Once upon a never

Chapter 1

The walk home after school is dreadful, the wind hits me like a brick wall and its hard to breathe without getting a searing pain in my throat, but I somehow manage all the way home. I unlock the door to my house and throw my backpack on the ground and slip my coat off and lay it on a chair in the dining room. I go into the kitchen and kick off my shoes at the back door and let my dog out of his crate, as he wags his tail and jumps on me trying to give me kisses I can’t help but smile, but its a brief smile, and doesn't last long. I sigh as i go to the fridge and grab a soda, setting it down on the kitchen table before going to get my backpack in the hall. I pick up my heavy, jansport bag, and head back to the kitchen throwing it onto the table before un-zipping it and grabbing out my history binder. I hate history, its probably my worst subject besides math, because its all memorization, it just doesn’t grab my interest. I tie my hair up and grab a pen out of my bag as i begin looking at my homework, a world war II worksheet. Like i know how to do this, i don’t pay attention to shit in class. After a frustrating 20 mins of not knowing anything and bullshitting the whole sheet i groan and slam my binder shut, not in a homework mood anymore, and leave my bag and the rest of my books on the table as i stalk into the hall and run up the stairs. I toss my phone on the bed and walk over to my desk, grab my laptop and sit on the edge of my bed. Typing in my password and opening google chrome I decide to go on reddit to pass the time, typing in the subreddit “wtf”. After 15 minutes of laughing at the fucked up shit on reddit, i close my laptop and grab my phone, texting my friend, Axle, to see if he wants to hangout for a little while. He texts back almost immediately and says he’ll be over in 10, I smile and toss my phone again, going to my closet to throw on comfy clothes. I grab a pair of black leggings,  a maroon sweater and a pair of grey sweater uggs. Axle has been my best friend since 7th grade, were juniors in high school now, he honestly doesn’t care what i wear or what i look like and hes always there for me. i walk in front of my full length mirror and take my hair out then start a messy fishtail braid, finishing it as the doorbell rang. That totally wasn’t ten minutes. I walk down the stairs, stopping half way to see Axle walking in the door and shutting it behind him. Did i forget to lock the door? I shrug and run down the rest of the stairs to hug him, he opens his arms wide and locks his arms around me spinning me around as i laugh. “I havent seen you in forever!” He says laughing. I frown and say, “ Axle I saw you a half hour ago?” He shakes his head and smiles, “ I know, thats a really long time.” I laugh and turn around to go back upstairs as Axle walks towards the kitchen, “meet me upstairs when you’re done eating!” I yell down the stairs, then head into my bedroom grabbing my phone off the bed, typing the passcode in, seeing twitter still up. I scroll through my newsfeed until Ax comes up, then i lock my phone and set it next to me. “Whatcha doin cupcake?” He asks his mouth full. I narrow my eyes at him, “One, don’t talk with your mouth full it’s gross and two, don’t call me cupcake, cupcake” “Yes mom” He says rolling his eyes but theres a hint of a smile on his lips. I roll my eyes back and grab my laptop. “Wanna watch a movie?” I ask as i type in the link for Netflix. He shrugs,”Sure”. He sits on my bed bouncing a little and picks the laptop up off my laptop and clicks on ‘Horror’. I love scary movies personally and he knows it, the only problem being I’ve seen every good scary movie on netflix. “uhm Ax? I’ve already seen like every good scary movie on here.” “Yeah i know but they put a new one up last night, its called Ouija, its supposed to be really good, maybe it’ll be the first movie that actually scares you.” I laugh and say “I doubt it” as he clicks on the movie, it has 4 and a half stars so it must be good. Ax gets up to turn off the lights and shut the curtains, then plops back down on the bed. He Presses play and hooks an arm around my waist, pulling me next to him, and places the computer on my lap. I smile up at him and then turn my attention to the movie. Axel is a good looking kid, with brown hair and bright blue eyes that feels like hes looking through you instead of at  you, he has an amazing body that girls just drool over and a smile to make anyone melt, and give into what he wants, even me. I focus in on the movie and realize that its just like every other scary movie, a girl and a bunch of her friends play with a ouija board, and get the house that they in haunted and all of them die except one. About an hour into the movie I’m clutching Axle’s shirt, as this demonic little girl crawls out of a vent and cocks her head to the side and screams. It all happened so fast and I didn’t expect it. “You’re scared” I can hear the smile in his voice as he says this. I let go of his shit and roll my shoulders back, shaking my head. “Am not” He laughs and pulls me close again, “Whatever you say Kenz” Kenz. Thats my nickname, my full name is McKenzie Rose Miller, I live with my Mom and older brother, my dad left when i was 10 and i haven’t heard from him since, as Axle likes to put it he’s a “scumbag” and doesn’t deserve me in his life. I look up at Axle and see his eyes focused on the movie but his eyes flicker to me for the slightest moment then back to the screen. “Stop checking me out babe it’s getting creepy” He smirks and looks down at me, our faces inches apart, I turn my head and scoff, “ You wish” I can feel his chest vibrate as he laughs as I turn my attention back to the movie. 