Chapter 5- What’s Left of Me!

Alice rolled out of Carla’s grasp to smack the snooze button on the alarm. She sat up, eyes only half open and rubbed her face. She looked over at the sleeping body next to her. The blonde hair flowed over the pillow, and the flawless skin glowed in the morning light. But to Alice, the body seemed cold and dismal. She sighed, and stood up out of bed. As she disappeared into the hallway, the red digits on the clock shown 5:56.

Alice mad her way to the shower.

Watch my Life, pass me by

In the rearview mirror

Alex woke up with a huge smile on her face. She took in a breath and rolled over, with open arms, hoping to greet that warm body. All she got was a handful of blankets. She opened her eyes and looked over. She sighed and rolled over again. It was a dream. Every fucking night! She groaned and rolled out of bed. Alex made her way to the bathroom.

Pictures frozen, in time

Are becoming clearer

I don’t wanna waste another day, stuck in the shadow of my mistakes

Alice looked in the mirror. The shower was running behind her, warming up. She shook her head and opened the medicine cabinet, reaching for one of many small, orange, transparent bottles, popping the cap open, and downing two small capsules. She’d recently developed some medical problems; frequent migraines, muscle stiffness, allergies, and a bad immune system. Right now, her head was throbbing. She followed the pills with a gulp of water, getting into the shower.

‘Cause I want you, and I feel you, crawling underneath my skin

Like a hunger, like a burning

To find a place I’ve never been.

Alex looked in her mirror. She stared at the person staring back at her. It had been a while since she looked this good. You could see where the muscle had re-apeared in her arms, chest and abs while she wore the wife beater. Her hair had re-grown, and her posture had straightened out. She had also grown a good inch and a half, just barely standing over her mother. No matter how good she looked, or how healthy her body had become, inside she was dying.