June 1st, 2020 at 01:36am
It's weird, going to bed a teenager and then waking up as a young adult. Yesterday, Alix went to bed on the last day of summer. No more bonfires with her friends, sneaking alcohol from her parents' liquor cabinet with her friends, or staying up late and watching movies. It's time for her to grow up. To move on, to show the world what she can become. That Alixandra Finley was not going to stay in their little hometown and was going to become something. She was not going to live her life as a waitress in her father's restaurant. She was going to become a teacher, or a doctor, or something that she would easily reach for. Something that Alix was sure that she'd be happier doing for the rest of her life. She was going to become her true self, and she was beyond excited.
At least, Alix was until the alarm on her phone went off and woke her from her light sleep. Tossing and turning, fears of failure haunting her dreams. Opening her bright green eyes, Alix looked towards the windowsill where she laid her phone last night and reached out lazily. She fumbled around for her phone for a moment before she felt her hand hit the demonic device. Picking up her phone, Alix turned the alarm off and then rolled onto her back. She laid like that for a moment before slowly sitting up and looking around the small studio apartment that she could barely afford. Her independent streak was yelling at her for not accepting some financial assistance from her parents. Now, she was stuck waitressing at a local cafe to try and afford this place as her scholarship paid for her schooling.
"I bet Alessio will shit himself when he sees how small my place is," Alix mumbled to herself, her shoulders sagging in defeat as she laid back down and let out a small groan. Her best friend, mister popular. Mister star on the sports teams. Mister perfect, her partner in crime since she could remember. He was practically her brother, that's how long they've known each other and have been friends ever since. Laying in bed for another couple of moments, Alix decided to get the day started. There was no use in laying around when she had to get to class in two hours. Her first college class no less, freaking math. Ugh, gross.
Slipping out of bed, Alix got to work on making herself a quick breakfast. Consisting of plain vanilla yogurt and her favorite peanut butter chocolate granola. Then, she hopped into the shower. The warm water helped her wake up and shake off that last bit of sleep that lingered in her mind. Once she was done getting cleaned up, Alix got dressed and grabbed her syllabus and looked at her schedule as she picked up her bag and tossed it onto her shoulder. Then, her movements halted as she red the list of her classes. "Aw, shit." She mumbled, eight PM was when her class was. Not AM, like she had originally thought. An annoyed sigh escaped from Alix as she let her school bag slip from her shoulder. Her confident demeanor slipping to one of exhaustion. "I could have been sleeping." She mumbled to herself.
Not wanting to waste her effort to get ready for the day and look nice, Alix pulled her phone and texted the only person she knew was close by. Mixed up my schedule. The class is at eight tonight, not this morning. Want to meet for breakfast? She sent the text to Alessio, knowing that he was an early bird for some reason. Then, she headed out of her apartment and headed towards that cute little cafe that she and Alessio had found on their walk around the college town.
Once she got to the cafe, Alix walked inside and found an empty table in the back of the place. It was a weird thing that Alessio had, he wasn't a fan of eating outside or near windows. Saying he liked being the one to watch, not being watched. When they were younger, Alix teased him about it, but now. She just accepted it as Alessio's little quirk and loved him all the same for it. Sitting down, Alix reached out and grabbed one of the little menus that were on the table and started to look through it. She might have just eaten, but this place's food always seemed to cause her to want to eat. As Alix stared at the menu items, her mind started to wonder. This was her first real day being on her own, away from her family. Sure, she had Alessio, but, he was just a friend. A single person that she knew. He had talked her into applying to this college in California, the University of LA, saying that it'd be an adventure. A while Alix was excited to learn that she had gotten in, which she was iffy about, it also scared her. They were the only one's in LA, all of their classmates had stayed in Nevada for college or were working in their family-run stores. It was daunting to think that her family was hours away instead of down the street or in the room next to hers.
A small sigh escaped from Alix as she raised her right hand and lightly rubbed her tired eyes. She wanted to meet some more people, she wanted to experience the college party scene. She wanted to finally find a boyfriend that would date her for more then a couple of weeks. She's never gone farther than kissing, and while it might sound like not a big deal. Alix wanted to feel loved by someone, someone who she wasn't related to or, was Alessio. He always looked out for her. He could tell the bad guys from the good, telling her that her relationships weren't going to last long and he was right. He was always right. This was kinda scary, but, Alix was happy that he was able to point things out so that she didn't end up heartbroken.
The sound of the chair across from her scraping against the floor slightly pulled Alix out of her thoughts, causing her to jump. She looked up with wide bright green eyes and looked into beautiful blue ones. A small smile appearing on her lips and replacing her look of shock as she spotted Alessio. "Oh, hey!" Alix said and grinned shyly at her friend. "Sorry, I've been out of it lately," Alix mumbled quietly and rubbed her eyes once more before sitting up straight. "How are you settling into your new place? You excited about your classes?"