Teach Me To Live (OUAT//Peter Pan)

Chapter one

One may say that I'm a bit quirky... It's not my fault that I know what I do and don't like. I know I like it when I'm walking and my feet press into the cracks of cement in the exact same spot, or that feeling when my bones pop and the pressure that was previously held in that area is suddenly relieved, or the sensation of digging my feet into warm sand on the beach or letting the icy water of the ocean numb my toes and send chills up my spine.

 I live for the small things in life. Because sometimes the small things are the only things that tie us to hope and drown out our fears.  

My life is great, my life is peachy... everything is mapped out. It's perfect. I'll graduate high school with all A's and B's, go to a great college on a scholarship, get a job as a doctor, meet someone secure and consistent who I'll marry, and that will be it. Done, donezoe, donsearoonie. I know exactly where I'm going, and I know exactly how to get there. 

It was late one Saturday night when all of that changed.

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Ding

           A: Are you coming tonight?? You have to come! It'll be so fun. We're seeing an old horror movie at the drive in.

Alice, you know I can't. I have to study...

        A: For what!? We don't have any tests or quizzes next week. Please!?Jeremy will be there <3

We could have a pop quiz ! Mr. Johnson loves pop quizzes. Besides, all tonight would be is a distraction and I can't handle any distractions right now 

                                                                              Goodnight Alice.

   A:  Ugh, fine, suite yourself Alessia. Have fun studying.

           Goodnight.

I knew that Alice was frustrated with me, but what could I say? I had important things to do... 

I had just begun to go over my notes for science when I heard a knock on my door. Not another freaking distraction.

"Come in..." I said absentmindedly while flipping through my notes. 

My mom walked in with a timid smile and closed the door quietly behind her. 

"I gather you're not going out tonight?" She said with that sweet mom voice.

I let out a sigh, never looking away from my paper " Why should I? All there is to do is go to the movie drive in and drink shitty, cheap hard liquor. " "Aren't all moms supposed to be against that kind of stuff?"

My mom let out a nervous chuckle "No sweetie, I'm not saying that you have to do that kind of stuff. Your father and I... we just think It may be a good idea for you to maybe get out of the house a bit more. All you ever do is go to school, come home, and do homework. Doesn't it ever get boring..? Maybe this weekend you, Alice, and the other girls can have a study date? It would be productive and no shitty cheap liquor would be involved."

I paused for a moment as If I was considering my mom's offer then briefly shake my head, "Mmm, I think I'm good. Thanks though."

My mom let out a sigh of defeat before gathering herself and saying a quick goodnight. It is sweet that she and my dad are so worried about me, but I'm fine. I'm just not that big on engaging in social events when it is not required. Was that so big a deal? I know what I like and what I don't like. I like listening to old rock bands on my record player, I liked writing stories, I like taking photos and watching foreign films. I just am not particularly fond of leaving the comforts of my own home... 

               That night I was recumbent in the darkness, and for a moment the pain, and the loneliness, and the utter feeling of how odd I was in this perfectly normal world hit me. And for just a second I felt completely and utterly lost 

Then, all I heard was the sound of my glass window shattering as I felt the cold wind whirring against my face, and the next time I opened my eyes I was thousands of feet in the air.

A/N: Hello to the possibly non-existent people reading this story XD I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I know it was slow paced and I can promise that next chapter will get much more exciting. This is my first story on Wattpad and I was pretty tired while writing this so uh... no judgement? Anyways, I hope you keep reading and find out what happens next in Alessia's story :)