This story isn't completed. The only reason I put it up here right now is because I'm not sure exactly where I'm going with it. I have a few ideas (with help from Tyler!) that I might use. Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
Also, I know many things in my story are similar to the Uglies series. This is completely unintentional. The only reason it's under the Uglies category is because I needed to put it under one. I used the books for ideas and to make sure I wasn't completely stealing anything from the series. Hope you enjoy!
Multicolored glowing orbs surrounded me. They were pulsating to techno music. I couldn't figure out where the music was coming from. I didn't care. Closing my eyes, I felt myself being raised into the air. My back was arched and my arms and legs dangled freely, as if I was being pulled up by my bellybutton. I opened my eyes and smiled. I figured out that I could control my weightlessness. Putting myself upwards, a flat, luminous disc appeared under me. As I started moving with the music, the disc changed shapes and colors. I wonder what would happen if I fell. Probably nothing. The disc would catch me. It's such a pretty disc. I stepped to the edge of the disc and leapt forward. I felt like a bird, diving after it's prey. I was nearing the ground, but the disc didn't catch me.
"Whoa," I said sitting up. "Wicked dream, Moggie. I think I had too much to drink last night."
Moggie rose up from his charging pad and beeped.
"Good morning to you, too." I stretched and got out of bed. The clock that I could see in the corner of my eye told me it was eleven o'clock. "Mogs, beep in my breakfast order. Eggs, bacon, and some liquor. Doesn't matter what kind." Moggie, my reliable little floating interface connection, or IC, beeped again. My order was sent down to the processing room where the food would be made. I pinched my thumb and pointer fingers on both hands together and spread them out. The sensor pads, embedded in all of my fingers, created a screen, which I used my hand to push through the air. I started looking at available clothes that were up for sale that day. I scrolled through the "long" section and arrived at the "mini" section. I chose some cute mini jean shorts and a mini button up shirt. After I had processed my order, I went to my closet and opened the door. "Moggie, where do these clothes come from?" He beeped twice. "I don't know either."
I took off my pajamas and pulled on my new outfit. I left the shirt completely unbuttoned and tied it right below my chest. "Totally lame! I forgot to get shoes! Mogs, beep me a pair of calve-boots. Make them black, please, and with only a little bit of heel. I'm still kinda drunk," I giggled. "Thanks, babe!" Moggie did as he was told and I was soon wearing them. I sat down at my vanity and put on some make up. I traced my fingers down the side of my face and to the edge of my lips where I would soon get a glitter tattoo. I left my black hair down for now.
Moggie beeped again. "What is it, my little sphere-ish friend?" He beeped and my door slid open. "Ooh, breakfast." I took my tray of food off the girl that was holding it. "Thanks, Ennli."
Ennli looked me up and down. "You're welcome. That is one sexy outfit, Anile! You look hot!"
"Thanks, babe." We kissed each other's cheek and she went back to work. "Next week, I'm gonna have to do that, Mogs. I'm running low on credits." I shuddered at the thought. Suddenly, there was a ringing inside my head. "Mogs, come here, hun. Noe wants to vid-chat." Moggie flew over and positioned himself about two feet away from me at eyelevel. I shut my eyes, squeezed, then open them again. I could no longer see my room. I was looking at my best friend, Noe, through the camera of her IC. "Hey!"
She blew me a kiss. "Good morning, sweetheart! I have a problem."
I returned the kiss. "What is it, hun?"
"I have a major hangover. I should not have drank as much as I did last night… It's totally bogus." She giggled in an "I shouldn't have done what I did, but I still loved every second of it" kind of way.
"Did you have Zogoul beep you some pills? I have Moggie do that for me all the time. They are life-savers!" I suggested.
She smiled at me. "No, but now I will! Zogs, beep me some of these phenom-pills Anile-baby was telling me about. So, let me see what you're wearing." I stood up like she asked, and posed for her. "Girl, you may make me dump Parken and go out with you!" We both laughed.
"Oh yeah, like you would do that. You two have way too much fun together! I saw you guys leave the party and go upstairs last night!"
Noe had a look of intense loving on her face. "That was amazing. He was amazing!"
"Well spare me the deets. I have to eat breakfast, first!"
"Okay, babe. I'll tell you later. Are we meeting up in half an hour?"
"Definitely! Bring your board." I told her.
"I never leave home without it!" and she signed off of the chat.
