Aqua
College passed, as usual, me keeping to myself and listening to every little gossip going around and when I heard my name in a conversation, I walked out of the room or concentrated on something else. I didn't want to rip someone into pieces in front of the class, and I mean literally. Yes, I have anger issues...sometimes, no I can't do anything about it; it's part of who I am...what I am.
It's not like people spoke about me that much, just the random "she's so weird," things that they said. I'm not exactly a talkative person and I prefer keeping to myself and these people think that makes me weird and strange. I don't want to pretend to be someone's friend just to have some company, that's just not the type of person I am. I much rather prefer my own company and feel more at ease within myself. I've never really tried to make friends; I never really felt the need. It was easier this way, no one to lie to, no one to get hurt from me being a monster.
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"Aqua honey you're home!" Annie's voice exclaimed from upstairs as I walked through the front door. She was home; that was a surprise, I mean she's usually at work late...I walked into her office as she was sat with her laptop out in front of her. Her office wasn't too big, she sat on a leather chair and a simple white desk was sat in the middle of the room, on the right of it was a window and on the left of it was a white bookshelf that was filled with some books and some random ornaments.
"Yeah, but, so are you?" I questioned not in a bad way but just general, she usually worked at these times, and it was strange seeing her home so early. I sat down on the sofa that was in front of the window.
"Yeah, I have a presentation tomorrow and I stayed home to finish it," she answered as she sighed tapping away on her laptop. Annie looked like a typical working woman; her light brown hair was usually in a bun or in a ponytail. She had a kind face and dark brown eyes; she wasn't tall or short. I wished I had brown eyes or even brown hair; the difference made it obvious we weren't related.
"Oh that's cool," I said as I put my head down on the side of the couch and stared at her
"Yeah real cool," she laughed sarcastically turning to me and smiling
"There's dinner in the fridge for whenever you're hungry," she let me know as I got up from the sofa allowing her to continue with her work without any disturbances.
Annie is my 'mum'. You see adopted me when I was 4, I've been with Annie ever since. My parents left me...more like abandoned me when I was only a week's days old...it didn't really bother me anymore. I had spent too much of my childhood obsessing over them, and I had learned that there was no point. I headed into the kitchen and grabbed an apple and made my way up the stairs. I didn't feel like having dinner or anything, an apple would be enough for now. I decided to start my homework since I didn't have anything else to do, why do we get homework in college too.
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By the time I finished my homework, I was going crazy. My head was pounding, and all my senses had heightened, my palms were getting sweaty and my heart was beating at a hundred miles an hour. Quickly making sure my bedroom door was locked, I walked out onto the balcony. Yes, I had a balcony outside my room. Annie had a good job, and soon after she adopted me she had renovated the house extending it wherever it could be extended from. This overall resulting in me having a balcony. I loved the balcony, it made me happy sitting out here and just feeling the breeze, and fresh air. Just knowing I could step out and into nature relaxed me.
I looked around and used my heightened senses to make sure no one else was around. When I was satisfied that I was alone and no one else would see I jumped off the balcony and shifted just seconds before I hit the ground. I shot off into the forest behind our house. I guess it's a good thing we had it there. It was huge and just amazing...it made me feel at home... I ran and ran until I got bored.
