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Prologue
I looked at the little Rubix cube in my hand; I had long since figured out the secret to the little colored toys. Although this one was different than the regular, simple ones I was used to seeing; this was an expensive one, with intricate swirls and designs scattered and scrambled together on all sides. Their colors merged together on the edges, making it nearly impossible to distinguish a single square. I smiled to myself; I always love a challenge.
My fingers moved swiftly over the cube, twisting and turning it faster than the eye could see. The clicks of the sides coming together rang out through the empty room, almost creating the effect of a ticking clock.
With a final click, the blue row of swirls fell into place with the blue side, completing the cube. Again I smiled to myself, looking at the perfectly drawn sides; sometimes I wonder how something so complicated and seemingly impossible can become so perfect in the end.
I set the finished cube down on the desk in front of me and then turned my chair to face the rest of the room. Grey colored all four of the walls, with hot-pink circled designs painted vertically into columns. The bed was also hot-pink, with a grey shag rug on the wood floor beside the bed. The was black with little intricate hot-pink designs on it, with a hot-pink lamp on the back edge.
Thump Thump Thump Thump
I quickly stood up and walked over to a window on the other side of the room, in case I needed to make a quick getaway.
When the footsteps stopped outside of the door, I pulled the black curtains back and gripped the bottom of the window; muscles poised to rip it open at any second.
The door slowly opened, revealing a girl with dirty blonde hair and brown eyes, wearing an Abercrombie shirt and short jean shorts, and carrying two glasses of some kind of pink drink. My hand released the window and let the curtains fall back into place, but I didn't leave my spot beside it.
She quickly noticed me standing by the window and walked over, handing me one of the two drinks. I hesitantly took it, eyeing the liquid inside. Noticing my look, the girl raised her (probably waxed) eyebrows.
"It's just pink lemonade; it's not going to kill you." She took a dainty sip of her drink and sat down on the edge of her bed, her body turned towards me. I finally took a small sip of it; a sour-sweet taste filled my mouth and, ignoring the striped straw in the drink, I took a huge gulp of it, savoring the taste.
The girl bit her lip as I wiped the drink off my mouth with the back of my hand and then wiped it on my shorts. I ignored the look and set my glass on the window sill before crossing my arms over my chest and staring at her.
"So, why'd you want to see me?" I asked her, leaning back against the wall. The girl smiled, took another small sip from her drink, and set it on the side table beside the bed.
"Well, I have a proposition for you." My eyebrows rose. "Which would be?" She bit her lip again, trying to figure out what to say.
"Well, basically, I need a break from this place; I want to go on vacation, but my parents will never let me go alone; they'll either not let me go, or they'll go with me, which I DO NOT want. That's where you come in." I felt my eyebrows scrunch together and I looked at her weird.
"You just pretend to be me while I take a much needed vacation." I paused for a second before answering.
"So you want me to pretend to be you because you want to go on vacation?" She shrugged.
"It's more complicated than that; if I stay here, I'll probably go insane! My boyfriend's driving me crazy, my sister will not stop bugging me 24/7, and just a bunch of other crap. I NEED to get away." I narrowed my eyes at her. So she was just a spoiled little brat who wanted to run away! God, some people are unbelievable!
"So will you do it?"
I thought it over for a second. "And what would happen if I said no?" Her features suddenly became slightly hard, giving her face a more menacing look. It was probably meant to scare me, but I wasn't fazed.
"Max," My eyes darted down to her, my heart beating quicker in my chest; there's no way she could possibly know who I am!
As if reading my thoughts, she said "Yea, I know who you are. I know that you're in trouble in New York, and I know that you're on the run. I know you need to hide, and here's the perfect opportunity!" She smiled again and lifted her hands into the air, gesturing to the room.
"Just be me, and whoever you're running from won't ever know it's you." I thought over it for a moment. It was a perfect plan, I have to admit; I could hide out here, at least until all the crap in New York settles down. "But I don't even know anything about you, or your life; I don't even know your name!" She smiled.
"I can tell you all that! And my name's Maya, by the way." She said, hope written on her face. I sighed; this is probably the only way I'll ever be able to hide for a while. If only for a few days, I'll probably have to take it.
"Ok; I'll be you."
"Yay!" She stood up and hugged my neck, jumping up and down and yelling.
Oh god, what have I just gotten myself into?
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I'm probably getting a little ahead of myself; let me go back to the beginning, to what made me have to except Maya's offer. 2 months ago, to be exact.
So? What do you guys think? I reeeaally hope you liked it! Please review and give me your feedback! I promise other chapters will be longer than this one; this one was just short because it was a prologue. So review and come back when I update it again!
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