Chapter 1

Stillness. Absolute stillness and silence hung over the small apartment like a dense fog. The only sounds came from the barely illuminated street below, just awakening to the early morning hustle and bustle of the city. The apartment, however, remained undisturbed, that is until a dull buzzing suddenly permeated the air.

As the buzzing grew steadily louder, the dense fog of stillness lifted, and a pale hand clumsily fumbled out from beneath a messy pile of blankets to smack the top of the alarm clock which was happily buzzing away. The hand movements became aggravated as the alarm clock grew in volume and refused to turn off before it was grabbed and thrown across the room.

Silence once more fell over the apartment.

A loud groan rang out. The pile of blankets shifted before stilling again, then they were flung hastily off of a mattress and the owner of the pale hand sat up shaking her head, sending multi-coloured locks every which way. A loud yawn was stifled by a hand before it moved on to rub at an eye. The girl say there blinking tiredly into space before shaking her head again and rolling off the mattress.

Alexis plodded her way into the bathroom and started the water for a shower. As she waited for the water to warm up she gazed tiredly at her reflection. Pale blue-grey eyes swept over high cheekbones, past pale eyebrows, to the unruly mop of multi-coloured hair atop her head.

She sighed and ran a hand over the ice blue of the closely shaven sides before running her fingers through the slightly longer midsection of her hair, splashes of green and blue and purple melding together. As her fingers worked at straightening her locks, she swept her eyes down her body. Eight years away from that hellhole had done her well, no longer the slip of a child she had been, her figure had filled out into a respectable curve, if not slightly squishier than societal beauty standards. With that thought she scoffed, mumbling "bullshit" before stripping off her night clothes and stepped into the shower.

When the warmth hit her back she let out a long, drawn out sigh of contentment and closed her eyes before going through with her shower routine.

Alexis plopped onto her brown, worn out couch with a mug of tea in one hand and the television remote in the other. As she took a sip of her tea quietly humming she flipped on the TV. Flipping boredly through channels before deciding on one of her guilty pleasures, Say Yes To The Dress. With a snort at the bitchy entourage the current bride had brought, Alexis swung her feet up onto the couch beside her.

After several episodes Alexis took a peek at the clock below her TV before swearing loudly. She leapt from the couch, flipping off the TV as she went, and hustled into the kitchen to slam her mug on the counter to clean when she got home.

"Fuck fuck fuck fuck" The mantra tumbled from er lips as she flew about the apartment in search for her shoes. "God damnit I'm gonna be late again… Shit where the hell is- AHA!" She triumphantly brandished a black converse before shoving it on her foot. Hopping across her floor as she put on the second shoe, Alexis snatched her wallet off of the table next to her front door, pausing momentarily to adjust herself in the mirror located there.

Fluffing her hair with one hand, Alexis straightened her black tank top and adjusted her purple shorts. "Alright Alexis, can't keep those little monsters waiting." She stuck her tongue out at her reflection before dashing out her front door, hastily making her way to her favourite babysitting gig.

AN: Welcome welcome! the next chapter is where shit gets interesting mwahahaha

I promise it gets better! My writing tends to improve as i write so i guarantee the next will be better uwu

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