Alexia and the Beast

Cahpter 2: Roya High

Ever since World War 3 three ended, I've never been as excited as I am today. Of all things, I didn't  think it would be the fact of starting school that would excite me. I took the fastest shower this morning. I didn't want to be late (even though it was 6:45 am and school started at 8:00 a.m). I rushed down stairs so quick I missed the last step and fell flat on my face. Ouch!

"Are you ok?!", my mom asked as she quickly rushed to my side.
"Yeah", I lied."It's just a tiny slip." Though it hurt like I fell off the Lady of Liberty. I stood up and faced  her with an assuring look to show her I was ok.
"Oh my god!", she gasped."You've got blood all over your nose!"
"What?", I asked. Mom quickly ran to the kitchen. I touched the tip of my nose and took my hand back quickly because of the horrible pain. Oouuuuuch! It stung so badly! My mom ran back from the kitchen with a wet cloth in her hand and started dabbing it on my nose.
"Ooooooooow!", I scram as I jumped up and down in the same spot.
"Sorry, sorry", she said. She attempted to try and dab my nose I again but I put my hand in front of it, shielding it from the cloth.
"It's ok. I can do it by myself", I said. I took the cloth from her hand and started to the same dabbing motion she did. I decided to go to the bathroom and use the mirror to get a better view of my nose. I looked in to the mirror and was actually kind of surprised that my nose was still okay. Of course it's still covered in blood and stung like hell, but it didn't look that bad. I was just hoping I wasn't going to have to go to school with a bandage on my nose. Definitely not good for a first impression. My mom came in with a tiny bottle in her hand with pink liquid stuff inside.
"Take", she said as she put the bottle in my hand."Its supposed to make your nose better."
"What do I do?", I asked."Drink it?"
"No", she said." Just apply a small amount around your nose and a little inside. In less than a few seconds you should start feeling better."
I did as she instructed and opened the bottles. I put a bit of the substance on my noise and felt an instant relief.
"What is this?" I asked. "Magic?"
My mom laughed and grabbed the bottle from my hand.
" Your dad gave it to me", she said. " I don't exactly remember what the name is but he said it's one of the fastest pain killers he's ever discovered. It also makes it heal faster." My dad is a doctor, of course he knows what's best for an emergency like this.
"But it hasn't been tested", she said."So there's a one out of a four chance you might die."
"What?!", I asked.
"Just kidding Lexi", she said as she laughed by herself. " Come help me in the kitchen since you felt like being all worked up so early in the morning."
I followed her to the kitchen and started cracking some eggs into a bowl while she fried some bacon. For some reason we already had food in the house. My dad came down and kissed each of us on the cheek.
"Good morning, girls", he greeted.
"Good morning, honey", my mom said.
"Hey dad", I said.
"What's for breakfast?", he asked even though he could clearly already see what was for breakfast.
"Eggs and bacon", mom said.
"Great!", he said."I really love bacon!"
"We're aware", I said sarcastically. "That's why we made them."

When we finished, my mom had already setted the table and my dad was putting food on it while I quickly washed the dishes. We started to eat and not surprised, my dad took the biggest quantity. I finished my plate so fast I started to choke on my last bit.
"Slow down or it won't be your nose the only thing that needs more of that pink stuff", my dad said.
"Wait, how did you know I hurt my nose?", I asked, still trying to make my food go down the right pipe.
"Your mom told me", he said. "In case you're not aware, I'm the one that provided her with the pink medicine. And plus, you scream pretty loud." We all started laughing.

Mom dropped me off at school today. She has a lot of time these days. She used to work in the government. She was paid very well. You can even say she enjoyed her job (not because of the money). When the war started, mom and our whole family were threatened because a lot of government officials were being attacked. Mom's position wasn't even that high but still it was risky. So that's why kept on travelling a lot. But when the war ended, mom lost her job. She became a house wife. Dad had a very good degree in medicine so he could always find a very well paid job anywhere.