The Tainted Glass

CHAPTER 1

SOME SPARKLES AND PINK DOORS💖

'BAM!!'

Working with my own stuff was never that difficult, But how can i see that step through with this big stack of boxes that i was carrying, being this much short?

Those boxes were destined to kiss the floor.

I somehow managed to gather my stuff . I hate moving out,this is the first time I'm doing it though ! I'm moving in with my roomie hazylnn winters , let me tell you she is one of those wild girls and her boyfriend is a member of the knight gang of our town! Which might come in handy. Anyway this is least of my worries right now . I had bigger things to demolish my brain on. And just like that a bright pink door invaded my view . A Bright pink door! A freakin bright pink door! And freakin sparkles covered the door knob!! What in God's name is this?? Am i going to be living here! Seriously hazylnn?
I reached out to knock at the door

Once

Twice

Thrice

"Zee, open up" I was only greeted by silence. I tried again " Come on, open the door Zee , it's me suzzanah". No response, this girl sleeps like a dead person. A frustrated sigh escaped my lips and I tried again by kicking the door. "Zee, open up or I'll break your door" . As i was about to knock again it was opened by a girl in pink flannel pyjamas and a Ryan Gosling T-shit , rubbing her eyes groggily to remove the traces of sleep she had ,she looked at me eyeing me from head to toe and said " What? Can't a girl get her Beauty sleep? For Christ's sake its 8 in the morning!!" Well , that's hazylnn for you . Totally not a morning person. " Hello to you too Zee! You look lovely this morning"

She ignored my sarcastic comment and carried on "Let's get your stuff in your room , kay?" I nodded my head. With that she picked up one of my box and leads me in a baby pink coloured hallway that was covered with fairy lights! Unbelievable, can this get any more girly? To break the silence i spoke up "Zee, who the hell in their right mind paints their door a neon pink? That's epitome of insanity!" She replied with a short " I do."

We were now standing in front of a door whose brown paint was chipped off of it. Totally attractive , I thought sarcastically. She rest the box on the doorstep and turned around "Well that's gonna be your Den , bae!" Said the 'pink-obsessed' girl.

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And I must say thousands dustbins would have died , when that room was born. It felt no less than being dumped into a backyard of shit.
"Oh! Hazylnn , I could have done with a less beautiful room." The side of her lips quirked up and she said "That's what a runaway gets! . And since i have shown you everything , I might as well consider to complete my ' Beauty Sleep'"  emphasizing on the ' Beauty Sleep' part. As she reached the doorway , she turned around and said " Good Luck cleaning this shitty place!". I scoffed, As if i needed that.

BUMMER!

So now I was left alone with the ear splitting silence. I decided to start with the walls first. Thanks to all the bloodlines of Einstein, the walls were covered with hundreds of geometrical designs and were beautifully complimented by spiders artwork! But yeah, I was blessed in that case ,Ya know? I was the only one in my house who wouldn't scream on seeing a spider. (I do know they are gross , but hey they are creatures of god!) That's kinda plus point.(A/N:NO OFFENSE SPIDER LOVER!)

I hadn't even the slightest of idea that the room will take 4 hours of cleaning to be called a room and Room being the funny part of the sentence. I was hoping for food right now as rats were doing cartwheels in my stomach! It was almost 1 o'clock so Zee must have completed her ' Beauty Sleep ' by now. So when I entered the living room i found her chilling out on the couch with some Netflix on, she was watching 'Teenwolf' marathon. I asked " Where's food zee?" She mused " What food?" . I knew by the smirk on her face that i was on my own. I was about to order a Chinese takeout but I remember my room needed some serious mending, and I planned to start with the walls (of course not that crappy pink) So , rather then home delivery I'd just visit a McDonald's .

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I was standing in front of hundred of paint boxes , confused to buy baby blue or lilac in combination with beige for my walls of 'den'. I went with Lilac n beige either way.

Coming back to making peace with my stomach , I was confused between buying fruit loops or honey loops. I was thinking over buying this cereals like it was a life changing decision , of course it was! Haven't you guys heard about Food is best cure to every Sadness. Why can't they make fruity-honey-loops?.
I couldn't decide so I ended up buying both. By the time all of my stuff was billed it was 7 in evening and was getting dark and it was 20 minutes drive to my apartment so i thought about rather hurrying.
When i reached my new 'home' I found out that hazylnn hadn't moved from her position, she was still 'chilling out' on the couch in living room. When she noticed me entering the living room , pausing her episode and while removing her headphones (They were a nasty shade of pink too.) she said "Oh darl suzy, Back home so soon? I didn't take you for insipid one." I scowled at her and she continued  "Don't tell me you don't drink? Let's drown our sorrows together and do some bitching." And as said , bitching is so attractive !

I wasn't in mood of making an effort for making that shitty mess my room right now and didn't have anything interesting to do either way so I agreed to her. I took a seat at plush carpet of caramel colour ( thank god, it wasn't pink!). While she was doing the bitching part , it took her 1 hour and 53 minutes. And yes I'm good at maths. I took my time to drink in the surroundings. The only thing that came to my mind was 'I needed to get rid of that pink or better the 'pink-obsessed' girl or otherwise I'll suffer from a serious case of Rodophobia'.
I bid my 'good night' to her and went to my room , I decided to have a shower first. A long , warm and refreshing one , so I did. I changed into some black cotton shorts and white tank top . I was really looking forward on sleeping on my 'oh-so-soft' bed ( old enough for sarcasm, ya know?)

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I felt a blast of heat surge through my forehead throughout my body, I felt stuck as I hastily tried to move or do something to make out the surroundings, just know to where I was. But i couldn't, only source of light was a broken bulb hanging from oblivion and was far away from my reach. Darkness was all i felt , all i saw and all I feared. I squinted my eyes to get a better vision and notice a silhouette marching towards me. I could barely make out a weapons in its hand. When it reached closer , I could make out it was a sharp object. A knife, A spiral knife. All of the oxygen left my body. I was terrified, beyond terrified. A sob broke through my body and I tried to move but the feeling of being stuck sinked in deeper. I screamed .I couldn't form any coherent words. But just thinking making any sound would keep me safe , that thought provided some sort of comfort in this haunted place. It was only 3 steps away from me when light enveloped me. It was her. I saw her face. That menacingly, wicked and cunning smile. Her blonde hair. It was her.....

I woke up with a jerk.

I breathed out " O-Oh my G-God..., it was h-herr.." my voice quivered. It couldn't be.
I was sweating like a pig. I sure as hell knew that sleep won't grace me anymore and it was already 4 in the morning so I decided to go for a jog, it was best was to blow off some steam . While jogging I thought about the things I'll need. Firstly, i needed to enroll in a school . That'll be easy cause i had a 4.4 GPA earlier so that won't be a problem. Secondly,A job. Sure i was loaded but people here thought that I was an orphan so they'll doubt where my money came from.
I was back at my room by 6 and I decided to clean up . After shower, i changed in some boyfriend shirt and light washed denim jeans with black sneakers.

I had a long day ahead.

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