Alexander the Fallen

Dawn Turner   It was one Sunday morning. The sun was smiling, the birds were chirping, and the appliance store was being robbed.   Hold on. I directly got to that point, didn't I?   Let’s take several steps backwards and try to make sense of todays accident. I go by Dawn Turner. Some people say I’m incredibly cursed, others say I‘m an absolute idiot and all the bad things that happened to me were completely my doing. It all really comes down to how colorful your vocabulary is, I guess.   I woke up one Sunday morning, horribly thinking, I want some scrambled eggs. You might ask, what's so horrible about scrambled eggs? The answer is: nothing.   What’s wrong is the girl that is scrambling those eggs.   Clumsiness is a thing that consumes a person naturally. The thing about clumsiness, however, it has an

Dawn Turner My eyes fluttered and it was a struggle to keep them opened. Light seared in through the curtains, forcing my eyes shut from the fear of going blind. "She's waking up." I heard someone say. I wasn't able to recognize who the voice belonged to. My memory seems to be toying with me because the last thing I remember is waking up in my bedroom, feeling uneasy. After that? Nothing. Blankness. When my eyes finally managed to open, with difficulty, I noticed that I was in the hospital. My mom rushed to my side, tears in her eyes. "I was so worried about you." Her voice was shaking.  She grabbed my hand as she sobbed and I couldn't hide how confused I was. "What happened?" My voice came out quivering, my breath ragged. I was thirsty but I didn't comment on that because I needed answers first. "I wanted to check in on you yesterday. When I entered your apartment with

Dawn Turner "Are you crazy? Get out of here!" I yelled and tried to cover myself with the short dress I picked up. I'd be lying if I said that dress made any difference. "Oh please don’t flatter yourself like that. I couldn’t care less about whatever you have going on down there." He said, staring straight into my eyes. My jaw dropped in disbelief. How did he manage to turn this around on me? And even if he's just staring at my face, it's still creepy to walk in on someone while they’re getting dressed. If only I had a pan right now... "Not that this makes things any less creepy but, moving on. Would you mind letting me get dressed first before you kill me in whichever kind way you please?" I gave him the nicest smile I could master. He raised his brows at me. "You don't seem to be afraid of me anymore. Did smacking

Dawn Turner "You're an angel?" "Yes, I was sent here to protect you." His voice was enchanting. It sent chills all over my body. Sparks were flying in my brain trying to make sense of what I was seeing. I remained still. My eyes were silently begging for explanation from the angel in front of me. “I…uh...” I tried to speak but I couldn't will my lips to move. It was as if I was drowning under water, unable to call for help, unable to breath. "Are you okay?" He gently placed his arm on my shoulder and looked at me with concern. The angel's hands tightened around my shoulder when I didn’t reply and he closed his eyes again. I couldn’t tell what he was doing to me but it was working because I suddenly wasn't scared anymore. I felt all the stress and fear that was consuming me swim slowly through my body and then disap

Dawn Turner   "You want what?" The cashier stood in front of me with a bored face.   "I want 10 crucifixes, 5 bottles of holy water, and a bible; thanks." I gave her a tight smile and fought the urge to run back home and yell into my pillow.   "Cal! Come here man. We got a lady wanting to perform an exorcism." She turned around and continued calling out to Cal.   "What? No. No exorcisms here!" I shook my head at her frantically. "Look, is it so wrong that a girl at my age wants to live a holy life blessed by her savior?" I shot her a glare. Is anyone even listening to me right now?   She returned my glare, huffing in annoyance. "Look lady, this is an appliance store. Do you really think we have crucifixes and bibles and holy water lying around for no reason?" Her