Chapter 1
Letting the warm water pound on my back, I wash my hair while humming in the shower. After washing the shampoo out I slather my hair in conditioner and start to hum again, but soon it turns into soft, smooth singing.
I love to sing but feel like when I do others hate it so, I try to keep it to myself. That’s why I like my room a lot because it’s soundproof, so I can sing as loud and as much as I want when-
*KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK...BANG BANGBANG!!!!*
There are loud knocks on my bathroom door that quickly turn into banging. I finish rinsing the conditioner out of my hair and grab my towel off of the golden towel rack on the wall. The banging on the door still continues, that is until I open the door. As soon as the door swings open, a fist swings forward coming in contact with my shoulder. Unphased I look at the person in the doorway. Of course, it’s my mother, she’s always disturbing me when I’m taking a shower.
“Alexis! Why the hell are you not dressed yet!?”
I looked at my mother confused. She never told me about anything going on today.
I scratch my head replying: “Mother you never told me about anything important going on, how was I supposed to know that-”
“Do not back talk back to me! Now put this on and be downstairs in 2 minutes!”
She threw a dress on a hanger at me and left, slamming the door behind her.
I huffed: “Why must I wear this, I mean it’s not that bad but still, It’s not my style.”
I listened to my mother and put the dress on, barely making it out my door with 1.5 seconds to spare.
Once at the bottom of the stairs, I heard voices. I smoothed out my dress and peeked my head around the corner. Sitting at the end of the table was...
