Us Against The World (Sample)

Chapter 1

∞ Persephone ∞

Waking up as my alarm blared I was not prepared for what my sophomore year of college would entail. The last year and a half had changed my life, transforming me from a girl to a woman. I learned fast that sometimes, in the name of love, sacrifices had to be made. Even though I made lots of sacrifices, I wouldn't change them at all because if I did I wouldn't be the woman I was proud to be today. I loved the life I had grown accustomed to and could see myself enjoying it for the rest of my life, but first I had to get through my sophomore year.

I slammed my hand on the alarm button and turned the alarm off. I stubbornly and reluctantly got out of bed and staggered into the bathroom to get ready for school. I went to my full-length mirror and stared at myself. I was never really self-conscious about my looks because I had been told I was pretty my whole life. Of course there were a few things that I didn't like about myself which were my little pouch on my stomach and the light but still noticeable stretch marks that addressed my thighs and my breasts because for some reason they decided to grow over the summer like they needed to grow anymore. I felt like my breasts and my butt was too big for me, but I couldn't control that. The only thing that I could control was my mane on top of my head that was always in its curly state, a big curly afro.

I loved my hair a lot but it took forever to keep it up, so I just braided it up at night with leave in conditioner and then in the morning I'd take it down and then comb it out a little which gave it a nice little fluffy look, then I was done. Another thing I hated about my body was my big silver eyes. I swore I felt like Betty Boo every time I looked at my eyes in the mirror. The crazy thing was that everyone loved them and always complimented me on them along with my long eyelashes that curled up and touched my eyebrows. After I stared at myself for a little while, I stripped and turned on the shower. I mixed the hot and the cold water which made my shower warm and soothing for my sore body. I stepped in and let the water hit my tense and sore body from the lack of sleep and last night activities with my husband. It stung the sensitive parts of my skin but still soothed me to a full extent.

"Beauty is pain, so I am going to have to deal with the pain." I joked to myself before I grabbed my cucumber melon shower gel with my sponge and poured the shower gel on it and started washing my body. Once done, I stepped out, wrapped the towel around myself, and stared at all the steam my shower had created. I walked up to the mirror and wiped the steam off and then brushed my teeth. When finished I walked into my room and headed towards my walk-in closet. Walking into my closet, I started looking for an outfit. On the left side of my closet was nothing but shoes, on the right was my clothes, and on the far wall was my make-up and hair station with flat irons, curling irons, lip gloss, eye shadows, etc., and in the center of my closet was an island with dressers filled with underwear, bras, socks, undershirts, and many more.

For school, I pulled out some white ripped skinny jeans, a white black pyramid black and gold shirt, and paired it with gold 4-inch wedges that said slay on the side in gold writing. I then went to my island and pulled out my lace black bra and underwear and started to put that on.

Once dressed, I sat down and did my hair and make-up. I wasn't too much of a make-up type of girl. I didn't cake my face with it, all I did was add mascara, eyeliner, light foundation, clear lip gloss, and eyebrow definer, which was it nothing more. Next, I took down the braids in my hair and began to comb my curls out into waves. When I got my hair to my liking, I grabbed my book bag and headed out. All this time I was in my room I completely forgot about Maximus. With a giant smile on my face, I happily jogged downstairs to search for my loving husband. I didn't hear him anywhere upstairs so my guess was that he was downstairs. Once downstairs I stopped in the middle of the living room when I heard a voice. The smile that was plastered on my face was completely wiped off now and what replaced it was a slight frown.