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Chapter Four~ Ignorance is Bliss

I blindly drove myself home and crawled under the blankets on the couch. I would never go back to school. Alex ruined my work, my safehouse, my life. I could never face that asshole again.

Until Paige dragged me to school the following Monday.

"Paige can't I just stay home? It's so much safer there!" I groaned as she pulled me up the walkway into the death trap that is known as school. She was literally dragging me in by my wrist as I dug my heels into the cement, trying to prolong my reunion with this horrid school, and worst of all, Alex.

Paige huffed and tugged my wrist harder, throwing me forward so I was standing next to her. "Look here missy. I am basically the only one who takes care of you around here because of your mom's busy work schedule, your dad overseas, and your brother at college. So, since I am a year older and clearly much smarter, YOU ARE GOING TO SCHOOL." She gave me a shove into the building. The commons were filled with students chatting, studying, or even sleeping. 

No one seemed to notice as Paige shoved me inside the brightly lit cafeteria.

"Paige, please. Alex has ruined everything!" I pleaded, anxiously tip toeing from foot to foot.

She raised her eyebrows and smirked. "Not everything." She handed me a sheet, with three large words printed across the top.

AUDITIONS FOR RENT

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"Next!" The director yelled. I stepped up under the spotlight and smiled slightly. I had already handed our pianist Jake my music.

"Hi, my name is Alice Peters and I will be singing Forever and Almost Always." I cleared my throat, and motioned to Jake to start playing.

"So the story goes on down, the less traveled road. It's a variation on, the one I was told. And although it's not the same, it's awful close. In an ordinary fairy tale land there's a promise of a perfect happy end, and I imagine having just one short of that. It's better than nothing..." I took a sharp breath, and finished hard. "So you'll be mine, forever and almost always. And I'll be fine, just love me when you can. And I'll wait patiently, I'll wake up everyday just hoping that you still care." The directors clapped and I exited. In the shadows of the dark house, sat Alex. He gave me small eye contact and dropped his head, almost looking as if he may have felt...guilty? Impossible. One can't just destroy someone else's life and then feel guilty. It's...not right. Why do it if you know you will feel guilty about it in the end?

I exited the theatre, and ran out to the parking lot to get the cans of paint from the trunk of my car. I decided I was going to repaint, again, beside the fact Alex may destroy it again.

Once I had laid all the plastic on the floor and changed clothes, I spent four long hours painting the small classroom a soft light blue.

As I was finishing up, I found a box hidden under the main desk. Inside, were all my photos from every photo shoot I had done aand organized in this room. A note was perched on top.

Hope this makes up for some of it. Don't think I now like you, but I may have gone too far and it sucks to see a girl cry. So here are your photos you wuss.

-Alex