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4. This means war

I hate the smell of hospitals. I've always hated going here. They smell like sickness and death. I can't stand it.

I think about what Dr. Maria said a couple of days ago when I went to visit her with Jillian.

"When did it start hurting?" She asks with her small voice but subtle voice.

"Um today actually." I reply truthfully.

"Oh well we need to get an MRI. I have a feeling it's worse then it seems. But come in a few days at the hospital. I will get you scheduled in as soon as possible. For now, drink a lot of water and rest a lot ."

"Okay." I feel my stomach churning. What if it is way worse then I thought.

As I leave the office,

"Hey, are you okay? News like that can be pretty scary but I know you will be fine." She pats my back, like my mom used to do to comfort me.

"Don't touch me, I'm fine. I just want to go home and call Nick." I say, making sure I sounded cold.

"Well I really hope your okay" she seemed a little startled by my reaction. "I'll get the car started, come in when your ready" she continues, ending the conversation on a calm note.

I followed her, knowing I didn't need to waste my time here.

At home, I had the longest conversation with Nick on the phone, not daring talking about my little appointment with Dr.Maria.

And that leads us to today.

I sign up at the desk and wait till someone calls me so I can get into that MRI and find out my fate. Today, I had to come with Jillian again.

Soon, a man in his mid-forties comes and calls out

"Alexis Parker? Please come with me" he says with a grin that literally lit up the whole room.

I followed him. I felt someone walking behind me, I can smell their expensive perfume, clearly from a Victoria Secret line, Jillian. I turn around abruptly

"Stepmother, I don't need you to come, I'm fine on my own, thank you very much" I give her my worst death stare.

She backs away without a word.

I follow the doctor in as he introduces himself as Dr. Uriah. He says he will be performing my MRI. And explains how it works, it's basically a big donut taking pictures of my head and I can't move at all. Great!

I get in and wait patiently until it's done. I found it extremely uncomfortable because I'm a tad bit claustrophobic.

"You did a fantastic job Alexis, the results will be sent to your doctor in about a week" Dr. Uriah states.

"Really, I have to wait 1 week. I don't want to wait that long to find out if I have anything" I say impatiently.

"Well, not everyone gets all they want in life, you will just have to wait." He says.

"Fine, thanks for nothing" I storm out.

"You" I point to Jillian who is reading a magazine of the sorts, I continue "get in the car, start it and let's go home, now" I hope I didn't shout. I hate getting publicly embarrassed.

"Young lady, I've had enough. I'm your mother-"

"Step" I start, cutting her off. " Your my stepmother" I correct her. Giving her the best death stare I have in my power.

"Well, now I'm your mother. Your mother is dead. I'm your legal guardian, not her. You will listen to me. Your being a real brat you know. Now get in the car and I don't want to hear anything from you until we get home to discuss this with your father." She rants.

I cannot believe she just did that, she told me off. This means war.

In the car, I can feel the tension in the air. It was a very awkward and silent ride.

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When we arrive home from what seems of a long car ride with the devil, I march to the front door of my Mansion, I take out my key, not wanting to buzz so that my dad can look at the tears that had formed a bit during the devilish car ride. I open the door and shut it behind me without letting Jillian in and run to my room. I can't take this anymore, she needs to go.

I turn on the TV and watch interviews of Shailene Woodley and Theo James, talking about their new film Insurgent which is the sequel to Divergent . I saw the movie 4 days before it came out at the screening because my dad has his connections.

Suddenly, I hear a knock at my door. It opens and uncovers my dad.

"I thought you were going to try..." He starts, I know this is the start of a long conversation.

"What has gotten into you, she's your mother" he plays the "you should feel guilty " card.

"Why does everyone keep saying that, she's my stepmother and it's not my fault that I don't like her. The real question is what has gotten into you? You secretly dated her and one day you said you were going to marry her without even asking me! I thought we were in this together" using my dads usual phrase when he is mad at me.

He looks away for a while and I can tell he will start crying, then he starts "How was your MRI?" He changes the subject abruptly.

"It was fine. Now if you can please leave, I'm trying to watch something" pointing to the TV were my OTP (one true pairing) are being interviewed.

He leaves without saying a word.

This means war. I'm going to get Jillian. She's going to regret the day she ever said I do . I will make sure of it. If it's the last thing I do. She's not getting away with it. THIS MEANS WAR.

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Authors note:

OMG, war! Yay I'm so happy I got to explain a bit more of Alexis's mindset. There will be more monologues so you can figure her out a bit more. I really want to make Alexis seem mean now but she will kind of get better!

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Sorry not sorry for that fandom reference. If you don't know I'm a huge fangirl!!!!

-Karina