Christmas With the Wolves

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m side to side. She muttered intelligible wo

this rate, you’ll be late for

as beginning to get concerned that her d

imbing the stairs which led to the first

anne’s room, with only the lacquered door servi

Knock,

r to her room seemed to do the trick as the sleeping beauty immediately rouse

attempt to rise from bed, an exercise in futility. Instead, she compensated by shifting her body to

m up…” Roxanne grumbled

eeks. She pushed herself to stand, dragging her feet as she walked toward the door to her

She said in a

! This never happens, just when did you get to bed

er mom what she had been up to the previous night. As always,

he end of the week before we leave

uickly, so I’ll leave you right now. Get freshened up quickly, if you don’t want

s used to

g the door to her room before h

didn’t, in any way, go as I

even more awake. She turned her head, causing her hair to flail behind her and stop it’s dance

Whoo. H

entration of her breath as she tried to use the air she produced to f

and place it at its rightful place behind her, just where it belonged. Even though sh

f together, realizing the

start getting re

t she had done already, she darted

ly facing her, a habit she had cultivated ever since she was little. Witho

d on, noticing blue strands appearin

gain, uh?” She th

ht of her hair. It was something she didn’t want to bother with so early in the morning.

p!” She said un

was still not downstairs, Roxanne’s

en this tardy b

table in front of her. The ringtone and vibrations from her smartphone made the

It was unsaved, but she recognized the person the number belonged to. She

ttered as she stared hard at the numb

ng. She took a deep breath as she closed her eyes and clutched her chest. She heaved a s

rom her body since the phone was close to her chest. She quickly glanced at the phone and saw yet t

his early in the morning?” Roxa

g her phone due to her sudden appearance. She quickly grabbed it and place

ent just won’t get off my back” Her mother said

d her face. Her now brown eyes, thanks to con

gers moved irrationally, tapping on the she sat on. This only

Roxanne thoug

ts. She worked for a very large company, so she only answered to her superiors, which were very few. Be

no right to pry or judge her mother. After a