!SEVEN
Knock knock.
I yawn and look at my alarm clock. 5.45 a.m. Who knocks on my door at this hour?
"Who the heck is that?" I groan in a loud voice.
A girl, my height, wearing a pink miniskirt and a white tank top, walks in. I squint at the blurry figurse and rub my eyes. Bella. Wait, did I just see Bella? What is she doing in my house? It's probably just a dream, she isn't even...Oh, yes, Bella.
Now that Bella took the guest room next to mine, she's definitely going to bother me often. Very often.
"I need to use your mirror." Bella says smugly.
I rub my eyes. "Use your own. You already have your own room. If I have the right, I'll make you sleep on the living room floor. No, maybe the next to our car. Get out."
Bella rolls her eyes. "Too bad. You don't have the right, so I still get the room. I can't find any mirror in the guest room, I need yours. Now."
I eye her clothes, sleepily. "Why are you all dressed up."
Bella shoots me a "duh" look. "Getting ready for school? I must look good on my first day in a new school in a new city!"
"Oh," I sink deeper into the pillow and pull my blanket higher. "Your choice. Get out then. The family only wakes up seven!" I yawn.
Bella drops her crossed arms and frowns in an angry way. "Didn't you hear what I said? I said, I need your...."
That's all I heard from her before I fell asleep again.
***
My alarm rings at 6.50. I silence it by throwing it on my floor mat without even opening my eyes. I didn't seem to have enough sleep. I remember being interrupted somewhere in between.
I flip over and stare at my cupboard. The cupboard door, the one with the mirror, is open. Since when? Was there a burglar? Was that what interrupted me when I was sleeping? No, it's some pinky person. Yes, Bella. I seriously hate her.
***
I run down the stairs with my sling bag over my shoulders. I'm dressed in black shorts and a light blue T-shirt that has a yellow star on the front. I also have two light purple studs on my ear loops.
Weird. I actually wanted to put on my violet star earrings, but they were missing. I always keep my accessories in place, they never get lost.
"Mum!" I shout the moment I get to the bottom of the stairs. "Have you seen my violet star earrings?"
Mum turns from the juicer in the kitchen. "Goodness, Violet, you've already reached the bottom of the stairs, what's the point of shouting at me?"
I roll my eyes. "Have you seen it or not?"
"I have!" Vanessa shouts as she points across the dining table. "There! I have seen it! I just saw it, in fact!"
I trace Vanessa's finger, leading towards Bella. She was still chewing, bacon I presume, and suddenly she stops moving. There it was, my earrings, on her ear loops.
I stare at her with an angry, questioning look. All eyes fall on Bella. Even Mum's. Let's see how Little Miss Perfect will react.
Bella's eyes widen. I knew it, her same old big-eye-didn't-know-anything trick. "It's yours?" I'm so sorry! When I was using your mirror, I saw it fall on the floor. It didn't really look like your type of pattern so I just tried it on and forgot to take it off! So sorry!"
I cross my arms. "In my room, if it's not mine, whose is it?"
Bella shrugs innocently. "I don't know. I thought maybe your friend came over and dropped it."
Like, hello? We just moved in a few days ago, which friend can come?
Mum sighs loudly from the kitchen and comes out. "Don't bother, Violet. Let Bella wear it for the day then. Oh, yes, I forgot. Bella, you don't have a mirror in the guest room, I'd be getting a new one for you soon. In the mean time, Vanessa or Violet can just lend you theirs."
Bella smiles sweetly. "Yes, of course, I understand. Aunt, you can take your time, I am not so urgent for a mirror."
I don't know why, I have not eaten breakfast yet and I already have the urge to puke.
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