Yep, I started another story. Hopefully I can finish this one lol And I hope you all like, this is very interesting to me ^^
The last bell of the school day rang and Alicia immediately grabbed her things and dashed out the classroom door before anyone could say "fire escape". She opened her locker with the right combination and put her books on the top shelf. She put what she needed to take home in her backpack before closing her locker with a deafening slam. Before she could run, she was met face to face with her two best friends, Hannah Dassling and Kira Fennington. She blinked as the two girls linked with one of her arms before walking down the hallway with her.
"What are you going to do now that it's winter break?" Kira and Hannah asked in unison, their voices mixing together perfectly.
They may not be related or even look alike, but those two sure as hell acted alike. They thought, acted, and spoke alike. It seemed like their minds were one and they were literally like sisters. They were easily mistaken, but a glare of sharp daggers from them and no one ever spoke of them being related ever again, aloud at least.
"Uh… I don't know. If my dad doesn't have anything planned, then I might just sit around in the house. Or go out to the park," Alicia told them.
"Oh, I would invite you two to my house for Christmas and New Year's but we've got a lot of things planned. I think my mom wants to go somewhere warm, like… I think she has California on her mind," Kira said.
"Yeah, my parents have things planned too." Hannah laid an apologetic hand on Alicia's shoulder. "Didn't you say your father bought a homestead somewhere with the last bit of money he had saved up for "outdoor things"?"
Alicia blinked and glanced up to the ceiling in thought. "Oh yeah, I forgot he had." She walked outside the building with them. "Yeah, he might want to go out there over break, but I'm not sure."
"Well, hope you have fun, Ali!" Kira and Hannah chirped in unison before hugging and departing their separate ways for home.
"Bye!" Alicia waved after them before turning and walking down the road in the opposite direction. She shivered and clutched her heavy sweater tighter around her shoulders. Snow began to fall from the sky and she smiled softly as she breathed out, her breath coming out as a puff of white smoke. Snow, probably the only thing she loved about the cold winter here in Wisconsin.
Her house was just a few blocks away from school, and it only took her about five minutes to get there. She opened the door and kicked the snow off her shoes before closing the door behind her. She kicked off her shoes by the door before walking upstairs to her bedroom. She knew her father wouldn't be home until at least another hour or so. She slid her hot pink backpack off her back and opened her door. She set her backpack down beside her bed before kicking the door closed; making sure it clicked shut, and collapsing onto her bed. Winter break has officially started.
The sound of the door downstairs closing alerted Alicia to a presence inside the house. "Alicia, I'm home!" It was her father.
Alicia quickly leaped off her bed, opened the door, and shot down the stairs. Once the man had set down his things and hung up his jacket, she immediately threw her arms around him. He stumbled backwards a bit from the force of her hug before chuckling softly and hugging her back. "Welcome home, dad."
"How was school today, my little Alice," he asked.
Alicia rolled her eyes at the nickname, but she wasn't annoyed. It was just one of the nicknames people had given her, along with Ali. "Dad, I'm not little anymore. I'm seventeen," she told him. She let go of him to stare into his chocolate-brown eyes, smiling. "And school was great. I just couldn't wait to get home!"
"I couldn't either," her father admitted. "My boss allowed me to come home early, if you were wondering." He started to walk across the room, completely forgetting to take off his shoes, which was totally unlike him. Alicia followed behind him as he entered the kitchen and started rummaging through the cupboards. "Want some hot cocoa?" He asked, taking out the hot chocolate mix.
Alicia nodded and watched as he got it ready to make. Once it was done, he handed her a mug with a few small marshmallows floating around in it. She grabbed it with both hands and smelled it, bringing a smile on her lips. She blew on it softly before taking a sip. They both sat down at the kitchen table where two chairs had been waiting for them. "So," she began, "what's the occasion? You usually never forget to take your shoes off and you never make hot chocolate without there being something special on your mind." She took another sip.
Fredrick Rayson chuckled after swallowing his mouthful. He set his mug down before staring at her, an all too familiar glint in his eyes "You remember the homestead I bought a while back, don't you? The one out by Burgess?"
