Don't know what you're expecting of me, under the pressure, of walking in your shoes... Reyna walked downstairs as fast as she could, her hair still a messy tangle. She tried to look as if she had just woken up to her father's call. "Yes?" She barely manged to choke out the words. "I need you to make breakfast. Now. I'm going to work. I expect you to also make lunch for you and your sister." His words cut through the air, quick and sharp like a blade. As she began to make breakfast, his eyes bored into her, making her nervous. She almost cut herself, moving her finger just in time. "No! You're holding the knife wrong." In his work clothes, her father began to show her how to hold a knife, covered in sticky apple filling for a turnover. It would be comical, him in his dressy clothes, but it just wasn't funny at six in the morning, when she had just woken up. She let him "show" her, ignoring him completely, and watched him rush out the door, only stopping to say goodbye to her younger sister. Brianna wore a smug expression as soon as he left. Reyna banished the feeling of wanting to punch her, gritted her teeth, and sat down to eat breakfast. Her father had no problem with Brianna playing video games all day and not doing her homework, but got angry when Reyna read. On her spare time. She didn't understand any of his logic, she mused while eating her breakfast. Maybe one day he would think of something that made sense, she thought bitterly.
Lyrics to the song: (Blah)= Background I'm tired of being what you want me to be Feeling so faithless, lost under the surface Don't know what you're expecting of me Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes (Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow) Every step that I take is another mistake to you (Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow) I've become so numb, I can't feel you there Become so tired, so much more aware I'm becoming this, all I want to do Is be more like me and be less like you Can't you see that you're smothering me, Holding too tightly, afraid to lose control? 'Cause everything that you thought I would be Has fallen apart right in front of you. (Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow) Every step that I take is another mistake to you. (Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow) And every second I waste is more than I can take. I've become so numb, I can't feel you there, Become so tired, so much more aware I'm becoming this, all I want to do Is be more like me and be less like you. And I know I may end up failing too. But I know You were just like me with someone disappointed in you. I've become so numb, I can't feel you there, Become so tired, so much more aware. I'm becoming this, all I want to do Is be more like me and be less like you. I've become so numb, I can't feel you there. (I'm tired of being what you want me to be) I've become so numb, I can't feel you there. (I'm tired of being what you want me to be) Good song...
And every step that I take is another mistake to you... Reyna turned a corner in her school and bumped into someone. Her father. Coming back. From the conference. His eyes were narrowed and angry. "Why didn't you get an A in everything? Why did you get that B?" She was hammered with questions she had no answer for. "I-It's not like a B is a failing grade..." "You can do better! You should do better! I'm disappointed in you, Reyna. Look at your sister! She gets straight C's! At least she's consistent!" Reyna shrunk back again. "I... I..." He stormed off, driving off in his brand-new, shiny, gray car, leaving Reyna to walk home in pouring rain. --- This one's short, but I felt like the other one was long, but not as well written as it could have been.
Yea. This one was written for... All of us xP (There are certain people each chapter is dedicated to. I won't name it though.)