Waking up on the floor, was really uncomfortable. I yawned and reached for my laptop. As I waited for it tot boot up, I got up to freshen up in the bathroom. I brushed my hair and washed my face. I walked back to my laptop and opened it, while sitting on the floor. That's when I began to type:
Dear Diary,
It's Tuesday. September 11th, 2001. It's about 6:45 am and my brother Frank came home last night. He also brought a surprise...a tattoo! If Dad ever sees it...he'll kill him! Other than that, I'm happy that he's home. I'm gonna go now cuz he's still asleep. Until next time...
pce&luv K.Iero
I closed the laptop when I realized Frank tossing and turning.
"Kate?" he groaned in a whisper.
I stood up and looked down at him.
"Yeah?" I asked.
"Can I have some of that cream?"
I nodded and walked into the bathroom. I grabbed the cream from the cabinet and walked outside of the bathroom. Frank sat up and looked at me.
"Here..." I said handing him the cream.
"Thanks...so what are you doing today?" he asked.
"Um...nothing really...why?" I curiously questioned.
"Well...I'm going into New York...wanna come?"
I never gave up an opportunity to New York. It was a day off from Jersey. I nodded excitedly.
"Good...be ready by 7:30ish. I wanna leave before our parents get up."
I nodded and got up to get ready.
*35 minutes later...around 7:20am*
I walked down the stairs, grabbing my hot cocoa and sweatshirt on the way out the door. I walked out to the car to see Frank waiting. I reached the car and got in.
"Ready?" he asked.
I nodded and buckled my belt. He started the car and pulled out of the drive way.
*30 minutes or so later...about 8:00am*
Arriving in New York, wasn't the first time I had been there with just Frank. He used to take me there all the time so we could go shopping. This time though, he had some business to attend to. Meanwhile, I was going to shop around a bit. We parked in front of one of the record stores, which was down the street from the Twin Towers. We walked into the store and I wet straight over to one of the aisles. The aisle I walked down had records by Anthrax, Slayer, Smashing Pumpkins...bands like that. As I walked over to one of the sections, there were only two people standing in front of it. One of them had an afro type hairdo..the other was skinny and had thick rimmed glasses.
"Excuse me..." I said quietly.
"Oh...I'm sorry..." said the man with the afro.
"It's okay." I smiled.
"Mike, what time did you say your brother had to work until?"
"Um...he said he's going to leave early..." replied the guy with the glasses.
I continued to look at the cds when Frank came over.
"Hey Kate...ready to go?" he asked a little irritated.
"Um...yeah, I just wanna pay for this cd..." I replied.
"Hey Frank! Whatsup?" said the man with the glasses.
"Oh...hey Mikey! Noting...just taking a day in the city with my little sister..." replied Frank, putting his hand on my shoulder.
"Nice...Ray and I are just waiting for Gerard to get out of work. We're going to meet Matt at Starbucks. You're welcome to join." Mikey smiled as Ray nodded.
Frank looked at me.
"It's up to Kate..." he said.
"It's cool..." I smiled weakly.
"Alright...let's head over now." said Mikey.
We walked up to the counter so I could pay for the cd that I wanted, which happened to be by Iron Maiden. We walked out of the store and all got into Frank's car. I sat in the passenger seat while Mikey and Ray sat in the backseat. We drove up the street and parked in front of Starbucks. We all got out of the car and walked in.
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