The Oh So Wonderful Life of Lexa Block Version 2.0

Yay I have a computer again so I can update now I haven't updated in eons and the last time I did update, I said I was redoing my story. Why? I reread the original version and realized it was weird and whatnot. I'm going to start over from the beginning but I'll keep the same plot, characters, and all that jazz. Sooo… Here's take two.

Disclaimer: I'm a girl.

Chapter 1-Alexandra Hailey Block

So here I was, comfortably resting my head on arm during Biology, when a giant paper wad hit my head with a ridiculous amount of force and inertia. Boy did it hurt.

"Lexa! Wake up!" my best friend Kaitlyn whisper-yelled at me.

"I'm not asleep! And is it necessary to throw projectiles at me with the force of a grown man?" I whisper-yelled right back.

"Oh, well put your head up anyway. It looks like you're snoozing."

"Yeah, not likely."

And with that, I laid my head back down on the desk, and let my long black/brown hair cover my face to avoid Kat's creeper stare.

I guess I should mention a couple things to you guys to lower your levels of curiosity and confusion.

My name is Alexandra Hailey Block, but call me by my full name, and I'll put you on my list. The list is not a place you want to be.

Anywho, if you couldn't tell before by her awesome way of "waking me up", Kaitlyn is my best friend. Honestly, I think she just likes throwing things at me, but whatevs. Kat's been my best friend ever since last year when she sat behind me in Algebra and saved my butt countless times.

"Miss Block, I want the year to end as much as you do, but sadly, we both must suck it up and wait patiently. Hang in there, just two more weeks. And if you wouldn't mind putting your head up and at least pretending to look at the board, that would be great."

That's my Bio teacher, Mr. Sullivan. Really he's the only teacher I can actually stand here at West Ridge Prep. He jokes around with us, and unlike every other faculty member, he actually likes kids. I mean it's pretty pointless to work at a school if you hate kids.

He did remind me of something very important, though: only 2 more weeks of seventh grade left. This year could not have gone by any slower. I swear, had it not been for Kaitlyn waking me up every morning, forcing me to study, and telling me lame jokes to cheer me up, I never would have made it this far.

"Pssst. Kat!"

"What?"

"Hi when is this class over?"

She didn't get the chance to answer me though because the bell rang before she could. Well I guess that answers that.

"Ready to go Lexa? It looks like it's gonna rain soon."

I looked outside the window and saw that Kat was right, there were dark clouds in the sky.

"Yeah, let's go. I really don't feel like taking the bus home in the rain."

There was nobody at the bus stop so I took that opportunity to lay down and rest for a couple minutes. Kat preferred standing. Something about her legs hurting.

Thank goodness there was that cover thing above the bench because just as we got there, it started drizzling.

"Kat! The rain is going to ruin my shirt!"

"I'm sure you can survive with one less neon colored article of clothing in your closet."

See, Kat thinks my clothes are way to bright. She thinks it'll attract attention. But hey, bright colors are cool! And I'll never have to worry about not being seen by a driver at night.

"Very funny."

Ah well. Maybe Kat's right and I can survive with one less neon shirt.

HAHAHA just kidding. I'll wash it later.

"Lexa! The bus is here." Kat called from the inside of the bus.

Hm, wonder why I didn't hear it pull up.

The bus ride is pretty boring. The bus is full of a bunch of old people, so we are the youngest ones on it.

The bus driver just pulled up to my street, so I tapped Kaitlyn on the shoulder to let her know we were here.

We hopped off the bus onto the sidewalk and I headed toward my house.

"Hey Kat, you wanna stay for dinner?"

No response.

Hm ,she probably didn't hear me. It's pretty noisy here in New York, even in a small town like Wallabee. ( No that's not a real city, it just sounds cool.)

"Kat? You wanna stay for dinner tonight?" I tried again.

Still no answer. I turned around to make sure she was still behind me.

