Chapter 1: An unpleasant awakening (3rd person POV)
The high pitched screaming of her alarm clock tore Scarlet back to reality. She groaned loudly and hid her head under her pillow, ignoring the sound. After less than a minute the sound had become a nuisance at which Scarlet's clenched fist shot out from under the bed sheets, punching the clock across the room where it hit the wall and finally stopped.
"Go away" She murmured into her pillows as she heard her bedroom door creak open
"It seems as though you'll be needing another new alarm clock then, Scarlet"
Scarlet peaked out from under her blankets to narrow her eyes at her father who was examining the now broken clock. He turned his red eyes to look at her, smiling as if he wasn't bothered in the slightest. That was the thing that irritated Scarlet about her father; if he was annoyed he rarely showed it, he'd always smile and make some offhand comment about the situation.
However, when her mother got annoyed about something she made it VERY clear; it was kind of frightening when she completely lost it sometimes. She'd fly into a rage as soon as anyone offended, she'd even attacked Undertaker. He'd said some, what would be to most people, harmless comment and she'd lunged across the table, her red hair flying, and had knocked the Ex-reaper to the ground screaming insults through bared teeth as she started choking him and slamming him repeatedly against the floor while everyone else was too surprised by her outburst to move.
It'd been funny when William had stood up, slammed his hands down on the table and shouted out "MICHAELIS!" which had immediately reduced the red reaper's voice to a nervous murmur as she still held Undertaker by the front of his clothes. At being told to 'put him down' she'd forcefully slammed his head back against the floor and let go of him before standing up and sitting down at the table again as if nothing had happened...it'd been a very eventful Christmas.
"Are we still going out today?" Asked Scarlet
"Yes but first there's something we need to sort out with Mr Spears..."
"We're going to the reaper realm AGAIN?" Groaned Scarlet
"STOP COMPLAINING AT LEAST YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE SHOUTED AT BY WILL!"
Scarlet smirked "So I take it that mum's up already"
"You'd be correct, and she's not happy about being called to the reaper realm today"
"IT'S MEANT TO BE MY DAY OFF, BASSY!"
"Please stop shouting, Grell..."
Scarlet laughed slightly "Alright I'll get up now"
Scarlet waited until she was alone again before even attempting to leave her bed. She put on the first T-shirt and pair of jeans she saw and stood in front of the mirror to brush her shoulder-length red hair. She darted into the bathroom to wash and brush her teeth before heading downstairs to join her parents. She paused before rushing back to her room and grabbing the black hoodie up off the floor, the same one shed been wearing for the past week.
"You're not wearing THAT again are you?!" Shrieked Grell
Scarlet rolled her eyes "Muuuum..." She groaned "It doesn't matter what I wear"
"You've been wearing that for-!"
"-You've been wearing the same red coat for my entire life" Interrupted Scarlet "For all I know you've been wearing it for hundreds of years"
"She has" Replied Sebastian, smirking at Grell as she glared at him
"That's enough of that, Bassy!"
Scarlet smiled, knowing that Grell wasn't really mad at Sebastian; She was hardly ever mad at Sebastian.