Alex loves to eat (nanwu) wrote in st_margarets, @ 2015-05-16 13:12:00 |
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Alex was a lazy kid by nature. His photographic memory made it so studying was never a big issue in most of the classes. That is, if he bothered to open the textbook. His grades weren't abysmal, but they weren't all that great either. His grandfather had lectured him about that too when he visited. But they weren't so much of a concern for him at that moment and Alex wasn't sure why he even bothered to go to the swimming pool. He only went there when he had swimming practice, but otherwise avoided it. Alex, however, finished his preparation of the dance's playlist, making sure that the songs matched with the theme and would change according to the seasons in the room. It wasn't that hard and it was more about narrowing down to which he could fit into the set. Thankfully there was a party after where he could put the rest of the music. With that done and avoiding his homework, and no pot to get high off of, Alex found himself bored. Bored enough that he went in search of something to do. And then he ended up at the pool and doing laps. It was only when he was alone and not putting off getting into the water that he noticed some things. First, his strokes were getting stronger and he was moving faster. Alex was always a puny kid, but he at least had a little muscle on him. But not it was a little more than before and he was able to handle the repeated laps with needing fewer breaks in between. Second, he was getting taller. Considering how short his parents were, Alex never thought he'd grow much, even when puberty did hit. But he realized he gained a couple inches and that was new and also kind of weird. Most of the time Alex ever concerned himself about his own body was how clothing fit on it, not that it was starting to change shape. He was being stretched and filling up. Alex wasn't sure how much he was looking forward to that though. Both Oz and Davian said that when puberty hit, Alex would care more about sex. Alex saw the way sex seemed to propel many of the actions of his classmates. Alex was happy never to end up in the thick of that and his first and only kiss had been when he wasn't even in his own body. Truthfully, where most of the kids his age wanted to get to puberty so they could grow taller and broader, and enjoy what was meant to be part of adulthood, Alex found himself dreading it. He already had a shitty year, he didn't need puberty to come and screw things up more. Alex pulled himself out of the water and sat on the edge, pulling the swim cap off his head, leaving the dry bleached hair to stick out in every which way. Yeah, it really had been a pretty shitty year, he reminded himself. There were good things about St. Margaret's, but he was looking forward to the next year coming and ending, because it meant that a majority of the assholes he hated would be leaving. Leon, Ashton, and Barclay, to be specific. One more year of them and they'd be gone.But maybe if Alex got lucky, he'd get this shaman shit under control. Then he could leave and not come back, and he could go back to being normal. Hearing footsteps nearby, Alex turned to look over his shoulder to see who was approaching. |