Forget U?-Not!

Chapter 1 Sleepy head

“Well, what do you think?” asked mum showing me her latest dress. Mum’s always like this showing me her latest designs, wanting my opinion. “Yes, mum,” I replied; well what else is there to reply. Her designs are nice but I hope she will stop shoving the designs onto my face asking ‘Are they nice? What do you think?’. She might think it is nice of her to ask me, what with me being sixteen and all; nut I think it’s tiresome. “Great, I’m going to add more colour to it, so, bye,” said mum. “Great,” I replied unenthusiastically.

My name is Clover Linds Charles but everybody calls me Clover. I’m sixteen this year and I’m a Gemini. My dad had left me and my mum for a younger woman when I was young. But, we’ve gotten over it-It’s really no use crying over a guy who wouldn’t come back, right? As you can see, my mum is crazy about designing. Well, I’ not surprised as she owns her own bridal shop. So I, being her daughter have to see all her new designs and give my suggestion. You might think “What’s the big deal about a bridal shop?’ but the bridal shop is important. It is where all our income comes in. The income also depends on the amount of customers we get too. Therefore, our money every month has to be at least $5,000 as we have to pay house rent, bills and etc. “Clover, do you want me to buy you lunch?” asked mum as she entered her car. “No thanks,” I replied as I walked up the stairs to my room to have a short nap.

When I woke up, it was 4 in the evening. “Shoot!” I said. My short nap had become a long nap. I had slept for 3 hours straight. I should not have slept so late as I am going to start school in two days therefore if I got too accustomed to sleeping late in the noon I might feel sleepy in school. “Mum,” I called as I walked down the stairs. No reply. “Mum,” I called again. Still no reply. I guess she’s not back yet-leaving the house to me. I ransacked the fridge as i was starving scolding myself for rejecting mum’s offer of buying...