Do or Die | A Slipknot story

chapter one

"Why do you always play that game?" Chris, one of my dads friends asked as he sat on the couch behind me, leaning forward to stare at the screen my eyes were attached to.

"Because its fun" I responded. I had a 'duh' tone to my voice, me being the very sarcastic child that I am.

"Do you play anything else?" He inquired.

"Yes, you've seen me play other things, friend" I answered, chuckling when I heard him sigh and fall back onto the large, black couch. I continued on with my game - Call of Duty Black Ops. The zombie mode was my favorite, so that's what I was playing. Chris sat silently on the couch watching me play. The silence was comfortable, thankfully.

"When do you start school again?" He suddenly asked. I paused my game and turned around to face him.

"I think in like two months or something" I replied.

"Good"

"You trying to get rid of me? Alright, I see how it is" I shook my head in fake defense while standing up and walking to the kitchen for water. Chris entered the kitchen with yet another sigh.

"You know that's not what I meant, child"

"Oh yes, I'm the child" I said with a bit of sarcasm. Shawn sat on the other side of our kitchen island, raising an eyebrow at us. I smirked as Chris rolled his eyes.

"You're so difficult" he yelled as I exited the kitchen after giving Shawn a hug. I laughed aloud, throwing my head back as I set my bottle of water next to me when I sat down, unpausing my game.

"But you love me anyway, right?" I asked in a yell to the kitchen where I assume Chris was.

"Nope" he joked, popping the 'p'. I once again faked a hurt expression. My game ended, so I spun around to see Chris entering the living room.

"Well, excuse me for living" I cried. Chris laughed, knowing I was joking, as Paul entered the room.

"Geez Chris, what did you do this time?"

"Hey, she started it" he defended. Paul shook his head and turned to me.

"Oh sure, blame it on the innocent 14 year old. Classic Chris, classic" I said. Paul and Chris burst into laughter, along with Shawn who entered the room.

"You? Innocent?" Chris laughed. I giggled.

"Says the one who was suspended the last three weeks of school" Shawn chuckled. Yep, that's how bad my behavior was.

"Hey, not my fault" I chuckled.

"Its what makes you special" Paul declared, with the other two agreeing. They all hugged me in a group hug with me giggling in the center. "Oh and we have to go shopping today, and then go to the studio, and maybe food, so get ready okay?"

"Alright" I agreed before turning to hop up the staircase to my bedroom on the right. Once I entered, I immediately went to my closet to find clothes for the day. It was only 8:30, and we had to leave at 10:00, so I had plenty of time. I scavenged through my closet before deciding on a pair of black ripped skinny jeans and a light Metallica hoodie. I never wore shirts under hoodies, being I never took them off because they hid my scars. I only wore t-shirts when I knew nobody would notice.

After grabbing my clothes, I went into my bathroom and shut the door. I turned on the water and stripped of my clothes, brushing through my hair, and jumping in the shower.

My shower only lasted 30 minutes, so I was left with about an hour. I started blow drying my hair and straightening it, which only took another 30.

All that was left, was dressing and my light makeup. I slipped into my clothes and began doing my usual makeup routine. My makeup was somewhat simple, just eye shadow, eyeliner, and mascara. Sometimes concealer if I needed it.

After I was done with that, I still had ten minutes, so I grabbed my phone, wallet, and ear buds before heading downstairs where everybody but Sid was ready. I noticed my water still sat near the TV, so I grabbed it and chugged the rest before throwing the empty bottle at Joey.

"Rude" he muttered as I walked towards him giggling. I picked up the bottle that hit him on the forehead and threw it away in the kitchen. Before entering the living room again, I plugged my ear buds into my phone and began blasting 'Bullet' by Hollywood Undead. When I entered, Sid stood with the rest of the guys, who lead us out the door. I walked along side Craig, who was shooting my concerned looks from hearing my song and the lyrics. I turned to meet his gaze and simply shrugged before changing the song to 'Scream' by Avenged Sevenfold and sliding in the car next to Mick with Craig following.
We were all squished into one car, which was uncomfortable, but we were kinda used to it by now.

My dad drove us downtown to the mall, where we were meeting his girlfriend, Stephanie. She, like the rest of the guys actually enjoyed my company, minus my dad.

She was already there when we arrived, so I completely climbed over Craig and jumped out of the car, earning laughs from all the guys. I ran to Stephanie and hugged her.

"Hey kiddo. What's up?" She greeted with a warm smile.

"Nothing really. Kinda wanna dye my hair. You?" I replied.

"Oh nothing. I think you should dye it, what color were you thinking?"

"Either red with blonde highlights, black, or purple with bleached bangs" I explained as the guys turned up behind me.

"Well, decide, and I'll take you today?" She suggested, resulting in me jumping up and down with excitement, clapping my hands.

"Yes!" I shrieked. She laughed as we all walked into the mall.

"What was that?" Sid questioned as we were led into a clothing store.

"What?"

"You seemed excited over something" he replied casually.

"Oh, I may get to dye my hair" I clapped my hands again.

"Awesome" he concluded and gave me a high five as we parted and began to look around. I saw some awesome stuff, but decided to save my money. We ended up leaving that store without much, but the next store, everybody except for me went a bit crazy on.

The guys ended up going to a few more stores while Stephanie took me to dye my hair.

"Did you decide?"

"Yep. Purple with bleached bangs" I smiled.

"Alright, let's do this"

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"That looks really good, Alex" Stephanie praised. I nodded while still admiring my hair. "Let's go find the guys" I nodded again and we exited the hair place. We spotted the guys standing near a vending machine, so I took off toward them. They all turned to face me when they heard my heavy breathing.

"Woah Alex" Shawn said, looking impressed.

"That's rad, kid" Sid gave me yet another high five. The other guys gave me compliments, even my dad said it looked nice, although his face told a different story.

"Thanks guys"

"Studio time?" James asked. The guys nodded, so we all filed out of the mall and into the car. This time, I was placed on top of Craig, so Stephanie could sit in my previous spot.

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