Snippet #1501603

Candice woke up to darkness, laying on her back and looking straight up where there should be ceiling. All Candice could see at the moment was the dark that enveloped the room. As she lay on her back, she folded her hands above her flat stomach, and tapped her index finger against her knuckles. For at least 10 minutes, Candice lay there, looking up into the nothingness. Finally, she rolled over onto her right side, and reached over to turn on the small light by her bed. The light spilled across the room, illuminating all the things that were nothing but members of the darkness. Candice gripped the top of her blue comforter, and pushed it down to her mid thighs. She sat up and slowly kicked her legs off of the side, stretching slightly before huffing and letting herself relax into a crouched sitting position. She placed her hands on the right edge of the bed, and pushed off of the soft and warm bed. Candice yawned and involuntarily picked up the headphones placed on her nightstand. She scrolled through all the songs, starting from the very beginning of her 400 song playlist. Candice then reached over and yanked the blinds open.

"New day, no sun. Typical." Candice said as she looked out of the window from the corner of her eye. She sighed and collected a few clothes for after her morning shower. She tucked the v-neck and skinny jeans underneath her arm, and reached over her bed to close the blinds once more. She turned away from the window, her bed, and the nightstand, and began to walk towards the bathroom. Her feet made no sound against the carpet, and when she arrived in the bathroom, she silently pressed the door close. She placed her clothes and her headphones on the bathroom counter, before turning the water on. The shower cleansed her mind, and she almost forgot all of the dangers that could be waiting for her outside. When she was finished, she wrapped a white towel around her frame, and left her hair to drip and air dry. Candice quickly dressed herself in the clothes, and made sure the floor was dry so no one would slip and injure themselves. On her way out, Candice looked in the mirror at herself, looked down at the floor, and walked out, shutting the light off behind her.

Once Candice left the bathroom after her shower, she re-entered her room. She grabbed a pair of silver flip flops, and then looked around her room, feeling as if she was forgetting something. She looked in her closet, and saw her large grey hoodie. She quickly tossed it ontop of her v-neck; she wore it because it would cover her headphones. When other Vices would see those and recognize her face, she knew she would be attacked. Once Candice had her outfit complete, she placed her headphones over each of her ears, and began to leave her bedroom.

When Candice arrived outside, she placed her hands in the front pouch of her large hoodie, and nodded her head to the beat of the music. She looked up evey now and then, and would look right back down when she saw that no one was there. She had noticed that Emilia was gone when she woke up, and if she ran into her, that would be the least of Candice's worries. Candice walked down the sidewalk, smiling to herself. She looked up once more, but into the eyes of a man far too close to her face. In fact, the person seemed to be walking the opposite way she was, and they had almost bunked heads. Candice halted to a stop, and then looked up at the face.

"Sorry, excuse me." She said, starting to move around them. They blocked her way, and Candice knew her mistake. She had looked back at their face, and they had recognized her. "Look, I'm trying to be nice, just move." Candice said, trying once more to move around him. This time he pushed her away roughly by pushing her with his chest. Candice stumbled backwards a few steps. She had a short temper when it came to people annoying her for no reason. Her cheeks heated to a rose pink and she frowned deeply.

"I said, move." Candice said, stepping forward and pushing him back. He grabbed her arms and tried to push her on the sidewalk, but when he grabbed her up, she kicked him in the stomach. He fell backward and dropped Candice, and she jumped back up when she fell down. When he was getting back up, Candice stepped up and pushed him over once more, kicking him in the face this time. "You don't listen!" Candice yelled. Her temper was rising quickly, and it didn't help that 'I Need A Doctor' came on. Candice was kicking him at a blurring pace, and she realized she had pummeled the man to almost a pulp. She sighed from the effort, and began to jog, not coming off of the energy high since the song was still on.

Candice pulled her hood up over her long multi-brown hair after that, not wanting anyone to even see her face anymore. She couldn't stop thinking about what she had done, but she comforted herself with the simple fact that it was plain self defense. Thinking that Viktor had probably sent that person out to find Vices like herself, that rebelled against him and his rule, made her even angrier. She ran harder, and it felt like her feet were making indents in the hard cement. They were.

Candice was still coming off of her high when she saw the house in sight. She came down to a slow walk, and walked up to the front door. Her body was still tingling from the attack and her run. She dug her key out of her pocket, and turned it in the door. She saw Emilia and Ari, and she smiled at them and settled on the couch.

"Good morning." She said.