Austin McBroom's Story

"Come on up and at 'em!" The sound of her mother's voice broke the silence that had once filled the air. Malia never bothered with an alarm because her mother was her alarm. Every morning at six o'clock on the dot her mother would come into her room and do whatever it took to wake her sleeping child and make her get ready for school. Today would be no different than the others as her mother clapped her hands twice and Malia's room light came on. "Let's go guys! Malia. Austin. Madison. Come on, get up." The only response the woman got was the inaudible mumbles of her teenage daughter as the girl burrowed herself deeper underneath the covers. "Oh, no you don't!" she could hear the sound of her mother's flip-flops scurrying across the room as she came to the side of Malia's king-sized bed and yanked the bedding off the bed. "No momma! Why?!" Malila whined as her body immediately missed the warmth of her comforter. "School. Now." Her mother spoke as Malia propped herself up on her elbows as she let out a tired yawn. She watched as her mother snatch the blanket off of Austin who had slept on her bedroom floor. "If I don't hear showers running in five minutes I'll be back here with buckets of ice water. Don't test me." Malia let herself fall back into her bed as she eyed her mother as she left her room.

Looking to her right Madison was still fast asleep beside her. Sliding off the bed she picked up the pillow she had slept on and began repeatedly hitting her friend with it. "Wake up. Wake up. Wake up. Wake Up!" She yelled until Madison had finally jolted awake. Turning to look at Austin who had just finished folding up his blanket she spoke, "Alright. Let's get these showers going because ya know my mom is not kidding when she says she'll be back her with ice water." This was the far from the rest time Austin or Madison had stayed over at her house. In fact the three teens often spent the night at one another's homes. Malia had known Madison since junior high. They had met when things were really getting heated in her parents' divorce and Madison had spent many nights at her place just to escape the drama. The two girls had met Austin during their freshman year on the football field. The girls had been trying out for cheerleading and Austin for football. Since then the three friends had been thick as thieves. So much so that they both had they're very own rooms at Malia's place, and she at theirs.

As Austin and Madison both got a move on Malia walked to the side of her room where her closet was located and opened the door to the walk-in-closet. Living in Cali wasn't like living in New York City where the weather was always consistently changing which was one of the many things she loved about California. On any given day she could wear a pair of shorts or a nice dress and she was fine. Today was one of those beautiful Cali days and she immediately found herself standing in the dress section of her closet. She sorted through her dresses until finally selecting the one she wanted to wear to school. Taking out her unworn Azzedine Alaia dress she paired it with her metallic gold cracked leather Laurence Dacade sandals. She was about to exit her closet when the word accessories popped into her mind. She really didn't feel like doing it all big and flashy with the accessories today but the outfit needed something. Selecting her Estelle Dévé rhodium plated textured raven wing bracelet that she had gotten on sale for ninety bucks.

Satisfied with her outfit of the day she exited closet re-entering her bedroom. Setting her sandals down at the foot of her bed she placed her dress and blanket on her bed. In the time it took her to pick out her clothes her bed had been made by one of the maids. By the time she got out her shower her dress would be taken, ironed and placed back on the bed. It took her about thirty to forty minutes to shower, get dressed, do her hair which she styled putting it into a bohemian side braid and do her makeup. Her makeup she had kept light today going for a more natural look. Grabbing her messenger book bag she headed downstairs to the kitchen were Austin and Madison were already eating breakfast. Felicia, one of the family cook's, placed a plate in her hands when she saw the second lady of the house enter the kitchen. "Gracias Felicia." She said taking the plate which held a ham and mozzarella cheese omelet with four pieces of lightly toasted buttered toast on it. "No hay problema, como siempre Ms.Chandler. Ahora siéntate y come antes de su tarde a la escuela." The woman shooed her to the table where her friends, little brother and mother sat.

She wasn't surprised to not see her father at the table with the family as he usually worked through the night and slept during the mornings and was awake by the time she got home from school. Small talk was made and before long it was time for everyone to head out for school. Seeing as her mother wasn't busy preparing for some event she would be taking Justin to school. Deciding to be green for a day Malia, Austin and Madison had decided on carpooling to school instead of driving their own individual cars. No surprise to her that it had always been decided that they would be taking her car and that she would drive. As meals were finished Malia kissed her mother and brother goodbye and hurried out the door with Austin and Madison in toe. It was about 7:15 when they left the house and with the way Malia drove they would be at the school by 7:30 possible 7:45 depending on traffic.

