I woke up the next day feeling refreshed as I sat up and stretched, being careful with my arms, but still. Jessica was still asleep so I slipped out of the bed quietly and quickly and walked over to her bathroom. I turned on the water in the shower, turning it to a hot, but not scalding, temperature. Quickly stripping down to nothing I clambered into the shower, sighing as it hit my pale-ish skin turning it slightly pink.

I just stood underneath the water for what seemed like ages, relaxing under the water and just thinking. When did my life get like this? Why me? I quickly pulled myself out of those thoughts, I wasn't going to let him ruin my day, especially since I woke up so alive and happy. Scrubbing my hair I heard a light tap on the door.

"Yeah Jes?" I called, hoping that she had heard me over the water tapping on the shower tub and walls. As I waited for an answer I shaved my legs, laying down in the tub and getting ready to soap them up afterwards.

"You alright in there? I thought you might of drowned." She stated, sounding truly panicked but relieved.

"I'm perfectly fine babe, just relaxing. We should go shopping today." I said a bit chipper, my voice rising at the end. I had surprised myself with this statement and I knew for a fact that I surprised Jes with it, I wasn't one for shopping, or malls, or socializing, or leaving the house, or people. But for some reason I wanted to go out and basically go against everything I hated.

"Uh...umm yeah, yeah sure. Yeah that'd be awesome!" Jessica quickly recovered and went back to her usual self. See even though Jes wasn't popular and pretty much hated people and socializing as much as I did, she loved the mall and shopping. Proven by her closet and shoes rack.

"Cool." I said back with a huge smile as I rinsed off and started on my conditioner, shaving my arms and washing the rest of my body and using anti-acne stuff on my face and shoulders. I didn't know what was up with me today, but I liked it. Shutting off the water, I got out of the shower and pulled on a towel, walking into technically our room with the smile still on my face.

Jes wasn't in there, probably in the kitchen. Oooooh I hope she's making pancakes. Anyways, I walked over to her closet and picked out a Pierce The Veil tank top that she had, matching it with some black jeggings. I pulled on the same toms from yesterday and walked back into the bathroom. I pulled out her makeup and covered the glass cuts on my left arm and everything on my face.

The cuts were starting to heal and my bruises were all a brown yellow color. Putting on some foundation and covering it with powder I applied a light blush and a smoky black on my eyelids, lining under my eye with black eyeliner and putting on mascara. I smiled at my work as I put all of the makeup materials away and placed her box back under the sink.

Merrily I totally did not skip(sarcasm) over to the steps and run down them, turning towards the kitchen as I smelled the delicious smell of strawberry pancakes. I practically ran into the kitchen and grabbed the plate twirling around and peering over them with a crazy look on my face.

"My precious." I growled, sounding creepily like Gollum from Lord of the Rings. I pulled the plate towards me as I walked over to the table, never taking my eyes off of the laughing Jessica. "What?" I snapped in my Gollum voice. "You can't have them. They're ours. All ours." I growled at the practically pissed laughing Jessica.

I sat down at the table, picking up the silverware that was already there and dug in, looking up every once in a while at Jessica who was now making more pancakes from the ones I took as rightfully mine. "Mine Abernathyses." I said scratchy and low, changing Banginses to Abernathyses because of her last name. Jes had tears coming out of her eyes now from how much she was laughing. She had her hands clenched to the counter top as she laughed with no sound.

Jes finally composed herself and finished off the pancakes and started eating as I put my plate in the sink and turned to her. I saw more pancakes and imagined my ears going up like Stitch from Lilo and Stitch. I slowly backed away as not to take them from her, that would be stealing.

"For Narnia!" I screamed, running into the living room with my left arm raised and carefully jumped onto the couch. I bet Jes thought I was crazy, well I was insane so the assumption wasn't too far away. Jes knew how I was. See, this is how I used to be. This was my usual behavior without the beatings and the cutting and everything. I was an insane potato who loved Rockstar, pancakes, and The Vampire Diaries.

I heard Jes carefully walk into the room as she eyed me cautiously, looking away slightly scared. I started making grudge noises and flicked on the tv to a channel where a Teen Wolf repeat was on, acting like it wasn't me making the noises. Jessica was terrified of the Grudge and thought that she was real, along with the boy. I stopped making the noises and acted oblivious to what had happened.

