"Time to wake up, Allie!"
A groan, and the lump in the bed shifted away from the doorway…
"Five more minutes…" It slurred.
"Five more minutes, and you'll be late for your first day of school."
"GOOD…"
There was silence, and the lump's sleepy mind seemed to be sensing danger…
"Mom-? AH!"
The flipped mattress sent her sprawling on the floor, revealing a fifteen year old teenaged brunette.
"…I'm up…"
"Good."
Rachel Dawes smiled, glad to know her daughter was finally up and about.
"I'll be making breakfast while you get ready."
"Alright…"
As her mother left, Alexandra Dawes sat up on her floor and reached for her nightstand drawer to grab her underclothes.
Everyone said she looked like her mother except for her eyes and hair, which were much darker.
She'd grown it out to reach her butt, and it was in ringlets of curls around there naturally.
Changing into a blue tie-dye tank top and jean capris, she had to sit down to pull on her white tennis shoes.
Patting around for her scrunchie, she pulled her hair into a ponytail before grabbing her skateboard and heading out into the apartment.
"Morning, mom…"
"Good morning, Allie. No make up again?"
"YES, mom…"
It was more of a joke to Rachel to always bring up how her teenage daughter never wore make up, while an annoyance to Alex…
Grabbing the toast her mom had made before heading off to the door, she grabbed her bag and assured Rachel that she wouldn't be late to school.
"Be careful out there, Allie."
"I know, mom. Don't get your panties in a knot." Alex joked, closing the door.
Heading down the flights of stairs on a skateboard was FUN…
Once out on the sidewalk, she bit into her toast as she cruised along, sometimes doing flips on the board.
It felt strange, not looking over her shoulder in worry every few minutes…
She liked the feeling.
Smiling slightly to herself, she jumped over a stray dog with her board before landing and bumping into someone.
With an 'oof', she fell back as her blue fire-designed skateboard skidded away a bit.
"OW! What's WRONG with you, you little freak?!"
'Oh great…It's REBECCA…'
Sitting up and grabbing her board, Alex glared up at the blonde girl before her.
"What's wrong with YOU? You're the one standing in the middle of the damn sidewalk, genius."
"And YOU'RE the one riding that death trap!"
"Death trap? I'm sorry, it's called a SKATE-BOARD. Say it slowly if you can't pronounce it right."
"You little BITCH!"
Alex froze, hackles rising at the insult before turning on the girl.
"Don't get me started on whose being BITCHY here, Rebecca! If you don't want my fist in your frickin' face, you'd better get your ass far away from me!"
Seeming to believe her, Rebecca bolted away down the street…
"Frickin' pussy…" Alex grumbled, coming down from her angry high before walking towards the school.
She didn't lose her temper often, but some things seriously ticked her off…
Jumping onto her board once more, she didn't realize someone was watching her go from an alley…
'The perfect specimen for my experiment…'
