The Outlaws

one.

Picture: Elizabeth Olsen as Alexis Dalcour

Hi, this is my very first story and this is the very first chapter!

The first few chapters may be boring though, because it is the first few, so I haven't really gotten into the story properly yet and they are mostly just to introduce you to the characters so you get an idea of what they are like are now.

So I hope you enjoy!

ALEXIS.

You know those five seconds in the morning where you wake up in a place that is not where you've lived for most of your life and you wonder where you are?

That's exactly what just happened to me.

Then I remembered. I'm in California. I moved here from Florida just a few days ago.

A smile crawls its way onto my face. It's been my dream to live here since I was twelve, five years ago. Thanks to Dad, my dream has come true. My dad left my mum for some other woman he's been seeing for almost a year and a half while married to my mum. Mum was definitely upset, though she wouldn't admit it. But she insisted that we start fresh.

Of course, I agreed. Dad was one thing. My brother was another. I couldn't live with it. I couldn't live in that place I called a home anymore.

To make things worse, I depended on my boyfriend at the time, Jake Lawson, to help me through everything that was going on in my life.

My mistake.

He told me he lost his patience with me and didn't know what to do with me. So he dumped me, over the phone. Then the asshole immediately got together with Ashley Byrne, my arch enemy and the greatest bitch of all time. Then I found out that they have been seeing each other while Jake and I were still together.

I repeat: I found out.

Jake didn't even have the guts to tell me, not even after the break up.

What. A. Coward.

So, Mum and I moved. I wasn't really leaving anything behind. Jake was my boyfriend, and also my best friend. I had other friends, but none that I got too close to.

I sound like a loser, I know. But that's just me. More of an introvert. A little outgoing, but still on the quieter side. I'm only comfortable with people if I know them for a while longer, so I'm definitely not the type of person who automatically fit in anywhere and everywhere.

"ALEXIS ARABELLA DALCOUR!"

I groan, turning over in my new bed.

"You, young lady, are going to be late for school - on your first day! It is 7:03 a.m. and I expect you to be down here in 10 minutes!"

Crap.

Mum doesn't know that I have trouble sleeping at night, so I don't blame her for not understanding why I can't wake up in the mornings.

I quickly brush my teeth, comb my hair, change into my favourite skinny jeans and a plain, slightly oversized baseball tee, put on some deodorant, spray some perfume, grab my backpack off the floor and head downstairs. That's it. No make up, no nothing. I just can't be bothered.

"Alexis! Get down here right now!"

"I'm coming, Mum!"

I go down the ladder from my room, the attic. I'm determined to make it the best room ever. I have it all planned out in my head, I just hope it will materialise.

I grab a bottle of water, slip on my shoes, shout a quick goodbye and rush out the door, before my mum can ask if I want breakfast. I can't afford having her making me actually late. As of now, I am exactly right on time, if I stick to the plan of not taking more than fifteen minutes to walk to school.