Thirst

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I woke up to the sound of my mother opening the door, it was around 11 at night and I could barely see.

"Love, I'm home, I brought you dinner, I decided not to stay over." She called out from the kitchen. The faint smell of Italian takeout spread across the apartment.

"Okay mom, just gonna get changed, be right out." I got up and closed my bedroom door. Clothing my naked body, I looked out the window again to see dark skies. Shuddering at the cold floor, I pulled over a light cardigan.

"What's for dinner?" I smelled the air, walking into the kitchen and dining room. Our apartment was wide spaced but quaint. And it was perfect. I sat down as my mother brought me a plate.

"Hope you don't mind, I already ate." My mom sat down beside me and smiled. "So what did you do today?" I swallowed the delicious pasta as it appeared in front of me.

With my mouth quite full I replied, "I got slapped by some girl I met at the train station, and then she kissed me. It was so weird."

"Well that's quite odd." She ruffled my hair as we sat in silence for a few moments. She stood quickly stretching, "Baby, I think I'm gonna go to bed, I had a long day. I'll see you in the morning. And don't forget to rinse and put your plate in the dishwasher when you're done. I love you my baby. Goodnight" She kissed my cheek and walked out of the kitchen.

I finished eating as the apartment went quiet. Getting up I slowly creep'd to the sink and rinsed my plate. Sliding it into the dishwasher, I found my way back to my bed room. The floor was still cold on my feet. Walking toward the large nearly floor length window I pulled my cardigan closer around me. I looked out on the street. Cars drove by every which way. It was quiet, yet so loud. Turning away from the window I went and sat down on my bed. Slowly I took my clothes off until I was in a tank top and boxers. Rolling over I picked up my phone, social networks seemed like such a drag, yet nonetheless I checked them. Laying there for a good twenty minutes I finally turning my alarm on and put my phone down. It was dark and the only light illuminating was from my window. I closed my eyes and soon was pulled into a deep sleep.

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I opened my eyes to the bright sunlight peering into my window. Looking over at my alarm clock I swiftly turned it off, it was quiet as I laid there and looked out the window. Finally sighing I pulled the covers off of me.

The floor was cold as I tip toed my way to the bathroom. Looking in the mirror I opened the cabinet and took my pills. The floor warmed under my feet as I stood there looking in the mirror. Holding the corners of the countertop I looked down at the sink. Shaking my head I walked over to the bathtub and ran a shower. It took a few seconds to get the temperature just right. Without thinking or even caring I got in and pulled the curtain away so I could see the floor length mirror on the other side of the bathroom. Sitting there I looked at myself. I had my clothes on still and they had begun to get completely soaked. I looked at my tattoos and at my arms, and face. The bathroom door was still open and I watched as my mother walked in. Her face fell.

"Come on honey, not today. Get up, you can do it." She reached for me, slowly pulling me to my feet.

"I don't want to do anything today. I want to sit in the shower." I looked down at my mother as she held onto me.

"Have you taken your pills?" She turned off the shower making me step out.

"Yes, I have. But I still need to shower." She looked up at me.

"Well alright, but today I'm giving you a ride to school."

"Can you give me a ride every day?" I thought about seeing Nessa on the train. At the moment I didn't want to see her. She was weird and peculiar, and not for me to deal with. My mother nodded.

"Alright then, be ready in 20 minutes." She walked out of the bathroom. I began taking my clothes off. Turning the shower back on, I sighed and got back in.

Twenty minutes later I was waiting at the door for my mother.

"Got everything sweetie, how are you feeling now?"

"I'm fine; I keep forgetting to take my pills though." She handed me my lunch and closed the door behind us.

"I've noticed." She made a sad convincing smile and turned, walking down the stairs. I followed behind slowly. We lived in a small apartment building with a good set of stairs and broken elevator. It was quiet and often reminded me of Peter Parker's apartment in Spider Man, except larger and quite newer, it was the similar structure that had caught my attention.

Soon enough I had made it to school without having to suffer the cold walking winds and the crowded train.

"I have practice tonight; so don't forget to come pick me up." I closed the car door and grabbed my gear out of the back of the car. She mouthed, I love you as she drove away.

I walked into the school with my bags, making my way to the coaches office to stash them. Then from there I slowly made my way to my locker, the whole school seemed to be freezing today, suffering the soon to be winter of Canada. I wore my warm burgundy hoodie to school and silently thanked my intuition. Taking off my outer jacket I opened my locker and stuffed it in along with my bags, grabbing my stuff for first class.

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It had been a long day when I had finally began to pull on my hockey gear. It was around 3:30 and I was early, warming up I did my lines. It was a regular day, but I couldn't shake the feeling of seeing Nessa again. I knew I wanted to stay away from her, but she was just on my mind. Dani skated over to me as all the guys began to file in, there were three other girls on the team along with me; then around nine to ten guys. They were a great load of friends and a mighty good time. Dani bumped me getting my attention. He motioned towards the empty stands, there in a huge blue scarf sat Nessa; she smiled holding a Starbucks cup up to her lips. Great, just wonderful.

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A/N

Slow updates are noted, school takes time out of everyone's lives, so try not to expect them all so fast. I'm doing my best.

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