Mark of a warrior

chapter 2

I woke up to the normal sound of birds singing. The smell of coffee downstairs, dad must be home, and the great feeling of finally being 18. It felt great, i was going to go out into the world now. My dad couldn't control me anymore even though i barely see him anyway. My mum died when i was 15, well we concluded that she died. She suddenly disappeared one day and we never saw her again. It was tough at first but we finally accepted that she is gone. My dad never speaks of her, ever, and after she left he started working more. Only coming home for a couple of days during the week. After a while i learned to take care of myself and I'm practically living by myself at the moment so Eve comes round here all the time.

i put my hoodie on as it was November, meaning it was starting to get cold, and walked downstairs into the kitchen.

"Hey dad" i said tiredly

"Happy birthday Alexis! You sleep well?" he asked.

"Yep, I'm gonna get some coffee" as i walked over to the island to pour myself some coffee my dad stopped me and handed me an envelope with my name on it.

"Thanks dad" i said taking the card and sitting down on the stool next to the table. I opened it and a pair of keys fell out of the envelope. i placed them on the table and read the card.

Dear Alexis,

Happy Birthday, i know the present may not seem like much but I'm sure you will be happy ;)

love dad xx

"um...thanks for the card but what are the keys for?" i asked, kind of confused.

"your new car, i know you seem OK with the one you have at the moment but it was falling apart a bit so i got you a new one."

"OMG you got me a new car!" i said as i ran outside to see it. i couldn't believe it when i saw a fricken black Mercedes soft top in our driveway. A note on the window screen saying happy birthday, love dad.

"Dad, thank you so much but how the hell did you pay for this?" I don't know what dad does but i didn't think it paid that well.

"By doing my job. Anyway did you notice the other key on the keys?" i looked down at the keys in my hand and noticed for the first time the other key on the ring.

"Look i know I'm not around much so i thought you might want to have the house to yourself. Officially, and maybe i might have talked to Eve's parents so you two will have this house to yourselves. I have already bought a house nearer to where i work." he smiled at me. I can't believe this. This is now my house. And Eve will live here with me too. This is the best day of my life. I hugged him for what felt like forever before i walked inside to get changed before Eve came over.

i picked out some leggings and a loose t-shirt before going to brush my teeth. i still had about 10 minutes before Eve was meant to get here so i scrolled through instagram for a while. Most of the pictures were saying something along the lines of happy birthday Alexis or cant wait for the party, so i took a selfie and said thank you to everyone.

Before i knew it, Eve was running into my room and hugging me.

"OMG did your dad give you your present yet?" i nodded, smiling "OMG OMG OMG! I'm so excited! This is now our house! AAAAH!" she screamed

"ok ok calm down! i know it's exciting but we need to get stuff ready for tonight, dad has to go soon so i just need to go down and say thanks. Be right back."

i walked downstairs to find my dad nowhere to be seen and his car gone. Thats weird, i would have thought he would say bye to me. I wont be seeing him much anymore, maybe he was late and had to rush off. I walked outside just incase there was a note on my car or something. There was nothing. I turned round an started walking but stopped when something caught my eye. A beautiful white feather with gold tips. i had never seen anything like it before. Was there even a white and gold bird? I picked up the feather and walked inside.