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"Uugh!" I'm knocked off the bed at the sound of the alarm. It's 6am already? I slept thirty minutes ago at 9pm sharp.I groan angrily as I get up, slapping the alarm clock, willing it to stop blaring but it doesn't."Goodness!" I exclaim, forcing my eyes open. I quickly shut it off and- well, you'd think I'll start getting ready for school but I don't. I land back on the bed and zoom off to dreamland.***"Bella!"I'm shoved hard and I jump, half awake. It's Agnes, my annoying younger sister. She is roughly a year younger than me because mum took in months after I was born."What?" I almost slap her for waking me up. "I know it's 6 already but can you just let me sleep for five more minutes?""Huh?" is all she says.Fudge.I cover my face with my blanket. I sometimes wish her twin brothers are here to keep her busy, even though they can

"How do I look?" Nes asks, barging into my room. I'm not surprised, it happens all the time. She's wearing a short yellow dress, stopping just above her knees with flats."Someone's bubbly again." I smile."And someone's looking hot," she comments, eyeing my outfit. I'm wearing a mint green chiffon top and black tights.We hold gazes for a few seconds then I say, "okay, I'm changing.""To what?" she asks with a knowing look on her face."W-well, um, the-my..." she watches with pleasure as I fumble for what to say. "Fine. I don't know! It's just that you're making me feel like I'm overdressed for a normal family dinner. I don't want to pass a wrong message to anyone," I admit."Girls! Get down here, it's not a ball we're attending," mum calls from downstairs. Me and Nes laugh briefly and hurry out of my room, into the hallway.I watch Nes as she meets mum d

My stomach churns, making me snivel. I haven't had any sleep since 3am. All I've done is roll around.I'm startled by my door bursting open.Geez, which is worse, my stomach pain or the fact that my freaking door isn't doing its job?"Nes! Barge back out of my room this minute," I yell, turning to lie faceup."Actually, it's me Alex," comes the reply.I raise my head to glare at him, "don't you knock?""Isn't it obvious?""Get out," I deadpan."Why aren't you dressed for Church?""Cause I'm not well. Now get out.""Fine, I'll go tell mum," he says, walking out and leaving the door open."Lock the door, log head!" I call out, only to realise he's gone.Shortly after, I hear his voice telling mum about me."What's wrong with her?" I hear her ask.

One week later...Grrrr...grrrr...grrrrI'm pulled out of sleep by the sound of the alarm."Oh please, don't tell me it's six already," I whine, shutting it off and shifting for comfort. My eyes open fully when I feel something cold and hard press against my bare tummy. I pick it up and it's my phone.Placing my right index finger on the fingerprint sensor, the screen lights up making me squint. I discover, as my eyes adjust to the brightness, that my mobile data is turned on and I have some unread chats. Memories of the long period of time I had spent on social media hours ago make me groan. That's why I feel like a log."This is why I don't like to stay up late," I mumble, trying to hold back a yawn. Even Jasper whom I thought was capable of spending the whole night awake went offline at around 1:30am. Don't ask me why I'm comparing myself to Jasper.

2 weeks later."I can't wait for Monday!" Melody squeaks. "I'm sure you can't wait too, right?"I sigh, "for the sixth time, yes you're right.""Yay!" she squeaks again. "Wait, did you say the sixth time?" I simply roll my eyes and stare at Alice."She loves birthdays. She goes hyper about them," Alice says, glancing at her. It is my birthday on Monday and Melody will not stop talking about it. Right now, we are heading towards the auditorium for drama rehearsals. After mine and Ousman's first conversation about four weeks ago, we exchanged contacts and have been talking since then.Contrary to the speculations, he is pretty nice. He also managed to convince me to audition for the part of Melanie, the main character and I got it. He is taking the part of Melanie's secret boyfriend and I do not think his many admirers are happy with the fact that the both of us are going to be close during the entire p