I saw that she was still by the bus stop, where we got off. She seemed to be staring at something in the distance. I ran towards her to see what was going on.

"Kat, what are you staring at?"

Instead of answering me, she pulled out a bronze looking knife. It kinda looked like those swords I've seen in Greek mythology books.

Next thing I know, she's running. It looks like she's running towards something because I can see a figure coming towards us. It's kinda blurry from where I'm standing.

I stepped forward a bit to get a better view. The figure was coming at us quickly. It looked like either some type of animal or an extremely large and hairy man. I saw Kat running straight towards it. Any second now and they would collide.

"KAT! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"

Did she answer me? Of course not.

So I did the only thing I could do. I ran after her.

As I got closer, I saw that this creature definitely wasn't a hairy man. It had massive horns on either side of its head, and he seemed to have forgotten his pants this morning.

I was looking for Kat when I saw her right in front of the beast, swinging her sword at it. What is she thinking? SHE'S GOING TO BE KILLED.

Just when I thought the beast was going to step on her and come after me, she did this really cool backflip move where she jumped off a tree and landed on the beast's back. I shall ask her how to do that some day.

The hairy beast creature thing tried shaking her off, but she refused to let go. I could tell she was really ticking him off.

I really wanted to help, but I didn't know how. I don't have a cool sword like Kat, and I wasn't even sure if I was truly awake right now. This all seemed way too crazy to be reality.

What did I do then? I did what any best friend would do. I cheered Kaitlyn on.

"WOO! GOO KAT! SHOW THAT FURRY FLUFFBALL WHO'S THE BOSS!"

I guess the beast didn't really appreciate my cheering because he came after me. Thank goodness I have somewhat quick reflexes because hadn't I jumped to the side, I would have been a Lexa-kabob with his horns as the stick.

"LEAVE MY BEST FRIEND ALONE!" yelled Kat from her spot on the beast's back.

As he stood up, I backed up into a bush on someone's front lawn. I closed my eyes and covered my face, ready for the painful impact. A couple seconds went by and I heard nothing, so I opened my eyes.

Standing in front of me was Kat, sword in hand, looking down at a pile of yellow dust by her feet.

She looked up at me and smiled, relieved that I wasn't hurt.

"Are you okay, Lexa?" she asked as she tackled me with a hug.

"Y-y-yeah. I should be asking you that, though. What was that thing?"

She had this worried expression on her face.

"What exactly did you see?"

"I saw this giant hairy beast creature thing with huge horns. Someone apparently forgot to tell him about the invention of pants."

Her facial expression only got worse.

"I was afraid you would say that. Here, let's go to your house. I'll explain everything there."

"So you're telling me that Greek mythology is real and that fury thing was the Minotaur?" I practically yelled.

"Pretty much." Kat replied, to my dismay.

This could not be reality. I mean, yeah that creature thing did look like the Minotaur from my Greek mythology book (a gift from my mom) but it could have been some weirdo in a costume.

"Are you sure that thing wasn't just some weirdo in a costume?" I asked her hopefully.

"If only. Nope, as much as I wanna tell you that this whole thing is a prank to get your back for the locker stunt last week, I can't."

Hehe, the locker stunt. That was funny. I put a bunch of silly string in her locker, so much that when she opened it, it was an avalanche of silly string..

Where was I? Oh yeah, Greek mythology.

"So what does this mean? Does my mom know about it?"

"Yeah, she knows about it. And it means that when she comes home, we're having a very important discussion with her."

Yay.

Mmmkaye so that's the first chapter. I wasn't sure if I should do the entire revealing that Lexa is a demigod thing in one chapter, so I put most of it in this one and the rest will be in the second chapter. Second chapter should be up either later tonight or early tomorrow… SO WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? IS IT BETTER THAN THE OH SO WONDERFUL LIFE OF LEXA BLOCK VERSION 1.0? Please tell me what you think!

-Lexie