I jolted awake from my sleep. It takes some time for me to realize where i am and when i do i start to relax. Thank god, it was just a dream, just one of the nightmares i usually have. I try to steady my breathing, looking around my room. It seems that is morning already, so at least today, the nightmare did not happened in the middle of the night, taking away all of my sleep. I sigh in relief and get up, to start my morning routine.
My name is Aster, weird i know, that's why i like people to call me As (not ass, As). According to my adoptive father, aster means star in greek, but he told me i already had this name when he and my mom found me. They liked the name so much, that they decided to keep calling me that. What an amazing decision, right? (note the sarcasm). But at this point i already get used to it, and don't hate it anymore.
They adopted me after found me left in the front of my house's entrance door, with only few months old. I had nothing but a blanket and a necklace, with aster written in it, although, the necklace was broken in half, and it looked like the rest of the lettering was lost. I still wears it nowadays, even though. And for my mom and dad, Aster was a perfect name. My adoptive parents are amazing, but after i turned fifteen years old, they are not really present, since they work abroad, currently they are in Brazil, so it's usually just me, which i don't think it's a terrible thing.
I take my water bottle to start hydrate my throat since i have performance today, and make my way to the bathroom.
When i enter i am meet with my image in the mirror, today i finally don't have dark circles under my eyes, i mean, darker circles, which i'm used to have due the nightmares i get every night. And of course i'm dripping with sweat and my face is red, i don't know why but i always wake up scorching hot after a nightmare, so i need a shower to cool myself down. I start the shower and when i go under it, i feel instant relief when the cool water hits my skin.
I started to having these nightmares since i turned eighteen and it's worse when i spend a day surrounded in crowds, which is almost every day since i am a singer, so i perform in events, but i also work in a bar.
It's always the same, and i always remember the details of it. At this point, i just feel it's some type of message, that i need to figure it out.
After my shower, i put some clothes on. I just chose the usual, mom jeans pants and over sized tshirt, which i tuck the hem a little inside the jeans, and pick my black all star while i make my way to the kitchen, to grab something to eat.
I check my phone and theres a message from my friend Steph telling me to call her when i'm awake, she knows of my sleeping issue, so she is always careful to not wake me up, which i'm very thankful for. Steph's helping me find places to perform, especially now that i just graduated from high school. I applied to some performing arts colleges, but still didn't get any answers.
Me and Steph are friends since we were kids, and she's the person who i'm closer to. Although it was never an issue for me to make friends, people are normally really comfortable around me, don't know why. But i usually don't like being surrounded by too many people, because of the increases in my nightmares, that's why i only have Steph mostly around me, and she understands this, without judging me. I dial her number and put the phone on speaker while I put my all stars on and make my coffee.
"Guess whos the best friend of the world?" She says excitedly. I roll my eyes playfully with a chuckle. I know she is but she won't hear me saying that easily.
"I don't know, Taylor Swift to Selena Gomez?" I tell her playfully, pretending to not know the actual answer that she wants to hear.
"Very funny, but you speaking to her. Guess what?!" She say loudly through the phone, and i wince a little, my hearing is sometimes sensible, but i'm used to it, just sometimes i'm caught of guard, which was the case.
"What?" I ask starting to feel curious about her excitement.
" Just found a place for you to perform this night!". She says proudly.
"REALLY?!" It's my time to be excited. But i try to restrain myself, starting to think. "But i have to perform at Sins until 7pm" Sins is a bar that i work on weekdays and on weekends i only work in the morning and perform in the afternoons, to make extra money.
"Don't worry, the performance is at 8pm at Alto Bar, you're going to open the gig of a band called Champagne Enegma, but their drummer told me that they were thinking of changing to Rock Solid Panda, or something like that." This are very... unique names for a band.
"Don't you think my music genre will be a little out of place? I mean, they have rock in the name, and i play soul pop songs, sometimes even classical" I ask her, feeling nervous about it.
"Don't worry, but just stick to the soul/pop thing, alright? You know you're amazing, and besides, i showed some videos of you performing to my friend Eric, who is the drummer of the band, and he thinks you rock." I start to feel my cheeks heating up, and i know i'm blushing a little, i was never really good in hearing compliments, but i feel glad to hear it now, because it makes me feel relieved and more confident about performing at the gig.
"Alright then, i'm getting late to work, but i see you after, meeting at the front of the place? I ask her.
"Yep, front of the place, and don't be late" She state.
"Ok, and Steph? Thank you so much, you are really the best friend of the world" I say to her, showing my gratitude and love.
"I know! Love you As, see you soon." She says.
"Love you, see ya" With that i hang up the phone.
After finishing eating i get up, grab my things to leave for work, but when i do, i shiver a little, and feel that something is going to happen today. I don't know what, and don't know if is a good or bad thing, but is a feeling that nothing is going to be the same again. All i can do is shrug the feeling off and just hope for the best.
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Author's Note
First chapter is out, don't forget to vote! I'm really excited cause this is my first fanfic, and first book in general, so please, let me know your thoughts, but please be gentle. I'll try to update this often.
x~ Binx
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Asteriel | Alec Lightwood
FanfictionAster is an eighteen years old girl, who is constantly trying to be successful with her music, singing is her passion, but she has a hard time to fulfill this wish when she is haunted by the same nightmare every night. She sees her life turn upside...
