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*beep beep beep*
“Aaaah… Bloody hell…” Alexia whispered while turning off the alarm. “Wait, today is-“
“HAPPY BIRTHDAY!” she heard screaming her mum and sister running to her bed.
“Yes, yes it is.” she said to herself while she was attacked by her little sister and hugged by her mother.
“C’MON GET UP YOU LAZY ASS!” they shouted.
“Alright, alright but get out of here!”
“But-” her sister tried to respond but she didn’t let her to do it.
“Get out now if you don’t want me to tickle you little lady!”
“Oh no, ANYTHING BUT TICKLES!” said while she and her mum went out of the bedroom.
She went out of bed and the cold air hit her on the face and at that moment she had less desire to start the day. Alexia walked sleepy until she stopped in front of the mirror and said to her reflection as if she had to remember or convince herself “Okay, today is your birthday, you know this day had to arrive and you’ll try to enjoy it, or at least smile!” she made a false smile knowing that she couldn’t do it, at that moment her mum entered to the room.
“I know that today makes one year that you saw grandpa but he’s in a better place now and you don’t have to forget that it’s your birthday and we want you to see you happy”
“I know, but for me it’s not my birthday anymore-“
“Stop, I know it. But just try to be happy because you deserve it, okay?”
“Okaaaay, now get out or I’ll be late to university!” she said running to give her a hug while she was walking out.
Alexia lived in Barcelona so she had to wake up a lot earlier to take two trains to the university. She loved to study her career as a translator and interpreter because she loved learning new languages and cultures.
The day at the university was, as always, a shitty day. When she arrived, her two only friends, Rachel and Judit, came running towards her while Alexia decided to run away laughing from them making everyone there looking at them like if they were maniacs. Finally, both of them caught Alexia and hugged her as hard as they could.
“Girls… I…Please…I NEED TO BREATH!”
“Sorry smurf!” said Judit while Rachel was crying with laughter. They called her ‘smurf’ as she was 5’1” and she hated it so much.
“Don’t smurf me lady!” Alexia said while punching Judit on her arm while all three headed to class.
Time passed slowly and Alexia couldn’t stop looking at the clock to see how more torture of her Catalan teacher had to stand.
“C’mon, ten more minutes, you can do it, go faster, pleeeease” she whispered still looking at the clock and around the class, relieved as she noticed that she wasn’t the only one who was whispering to go faster to a clock. She smiled to herself, took a pencil and started drawing until someone touched her shoulder.