Ethereal

Chapter 1- The audacity

My alarm rings at 5 am. I turn it off and slide out of bed. I wash my face and pull on my sweatpants and a compression t-shirt. Putting my headphones on, I make my protein shake and head to the indoor gym in the house that I share with Alexei and Asher. Alexei will most likely join me in an hour but Asher is probably in bed with twins that he picked up from the party last night. 

I blast my playlist in my headphones as I turn on the treadmill. I do 30 mins of jogging and running and then switch to the bench press, pushing 100 lbs on each side for warm up. Later, I push another 20 lbs on each side. Alexei pushes the door open with his foot, in his shorts and a t-shirt. I nod at him and he nods back at me. I continue my workout, focusing on my arms and chest today. 

An hour later, I feel an itch that has been growing for a while now. I pull my headphones out and say, "Wanna spar?" he raises his brows but agrees, knowing we both are quite the pair and it is entertaining. An hour and a half later, I am drenched in sweat and step into shower, letting the warm water flow down my hair and body, soothingly and yet failing to relax me.  

I change into jeans and a black hoodie and go down to make breakfast. I make a toast, put some butter on it and add some salt and black pepper. We could have a private chef and I do occasionally call him in but we usually make our meals or we order takeout. Grabbing my gloves from the compartment, I head to the garage and take my bike out. Clasping my helmet, I rev the bike and take off towards school. 

The feeling of the wind whipping around as I go against it. The speed and thrill of the acceleration is deafening. I enter NYU and it's practically empty. I don't know if I am late or early. Stepping off the bike, I remove my gloves and check my watch. Yep, definitely late. Checking my schedule, I see that I have economics. I head to my class when I see her. How the fuck is someone so happy at all times. She literally put me in a worse mood than I am in. That bloody laugh pisses me off to the core. Her blonde glitters in the sunlight. It fucking glitters. How is that even possible? Her and her little group of nerds start and talk in the courtyard. I see my sister next to her and I immediately hate it. The audacity she has to even be in the same 30-mile radius as my sister is fucking annoying.

I shut my alarm and go back to my peaceful sleep and the fucking dream I was having with Jacob Elordi. Something heavy falls on me and I swear I will murder Aurora one day. "Aurora I swear tog od if you are not off me in 3 seconds you are so dead".

"No can do darling. I made your favourite breakfast."

"Chocolate chip pancakes with maple syrup and a drizzle of chocolate syrup and coffee on the side?" I ask her, opening one eye and peaking at her.

"You know it. You better come out before Ariana eats it."

"I will gut her if she eats it," I say and roll out of bed... and onto the floor. "Ouchhhh. My ass." Aurora giggle and walks out of my room. I groan and follow her out. I love her but she has to stop waking up so fucking early and being so chirpy.

I see my breakfast on the island and slide on the chair in front of it and devour my food. Aurora hums some tune while squeezing orange juice from fresh oranges. Who has the energy for that at 8am? And from her outfit, it looks like she just came back from a run. I finish my breakfast and go shower. 

An hour and a half later, I am ready, dressed in a light blue skirt and a baby pink top and white shoes. My make up is done and I don't know what to do with my hair. I do a simple braid and tie it with a white ribbon, making a bow. I walk out of my room and hear collective sighs of relief. 

"Fina-fucking-ly Viv. I was about to drag you out if took five more minutes," Ariana groans out.

"I agree but at least she looks cute," Ivy says and hooks her arm with mine. 

"Alright guys. Let's go," Ariana says and grabs her car keys.

We reach uni in half an hour because its New York. Ari parks the car and we all pile out and go to the courtyard since we have 30 more minutes till classes start. 

"Hello ladies," Abraham winks at us and Zeus rolls his eyes at him.

"Guys, what are we doing this weekend?" Ivy asks.

"Let's stay in and have a movie marathon," I suggest and they immediately shoot me down.

"We had a movie marathon last weekend," Aurora says, shooting me a side-eye. "Let's go out to Red-Eye. It opened last month and I am dying to go there."

"Yesss. I agree," Ari sides with her and Abraham and Ivy nod along. I give Zeus puppy eyes but he nods along too. Great.

"Fine," I say but then the back of my tingle and my hairs stand up. The words I was forming die on my tongue as I turn around to see Elio approaching us. I stare at him a little too long. The scowl on his face, his dark ruffle hair and the all black outfit makes me tingle. No. What the fuck Vivienne? He is an asshole who has major ego issues. I want to slap him sometimes. Actually 99% of the time. 

"Aurora. A word." The conversation dies down as soon as he opens his mouth. 

I cross my arms. "We actually have class right now and unlike you we actually care about our grades."

I slides his eyes to me and looks me up and down. "Did I allow you to speak in my presence? Aurora."

I scoff at his audacity. Aurora shoots me a sympathetic smile and follows her brother away from us.

"The audacity- ughhhh. He makes me want to rip my hair out," I snarl and his retreating figure.

"Technically, you can't do anything," Abraham says and I shoot him a glare.

"Anyone else notice how frustrated Viv gets anytime Elio does anything? He could be breathing and she would yell at him for that," Ivy says and I groan. 

"I do not. He is just so- ugh. Nevermind. I am going to be late for class. See you guys later." 

***End Of Chapter***