"Jacques and Katherine! Get up this instant! You will be late if you don't wake up now!"His mother called from below, before mumbling a few words to herself which sounded unmistakebly to Jacques that his mother was badmouthing him and his sister that they are the 'lazy crop of children'.
"Unnh..."Jacques groaned as he got up from his bed. He ruffled his hair, his eyes were blank due to the fact that he was still in sleepy land, where lots of stars and the cloudy-bleary background belonged to. He strolled to the restroom instinctively, knocking to a familiar figure in front of him.
"Ouch! Jacques!Not again,"a female's voice resounded.
"Oh...sorry, Sis,"Jacques knocked out from his dreamy world and found that he had knocked into his sister, Katherine.
"I had enough of your excuses. Well excuse me, I'll use the toilet first,"Katherine nodded and headed to the restroom without giving Jacques time to reply.
"Oh, come on Sis! Uhh...not me again..."Jacques lamented as he went downstairs to get the rubbish bag from his Mom.
It was a rule that the one that is not using the toilet will have to get the rubbish to the big green rubbish bin outside their gate. In this case, it was him, since his brother, Percy, always wake up early in the morning and is probably eating his breakfast now.
"Good 'ning, Bro! Ohh...You lost from Angry Bird again huh?"Percy, who was eating a tuna bread commented when he saw his brother coming down the stairs in his pyjamas.
"Good. You're up. The rubbish bag's at the back of the kitchen,"Mom pointed at the kitchen while drinking her black coffee with no sugar added.
"Mom! Can't you put it at the hall like always?"Jacques said loudly but his Mom made no reply.
Percy shrugged as Jacques shuffled to the end of the kitchen where the pungent rubbish bag lay. He pinched his nose as he lifted the bag up, which led the rubbish bag to be a metre from his face. He moved out of the front door and jumped straight to the icy cold ground that sent shivers up his spine. Jacques moaned as he quickened his steps and plunged the black rubbish bag into the bin, which already had a few flies swarming around it.
Jacques, after completing his task, briskly washed his hands and ran up the stairs as quick as lightning. Right when he was at the door of the restroom, he heard a click at the door and the door swang open, right at his face.
"Oh gosh! I didn't see you there! are you alright?"Katherine hurried over to the now black-eyed Jacques who was lying on the floor.
Even though his sister might be an Angry Bird, sometimes, she can be the 'kindhearted kat' all over again.
"I'm fine..."Jacques got up from the floor and went to the restroom, slamming the door shut while saying thank you to his sister.
Jacques face blushed deeply when he went into the restroom. He cannot be the wimpy little brother to her when he's thirteen. He reflected that he had to change his image during this new school year. the first year at CrestField High. He put a little of cream on his black-eye and proceeded to brushing his teeth and washing his face. Before changing to his school clothes, he washed his hands again for his precaution on bacteria. Wait,He thought, This is not manly. I got to change from being a sissy.
He took a towel and wiped dry his hands as he looked at his uniform. A sky-blue polo shirt with his name and school plague stitched at a side. He had a option of either shorts or jeans, but like he always did, he loved shorts. Hence...well you get the idea.
He put on his clothes and walked down the stairs. Jacques saw his favourite custard bun at a side and lunged for it and within seconds, it was a pile of leftover bread scraps. Katherine, who had sat at the side of the wooden table, was engrossed in the morning's newspaper while chugging down her morning oatmeal. He put a disgusted look at his face as he hated reading, hated it as like it was to be the last thing he'll ever do before he dies. He gulped down his cup of Milo before getting his schoolbag, which was a sling bag, and walking to the door, ready for school.
"So early? You sure? You haven't forgotten your Science project, have you?"Katherine teased him, as he knew that he would surely forget something.
"No..."Jacques flushed with hesitation. HE HAD COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN ABOUT HIS PROJECT!
He totally forgot about this two-week project and had not even started it at all. He grimaced as he thought about it but dismissed the unhappy thought as he knew he could come up with an excuse with his friends before the first period.
"Well then, Hermione says we got to go!" Katherine announces as she slung her bag over her shoulder and walked out of the front door.
"There you go with your Hermione Granger talk again..."Jacques said as he looked at his sister who was two-metre ahead of him.
He stood rooted there, blank-faced but got out from his stance as he buckled his legs and ran after the always-better-than-him-Angry-Bird.
Do you're like the story? The blank-face and angry bird names are inspired by Song Ji Hyo. Hope fans like it! Look out for the next chapter probably next week!^^-SJHdanielle
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