Lexi was sat in a garden. It was lush and green and brimming with flowers. She looked at her hands. They were a normal pinky colour. She smiled.
"I wished I had a mirror to look at my reflection!" she mused.
A small handheld mirror appeared in her hand. "Wow!" she said. She studied her face. Lifted a hand to touch her tousled blond hair. It was it's usual incontrollable self. Her green eyes sparkled like they used to. With humour and good health. She couldn't wait to see her parents and Ethan. She couldn't wait till they saw her. Everyone was wrong. She wasn't ill. It was all just a bad dream. Lexi idiot if your dreaming what you doing sitting in a meadow and why did that mirror appear when you wished for it?
Good point. She answered mentally.
"How did I get here?" she asked out loud.
No idea. She answered mentally.
"I wonder if I'm dreaming!" she said.
O great her multiple personalities were having a conversation. Half out loud! Lexi tried the wish thing again.
"I wish for a Lexi deluxe."
It appeared. She sat and ate her sandwich thinking. This wishes bit wasn't too bad, she wished she had company though! Waited. Nope it didn't happen. She walked around her meadow. Pink, white, and yellow flowers were dotted around.
"I wish I had a drink."
A can of Fanta orange appeared in her hand. This was getting freaky. She decided to be a little bit naughty. She opened her orange and took a long drink. Then grinned devilishly.
"I wish for big hunky male angels wearing only loin cloths, with 6 packs. Don't forget the 6 packs!" waited for them to appear. She was so dis-appointed when they didn't.
"Don't think so Lexi!" a female voice told her and tapped her on her shoulder.
Lexi's hand rushed to her chest. "Freaking hell, you nearly killed me." Lexi declared and spun around quickly. She was looking at a pretty young woman.
"Wow you're my nana. God mum looks like you!" Lexi declared
"Yes Lexi and you are your mothers daughter. 'C'mon hunky male angels!"
"I wanted 6 packs too. Don't forget the 6 packs."
Lexi then realised who she was talking to. "Oh my God I'm dead aren't I?" she shrieked. She put her hand on her forehead. "I can't believe I was so selfish and did that to them!"
Charlotte smiled. You are your mothers daughter. Your dead and your worrying about how they are!"
Tears streaked down Lexi's face. "How's mum?"
"She doesn't know yet. No one does. The nurse is calling your doctor."
"This is gonna kill her! God I hope Daniel is ok!"
"Ssshhh Lexi the big man doesn't like blaspheming."
"Oh God!" she clapped her hand over her mouth. "Sorry." she whispered. Then said "Poor mum, I ruined her life you know. Her relationship with my dad too. They spent 5 years apart because of me!"
Charlotte shook her head. "I sent you to your mum. I knew where she was headed. I couldn't stop what happened with that monster and I knew your mother would end up pregnant so I asked God to make Danny your father. I have it on good authority that Danny is your dad too you know." her eyes went heavenward. "I pleaded with the big man to have that Josh struck with lightning after what he did to Alice. He told me I didn't control acts of God he did!"
"You argue with God?" she asked shocked.
"Yeah all the time. It's pretty funny. You should try it!"
"So Danny is definitely my dad? 100 million percent?" Lexi asked needing confirmation.
"Of course he is! Look at you. You're his mirror image! I was hoping that you'd have some of your mother in you but nope. Your 100 percent your dad."
"So you live here too? Or exist? Float? What is it we do exactly?" Lexi asked confused.
Charlotte shrugged. "We just are."
Lexi grinned. "You remind me of mum. Your so blasé about things!"
"I wasn't always like this. I used to be a timid little mouse. Scared of everything. Did anything to keep the peace. I'm happy that Alice inherited her attitude from her father. She wouldn't have survived what she's been through if she'd been like me! I didn't change until the man upstairs. Gave your parents the wrong DNA results. It nearly split them up you know then I toughened up. Told him to stop torturing my daughter or I'd batter him." she chuckled. "He told me that I'd never win. I told him that I'd find a way. Now it seems the swine is back up to his old tricks. I warned you old man!" she yelled.
Charlotte suddenly jumped and then smiled "Hey no fair!"
"What happened?" Lexi asked.
"He shocked me. I suppose it's preferable to the tickle feet torture. Don't mess with him!"
"This place is insane!" Lexi said shaking her head.
"It's heaven sweetie. It's whatever you want it to be!"
