Maybe it's Cliché

Chapter One.

The stars.
I used to believe everything was written in the stars.
The way I walked, believed, spoke - the way I inhaled - it was all on account of the stars.
But, when my dad left - I could only question why something so beautiful wished me so much pain.
So the stars did the only thing they could.
They became untouchable and grew further and further away, until they were just glistening dots in my sky.
And I, let them.
I let them get away from me.
Because I wished to blame them. I wished to blame them for the countless nights I spent crying or the countless nights I fell asleep to the sound of my mothers sobs.
The mornings she refused to get out of bed and wandered farther back into the darkness of her bedroom and now her life.
And every time the stars grew farther - I seemed to grow colder. I seemed to revert deeper into myself so no one would have to see more - so I wouldn't have to see myself.
Maybe it was for my own good. Maybe I was saving myself. Or maybe just maybe I was scared. Scared of loving as deeply as my mother did. Scared of falling into the never ending black abyss my father dumped her in - I was scared of being my mother. Scared of being as they were. Scared of being cliché.
I'm Elliot Mitchell.
The hot mess that can't seem to go a day without tripping.
I fear social interactions and fall for book characters instead of people.
I act fearless but fear everything secretly.
My heart isn't strong enough to love many but I've managed to squeeze in a few
My mother, doesn't understand me and I wish to run from her presence on a daily basis - but I find the will to love her, not just for my own good - but her's as well.
My brother - who's as cold as the snow that falls in under 0 degree weather, the rare moments where he allows you to see how truly broken he is - make the risk of being frozen worth it.
My friends, they seem to be my only true lifeline in a world I constantly seem to be losing my way in.
Belle Decès, but we just call her Bee, - my typical blond best friend, who isn't your typical blond at all, she's definitely smarter than everyone in our friend group, she's the shortest and the one determined to throw up over anything remotely sappy, but she's a great shoulder to cry on, once you realize she's just as scared as the rest of us.
Aria Lee - She may just be the exact opposite of my blond, being a dark haired girl herself - she's not interested in math or science, but hand the girl a mic or a sketchbook and you'd be questioning why she isn't in magazines already - I know I have, she's also the perfect dose of madness in my world of detached seriousness.

Dazed, I look up and realize I've been stuck in my own head for far longer than I'd imagined and realized my two idiots were trying to summon some sort of "demon" named JB, who apparently had a crush on me of all people. I sighed and secretly giggled at the actions of the two people my heart yearns for the most.

It seems my giggle wasn't as silent as I thought and Bee quickly turned to me
"But what's funny" she states, moving her head in a motion only she could pull off and make funny
It seems Aria had the same idea to speak but with different intentions
"WHERE. IS. MY. APPLE. JUICE" she raged
Me and Bee seem to have long forgotten about our previous conversation and burst into laughter only the maknae can provide.

Aria, who understood the reason for our laughter joined us and giggled like the baby she is.

See, this is my life. Two girls I can't live without despite our inner dilemmas.

We seemed to realize that it wasn't time to hang out, it was time for school and it was then we remembered that we were only sitting in Aria's living room to wait for her to actually get ready
I stood and they followed as if having read my mind.
Aria grabbed her bag
Bee grabbed her phone
And I grabbed my pride
Out the door we went; ready to fend off whatever came our way.

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Hey, I'm Ashley - this is my first story so please show love and let me know if there's anything wrong with it!

Working For It by Zhu, is the theme song for the trio I've just introduced!

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