Life Is Wrong

Chapter One

Chapter One || Getting Closer

'Shit!' I mentally scolded myself. I was sitting in the middle of the road, a horrible bleeding scrape on my thigh. My toast was stuffed in my mouth, causing me to choke. I swallowed it, ahem, choked it down. I looked ridiculous, like an ape ready to swallow anything that crosses its path. The orange juice I had in my basket had slipped out and exploded all over my summer dress. It was my favourite, and I had purchased it while my Aunt Jennifer was having one of her many botox injections. I'm very sure that my Aunt Jennifer had at least a few hundred injections by now, she surely looked like a barbie gone wrong. I tried to run my hand through my hair, only to find that the orange juice had stuck my hair into a frizzy, knotty and sticky Nutella mess. I slowly stand up, dusting myself off in the process. I hear giggles, so I turned around to peek over my shoulder. There sat my cousin, Mia, who was Aunt Jennifer's spoilt daughter. She was the one with the perfectly beautiful face, the blonde hair and ombre pink tips. She was stuffed in her car with her friends and her boyfriend, seemingly ready to leave to school.

"hey, loser!" She called out to me, "What happened? Did clumsy little Tomoyo once again prove that she's like, the most idiotic person in the world?" Mia giggles, her friends joining in with her. Her boyfriend, Tyler, just smirks at me. Oh, how dreamy he is! Hm, did I mention that I have the possibly biggest crush on Tyler? It was from third grade, too. However, because Mia and Tyler were the two most popular students in school, everyone believes that they belong together. I obviously hate it, standing on the sidelines in jealousy and disagreement.

"You! Stop goo-goo-eyeing my boyfriend!" Mia scowled sharply, as I suddenly realized that I've been staring at Tyler. Even starting to drool! Fantastic, I've made myself seem like a creepy stalker right in front of my crush. Jeez, why is my life so unfortunate?

As my sister/cousin drove off to school with her ring of friends, I fetched my fallen bag and bike from the floor and peddle back home to change into clean clothes. When I arrive, I notice that the windows were ajar and the door was unlocked when I tried to open it.

Someone's inside, I say to myself. I quietly walk inside, as silent as possible. As I'm in the middle of the hallway, I hear a familiar voice. I couldn't quite make out the muffled voice's owner, but it does sound upset and fierce. I continue walking quietly to my room, taking soft steps. However, a slightly larger step of mine causes the floorboards to creak. Not any normal creak, any creak from Tomoyo Stone is not normal. The creak itself was loud, echoey and probably loud enough to cause an earthquake. 

"Fuck these shitty floors," I whisper angrily. "They've probably been here for centuries." 

"Huh?! Who's there?" A mysterious voice says as I hear hard and heavy footfalls. They seem to be coming...

Closer?

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Word count of 538 words.