The beginning
'Cuz the players gonna play play play
And the haters gonna hate hate hate
But I am just gonna shake shake shake
Shake it off
Shake it ..′
I turn off my alarm clock and thought to myself 'just five more minutes 'I close my eyes and drift off to dreamland again.
I wake with a gasp as I feel ice-cold water running down my back. And I hear few snickers escape a mouth. I turn to find my brother trying his best not to laugh, but it is in vain as he starts laughing clutching the table nearby to hold himself up.
"You ..you..should've seen your face it was priceless ha ha ha".
I give him my best death glare while he smirks at me "Keith you have three seconds" his smirk falls a bit "to run before I roast you alive" I say with gritted teeth.
My brother has fear written all over his face because no one wakes me up and gets to see another day I mean it no one.
"1 .. " and my brother dashes out the door like his life depends on it.
"2 and 3..." I jolt up from my bed and run after him and I see him running outside through the back door. I didn't follow him instead I went to the fridge and got a handful of ice cubes.
I go to my backyard through the front door and I spot him peeking into the house through the door. Thankfully his back was towards me. I tiptoe ever so slowly with a huge grin on my face. I pull the back of his pants and dump the ice cubes inside.
"Aahhhh holy mother theresa" he screams and I am on the ground laughing my butt off as he dances weirdly trying to get the ice cubes out of his pants. He gives me a death glare while I just smirk at him. And all so soon his glare turns into a smirk. Oh God that is not good I think and I start running, I see him following me.
"Ah, it's cold it's cold cold" I scream as my brother is spraying me with the hose.
It turns into a full-blown water fight and we play like that for the next hour.
After my brother was satisfied with his revenge we go inside and got ready for the day. I wore a white t-shirt which says girl power and black jeans.
I go downstairs and find my brother making dosas. I must say he is a better cook than me.
He looks at me and sets a plate with dosas before me.
"Nutella or peanut butter?" he asks.
"Nutella" I say and we eat having simple talks.
"I am gonna miss you so much ara" my brother says I look at him and give him a small smile.
"I know Kei I will miss you too" I say with a sad smile.
You all might be wondering where I am going? I am going all the way to America to do my senior year as an Exchange student.
"After you go, I will be so lonely no one will be here to fight with me" my brother says with a pout.
I give out a small chuckle even though Kei is nineteen he acts like a baby. Our parents died two years ago due to a car crash and he is the only family I have left.
"That's why my dear brother you have to find yourself a girl" I say.
"Yeah yeah as if girls are waiting for me to date them" he tells me with sarcasm.
I am not gonna lie my brother is handsome it's just that my brother is annoying he pulls pranks even if it is his girlfriend, and not just simple pranks huge ones and I mean huge.
Once he pranked his ex-girlfriend two years ago that he is moving all the way to Australia and he even threw a going-away party for himself to make the prank more believable.
The girl was crying so bad so when my brother told her that it was a prank, she took her heel and gave one tight slap across his face and you can guess what happened after that. Yeah, that's right they broke up.
I chuckle at the memory
"You are thinking about the moving away prank aren't you".
"Yes that was epic" I tell him.
"Yeah I know" he tells me with a smirk.
"Wait for the girl who loves your annoying character and your pranks big bro. She is the one who loves you for who you truly are" I tell him and go upstairs.
I see a face time request on my laptop it is from my two best friends Anna and Divya.
"Hey Kia how are you " they both scream making me wince.
"Why do you guys always scream when I answer the call?" I ask them.
"That's because you love it" Anna tells me with a sarcastic grin.
I sigh, I love my friends but they do everything they can to annoy me.
"But seriously we are gonna miss you" Div says.
"I know you guys, but you know it has been my dream to go to America" I say
"Yeah, we know. You never shut up about it." Div says.
"So I will see you guys tomorrow morning?" I ask.
"Yeah we won't miss it for the world girl" Anna says.
"Love you guys" I say
"Love you too Kia" we end the call.
I spend the rest of the day packing and thinking about how my life is gonna change after going there. I am going to be living with the Scotts family. They have two boys one who is my age and the other younger than me. I am a huge believer of love so I hope I find the one there. My parents loved each other so much they were pretty much inseparable even though they were so busy they make time for family. I miss them so much.
It has always been my dream to go to America I don't know why but I always dreamed of living there.
I tell goodnight to my brother and get ready for bed.
"Mom please come back home soon" kei says.
"Okay honey. We will be home soon after the meeting"
"Okay amma" we both say. She kissed our head and we exchanged 'I love yous'.
Two hours later a police jeep comes to our house. I run down to see my brother in tears when he sees me he comes and hugs me tight.
"God has taken them to heaven kia" Keith tells me.
I wake up with tears streaming down my face.
I go to Keith's room and I knock I hear a slow 'come in' i open the door and go inside. I see him on the bed doing work on his laptop. My brother is a junior in college.
When he sees me his face becomes sad I have been having these dreams at least once a weak after our parent's death.
He motions me to his bed. I lie down and he whispers soothing words to me while I go to sleep
All I can think before I sleep is, hope that my life changes after tomorrow. And little did I know that it did, for better and for worse.