At around six o'clock Austin got a text from Malia telling him to come over to her place. He hadn't been doing anything at the time so of course he went over. Madison arrived around close to seven with two plastic bags full of ice cream she got from Family Dollar. The had hung together in the kitchen eating like four pints of ice cream a piece. Which one of them came up the idea to play the wii after eating that much ice cream he couldn't tell you but with cheer and football season upon them they had to find some way to work off all that ice cream. They had played a bunch of different games; Wii Sports, Just Dance 2 and 4, Zumba Fitness: World Party and a several other ones before crashing in Malia's room.

He wasn't sure what time they had all gone to sleep but he was sure he hadn't slept for long enough before Malia's mom came into the room. He had tried to ignore the sound of her voice but when she ripped his blanket from him any chance he had of going back to sleep died. She dropped the blanket at his feet as she spoke of returning with ice water if the three teens didn't get up and start getting ready for school. Austin had had the privilege of being doused in ice water once by Malia's mother and that was not something he wanted to re-experience. Getting up off the floor he immediately cracked his back as he always did before folding up his blanket as Malia started plumping Madison with a pillow. He could help but laugh as Malia got the job done and woke Madison up. "Alright. Let's get these showers going because ya know my mom is not kidding when she says she'll be back her with ice water." Austin nodded in agreement, "Of course I know it. I've felt it."

As Malia went into her closet to find something to wear Austin and Madison went to their own rooms to do the same. Austin tore his room apart as he just couldn't seem to the find the perfect first day of school outfit. Standing in the middle of the floor wearing nothing but a pair of boxers, pair socks, a wrist band and a hat he covered his face with his hands as he was feeling to tired to function. Giving up for the time being he opted to take a shower first and find something to wear after. It took him about twenty minutes to shower, do his other hygienic things and style his hair the way he liked it. Walking out of the steamy bathroom with a towel wrapped around his waist he felt refreshed and awake. His room had been cleaned while he had been in the bathroom which he was happy for.

Fully awake and alert now he found something to wear in minutes. Putting on a wife beater he put he shirt on over it. It was a nice day outside so instead of throwing on jeans he put on a pair of shorts and a pair of hi-tops. He was the first of the teens to make it downstairs for breakfast. He thanked the cook for his food and sat down at the table next to Malia's little brother Justin and her mother. Justin was one of Austin's biggest fans and all he could talk about was how pumped he was for the new school year. Not because he starting junior high or because he was going to be seeing his school friends again but because sport season was starting back up for Austin. With Malia being on the cheerleading squad her family came to the games to mostly support her but they also came for Madison and him as well. Due to his dad's work schedule he couldn't always be there but his mom and the Chandlers he could always find screaming in the stands.

Madison had made it down the stairs first entering the kitchen. She said pleasant good mornings to everyone in attendance to which Austin had replied with a good morning of his own. By the time Malia had joined them all downstairs Austin was done with his food and downing his glass of orange juice. Felicia cleaned his plate and glass from the table once he was done which he thanked her for. He spent the rest of breakfast time chatting it up with the others before it was time for the teens to get on the food for school. He said goodbye to the kitchen staff along with Malia's mother and brother before following the ladies out the door.

He hadn't bother bringing out his book bag as it was only the first day of school. Nothing major ever happened on the first day as it was usually filled with kids swapping classes because they had been put into the wrong classes, teacher introducing themselves and messing up kids names of the attendance and mainly student reuniting with others who they hadn't kept in touch with over the vacation. Madison was still in sleep mode as she crawled into the backseat and went back to sleep, which put Austin up front in the passenger seat.

Normally it would take a person about thirty minutes to get from Malia's house to the school in no traffic. However, with the way Malia drove they ended up at the school in half the time and thankful to still be alive. He loved her pieces but riding in the car with her was like playing russian roulette with your life. "Okay next time I'll drive." He said as Malia parked her car in the closet spot she could find to the main entrance. Reaching into the backseat he shook Madison waking her up as Malia turned off the car. "Wakey. Wakey. Time for school." When he heard her yawn he knew she was up and so he got out of the car. "I hate school." Madison stated as she got out of the car and put her bag on over her shoulder. "No, actually you love school. You just hate mornings.", he said moving a strand of hair out her face. As Malia walked over to the other side of the car where he stood with Madison the two cheerleaders linked arms as Madison rested her head on Malia's shoulder. "God I miss summer." Austin laughed at the pouty face she directed at him. "Spoken like a true teenager. Or any age student."

"Come on, let's get this day started." He said taking the lead as he walked towards the main school building. Pushing open the double doors he let the two girls walked in first before walking in behind them. The second the three popular teens entered the building their names were shouted from almost every direction. "I'll see you guys in first period." He spoke to Malia and Madison as his fellow jocks pulled him away to caught up and talk about everything that happened over the summer.