Living As A Corpse

Alex isn't your average girl, she's has no need to breath, her heart doesn't beat. She's by scientific standards: dead.

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I was in the shower, happily shaving my legs, getting ready for a party when I felt like a truck slammed into me. I fell to the shower floor, clutching my chest and watching blood, from a cut my razor made, dribble down the drain. I didn't move from that position for what seemed like hours until I forced myself to stand. I remember trying to breath only to start coughing. I thought I was going to die, I had no idea that this was just a major part of my life occurring.

I continued to try and breathe, but came up with the same results: cough, cough, cough. I immediately felt for my pulse only to come up with nothing. I tried moving my fingers, toes, lips, everything until I knew that I everything was normal except my heart – and possibly, lungs. I scrambled out of the shower not bothering to turn it off. I flung my towel over my body and sprinted to my room slamming the door after me. I knew I was home alone but I was so freaked out I took all the precautions.