The Day Before...
"Bye mom!" Vivian called over her shoulder, as she hopped down the stairs. It was a sunny day in Widow's Hollow, lighting up the trees and plants in the neighbourhood yards and gardens to their brightest shades, and setting a smile on one blonde girl's face. Vivian had a bounce in her walk as she started walking to school, down familiar roads flanked by familiar houses with faded siding. She tossed some blonde corkscrews out of her face as she turned a corner further into the town, and noticed some other students. Nobody she knew personally, she knew after taking a good look at them. Unfortunately, she didn't turn back to her side of the street fast enough to avoid walking into a streetlight. As she did every Monday. All was well.
"Sorry." She muttered on reflex, as she sidestepped the pole and continued on her way.
Soon she was manoeuvring herself between a crowd of other kids who had decided to stop and talk at the foot of the front stairs to the school. Vivian ducked through the door and took a glance around. Students were milling around, talking, and generally being teenagers in high school. Yep, all normal.
"Just a day, just an ordinary day..." She sang under her breath, as she adjusted her backpack and started to make her way towards her locker.