I climbed out of my bed on an early Saturday morning, it was 1 day until my sixteenth birthday. I headed down the  stairs to the first floor of my house, the smell of freshly cooked pancakes wafted into my nose. I smiled at the thought of mom and dad down in the kitchen enjoying a peaceful morning, started of with some good old pancakes. Walking into the kitchen I looked at mom  pleadingly, she knew exactly what I wanted.

" Mom, can I please have some pancakes," I say already knowing the answer

" Of course you can Layla, just go sit down and I'll bring them to you in a couple minutes," Mom replies

I grab a banana and the maple syrup and head into the lounge, I plonk myself down on the black couch. Turning on the tv I scroll through the channels until I find the edge, I sigh happily to myself. Once the edge is on one of my favourite songs comes on "Twin Skeleton's (Hotel in NYC) by Fall Out Boy". I start singing along with the lyrics while I wait for mom to finish making breakfast.

"There's a room in a hotel in New York City
That shares our fate and deserves our pity
I don't want to remember it all
The promises I made if you just hold on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on"

"And I just need enough of you to dull the pain
Just to get me through the night 'til we're twins again
'Till we're stripped down to our skeletons again
'Till we're saints just swimming in our sins again"

"And there's a jet black crow droning on and on and on
Up above our heads droning on and on and on
Keep making trouble 'till you find what you love
I need a new partner in crime and you shrug"

"There's a room in a hotel in New York City
That shares our fate and deserves our pity
I don't want to remember it all
The promises I made if you just hold on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on"

"A birth and a death on the same day
And honey I only appeared so I can fade away
I wanna throw my hands in the air and scream
And I could just die laughing on your spiral of shame"

"And there's a jet black crow droning on and on and on
Up above our heads droning on and on and on
Hit it never quit it I have been through the wreck
But I can string enough to show my face in the light again"

"There's a room in a hotel in New York City
That shares our fate and deserves our pity
I don't want to remember it all
The promises I made if you just hold on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
Hold on, hold on, hold on
(Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on)
Hold on, hold on, hold on
(Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on)"

The next song was about to start when mom walked in with my pancakes and bacon on a plate in her hand, I stand up to take the plate out of her hands.

"Thank you mom, I bet this will be as delicious as always," I say gratefully

"No problem darling, enjoy your breakfast," Mom smiles happily

I dig into my plate careful not to spill any deliciousness on the couch, after I finish breakfast I put my plate in our dishwasher and head upstairs to get changed and ready for the day. I walk into my pale blue room and face my painted on chalkboard to see if there is anything I need to do today, I turn away from my chalkboard with a big grin on my face, I have nothing to do today so I can do whatever want before my birthday tomorrow. Opening my wardrobe doors I look through until I find my black half skeleton muscle tank top, I pull of my pajama top and pull on my muscle tank top, without even really thinking I grab my black leather jacket and slide my arms through it.Searching through my drawers to find a pair of jeans I stumble across my black semi high waisted ripped skinny jeans, and put them on.I grab my black combat boots and put them on my feet. Running down stairs I grab my iphone and say my goodbyes to mom and dad and run out the door, while running my feet automatically direct me towards the forest on the end of my street. Once I enter the forest I run along the extremely familiar dirt track that I have run so many times before. I don't know how long I  have been running for but obviously its been quite a while, I look up at the sky and see a pale pink and purple sky with the sun setting."Oh crap," I whisper to myself, I really need to get home soon mom and dad will freak if I don't get home soon. I turn around and decide against going back the way I came, I head into the trees and try to find the quickest way home. While I was running through the overgrowth, I was trying to direct myself home in the fastest way possible. Running through the forest jumping over twigs and small bushes, while avoiding all the trees so I don't end up with any bruises. I stop for a couple minutes to catch my breath when I hear rustling in a nearby bush I turn towards the bush only to see a extremely terrified herd of deer running towards me, in my rush to not be trampled I end up falling down a hill only to hit my head on a small branch. I yelp in pain, as I stand up a searing pain is sent up my leg from my ankle, I sigh angrily. I turn to climb back up the hill I fell down when a black human like figure on all fours jumps out at me and bites my waist. I jump back in fear, with adrenaline coursing in my veins I sprint the rest of the length home. Once I reach the porch of my house I calmly walk inside and greet my parents who have just dished up tea, I thankfully sit down at the table, only to hear my stomach growl. Once mom and dad have sat down I start to eat my tea, once I am finished eating I kiss mom and dad on the cheek good night, put my plate in the dishwasher and head up the stairs with my ankle slightly throbbing. Once im in my room I put on my pajama shorts and inspect my ankle, the bite on my ankle covers over half of my already bruised ankle. In my bathroom I head to the sink and try to wash as much blood as I can from my wound, I grab a reasonably small padded bandage to cover to bite, and stop the blood from leaking onto my pristine white bed sheets. After I put on the rest of my pajamas I place my clothes in the washing machine to hopefully get the blood out of my jeans. I go back to my room and plonk myself down on my bed and close my eyes. Not long after I fall into a very deep sleep.

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I hope you guys like the very first chapter of Stay I hope you like the long chapter but not all chapters will be this long. I just wanted you guys to get a bit of a insight of our character Layla, and I really wanted to get part of this story up for you guy since I am so excited to write it. So I hope you enjoyed the first chapter of Stay.

QOTD: What is your favourite colour or shade.

AOTD: Well personally my favourite colours are a blood red or a very pale blue. But if you included the shades it would definitely be ash black

- Luna xx