especially when she's nervous.

We got there and Dad's cop car was waiting by the front door. Dad was waiting by the main office with a bouquet of flowers. “Good luck, you'll be great.”

She took the flowers and kissed dad. “You're so silly. Shouldn't you be working?”

“I'm on patrol right now. I better get going though.” With another kiss dad went to leave. He stopped at us though. “Have a good first day of school. Aidyn help your brother out if he needs it.”

“Whatever, he'll do fine.” I rolled my eyes. Dad grabbed my arm and brought me closer to the main entrance, “What, he's fine. I was fine on my first day.”

“Aidyn, Sky loves you and looks up to you and you shoot him off. Just do your mother and I a favour and help Sky out if he needs it. There is no doubt that he will now.”

“Ya now that you've said I have too.” I looked outside to see Aaron and Noah walking up to the main entrance. “I'll help him out on major things, no stupid things.”

Dad raised his hands, “Fair enough, I'll see you tonight. Love you.” I just waved as he went towards his car.

Noah came through the door, “What was that about?”

“He's my dad. My mom is the new school nurse.” Noah nodded. “I gotta take care of my little brother if he needs anything.”

Aaron looked towards the office, “Is that your brother?” I nodded. “He's adorable. He looks just like you.”

“Thanks?” The sarcasm in my voice could be heard across the hall. “He's rather annoying sometimes.”

Noah smiled, “Little brothers aren't as bad as people make them.” His conviction in that statement was clear. I didn't wanna make a comment. “Do you know where the homeroom listings are?”

“Office window, like last year.” Aaron smiled, “Come on lets go see who you got.”

We walked back to the office. Skylar was still standing there looking over the sheets. A confused look on his face, “Where am I?” He continued looking.

I put my hands on his shoulder, “You don't get a list.”

He turned around and looked at me. “Then how do I know where to go?” He almost sounded like he was gonna cry.

Aaron smiled at him, “Grade eights get brought to their classes after the assembly by some senior students. I'm Aaron Schwarz, one of Aidyn's friends.”

He looked at her, obviously at her boobs and blushed, “My name is Skylar. My friends call me Sky.”

“You're a cutie, Sky. Come with me I'll show you around.” And just like that Aaron and Sky were off and out of my hair.

Noah giggled, I looked at him, “What?”

“Your face relaxed when Aaron took Sky away.” His smile was so adorable.

My mom came out of the office, “Aidyn where did Sky go?”

“My friend Aaron is showing him around.”

Mom's smile grew, “That's nice to hear. Who is this? You've never been to the house before.”

Noah stuck out his hand, “My name is Noah Wesley. Nice to meet you Mrs. Scott.” Mom shook his hand. “We should probably get going to the assembly. I hope I don't see you too often at school, Mrs. Scott.”

“I agree, I do hope to see you around though.” And like that we were gone.

Almost immediately after leaving an announcement was made saying to gather in the gym. So we made our way to the gym and sat down in the bleachers. I couldn't believe I hadn't seen any of my other friends yet. Usually I would have seen Bryce by now.

Like I thought the assembly was long and boring. The principle welcomed us back, introduced my mom to the school, and went over the school rules. I already know everything they could have said. In no time we were sent to homeroom.

Noah and I had homerooms close by each other so we decided to walk together. Just as we got out of the gym I got tackled by Bryce, “Dude, where have you been!? I've been looking everywhere for you!”

Bryce is always bouncing around. It's the reason why we think his brown hair is so curly. It doesn't help that he never shuts up. People say his brown eyes will be the death of his virginity... one day.

“I've been around.” I dusted off my cloths as he put his arm around my shoulder.

He looked over at Noah, “Hey Noah, what are you two doing hanging out?”

Noah blushed and looked away. I took Bryce's arm off my shoulder and answered, “At Aaron's party the other night we got to know each other. He's a pretty cool guy, so we're hanging out.”

Bryce shrugged, “Sounds good to me. Always felt bad for you, to be honest. But you seem to handle yourself just fine.”

Noah nodded, “The bullies don't get to me much. I try not to let it bug me.”

“Well Noah, me and Aidyn will help you out from now on.”

Noah giggled, “Aidyn and I, Bryce.”

“Whatever! You'll be our fourth musketeer!”

“Fourth?” Noah looked over at me confused. “Who's number three?”

I looked over at Bryce, “How do you think Chance will handle this?”

“He'll get over it. He's not a tough nut to crack.”

Still confused, we explained to Noah who Chance is. Chance is our childhood friend who is somewhat homophobic. He got hit on by a gay guy during summer and flipped out. He's an all around cool guy but can be a dick at times.

Noah's conclusion of Chance was, “So, I'm not gonna get along with him at first.”

Bryce nodded, “It shouldn't be too bad. Just don't hit on him.”

Noah thought about it for a moment. “I don't think he'll be my type anyways.”

We all had a good laugh just before separating to our homerooms. Noah looked back at me as he went into his class. I could tell he wanted to blow me a kiss but resisted. I gave a little wave which he returned and continued on.

Boring homeroom is boring. School in general is boring... Lets just hope that the school year will be pretty awesome.

Chapter end.