Choice

Chapter 1- Ready

-----3 YEARS LATER-----

Beep! Beep! Beep! The alarm clock had been activated. I growled and throwed my hand over to the clock trying to press the snooze button, my hand traced thew buttons until it found a large rectangular one, my index finger eagerly hit thr button and the annoying beep ceased. I exhaled relieved. "I need to find another way to wake up" I reminded myself. I sigh and run my fingers through my tangled hair, I open my eyes and stare at the white ceiling. A yawn escapes from my mouth and I can't help but to get teary eyed. Last night I had been working until 3 in the morning, to wake up at 6AM... "Ah... What a glamorous life for me..." I thought to myself. I frowned and slowly sat on the bed gazing at the white bed sheets that were immaculately clean "What am I saying... 3 years ago I was a poor homeless girl that didn't have a proper place to drop dead... Since when did I get so cocky?" I shifed my body to the side and moved my legs so they dangled from the bed, the tiips of my feet touched the cold floor which made me shiver. I gradually placed the whole sole of my feet on the floor. With my arms by my sides, I propelled myself upwards and stood up. I walked forward and looked at myself in the mirror of my dressing table, I lifted the corners of my mouth and grinned as naturally as I could. The result wasn't as expected. I continued walking and entered the bathroom. It was big, there was a sink, a toilet, a shower, and a jacuzzi (that I barely use). On the sides of the sink, layed my makeup, a towel, toothpaste, a brush... basic bathroom stuff. I stepped on the furry mat in front of the sink, I wiggled my toes through it. I undressed from my gray pajamas and jumped in the shower. I adjusted the heat by swiping my index finger through the thermo panel in the wall. The warm water fell in my hair and made it darker and heavier, I closed my eyes. Lately, I had no time to rest, and the morning shower was my holy hour and nothing else mattered... Just me, and the sound of the droplets of water falling. I washed my hair and body thoroughly, until it irritated my skin and made it red. I'm not a masochist... but living in a filthy place for so long made me value sanitation a lot. After some minutes, I walked out of the shower and dried myself, I put the usual robe on and went out. I stood in front of the walking closet and clicked a button, the white doors slided to the sides and clothes were lined up. The shirts, dresses, trousers and skirts were organized neatly by color. I grabbed a pair of black jeans, a simple blue blouse and my favorite brown coat with pockets. I dressed up quickly, took my backpack that contained files and a laptop, shoved my phone in my front pocket with my wallet. My silky brown hair was still wet. As always, I grabbed the strands and joined them on top of my head, twirled it and put it in a bun, a single srand of my hair remained dangling in a curl. All set.

I grabbed my keys and exited the apartment, locked the door and went to the staircase. After a numerous amount of stairs, I was out of the tall blue building and faced the garden. I didn't live in the city, actually, all of the workers in the "Academy" lived in the same place. It was like a mini country... The buildings were divided in sections (I lived in section D9), all of them with 20 floors. In front of them, a vast garden with bushes and fountains connected all the sections together, like a little forest. There was a shopping center with everything we needed, consequently, we rarely saw the outside world. Just high ranked alumni were able to go in and out whenever they wanted. I turned around on my heel towards the right, "Same trip, everyday... Yay", I looked straight forward, there was no point of looking around, the scenery was always the same, sometimes, I missed to walk in the busy streets of the city and watch as the cars buzzed by, the shiny signs and the smiling people. I continued walking and an enormous Victorian-style building appeared, a statue was in the center, it was a man with a long perky nose and small eyes. Not attractive. I walked through the main door and the A/C froze my body momentarily, a colossal corridor lied in front of me. People with files crossed the corridor in a hurry. I sighed and walked forward, my work section was the last one. After a while I stood in front of a metallic door, next to it was a pannel with a drawing of a hand, it was a digital scanner. I closed my eyes and inhaled deeply, my heartbeat started to race and I slowed it down, I made sure my backpack won't be in my way and I open my eyes, slightly frowning, my hand moved to the scanner and touched the cold surface. The door opened slowly, and when the gap was wide enough, I bit my lip and ran through it fearless. I was ready.