"Do you live here with me?" Lexi asked.
"Nope I have my own patch over there." she pointed and Lexi saw she had people there.
"Hey you have visitors!"
Not really visitors, more like memories. C'mon."
Lexi walked over into Charlottes patch and was suddenly looking at a tiny version of her mum.
"Wow is that my mum? Can I like say hello or anything?"
Charlotte nodded.
"Mum!" the child yelled. "Where you been?"
"Just helping a friend. Hey Alice meet lexi!"
Alice walked over and smiled. "I'm Alice and I'm 7. My best friends are Shauna and Missy. And when we grow up we're gonna rule the entire world. Missy said she'd make everyone play barbies. And shauna said Polly pockets but I'll be the bestest Queen ever and say everyone has to play with betty spaghetti's. Coz betty spaghettis are WAY better!"
Is not!" Shauna replied.
"Are too!" Alice retorted.
"Your both stupid!" Missy shouted.
Alice picked up a mud bomb. And winked at Missy.
"No Alice!" Shauna yelled. Alice threw and grinned. Shauna ducked.
"Ooooo Shauna look a big juicy worm!" Missy shouted.
"They always torment her!" Charlotte said softly. "Girls!" she said. But it was no use. Shauna already ran off screaming Alice had found her own worm and she and Missy were in hot pursuit.
Lexi was gob smacked. "That was mum?"
Charlotte nodded.
"She's changed!" Lexi mused.
"She had to when I died. She had the worst time. Her father didn't want her. Neglected her. Yelled her her. Belittled her at every turn. I wonder what would have happened if she hadn't met your father when she did. Whether she's start to believe the things he said about her. He called her worthless and worse. He hit her too." she closed her eyes remembering the sink. She had yelled at Alice to keep her mouth shut. Not provoke him. Not that her daughter had heard her! That was her daughters problem. She wouldn't back down to the point of insanity! " Like I said I felt hope when she met your dad. Sarah nearly ruined them though!"
"Sarah?" lexi asked.
Charlotte grinned. "I'll show you!"
A TV appeared and lexi was shown a quick run down of the part of Danny and Alice's life which included Sarah. Lexi watched her mother. Her cocky kiss my ass attitude. Her come and try it if you think your hard enough way of life!
"Wow she is so…..wow. That's mum at my age? And Shauna too at the metro centre. I got friends but I don't think they would do that for me!" she said awed. As she watched her mother and Shauna stand up to Sarah."
"Your mum Missy and Shauna have this bond. No matter how far apart they are they know they can always rely on each other. They love each other far more then if they were actually family. It goes much much farther than that! There's a lot you don't know about your mum. I wanted to strangle you when I heard you sending her away. You don't get it Lex. If she hadn't wanted to be there she wouldn't have been. You're the most important person in her world. Far more important then your dad! And you last words to her ever were I don't want you here! When they should have been, thank you mum. I know how hard it is to see me like this but I'm staying strong for you. I love you and always will be grateful for your loving prescience in my life!"
"Does she know yet?"
Charlotte nodded sadly.
"How is she?"
Charlotte shook her head. "You don't wanna know Lex."
"Oh NO what's happened? I wanna know!"
"I mean it Lex you don't!" Charlotte winced as something else happened.
"I wish I could see mum!" Lexi yelled.
Lexi appeared in a room. It was the morgue. Her mum was bent over her body. Lexi frowned as she seen herself.
"This is 3 days after your death!" Charlotte said softly.
Lexi continued looking at herself, she looked ill. I mean really ill.
"Lexi baby, I can't believe your gone! This wasn't supposed to happen. You were gonna get better and we'd be a big family. Now that will never happen. Aw baby girl. I can't believe I'm, stood here like this. You're the last!" Alice murmured. A ocean of tears rained from her eyes.
"What she mean?" Lexi asked scared.
"Watch." Charlotte said sadly.
Alice moved on to the next table. Pulled back the sheet. Lexi saw her father lying still on the slab. Saw her mother break down.
"DAD!" she yelled. And ran over to him. "Dad get up!" she tried to shake him but her hand went straight through.
"Danny why did you do this?" Alice wailed. "I love you so much. I need you with me! I've lost everything that means anything to me. O God I wish I could die. I just wanna join my family. I love you so much honey!" she kissed his cold head and squeezed his hand. Whispered something in his ear.
