Pseudanthium

Part 1

It's the first day of February, Noemie stares at her aqua ceiling. Contemplating wether she should take a nap or start on her science project. She protests but she stopped until she heard her mother calling her from the kitchen.

"Mimi!" her mother said.

Noemie groans and goes down. She goes down the stairs lazily, stomping her feet.

Her mother, Jacqueline Ray, lets out a chuckle.

"Dad told me that he's free to have dinner with us" she leaned on the counter, smirking at her excited daughter.

"You're lying" Noemie says in disbelief.

"Does it look like I am honey?" Jacqueline smiles.

Noemie smiles excitingly and runs back to her room.

She then heads to the bathroom and turns on the shower, not realizing the heater was turned on to it's max.

She opened her clothes and steps into the shower only to end up screaming and accidentally slipping on the wet floor after stepping out of the shower in a hurry.

"What the hell" she mumbles.

She then hears knocking on the bathroom door.

"Honey, are you okay?" her mother asked.

"Yeah! I'm okay!" she grunts and she sits up.

She stands up and is greeted by the sight of her naked self in the mirror.

She then hears her mother's foot steps fading away from the distance.

"Ouch" she pokes a certain part on her back.

She turns around to look in the mirror.
Noemie was greeted by a purple bruise on her back, just right below her shoulder.

She winces softly.

"Who the freak left the heater on" she says to herself.

Before she showered, she adjusted the temperature of the water.

After she was done showering, she wears her bathrobe and steps out of the bathroom. Heading to her closet.

She opens her closet and chose quite a cozy outfit to wear. Her wet hair damp, Noemie ties up her hair using a towel to dry it up a little.

The girl then head to the living room, turning on the television.

"The fourteen missing students from Testiberg High sadly didn't make it, May they rest in peace. May-"

Noemie quickly turns off the TV. Then she looks at the clock.

5:41PM

Noemie lays down on the couch.
She closes her eyes and slowly drifts to sleep.

Mean while, about a few walks away from the Dean household as known as Noemie's house.

"Dad!? Dad?!" Hailey wanders around her house.

Hailey goes to the garden and lets out a smile.

"Dad" she said.

Ajax Rider, the single father of Hailey Ajax. A gardener, a florist.

He's not gay, he's just into nature. A very carefree and caring guy. He was depressed when his wife passed away. Nature and his daughter were the only things that kept him going.