A/N- This is just another story idea that I have been toying with in my head. If you'd like me to continue it, please let me know.
Young Years(Prologue)
Alexis lived in a quiet part of New York for the first eight years of her life, until one random day after the birth of her baby brother, Dylan, her dad surprises her with a question.
"Alexis, do you want to go on a surprise adventure with mommy and Dylan or stay here with me?" Her dad's voice boomed from the outside of her bedroom door as he stepped into her room and was now standing in front of her. Alexis abruptly stopped practising her keyboard and mauled the question over in her mind. This was her second year in piano classes and she was only eight years old. She was one talented little girl for her age.
Alexis also enjoyed adventures as much as her music. The birth of her baby brother, Dylan, born two weeks ago now, was one adventure in and of itself. He was very cute and immediately she had fallen in love with him. Her brother, however, was very small; he was smaller than the average size of a newborn. Alexis looked over at her mom who was now looking back sadly awaiting her answer, cradling little Dylan in her arms.
"Brad don't..." her mom spoke shaking her head following him into the room and planting her bottom heavily atop her young daughters bed. "Don't make her choose..."
"I want to go with mommy!" Alexis exclaimed, quickly deciding. She couldn't skip Dylan's first adventure. "Can we bring Pipey with us?" She prodded at the possibility.
Piper was the Vause's next door neighbour. She was six with bright blonde hair and a charming smile. Piper was a good friend to Alexis. When everyone was busy calling Alexis a geek at school, Piper was the only one that would play with her at recess despite their age gap. In both their free time outside of school, they would take turns going over to each other's house to play dolls, dress up, read and paint together, have pool time in the summer, and on special occasions Alexis would show Piper the progress she was making on her piano.
"No baby, I don't know how long we will be. But we can go visit Piper right now to say bye and play for a bit because we have to pack up tonight to leave for tomorrow. How does that sound?" her mother told her with a small smile.
"Yes, let's go now!" Alexis beamed and began to dance around her tiny bedroom floor. Her bedroom was taken up by her keyboard and bookshelf positioned off to one side and bed and desk on the other. Alexis loved to rearrange her room frequently, and she made sure the colors always matched.
"In a sec Alexis, go brush your hair and dress up," her mother had told her. Alexis ran off to the washroom to do exactly that. She heard her parents argue but didn't think much of it. When she got out ten minutes later though, she walked to the door of her parents room and paused to hear her mom quietly cry from the inside.
"It's going to be so hard for him and her, Brad. You know that! Don't do this," her mom whispered. Alexis only stood silently confused outside the door until one of them came out. Her mom was the first to do so.
"Mommy are you okay," Alexis asked.
"I'm fine, dear. Let's go," she said wiping away a stray tear, shielding whatever secrets and further pain there was, away from Alexis.
Had Alexis only known that would be the last time she saw her friend, Piper; the last time she would say good-bye to her; the last time she would take a picture with her; and the last time she would innocently kiss Piper's nose; she probably would've chosen to stay with her dad in New York.