She went on to the final table and hesitated. Took a deep breath.
"O God that's Ethan isn't it?" Lexi gulped.
Her mother pulled back the sheet. "Oh no he didn't!" Lexi said fuming. She looked at a tiny baby lying there.
"Hey Dee Jay." he mum uttered. Voice thick with tears. "I'm sorry son. So sorry! Your daddy and big sister better be taking good care of you in heaven." she sniffed. "My perfect little baby boy." she ran her fingers over his face. "I only saw you for a few minutes but you were so perfect. Your fathers green eyes peered back at me so trusting." he voice broke. "And then you were taken." Alice fell to her knees.
"O God kill me now please! I can't take any more of this torment. Ethan has disappeared. All my family is dead so just kill me and end this suffering" she pleaded as tears streamed.
Lexi's fists were clenched. She was beyond angry. He was so gonna get it!
"GOD!" she screamed. "You fucking asshole!"
Lexi was suddenly pulled from the morgue and in a humongous library. She was stood in front a old man with glasses and short brown hair. He looked like a old fashioned university teacher.
"You shouted?" he said calmly.
"Your God?"
"Yes."
"I wish for a baseball bat!" she said coldly.
He smiled and nodded. It appeared in her hand.
She walked towards him. Her stride filled with purpose. "I'll teach you to hurt my mother like that!"
She lifted the bat and swung for his head. It stopped inches away. She tried with all her strength to move it but the bat wouldn't budge. She pulled away and went to hit him again he smirked at her and flicked his bat bounced away.
"Bastard!" she shrieked. "Why did you do that to her?"
"Why does suffering happen to anyone? It is my will! He said calmly. Almost like he was bored.
"Well unwill it!" she said through clenched teeth.
"O I couldn't do that!" he said again in that infuriatingly calm voice.
"At least let my brother live or my dad!" she pleaded.
"My decisions are final!" he told her.
"Well unmake it or this room gets it. All these lovely books on the floor huh?"
God snapped his fingers and 3 book appeared. The first one he showed her was Daniel Trevanion Junior. He flicked through the pages. All blank.
"This is the book of life. No words, no writing no life!"
We'll see about that! She thought.
God narrowed his eyes. "Don't try and steal it or I'll know!" he warned.
He showed her Daniel Lawrence Trevanion. His book ended rather abruptly.
Then finally hers. He opened to a page. It was her funeral. Her mum stood at her grave openly weeping.
Lexi lifted the bat again. "You bastard!" she swung with all her might. God lifted his hand and moved it left and right then up and down. The bat followed it like a magnet in her arms. He grew bored looked at the bat and it disappeared.
"Alexis your death precipitated a chain of events that drastically altered these people. How do I change that?"
"Your omnipotent! You can do whatever the hell you want your just hurting her coz you enjoy it! How can you enjoy hurting people? Ever since she's been a child you've taken away everyone she loves! God your evil! You know what? Your Satan!"
God's jaw dropped. He narrowed his eyes at her. She felt the anger rolling off in him in waves. It grew to mammoth proportions. She gasped and fell to her knees. Shook with the force of the electric bolt that shuddered through her body.
"Your proving it right now!" she said. "I only speak the truth SATAN!" she screamed the final word.
His eyes narrowed more and the force of the shock intensified.
"I'll never back down. You can do this for all of eternity. She's my mum and I'll defend her forever. I'll do anything for her"
He sent his full charge for 5 seconds. She fell from her knees to her side. When it stopped she lay there unmoving, breathing heavily.
"You know what your right! Let me see I'll change your book. You can live but your father and brother die!"
"NO!" she yelled and jumped up. "Let them live please. At least the baby. He has his whole life ahead of him. Just let him live and I'll be a good little angel and not bother you at all. You have my word!"
God smiled at her. "It seems I mis-judged you."
"He's only a baby please!"
God nodded. "You're a good person Lexi. You have the chance to live and yet you give it away!"
"You expect me to take away a babies life for my own? That's sick! I love my family. I'd do anything for them!"
He smiled even wider. "Good answer Lexi. Hold on to those words!"
He clicked his fingers and Lexi gasped loudly.
A/N ah ok i sorta misinformed that Lexi died. HAHA GOT YA!
i must say i loved this chapter only lexi wood argue with god, go after him wi a bat then call him satan lol she's mint! :)