1. Mornings

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Like every other morning, mine started with the alarm clock, and ended when I stepped out of the front door.

And, again, like any other morning, mine started with a mistake that sent me spiraling into a sour mood for the rest of the day: I had forgotten my journal.

My sister, Mabel, always hides it somewhere after she looked through the pages. I don't mind... usually. Today, however, I was beyond agitated.

I still hadn't studied for the test coming up in Human Geography. That Teacher was MEAN! She wouldn't listen to a word I tried to say last time I had failed a test.

She knew I was lying, which I was, of course. But I couldn't just tell her, "Yeah, sorry I failed the test. Bill took my textbook again."

Bill would not only kill me, but he would also, from then on, torture me until I wanted to die. I already had someone else doing that, I didn't need Bill to add on to it.

With a sigh of exasperation, I open the front door again.

"MABEL, where did you put my journal?!"

Silence.

"MABEL!"

Still no answer.

"She already went to school, dipper."

I look to my left from the entrence. I hadn't even noticed my dad sitting in the couch with a book and papers strewn across his lap.

"Oh..."

Another sigh.

A little awkwardly, I shuffle inside. Currently, the one thing on my mind, was finding my journal. I couldn't go to school without it, even with the threat of bullies tearing it to pieces. I had all my sketches of monsters and notes in there. Without it, I would be lost.

I finally found it lying under the bed; Mabel's bed.

Now, it's time to head to school.

Oh dear...

Please notify me of any mistakes in this chapter that I may have missed.

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