My Brother's Best Friend

twenty six

Happy Monday.

The only thing getting me through the day was that we had a track meet after school today. I was running the 200 hurdles, the 400, and the 800.

Since we had a meet today, we got to wear our team spirit. I wore a track and field sweatshirt and sweatpants with our team's logo on it.

I French braided my hair into pigtails and put a black Nike hair band around my head to keep my hair intact and keep the fly always away. I wanted to keep my look simple today, so I only put on foundation and a few coats of mascara.

I grabbed my running bag and headed downstairs to eat breakfast and meet up with the boys. "Hey babe, Good Morning!"

"Hey, you seem too happy for your own good, what's wrong?"

"Nothing, I'm just happy I get to see my hot girlfriend every morning." He comes behind me and kisses my head.

"Ew, y'all get a room." Matt groans in disgust, walking into the kitchen with Boomer on his heels.

"We did have a room until you came in." Garrett smarted back. Matt rolls his eyes pouring out a bowl of Fruit Loops to eat. I giggled and put cream cheese on a bagel and sat down at the island table.

Once we were finally done with breakfast, we said goodbye to Boomer and got in our cars to drive to school. Since I had a track meet, I would drive myself to school so I could have a ride home afterward.

We take school buses to the meets from the school and back usually. I insisted on Garrett just riding with Matt this morning, but he just wouldn't go for it. He had to drive with me. I started my Jeep's engine to life and threw my book bag into the backseat.

"I already don't like you driving me." Garrett groaned.

"I haven't even put it in drive, you can ride with Matt if you want." I sassed back.

"No, No, this is fine. It's just weird you driving me, I always drive you everywhere."

"I like driving! It's fun."

Ten minutes later we pulled into the school parking lot, and both of us groaned at the same time. School started at 7:20 and it was only 7:15 so we decided to not get out for a few more minutes and just run to class.

Plus, since we had art first period it didn't matter if we were late. People walk in fifteen minutes late all of the time and don't get in trouble. Eventually, we get out of the car, and it's only 7:19 it doesn't take long to get to class from here.

We walk into pottery and as soon as we get to our seats the bell rings. I pull out the pottery I am working on, it is a slab cup, a pretty simple project.

I am making it as a present for Savannah since her birthday is coming up. It's going to be a cup with a California logo on it.

"Hey can you help me." Garrett nudges me.

"With what?"

"I can't get the handle to stay."

"Did you score and slip it?"

He rolls his eyes at me and mocked me, "of course I did!"

"Do you want my help or not?" I rolled my eyes back at him.

"Yes please, I'm sorry my goddess girlfriend please forgive me." He placed his hands together on the table acting like he was begging me to help him.

I laughed, stopping my project to help him. "Maybe you should make it smaller and make the ends come out more," I took the handle off of the cup separating the two pieces, and curved the handle to make it look fancier, "Like this."