"To rid ourselves of our shadows- who we are- we must step into either total light or total darkness."-Jeremy Preston Johnson

My new found joy was broken apart with the sound of my alarm clock, screaming at me with over-played Taylor Swift songs, reminding me that it was eight o' clock.

I groaned and tapped the button to make it stop, stood up and headed to the bathroom. I began brushing my teeth when I heard the radio pop back on. Lazily making my way out,  I saw Mara tapping the button, making the music stop and start again.

"Wha thh ell are oou doin?" I forced out behind the froth of toothpaste.

He just shrugged and laid back onto the bed, placing his hands behind his head, "Is this where I say I am being annoying? Or an ass?" He looks over to me and sticks his tongue out, "I get the impression that's what you want me to say."

I rolled my eyes and returned to the bathroom to spit and rinse my mouth out. I closed the door and started the shower, removing my bed clothes to get ready.

'I swear to god, if you come in here...'

I step into the shower, sighing in relief at the warm water. Not even ten seconds later, the door to the bathroom swings open and bangs against the wall. I jump and cover myself, convinced the curtain was to be thrown open next. Thankfully, it wasn't.

"Hey... Alex?"

"Yes......?"

"My 'stomach' is making the 'rumblies'."

I pause for a moment, feeling a smile come to my face, "The kind that only human hands can satisfy?"

"What?! Oh, no, no." Pause, "But what does that mean?"

I laugh, squirting some shampoo into my hands. I lather it into my hair as I continue the conversation, "It means that you're hungry."

"And that means...."

"Go eat some bread or something," I say, annoyed that some of the shampoo drifted into my mouth as I spoke.

"And where would that be?"

"God damnit, Mara, give me like.... 10 minutes."

"Okay, okay, sheesh, fine, bye."

I quickly finish up, drying myself off and wrapping a towel around my body and hair. I step out to see him gnawing on my banana scented chap-stick I leave on my bedside table. I quickly rush over and pull it from him, seeing the stick half gone and chewed up.

"No, no, no, you are not a child. This is bad for you."

"It smelled good though, and when I opened it, my stomach hurt worse," he said, much in the tone of a child who didn't know what he was doing was wrong.

I groan, verbally showing my disagreement. I grab his arm, pulling him towards the door, "Come on, I'll make you somethi.."

Cut off as I was pulled back, I landed on Maras lap. I tightly clutched the towel on my body, feeling it give a bit as I fell, the one drying my hair came off though. I didn't know what to say, whether to be embarrassed or angry, to hit him, scold him, or just get up like nothing happened.

Then he said it, leaning in towards my ear.

"You smell really... good."

I clenched my eyes closed, feeling my face burn. I quickly shot up, getting over to the door as quickly as possible. I opened the door and lowered my head, hoping my hair would cover my embarrassment. "I'll.. meet you downstairs, I-I'm going to get dressed.

He didn't immediately get up, I thought of the only thing I could do.

'Please, leave.... NOW.'

He got the idea, getting up and vacating. I closed the door, holding myself against it as my towel fell off.

'What the f*ck, what the f*ck. What. The. F*ck.'

I make my way over to my closet, trying to collect myself as I shakily grab my outfit. I begin dressing, speeding up the process as I hear glass shattering in the downstairs. I couldn't take it anymore.

"Oh, come on!"

I swung open the bedroom door, making my way down to the kitchen, only to find a broken jar of strawberry jelly splattered across the floor. Mara slid his finger through some it that didn't have glass in it, but to be honest, a part of me wish it had.

I crossed my arms and looked at him sternly, "Five minutes. You couldn't wait FIVE MINUTES?"

He looked up to me as he stuck his jelly coated finger in his mouth, "But..... but... rumblies."

I pressed my hands into my face, trying to calm down, "Oh my god.." I breathed a deep sigh and turned around, walking away. I quickly grabbed everything I needed and headed towards the door.

"Wait, where are you going?"

"Where do you think? You basically followed me there every day."

He thought about it, then got up, following behind me.

I turned, "And what do you think you're doing?"

"I am going with you to school, correct?"

I crossed my arms into a X, "Nope, you have to stay here. I would have taught you how to make a PB&J or something, but now I don't have time." I turned once more and opened the front door to make my leave.

"You can't just leave! I'll..... I'll be lonely, I'll get abandonment issues, I'll, I'll cry." He looked at me with puppy dog eyes, pouting his lips.

"You. Are. A. Human... kind of.. You'll be fine," I said, reassuring him and myself as I closed the door and locked it.

Maras POV

I look over to the broken jar on the floor in the kitchen, "I can't believe she just left with this mess on the floor..."

I went over to the couch, sitting down and pulling my knees up to my chest. I actually felt a bit.... upset.

"I can't believe she left... me."

A/N:

I didn't really think through which song to put with this, but I have been listening to different music recently, so I thought, why not one of those?

Then I realized how perfectly this one fit.

Lyrics:

In our home all day I waited for the change / Something warm that I could say

But I admit it won't come / Somehow I don't care

Though I love the clothes she wears / And I love her body bare 

So I pray that it wont feel the same / Don't think that I can't see it in your eyes

Darling yeah we both knew it from the start / Some minds are better kept apart.

Here i pass the day in a most peculiar way / Watching ships out on the bay

And I swallow so hard / Am I too weak to fight

As the day becomes the night and I don't want to be right

So i pray that it wont feel the same / Don't think that I can't see it in your eyes

Darling yeah we both knew it from the start / Some minds are better kept apart.