“Alex guess who decided to visit us!” Athena shouts. Dammit can’t she see that it’s 7:00 in the morning on a Saturday and that some of us are sleeping…unless, unless it’s my mom. I do not want to see that woman right now two weeks is not enough time to be away from her. I reluctantly get out of bed, get ready and go see my mom.

“Hi mom” I say taking out a bowl, cereal and some milk.

“I see that you haven’t left that boy” she says eyeing my ring.

“Mom, let’s not do this now. I just woke up and I just want to eat my cereal in peace” I say sitting on the seats near the island.

“When do you propose we do this Alexendra?” she says stifly.

“Uh, how about. Never?”  I say eating my cereal.

“Alex treat mom with respect” Athena butts in.

“She doesn’t respect anybody or their wishes” my mom says seething.

“I don’t want to do this” I say taking my bowl of cereal to my room.

“What, you don’t want to tell your sister how you disrespected her wishes by bringing that Parker boy to her wedding?” she says spitefully.

“Alexendra is this true?” Athena asks with a disappointed look on her face.

“I, I didn’t mean to. He just happened to be in that area for business and he just dropped by for a few minutes” I say slowly.

“I can’t believe you Alex! After I specifically told you not to bring Ashton to my wedding! How could you do this to me?” she says furiously.

“I am sorry Athena” I say not knowing what else to say.

“You are a selfish little bitch!” she says.

“Mom, did you really have to?” I ask my mother angrily. And get into my room. I text Kyle and we meet 20 minutes later by a smoothie shop.

“So what went down between you and Athena?” he asks sipping on his smoothie.

“Well, Ashton dropped by on her wedding day for a mere 15 minutes and she got all hot and bothered about the whole deal. She also called me a selfish little bitch.” I say getting irritated by the thought.

“She just feels betrayed, she didn’t mean it” he says trying to comfort me.

“Yeah but I am not selfish.”

“But you allowed your boyfriend who is her ex to come to her wedding.”

“Who’s side are you on?” I ask feeling betrayed.

“Yours, I think” he says smiling. The smell of my smoothie suddenly makes me feel nauseous. To think that I have been drinking this for the past ten minutes. Kyle and I decide to go to the movies and after that we go grab dinner and I go home. I find my mom still at my place and something tells me that she is going to be staying longer than I anticipated. Ashton calls me and proposes to come by my house but I stop him. After a few minutes of my arrival a carrier delivers a package that is assigned to me. I start hyperventilating. The stalker knows that I am back.

I go into my room, lock the door and open the package. I find a kidney, a lung and what I think is some intestines and a letter attached to the whole package. Who the hell does this person think he or she is. I mean what kind if sick twisted game are they playing?

Dear Alexendra

You have been away for far too long. You shouldn’t have left now you just minimised your time on earth alive. I don’t understand why a good human being like you would act so badly. Yeah, I know you invited your mafia boyfriend to your older sister’s wedding.  How could you do that Alexendra? You my darling are a bad bad little girl. Don’t count on Ashton being there to save you, he won’t be there. Stay safe until then

Your soon to be killer

I need to learn how to handle a gun. I really really need one right now. This psycho is anywhere right now and the only way I am going to be safe is if I can protect myself. I am not about to sit around and wait for Ashton to teach me how to protect myself. I research safety classes and lessons on how to handle the guns until late in the night. My eyes give up on me and I am forced to sleep.

I wake up at around eight in the morning and I find my mom making breakfast. For some reason though whatever she is cooking smells of. I start feeling nauseous and I run to the bathroom and start throwing up. I decide to skip breakfast since the food my mother is making has made me loose my epitite. After breakfast my mom and Athena go house hunting together since Nicholas doesn’t want to join them. I must say it is going to be hard adjusting to living alone. I will have to do shopping trips for things that are needed around the house. I am seriously bad at doing grocery shopping. I remember this one time my sister sent me grocery shopping and I bought everything that we already had and totally missed the things that we needed except for the whipped cream and ice cream, I certainly would not forget that.

I get a call from Xavior telling me that he is coming in the next 3 days. Which gives me some relief since it has been hard explaining why I reserved seats for him. I decide to go meet up with Amber since it has been a while since I have seen her. The only way we keep in touch is with the occasional phone calls and texts. An hour later I get to the restaurant we agreed to meet at and as always Amber is late. I decide to get a virgin cocktail to sip on while I wait. After a long 15 minutes of waiting I see a redhead with a super stylish outfit who I recognise as my best friend for days Amber, walk up to the table I am seated at.

“Alex, wow it has been a while” she says hugging me.

“Yep 15 minutes” I say smiling. Amber and I are a weird combination. But I guess that is why they say opposites attract.

“It takes time to look like this darling. Is that the promise ring?” she says taking my left hand and bringing it up to her face.

“Yes, it is.”

“It’s so beautiful? Why didn’t I see it at your sister’s wedding?” she asks.

“My relationship with Ashton is technically not allowed” I say starting to cry.

“Alex, I am so sorry” she says comforting me. The weird thing about this whole situation is that I have accepted that whole fact and I was ok with it I have no clue why it is starting to feel so sad now. A waitress comes to take our orders and leaves.

The waitress comes back with our food. I see that Amber has ordered something that has mushrooms inside. The smell and the sight of it is literally making me nauseous. I quickly run to the bathroom and start vomiting. When I come back I find Amber looking at me with a curious look.

“How do you manage to eat that, doesn’t the smell put you off. I think those mushrooms are spoiled” I say looking at her food in disgust.

“Alex these mushrooms are just fine. What are you not telling me?” she asks giving me the motherly glare.

“What do you mean, they aren’t fine they smell disgusting” I say still sticking to my claim that those mushrooms are spoiled.

“How long have you been experiencing this nausea and mood swings?” she asks with a concerned face.

“I don’t know since yesterday or the day before” I say reluctantly.

“And when was the last time you and Ashton did the deed?”

“Amber are you saying that I am pregnant?” I ask kind of feeling offended. Can’t I just hate the smell of food without being suspected of being pregnant?

“Well how do you explain the nausea and mood swings?” she asks as though I am not getting the bigger picture.

“I don’t know maybe I am sick or something” I say defeated.

“Alexendra I think you are pregnant” she says with a serious look on her face.