My guardian angel dressed in black

Chapter 1

  Scarlett pov

          Beep

         Beep

        Beep

  I groan, the sound of my alarm clock waking me up from, a wonderful sleep. I open my eyes to a white ceiling, reaching a hand out blindly I shut the alarm clock off. Sighing I get out of bed. I hate my room, it's all pink. Pink walls, pink comforter, pink sheets, pink curtains, pink lamp. Pink, pink, pink. It's all pink. The only thing that's not pink is the furniture, the bed, dresser, side table those are all white. I hate the color pink but my "mom" loves pink so she expects me to like pink. I like the color blue, but what can I do. I get up from my bed and walk into the bathroom attached to my room. I turn the shower on and wait for it to heat up. Once the shower is warm enough I hop in and shower. Once I'm done with my shower, I head into my room and put on some light purple underwear and a matching denim bra. I turn to my closet and see clothes that I would never wear. I sigh and pull out pink skinny jeans, a white flowy tank top that's like a crop top but not, white flats and a jean jacket. I put on the necklace that older brother gave me. I walk back into the bathroom and do my eyeliner and I some pink lipstick, I cringe at the sight of pink. I blow dry my hair and add some curls to my brown hair. My hair is wavy but if I want it to be curly I have to curl it myself. Once I'm satisfied with how my hair turned out I add a small light pink bow. I got back into my room and add some gold hoop earrings. I won't even look at my reflection.

   I grab the duffel bag that I packed last night, my phone and my, can't believe I even have this my hello kitty backpack and head downstairs. I place everything by the door and go into the kitchen. Mom is making breakfast, her back is turned to me. Mom's hair is blonde and straight. She's wearing her signature pink blouse with blue jeans, and flats, no doubt she is wearing lipgloss and she has her makeup perfect accentuating her brown eyes. She turns around with a small bowl. She placed it in front of me and goes back to whatever she was doing. Looking down at the bowl I saw that it consisted of a scoop of vanilla yogurt (low-fat no doubt) and a sprinkle of granola. I eat the yogurt, mom thinks I need to lose weight, to be honest, I don't think I need to lose weight I only weigh a hundred pounds. I finish the yogurt and put the bowl in the sink. I open the fridge and look at what we have to drink, water, V8, juice. I look at the juice bottle and not surprising it's healthy and has no sugars. I take the bottled water and drink some of it. Walking to the front door, I pass the living room and see mom on the couch with her laptop. She's most likely working. She owns an online business. She turns around and looks me up in down checking out my outfit choice "approve." she said.

   I nod and turn to the front door, placing the water in my duffel. I put my backpack over my shoulder and grab the duffel bag in my hand. I open the door but before I can leave to school mom calls out "Scarlett do you have everything for cheerleading practice?"

              "yes mom," I reply back

              "good," she says, "make sure to eat healthy, you need to lose some weight on you."

              "okay mom," I say

   She's quiet for a moment before she talks again, "you don't want what happened last time I found out you didn't eat healthy to happen, do you?"

          I cringe, trying to keep the memory from surfacing, "no mom."

              "you can leave," she says

   I walk out and close the door. I walk to the sidewalk and head to school. At least the weather is nice out. I live in a small town. The weather is warm year long, which is a nice thing, unlike some places that have snow. I shiver at the thought of snow. I pull out my phone and plug in my earbuds. I keep these hidden from mom, I bought them myself so they are blue. If she saw that this wasn't pink she throw them out and I get a punishment. I play my playlist that I play when I'm alone, the first song that comes on is Hollywood Undead Save me. I walk enjoying the music in my ears. I wish life was normal, that they were how they were before "it" happened. I brace myself for the hell hole that I call school. I look up and see the school come into view, turning my music off, and putting my earbuds in my bag I head over to my so called friends. I turn and look when I hear laughter. I see kids wearing black, they look like they are having fun. I wish I could be like that, they're not afraid to be themselves. I continue walking. The people that I despise see me and wave, I smile back and wave. "Hey Scar," Kelly says

               "Hey Kelly, Tina, Mary. How was your weekend?" I ask. I don't really, I'm only being polite.

         They smile, "It was soo much fun," Tina says, "Dan had a party at his house on Saturday."

  I nod. That sounds right, Dan had a party every Saturday. Saturday, according to his parents, is their only day for date night. So Dan always threw a party on that day, "that sound fun." Not

                Kelly nods, "it was."

    Mary looks at me and questions, "how come you weren't at the party?"

            "I went to the mall and did some shopping," I explained. Half lie. I did go to the mall but I didn't go shopping, I only wanted to get out of the house. They buy it anyways though. Everyone knows that the mall is an hour away from here, and in the afternoon traffic can be brutal on the way back.

    Before anyone else can say anything the bell rings signaling us to head to class. I wave bye to them and head to my first period class which is history.