Book One of Virtues Series: Numbness

Chapter One: Meet Chara

"No no no!! please don't leave me!!"

Why is this happening again....?

"please! I can't lose you! Stay with me please!!"

It hurts.....

"Nicole! No please!! Not you!! Please!!"

GASPS!

Taking in a breath of air I hunched forward wiping the sweat on my face as I take in short breaths covering my face with the palms of my hands then looking at them wondering if the sensations I felt in them were real or not.

I pinched myself.

"Ow"

"It was just a dream Chara....Calm down..." After I reassured myself that it was a dream I laid down on my bed and continued to stare at the ceiling blankly. I placed a hand on my heart and felt that same feeling I had every morning when I woke up.

Numbness...

I sighed again taking in my surroundings and cursed myself for not tidying up when I got home from school last night...

My room is a mess...."I thought as I looked around. I was a ladylike person according to my mom I was an epitome of poise and grace but when you would look at my room you would think she was lying. It looked like a tornado passed by here.

Books were scattered around the room along with some homework I was suppose to do last night but since I came home awfully exhausted I forgot about it. On my maroon-painted walls were lots of posters mostly from anime that I didn't even know about. They were a gift from Alexis and I couldn't say no to her, she'd hate me even more if I denied them especially when she worked hard finding these. In the corner laid a katana blade in its glass case. It was collecting dust from not being used anymore. I stopped using it because of......reasons...On the side of my walk in wardrobe by the doorway laid a lot of my blouses. Funny I thought I cleaned up my wardrobe at least. It kind of looks like someone went in there and started grabbing anything they saw worthy of wearing and only one person in this house who I know would invade my privacy that much.....

"Alexis....."

I sighed at the thought and got up. I did a few stretches before heading into the bathroom and washed my face before looking into the mirror. And to tell you the truth I wish I didn't. I looked like a mess...My usually wavy brown locks of hair looked like something you would see Frankenstein's bride would have. It looked like something crawled in my hair and started making a hay house. I had bags under my eyes and it didn't help with my complexion at all. My tank top was wrinkled and my shorts was falling down a bit as I fixed them.

"I really need to stop going to all those events at school...this is the last time I am ever going to a rave...." I then stripped off my clothes and took a nice warm shower. The water feeling nice on my skin as I gazed at the shower doors that showed my reflection it was a one way mirror, which I could see from outside but nobody could see me from the inside. I finished my bath and started combing my hair getting dressed in the "school" uniform which was a white button up short sleeve with a black necktie around it, on the chest pocket was the symbol of our "school", a red and black checkered skirt. Long black kneesocks and black doll shoes. I styled my hair making it look neat in its original wavy brown curls then started to head downstairs but was greeted by a small little girl jumping on top of me.

"Good morning Chara!!~ I made you breakfast!!~" Alexis said as she cuddles me like she does every morning that I go down and eat. She was only 4 feet in height so her head was pretty much where my chest was which felt kind of violating for me since she rubs her head there a lot.

She had Dark brown hair and Reddish brown eyes. A rare color for her but I didn't mind it looked good on her. She wore a vest that belonged to the lower rankings in our "school" and a red and black crisscross patterned skirt with mismatched socks to.....match. I sighed at her outfit I specifically told her to not wear the vest. It was a ranking that wasn't even hers and I worry about it because people bully her for sitting with me saying how she acted how she was of my ranking...which she was truthfully....she was a Virtue like me....

"Good morning Alexis....what strange yet delicious meal have you made for me today?" I patted her head as I said that she purred at my touched which was strange considering she wasn't a cat but I knew she liked it when I touched her head.

"Bacon and waffles!~ I know you like bacon...and waffles so I thought I would make them together!~" she says smiling as brightly as usual.

A familiar smile that back then I used to adore so much....

From.....her......

"Stop it Chara!~ that tickles you silly!!~"

SMASH

My eyes widen at the noise and when I looked behind me I noticed that one of our vases had smashed to the ground. Looking towards Alexis I noticed she looked worried about me.

"Chara...? Are you ok?..." She asked me frowning she was always worried about me even the little things like me not getting enough sleep but despite her constant worry I learned to appreciate it.

"Shit mom is gonna kill you sis...."

I turned to face the door to see my older twin brother, Eric Jericho Casablancas. He was my paternal twin since unlike me he had raven black hair though we had the same eye color. He wore a black vest jacket with a skull on it and a black checkered undershirt, dark blue ripped jeans and black sneakers.

"I know I'll....try to give her an explanation later.....because I really don't have a clue how I broke this vase...if I were to be honest"

"You've ben spacing out a lot....everything ok? And don't you dare say you are.....you're my twin and twins are supposed to know everything about each other..."

"It's just stress don't worry about it.." I lied. To be honest I really don't know what was wrong with me these past few days. Ever since that same dream I've been having for a week I don't know what's gotten into me....

"GUYS GUYS!!! CAN WE PLEASE JUST EAT BREAKFAST?!?? I'M HUNGRYYYYY!!!" Alexis yelled breaking me out of my thoughts as Eric and I chuckled. Alexis wasn't our blood sister but she meant the world to us.

"All right! Breakfa—ow!!" he yelled. As he tried to reach for my strange bacon and waffle combination breakfast Alexis had hit his hand with the spatula in her hand. HARD.

"YOU DON'T TOUCH THAT! GET YOUR OWN BREAKFAST JERICHO!"

"Ok first of all its ERIC not JERICHO....Secondly, WHY CAN'T I EAT THIS BREAKFAST?!??!"

"BECAUSE IT'S CHARA'S!" She yells glaring at him as I sighed there was never a day when these two would stop fighting early in the morning. And here I thought today was going to be the day.

I glanced at the clock and my eyes widened. It was already 7:30 AM! The morning ceremony was going to start at 8 am sharp. The last time we were late Commander Monday had to put us on cleaning duty which drained all my energy since the "school" was huge.

"All right you two that's enough! Its 7:30 already and the ceremony starts at 8 am! Alexis just give him the waffles!" I say rubbing the sides of my head as I ran up the stairs to grab my bag and when I came back downstairs I see Eric sticking his tongue out as Alexis as she throws a spatula at him. "ahem!!" I cleared my throat and soon they both stopped and grabbed their own bags as we rushed out of the house.