30 minutes later there’s 3 more jumps scares and I’m so close to Axle that you’d think we were conjoined. Axles enjoying this, seeing me scared, I’m not often so whenever i am he soaks it up and enojys it. Dick. The movie ends with one girl standing just like i predicted and I yawn. “You can’t be tired its only 5 o’clock. Hey, shouldn’t your brother be home by now?” My brother goes to the community college about 10 minutes away, hes 19, almost 20 and a Sophomore. “Nah he had a 2:30 class, then a 4:30 class, he won’t be home until around 6:30, unless he goes to get something to eat.” He nods. “Your mom?” “She has a late shift, wont be home ‘til 8” I look up at Axle and see that mischievous glint in his eyes that he usually has before he has an idea that will get us arrested. “Im game for whatever you’re about to say” He laughs and lets go of my waist then jumps off the bed. “follow me” He says and smirks. He leads me to my brother room and pulls out a pink sharpie, uh-oh my brother gonna be pissed. “Ax, I say hesitantly, I don’t think this is such a great idea” “You said you were game a minute ago” “Yeah but that was before i Knew we were gonna fuck with my brothers stuff, hes gonna kill me!” “Lighten up” He says as he walks over to my brothers suicide silence poster and draws a huge dick over the lead singer. “Axle!” I scold and rip the sharpie from his hands and draw a line on his cheek. “Thats what you get for drawing on my brothers poster” I nod proudly and look up at him. His eyes widen, “ Did you really just do that Kenz?” He smiles an evil smile as he slips his hand into his pocket and pulls out another sharpie but this time, lime green. Now my eyes widen, “oh shit!” i say as i run out of the room and down the stairs toward the kitchen, Axle right behind me. I look back to see how close he is as i run toward the fridge to grab a can of whipped cream, and i see him trip and fall on Max laying in the middle of the floor. I laugh and open the fridge, grabbing the whipped cream and shaking the can. His eyes widen in horror and he shakes his head, standing up and backing away slowly. “Dont do that Kenz, you know you dont wanna do that.” “I don’t huh?” He shakes his head and gives me one of those heart stopping smiles, “Come on Kenzie dont do this” He’s pleading with his eyes but I can’t give in, I wont. “Sorry Pretty boy, looks like your time...  IS UP!” I yell as i lounge toward him spraying whipped cream all over his hair and face. He yelps, “Not the hair you bitch!” He runs up the stairs and down the hall. I hear a door slam and water running, probably trying to rinse out his precious hair. I smile Proudly then squirt some whipped cream in my mouth and head towards the fridge. I open the door and start singing a song by Tove L. No one hears me sing, its kind of something i do on my own time alone because i don’t think i have a good enough voice for people to hear. I start singing the chorus as i close the door to the  fridge and turn around. I immediately stop singing and freeze. Axle is standing in the middle of the hallway frozen, mouth hanging open. I panic, “I-I didn’t know you were there” I say as i bite my lip. In a second the look in his eyes turns from shock to admiration. “That... That was amazing Kenz, sing it again.” I look at him nervously but he just encouragingly nods. I start singing the first verse again and as i continue his smile grows wider, so my voice grows stronger. At the end of the chorus i stop at look down at my feet. In a matter of seconds, Axle is in front of me lifting my chin up to look at him. I look into his eyes and feel my stomach churn. That definitely wasnt supposed to happen. “Youre amazing Kenz, he says softly, why didnt you tell me you could sing?” I shrug and look away. “It doesnt matter, its just something i do alone, you know?” He backs up as he nods and smiles, “well make it a ‘thing to do alone with Axle’ kay?” I nod and smile. He takes his phone out of his pocket and frowns, “i gotta go, Its Kaylee” I sigh, Kaylee is his uptight, gorgeous bitch of a girlfriend, and every time were hanging out he leaves early because of her. I nod and paste a fake smile on my face, “tell her i said hey” Axles frown deepens, he probably knows its a fake smile but i dont care. he sighs and runs his fingers through is hair as he steps forward to hug me. My arms wrap around his back and i hug him tight as he does the same. I start to pull away, and he kisses the top of my head, something he only does when hes sorry. “See you later cupcake” He smirks but it isn’t his usual cocky smirk as he opens the front door and shuts it behind him. I shake my head then glance at the kitchen table where my books are still spread out. Turning on my heel i head towards the table and the horrible doom that awaits me. Pushing all thoughts away to focus on my work, i start on math, Geometry. I know I’m not gonna get it but i start it anyway, someones gotta get it done right?