My "So Called" Life

Chapter 1 - Pilot

My "So Called" Life - Chapter 1

I slammed my alarm clock shut, it was too early to be awoken and my head was throbbing or maybe I just shouldn't have gone to the back to school bash last night and I wouldn't feel as terrible as I look on the first day of school.

Could you blame me though? Having your best friend and the guy you love reconciling and being all lovey with each other in plain sight could drive anyone to partying but as I was stumbling into the house last night and sat under a cold shower I realized that I wanted to change- to be the real me. Have people think of me other than just Kylie's right hand girl or the girl who partied her way through high school.

I wanted to wear my spectacles in front of people because honestly contact lenses are annoying, I wanted to eat a chocolate bar without worrying that I would increase in mass and I wanted to have fun without drugs or alcohol but change could be hard and I was Lux Williams, I had friends who not only smoked and dealed drugs but believed partying was their religion, a religion I not so long ago shared.

I wanted to prove to my mom that I am more than just a daughter for show following in her mother's footsteps but someone who had their own personality, their own life, someone who enjoyed art and silent, black and white movies because as much as I wanted to be good enough for her, I wanted my own life too.

This would no doubt affect my relationship with my family but for the better I hope because we look like the perfect Californian family, successful business man, beautiful stay-at-home wife and blossoming daughter but looks can be deceiving especially when dad is always away traveling and mom is always getting her nails done at some new beauty salon and I was and the key word is was a party animal.

"Lux! Get up honey, you're going to be late and remember Zayn is driving you to school!" My mom said poking her head into my bedroom.

"Yeah, yeah I'm up," I said slipping out of my bedcovers as my mom left.

My red convertible, my only truly loved possession was in repairs because it had a small dent in the rear end for reasons I do not want to mention and mom being herself- a perfectionist sent it straight away and now I'm stuck carpooling with my neighbor, Zayn Malik, an arrangement our lovely mothers devised.

His not so bad I guess, in fact we used to be best friends but then high school came along and I had my own set of friends who would easily irritate and distract Zayn from his school work which was a trait he wasn't looking for in a friend so then I guess he found his own friends and became an outcast mainly because he unfriended the popular group- devastating for them and unheard of so he became someone I couldn't be seen with.

So hey, I wanted change and showing up to school with Zayn was sure change. I shouldn't care what my friends think but I can't help but wonder after all this 'change' would they still stand by my side.

I made my way to the bathroom and had a quick shower, brushed my teeth and applied a light layer of make up on with nude lip gloss and changed into my clothes.

[Lux's clothes: http://ak2.polyvoreimg.com/cgi/img-set/cid/58986897/id/1vpoJAYNRiCXOuK27hx-5g/size/y.jpg ]

I also put in my contact lenses because I wasn't just yet ready to wear my spectacles infront of people. Once I was done curling my waist length blond hair and plugged out the curling iron I heard a hooter.

I peeked out of window and I saw a black range rover sitting in my driveway, for a 'nerd' Zayn sure had taste in cars. I'm not surprised though, I wouldn't expect anything less from the Malik men.

I made my way downstairs, backpack slung over my one shoulder and handbag on the other. My parents were sitting by the kitchen island having breakfast- a rare sighting, I guess they wanted to be here for my first day as a junior in high school.