Avril clicked her mouse furiously, squinting and glaring at her computer screen in front of her. Her computer had frozen up again for the sixth time that week. She growled softly and flicked her natural, dark brown hair out of her face. She tapped her fingers on the desk her laptop was resting on and occasionally drug her nails down the edge of the desk out of pure irritation.

"Work you stupid piece of shit! I have to get my work done!" she yelled, smacking the side of her laptop, hoping to make it work. The screen glitched quickly, then went back to the same screen it had frozen on. "Fuck it!" she yelled, slamming her laptop shut. She stood up quickly and shoved her laptop into her shoulder bag. She angrily threw the shoulder bag strap over her shoulder, the bag falling to her waist, and stomped out of her room.

Avril's roommate, Mary, looked up from her tablet at her as she stomped to the main room they referred to as the "den." Mary's long, wavy black hair draped over her shoulders loosely and shifted slightly as she peered up at Sarah with bright green eyes through her black rimmed glasses. She raised an eyebrow and looked to the bag on her hip.

"Is your laptop being stupid again?" Mary asked, as if she had already known. Avril grumbled and crossed her arms, nodding swiftly. "Where you heading out to?"

"I'm just going to take my laptop to the repair place then go for a walk. I really need to get rid of some of this stress. My head is killing me, I haven't slept in days, and I haven't been able to keep track of Ken's videos thanks to all this damn work," Avril huffed, rubbing her forehead and wincing slightly as a sharp pain shot through her temples.

Mary chuckled softly to herself and nodded. "Alright, just don't get lost again like last time. Okay?" A slight grin appeared on her face as she giggled up at Avril.

Avril's cheeks burned a red color from anger, but they lightened up a little as she let out a sigh. "Yeah, yeah. Anyways, I'll be back later. See ya," Avril mumbled, walking towards the door.

"Oh, and if you're gonna go walking, you should probably grab your coat. It is the middle of winter and it's cold and snowing out there," Mary laughed softly, going back to scrolling through her tablet.

Avril sighed softly and nodded. She grabbed her coat off of the hook on the wall near the front door. "I'll be back. No parties while I'm gone."

Mary laughed and shook her head. "I don't even have any friends other than you and the cat, Killjoy. Who would I even invite? Oh, that's right, I could invite Mr. Killjoy's little kitty friends and have a tuna party!"

Avril laughed and removed her bag for a moment, sliding on her coat. "If you do, you're responsible for cleaning it up," she grinned.

"I'd be fine with that," Mary looked at her and shrugged, giggling softly.

"You didn't let me finish," she smirked. "You're responsible for cleaning it up with either your toothbrush or your tongue."

"Aw, gross!" Mary cringed, clapping a hand over her mouth and glancing towards the bathroom. "No parties here, none whatsoever!"

Avril laughed and sighed happily. "Good. Now, I'll be going now. If you need me, message me," Mary nodded and looked back down at her tablet, tuning out everything around her.

Avril picked up her bag and put back on her shoulder again and headed out the door and into the cold, snowy night. She reached into her bag and pulled out a beanie with CinnamonToastKen's symbol on the front. She slid it on, making sure not to mess up her hair. She plunged her hands into her coat pockets and let out a sigh, her warm breath making a small cloud of foggy air to appear, and then vanish again.

She trudged through the cold as it nipped at her face and exposed skin. She shivered, her teeth chattering together. She breathed out heavily, and then took a deep breath. She had lost all feeling in her hands, her face, and her feet.

"You know, Avril, you really should've thought this out and put on something other than flip flops, you idiot," she muttered to herself, gritting her teeth.

After a few more minutes of walking, she finally arrived at the repair store, shivering and her teeth chattering slightly. "H-Hello, it's me again."

A tall, brunette guy walked in from the backroom, then laughed softly as he scanned over her. "Well, hello there, Avril. Laptop problems again?"

Avril took a deep breath and managed to stop shaking and shivering. "As always, John. The stupid thing is frozen and it's won't fix itself," she sighed and pulled the laptop out of her bag, handing it to him.

John took the laptop and carried it over to the counter, opening it to find that the screen has not only frozen, but had apparently glitched again, leaving discolored and messed up patterns all over the screen. His smile faded and he raised an eyebrow.

"I can try to fix it, but I'll warn you now, I more than likely won't be able to fix it. You might as well consider buying a new one because this one is really messed up," he stated, looking at her with a serious expression.

"Well, I'll certainly keep that in mind, Mr. Obvious," Avril replied sarcastically, rolling her eyes and crossing her arms. "Anyways, I'll come by and pick it up tomorrow. That is, if you fix it. Just call me when you find out anything. Okay?"

John nodded and picked up the laptop, carrying to the backroom. "Alright. See ya."

Avril raised an eyebrow but shrugged. She headed out the door and back the way she had come to return home. Just as she was regaining the feeling in her features, the cold took the feeling right away again. Her apartment was still a little ways away, so to pass the time, she began to sing quietly to herself.

"Yours is the first face that I saw

I think I was blind before I met you

Now I don't know where I am

I don't know where I've been

But I know where I want to go

And so I thought I'd let you know

That these things take forever

I especially am slow

But I realize that I need you

And I wondered if I could come home"

She opened her mouth to continue as she heard footsteps crunching in the snow behind her. She turned to see nothing but a light snowfall falling around her and a few streetlights dotting the path behind her. She cleared her throat softly and turned back towards her apartment and walked faster. She heard the footsteps again and started running, going into a slight state of panic.

After she had run a little ways, someone grabbed her by the hair. She let out a yelp and staggered back, clawing at the hand that was clutching her hair.

"Let go!" she pleaded, almost in tears.

"Shut up and give me all you got," The deep voice stated. "I don't want to take your life, but try anything funny, and I'll be leaving here with that too."

The man's other hand reached around and grabbed the bag off of her shoulder, putting the strap over his shoulder. "Anything else?"

Avril's hands were still struggling at her attacker's, trying to get him to let go of her hair. "No! That's it! Now, please let go!" she sobbed loudly.

The man let go and she fell to the ground onto her knees. "You won't mention this if you know what's good for you," the man stated, his voice a plain, yet serious tone.

Avril sobbed and nodded quickly as he turned around, disappearing into the darkness of an alley nearby. She sat there for what seemed like hours trying to grasp the concept of what had happened. After a while, she put a hand to her head as she began feeling dizzy, the world spinning around her, then fading to black. She fainted, falling back into the snow lying on the sidewalk that surrounded her.