Dark Paradise (A Michael Clifford fanfiction)

Chapter 2

"Violet? Honey, wake up it's time to go." I groan and mumble out the barely audible words "I'm up" as I roll out of bed and onto my feet. I look out my window to see that it's still dark out and probably will be for a while longer. I look back at my bed to realize for three months I won't be sleeping in that bed, but one that's not mine. I won't even step foot in here for three months. Today is June 2nd and on September 3rd I will finally be home and into my own house. Back to my own bed. With my mom and I will finally have my life back. I'll be in Melbourne not Sydney. My mom will have her normal job and I'll go back to my normal life also. I slip on a pair of ripped acid wash jeans and a nirvana t-shirt and pair that with my black creepers. I go to my bathroom and line all around my eyes with matte black liner. I curl the colorful ends of my long hair then put it up into a ponytail, with the curls still showing in my hair. I turn off the lights in my bathroom for the last time for three months. Three, long, dreaded, months. Ugh. I walk into the kitchen and look at the clock on my oven, MY oven, not the Hemmings oven. Its 4:25 A.M. Why so early if we don't leave till 5? "Morning hon, listen we have to leave in ten minutes, I want to grab some breakfast from McDonald's before we get on the highway." Well that answers my question. I just nod. How the hell is she so perky at 4:30 in the morning? I have trouble even falling asleep before this time. "I didn't sleep to well last night. I'm going to sleep in the car, if you don't mind?" I explained to my mom. "Okay, we don't want you being short tempered when we get there... Well... more short tempered then usual." I sarcastically smile at her and slightly cock my head. I grab a water from the fridge, my fridge. Where I know where everything goes and where all the food goes. I almost tear up to the thought of leaving my own home for so long. I text my best/only friends Alice and Brooklyn about how much I already miss them. Most people don't like Alice and I because we're more... different. Brooklyn is too but she's so sweet and nice that she could befriend anyone no matter how different they are or how much they don't like her, she could sweet talk them into being her friend. But Alice and I are more socially awkward and more irritable than Brooklyn. We snap and lash out at people which is ironically how we met Brooklyn. A group of preppy, popular kids who envied her so they started insulting her. But being Brooklyn, she just stood there and cried. Lucky for her we heard it and jumped in and threatened to "kick their asses" which we could have because those girls hadn't done anything but swipe daddy's credit card. I exercise daily with Alice at our local gym. We're skinny but definitely could hurt them. Of course we scared them off and Brooklyn, Alice and I have been inseparable ever since. I see them as more cousins than Lilly and Luke. Luke and I are the same age but Lucy is a year younger, but as I remember, very timid and shy. Luke and I are very close looking, feature wise. We both have bright blue eyes and natural blonde hair. Lilly on the other hand is a natural brunette with beautiful fiery green eyes. She's a really beautiful girl. I wonder what they look like now? I wonder if she dyed her pretty blond hair? "Vi? Violet, come on it's time to go now." I snapped back from my daze and back into reality. "Okay, umm... Mom? How long is the drive?" Do I really want to see where this is going? Before I can even cancel my request, she replies. "9 and a half to 10 hours. Oh you might want to bring a book or something." I tell her I'll go one and run to my room and grab my tablet which I almost forgot and grabbed all my chargers and threw them into my bag. I run back to the kitchen and follow my mom outside and into the car. As we drive away from our house I watch it out the window get smaller and smaller until we turn and it goes out of sight. I watch Melbourne slip out of sight as I drift to sleep.