"Come here Jes this is one of the good episodes." I stated jumpily and excited as I turned around. She was paralyzed in fear and couldn't move as her eyes were bugging wide open. "Jes, what's the matter?" I asked, trying my hardest not to laugh as I bit on my lower lip.

"Didn't you hear that? It was the Grudge Madi. I swear I heard it. I told you she was real. I wasn't lying." She rambled as she slowly stepped forward, looking around frantically. Bingo.

"Jes I didn't hear anything but the hot werewolves on the tv that I want you to see. You're just hearing things again." I said, sighing and rolling my eyes at her as I turned back to the tv. As I was laughing hysterically over the Stiles Stilinski encounter with coach on the bus, Jes came to sit next to me, her eyes bugging out of her head as she watched the tv.

"Jes calm down it was just me. You're face was priceless." I turned my hysterical laughing from the tv to her as I remembered her face and what she said. Her face automatically went from scared and petrified to mad and annoyed.

"You have to admit. I-it was hilarious." I said in between laughing as my laughing went silent and a few tears rolled down my cheeks. She growled under her breath as I sat up."Oh no, it's Erica come to life. Run!" I screamed as I ran, and kinda limped, up the stairs as Jes/Erica ran after me and I slammed the door to the bedroom shut and ran to the bathroom, locking the door.

"Shit now I'm stuck in here." I mumbled to me self. 'Good going Sherlock.' I thought as Jes pounded on the door.

"Open the door Madison, I promise I'm not mad." She said in a mad tone as I scoffed, liar. It all went quiet after a few minutes and I waited a few more before opening the door to see and empty room. I sighed in relief and went to walk to the bed when I was tackled onto it and sat on, my hands being pinned under her knees, being careful with my right more than my left.

I still cried out because of my bruises and cuts and my arm bouncing of the bed. She automatically got off of me and started apologizing profusely.

"Oh my god, Madi. I am so sorry. Are you okay?!" She asked, feeling horrible.

"I'm fine." I hissed as I sat up. In a couple minutes I was fine and went to the mirror in the bathroom to fix my hair which I did do earlier, I straightened it. I brushed the light frizz down and turned back to her.

"Alright let's go." I said, walking behind her and down the stairs, grabbing her keys and walking out the door. I tossed her the keys over the car top and opened the door as soon as she unlocked it, getting comfy in the seat. Jessica started the car and drove the 15 minute drive to the mall. Everything was near our houses, although her house was much better, appearances and aura wise, than mine was.

We soon pulled into the filled parking lot of the mall in front of the Macy's entrance which was only two stores away from Hot Topic, my main go-to store. I hopped out of the car and shut the door, walking beside Jes as we walked toward the doors, her slinging her left arm over my shoulders, throwing her right arm out in front of her, palm raised.

"Welcome to my second home, the place of teens." She said dramatically, eyes wide in awe and adoration of the huge building in front of them. The only other time she'd been here it was a quick trip with her aunt to grab a b-day present for her mother, not sparing a glance at the place. Now that she looked at it she realized just how huge it was.

"Damn. How do you ever go to all of the stores?" I asked Jes, not taking my eyes off of the grey stone edifice in front of my eyes, trailing the span of just this side of the mall. Jes just looked at me with her eyebrows raised and an 'are you kidding me' look on her face.

"You've never been to the mall before have you?" Jes asked incredulously, looking at me in udder disbelief.

"Nope. Only once and I didn't really pay any attention to it." I said, turning to her and shrugging half-heartily. The look on her face was priceless, pure shock, mouth agape, and eyes bugging out. "What?!" I asked, my voice cracking at the end, causing my voice to raise an octav.

"Oh my god. You have not lived my dear Madison. Prepair to feel my wrath." She said, beggining to pull me toward the doors since we had stopped walking previously. 'Oh dear lord save me.' I thought frantically, scared of what Jes was going to do in her wrath.

'This was going to be a long day.' Was my last thought before being pulled into the throng of people.

Hey guys! I'm sorry again about how long it took me to update last time and I know I usually end the chapter at the end of the day before they go to bed but I just really wanted to update. Sorry if I bore you. Anyways on the sidebar is a lyric video I just made for Disconected by 5SOS, please watch it!! Anywho like, add, vote, comment or just read. Thanks!!

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