"Of course, dad."
"Well, we're leaving for Burgess tonight," he announced.
Alicia nearly spit out her mouthful of the delicious, warm drink. But she forced herself to swallow before staring at him with wide eyes. She didn't really think he had planned to do it. "R-Really? That's awesome!" She smiled at him brightly.
Fredrick smiled as well. "I knew you'd like it. I was thinking, whenever we get breaks off from work and school, we can go out there for a while. And maybe you can make some friends there too while we're out there. You know, ones that live around Burgess."
"That sounds great," Alicia replied. The thought of new friends did sound great. The only friends she had were Kira and Hannah, and the occasional people she would talk to in between classes. But they weren't really friends, they didn't really want to get to know her like Kira and Hannah already knew her. She blinked in surprise when something finally dawned on her. "W-We're leaving tonight?"
"Yep, so you better get to packing, Alice." He smiled warmly at her.
Alicia gasped before dashing out of the kitchen and up the stairs, her hot coco totally forgotten. She quickly grabbed a duffel bag and stuffed it with extra pairs of clothes she could change into. She brought the light blue suit case out of her closet and filled it with other things she wanted to bring. Things like her laptop, the laptop charger, her cell phone and its charger, a sketchbook, a few pencils, and erasers. The suit case was small and it all fit perfectly inside. She grabbed the duffel bag and suit case before closing her door and heading downstairs. She dropped them by the couch and peeked into the kitchen. No sign of her father. She then walked back upstairs and down the hall to his bedroom. The door was ajar and she knocked a few times before pushing it slightly open. She could hear muffled sounds of things being moved around inside.
"Um… Do I need to bring any pillows, blankets, or anything of the sort?"
Fredrick came up to the door with his own dark blue suit case, which was larger than her own and had wheels, and turned off the light. He shook his head. "No, I've already got that covered." He walked passed her and down the stairs with her in tow. He stopped by the couch, as if trying to remember something, before turning back to her. "Oh, don't forget the cat."
Alicia gasped and shot back upstairs to the closet in the hallway. She rummaged through it before finding the violet cat carrier. As if on cue, a long-haired, dusky-colored cat came padding up to her. It rubbed up against her leg and purred softly. She smiled softly and picked it up, cradling it in one arm and kissing its forehead. "Alright, Tido," she said. She knelt down and opened the carrier door. "In you go." Tido instantly jumped out of her arms and curled up in the soft, fluffy cat bed inside the carrier. She giggled before closing the door. She grabbed the bag of cat food and the cat box before taking them downstairs. Once everything was ready to go, they loaded up the truck and headed out.
The road trip was long, especially because they had to make pit stops every now and then. The old four-door truck Fredrick refused to get rid of kept trying to break down, but that didn't stop him. Aside from those setbacks, they got to Burgess just fine. But it was late, around nine o'clock. The parked the truck in the small garage and brought everything in. They didn't bother to unpack. They'd do it in the morning, or at least sometime tomorrow.
Alicia let Tido out to explore the house and set out his food and water dishes. She put his cat box in the kitchen before watching Tido curiously sniff around the small house. He was a strange cat, if not extremely loving and adorable. He loved just about everybody that we let in the house. And he hated anyone that tried to hurt us. He was one of the weird cats that just loved car rides and didn't care to be shoved in the cat carrier. He was an old cat though. He belonged to her mother eight years ago, before she died.
Alicia said good night to her father before taking her stuff to her room. She opened the door and flipped the light on. It wasn't too big of a room, nor was it small. A bed lay against the wall, just under a window that over-looked the forest in the backyard. A nightstand lay on the other side of the room. Well, it was more like a desk than a nightstand. She set her stuff down by the desk and unzipped her duffel bag. She got dressed into her night clothes, which consisted of a lilac-colored sweatshirt and hot pink sweatpants. She got under the covers and almost instantly fell asleep.
The rest of the chapters will be from Alicia's point of view, just to warn ya. Please review!