A/N: Welcome to the sequel to "Nobody Told Me"! The song is "Only in The Movies" by Diffuser. Not mine. The characters, except for Kiah, Ariana, Shay, and Tally, belong to TheKeysUnlocked. Kiah and Ariana are my OC's, and Shay and Tally are a part of the Uglies trilogy by Scott Westerfeld. I do own them! Well, Ari and Kiah, anyway. Come to think of it, I own Shay and Tally too…in the same way I own a patent on microwave popcorn. In other words, I don't. ANYWAY…Enjoy, everyone! R & R! (you know you want to…) Free cookies in the review room…fresh baked this morning! They have white chocolate chips in them…and they're sugar cookies. –cookie smells come from your computer- seeeeeeee? Yum.
BTW, NBB, I'm posting the sequel, AND you get free cookies! No more death threats for now, right?! (STOP LAUGHING AT ME!)
Kaede stood in front of her mirror, staring at herself. She'd just received the fourth invitation to be a Pretty since she'd come back from Soul Kingdom. Cloud was still there. She was here.
Couldn't Pretties have anything they wanted?
She's burning out on apathy,
unsure of where she wants to be.
If she could change the world
I think she'd rather sleep.
She stared into her eyes, wondering what they'd look like if she got the Pretty surge. Probably one of the newer colors: mint green, glowing gold, or pale pink. Or maybe she'd end up with the newest thing: eyes that flashed between green, blue, gray, and black. They had permanent gold flecks, too. Yes, that was it. She was certain she'd end up with the flashing eyes. She sighed wistfully. They would be so cool.
Move to a lower east side dorm,
she's got no friends to call her own.
Still can't get used to living
far away from home.
Kaede sighed again. Should she become a Pretty? Pretties could have whatever they wanted, but she had good friends now and besides, Extras did whatever they wanted. She flopped herself onto her bed. She buried herself in the pillow. She still kept expecting the softness of her pillow at the hotel in the Rusty town, or the slightly scratchiness of her Smart Matter pillow at the cave in Soul Kingdom. Not the soft puff that was her pillow in her dorm. She knew deep down that Soul Kingdom was her home. Not this dorm. Kaede had heard that the Pretty dorms were made of Smart Matter. She could change it into whatever she wanted. If she became a Pretty, she could make her room like the cave back in Soul Kingdom. What did she have to lose?
So bored to death of being bored,
ambition seems to go ignored.
Her disposition is
decaying at the core.
Kaede sat up sharply. Someone was knocking on her door. She twisted her interface ring and said, "Enter."
The door opened. Yuki walked in. Immediately she spotted the glittering gold envelope on Kaede's dresser, right next to the other three.
"Another one?" Yuki said, gesturing at the envelopes.
"Yup," Kaede mumbled.
"Hey, why are you all depressive-o?" Yuki shook her brown hair away from her face. "That's no good."
"Someone explain why not?" Kaede demanded, face still buried in the pillow.
"Because-," Yuki started.
"SURPRISE!" Ariana, Chiho, Akako, Shay, and Tally sprung out of random spots in her room, their sneak suits jittering from the sudden movement.
"Hey, what gives?" Chiho demanded when she saw Kaede start to cry.
"I have the best friends in the world," Kaede whispered. "And I might leave them."
"What? No." Chiho stepped forward. "No, no, no. You aren't going to be a Pretty, are you? Because Pretties are a one-minded, uniform, totally bogus group of followers. Seriously."
"But…" Kaede pouted as she lifted her head from the pillow.
All the things are good and some are bad.
It's really what you make of it.
"Kaede," Shay said firmly. "We came here to do the whole cutesy surprise party, and now you're going all Doctor Phil on us?"
"Who is Doctor Phil?" Akako cut in.
"Some Rusty therapist. He was majorly famous." Shay rolled her eyes. "Doesn't matter. Point is, Kaede-wa, you're staying here. You don't need to be a mindless Pretty. Really. Tally-wa here learned all the surge techniques. If you want the flashing eyes, tell Tally. You can have the eyes, the flawlessness, and a brain. Just do NOT go all bubblehead on us."
"But…"
"Kae-kae," Chiho said, putting on her best "cute" voice. "Don't leave us, Kae-kae! Being a Pretty is for brainless people! Besides, they're totally serious-missing."
"They've sent me sixteen invitations over the past two years." Kaede rolled over and propped herself up on the bed's headboard. "I think they're serious."
"Wow." Tally crossed the room, her black eyes glittering like a predator's. Her flash tattoos spun wildly. "How nice of you to get a choice on your Pretty-dom. Too bad Pretty-dom is more like Pretty-doom."
Kaede smiled softly. "That's what we called it, too," she whispered. Tears still streamed from her face.
"Kaede?" Ariana stepped forward. "Think what you're trading in here. Us, for brainless clones. Your brain, for a new lunch table. Mag-lev train surfing, for a party. Cloud-kun, for a genetically perfect prep guy clone."
Kaede's eyes widened. "I couldn't have Cloud after the Pretty surge?"
"Think about it. Cloud-kun, with the very face of preppiness? The very high-maintenance face of preppiness? Do you see that working? Honestly." Ariana shook her head in disgust at the picture. Cloud and pinkness just did not work.
In time you will learn to
stand upon your feet.
"Pretties can have anything they want," Kaede said stubbornly. "And you all know what I want."
Knee deep in disillusion
of the mental state.
"Extras can do anything they want," Akako jumped in. She thought of mag-lev surfing and sighed wistfully.
Kaede squealed. "Akky-chan, that's just wrong," she said crossly.
"What?" Akako tipped her head to the side, openly confused. Everyone else snickered behind their hands. Then Akako's eyes got huge. "KAEDE! That is not what I meant!"
Cause only in the movies can you
replay every scene
until it comes out clean.
The room filled with a loud chorus of "ewwww"-s and "that's just not right"-s. Tally and Shay looked at each other and rolled their eyes as the others cracked up. Tally mouthed, "Mature, huh?" at Shay, who cracked a smile.
"Okay," Shay interrupted. "Before we're all totally barfing here, let's censor ourselves, yes?"
"Fine," Kaede mumbled, struggling to hold back her laughter.
"Ma'am, yes, Ma'am!" Yuki said, saluting her like a Rusty soldier. Kaede's laughter bubbled over.
And suddenly she realized. This was what she had to lose.
All things are good
and some are bad.
It's really what you make of it.
You're locked inside a world
that's planned out
just for you.
A/N: well, here ya go. Hope you enjoyed it. Remember, free sugar cookies with white chocolate chips in them in the review room! Remember the yumminess…if you don't like chocolate you'd better tell me. And cookie flavor requests can be out at the bottom of reviews, if you want. I'll work on that.
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MH-chan