The bundle of blankets on top of the girl rustled quietly as if stirred by some knowledge that something was about to happen. Footsteps repeated down the hall outside her door, a pre-warning to the next instance. The door to the girl’s room burst open and a tall woman with wavy blonde hair and blue eyes strode in. “Alexandria! Get up this instant. You’re going to be late for school!” The proclaimed girl rolled over, pushing the covers off of her with a groan. “Mom. Just chill. I’m getting up.” Alex replied with annoyance. The woman huffed and turned around to leave. “You better,! If not I’ll have to break a nail to get you off that bed and you know how I feel about my beauty. Unlike you, I’m not a slob.” She turned up her nose at the room and continued. “And clean up your room sometime. It’s like your brother is the girl around here.” With that, her mother walked out and closed the door behind her as if to keep the mess contained in the room.
Alex rolled off the bed and marched over to the curtains to open then. Rays of morning light blinded her but she soaked it up contentedly. Her boxers were twisted around her hips, her white undershirt was messy from her drool, and her hair was a mess but she didn’t mind. She wasn’t like her mom who hated the very idea of being dirty. Alex figured she had grown out of that phase.
Thirty minutes later, Alex entered the kitchen with her outfit of a messy ponytail, plain red shirt, skinny jeans, light brown jacket, and her sunglasses. She took a seat at the breakfast table and snatched up a biscuit from the spread of breakfast foods freshly cooked by her father and other assortments such as coffee, the candy jar, and her dad’s wooden pipe. “Thanks dad.” Alex murmured around her biscuit, which was being shoved into her mouth happily. The man who stood behind the counter scowled at her outfit and shook his head, also waving his spatula at her. “You outta be more like a girl. At least wear your beanie, eh?” He rumbled in his scratchy baritone. He shook her head some more before glancing behind her. “Tony, tell her to be more like your mother.” The little boy who had just come down the hall wandered up to the breakfast table and plopped himself beside his sister. His sulky face was enough to know that their mom had woken him up too.
Speaking of mom, “Hey, where’d mom go?” Her father turned back to the stove where he was buttering the rest of the biscuits and slicing apples. “She went to work.” He replied briskly. Alex raised her brow and shrugged. “Kay.” She took another bite of the biscuit and chewed it while in thought. “I see. Too busy to say goodbye and have breakfast with us.” She challenged her father to refute it. Although he didn’t rise to expectation, instead saying, “Stop Alex.” She squinted at him but shook off the irritation and stood up. “I’m leaving.” Her dad turned back around and smiled. “Be home by ten.” She growled and looked at her brother who held his teddy bear and was eating a biscuit while watching her. “Whatever.” She stared at her brother before smiling wickedly. “Gotcha!” She snatched his bear and his responding cry of agony made her giggle. She bounced away and scampered over to the couch and set the bear down. “Stop being a baby.” Alex scorned before she turned around and headed for the door, listening to her brother’s bare feet rush across the wooden floor to grab his bear.
Alex shut the door behind her and walked towards her motorcycle. It was a blue ninja and quite sporty but it served its purpose. Alex had only managed to get it because her mom wanted her to go to prom wearing a dress and Alex agreed only if she got her the motorcycle. Of course, her mom couldn’t resist and allowed her to get the licensing for it and got the one she wanted. Alex patted the side of her bike and smiled. It warmed her up just seeing her faithful “steed”. Alex moved to straddle the bike and revved the engine. It’s purr filled the air and she rolled it out of the driveway onto the street.
However, a familiar voice stopped her from taking off. “Hey! Alex, dude!” She glanced over at the short figure of a middle school boy running up to her, magazine in hand. “Have you checked out the new game informer?” He yelled as he approached. Alex grinned and rolled her eyes. “Duh, but I gotta go Connie. I’m going to be late for school!” The boy, Sam, was a best friend of her brother, Terry, but he often liked to talk to Alex about all sorts of things. Sam frowned and shook the magazine at her. Alex leaned away from the printed papers depicting games of the year. “Really, cause you would have a few minutes then. You always have time for game informer and you are always late to school.” Sam whined. Alex stuck her tongue out at him and snorted. “Nah man. No time for the wicked. I got things to slay in the real world.” Sam sighed, giving in. “Fine. Just come home soon. I want to show you everything. Especially-“ Alex placed her hand over his mouth, cutting him off. “Later.” She could feel his lips form a frown and she pulled back, putting her hands on the handles of her bike. “See ya.” She pulled off, headed for school.
Alex rolled the bike into a parking space and clicked the disc lock into place on her wheels. She pranced towards the school after she was sure it was secured and headed for the usual meet-up spot. It was near Luke’s car, almost always parked at the end of the parking lot, closest to the school building. Usually, Luke, her best friend, and the other guys chilled until classes started at that spot. She watched all the girls gather up in their cliques and talk about boys and make-up they used that morning. It honestly annoyed her. Just like a bunch of hens. She got along with the guys way better and they were much cooler about everything. Who wanted to talk about the same things everyday? At least they brought variety, and were nothing like the especially more annoying track team girls who chatted about nothing that mattered all day long. Alex glared at them briefly as she walked past and then spotting Griffin and Ryan and the other boys waved with a smirk. Alex loped the rest of the way to where Luke was laughing about something another boy said.
“Yo!” She called out to get their attention. Luke looked up first and waved, beckoning her over. “Alex! Good to see you’re up to no good as usual.” He said after noticing her wicked smile. Once she got closer, she lightly punched his arm and laughed. “I’m innocent. So shut up, ya ass.” The boys greeted her and exchanged crude jokes. It was definitely a normal morning for Alex Konstanze.
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