I quickly ate my breakfast and downed it with some liquor. Vodka, Ennli brought me. I shuddered as it went down. "Come on, Moggie!" I said as I lifted my hand and my hoverboard slowly drifted towards me. I tucked it under one arm and left my room. Moggie beeped it locked behind me. "Mogs, beep a message to Axler and tell him to meet us." Moggie beeped an affirmative. I walked to the elevator, went down two floors to the seventh level, and got off. I headed left and went to Noe's room. I knocked four times and the door slid open. "Come on, babe. Get a move on!" I said as I walked in and the door slid shut behind me.
"Hold on a moment, girly. I can't figure out what to wear! I've spent all this time on hair and makeup!" Noe was sitting in front of her closet. Her interface screen was open in front of her and she was scrolling through the list. I went and dropped down next to her. I would have taken the screen, but each interface item is personal to its own User.
"Stop! Back up a few. Right there. Wear that leather mini skirt with… Go to the tops. There. Pick that cutoff V-neck shirt. That will look super amazing on you!" I offered.
She followed my suggestion and ordered the outfits. She also got a pair of lace-up sandals. "Thanks, Ani!" and she quickly kissed my cheek. I gave her a kiss back and she stood up and opened her closet door. After undressing and throwing her silk pajamas into the closet, Noe put on her new clothes. "How do I look?"
I made her turn around. "Major stunner! Now let's go! The guys are totally waiting for us." We both grabbed our boards and left her room. Getting on the elevator, we chatted with a few girls who also lived in our apartment complex. After reaching the ground floor and exiting, we both hopped on our boards and soared to the park.
I bent low and flung my arms back. My board knew me better than I knew myself. I love the interface! I blasted some techno music inside my head. After about ten minutes of intense hoverboarding, we arrived at the park. Noe was ahead of me so she landed first and put her board on the community charging-plot. When I was about five feet from the ground, I jumped off and rolled to shake the impact. Walking over to where Noe was, I asked, "Didn't you charge your board last night? Silly girly."
She looked at me. "I was way too drunk to even tell Zogoul to charge. Luckily, he did it himself." I just laughed at her.
Pretty soon we saw two male figures riding towards us. They landed, and jogged over. Axler pulled me into his arms and gave me a long, passionate kiss. I returned it with much enthusiasm. He pulled me back and looked me over as I studied him.
"You look muy sexy in that outfit, baby." He said in his calm, lulling accent. "I would say I love the shorts, but there's barely enough there for me to love." Axler was wearing a pair of basic tennis shoes, dark blue cargo shorts, and a button-up shirt than wasn't buttoned. His tan, ripped body was tempting me.
I slid my hands on his body, around his waist, pulling myself closer to him. He pulled his hand through his dark brown hair, then cupped my face in his hands. "You look as amazing as you always do." I told him after a few quick kisses. After we untangled ourselves, we found Parken sitting on the grass with Noe in his lap. "Hi, Parken!" I waved.
He quickly waved back as he was touching Noe all over. "Hey, Anile! You look good!" I smiled at him.
Noe tossed her red curls over one shoulder. "What do you guys wanna do? Evanny's party isn't until seven, and it's about noon. So we have like five hours before we have to go get ready. Major pain."
As I was standing there, Axler came up behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist. He started stroking my sides while kissing my ear. I tilted my head back and he moved onto my neck. "Moggie!" I called out. My IC flew from wherever he was, probably playing with my friends' ICs, and hovered in front of me. "See if there's anything interesting to do and beep it to my eye-face." I said, using the common nickname for the screen that was put in our eyes when we turned fourteen. Moggie beeped and started doing figure eights.
Parken laughed at him. "Your IC is so hyperactive. My Kaven is so calm."
Noe looked at him like he was insane. "That's because male ICs are usually more outgoing than female ones. That's why girls get males and guys get females. Duh. You're so dippy!"
"Mhmm. Whatever you say, babe." He said and kissed her for a minute or two.
I heard a ringing in my head. I shut my eyes, then opened them again. Using my finger to sort through the multiple things Moggie beeped me, I found a few promising ones. "Hey, guys. There's, like, a sort of demonstration thing at the Center about new things they're coming out with for the interface. There's supposed to be something called a clothes-dispenser, some sort of new hoverboard, and a new interactive game."
"I say we just wait until they come out with the stuff." Axler said between kisses. "Next, please, baby."
"Okay. How about… There's a Fly Ball game starting in a few. Yes? No?"
Parken's eyes lit up. "Dude! Yes like a maniac! Axe, you totally owe me for that bet we made at the last game!" he said while pointing at my boyfriend.
Axler sighed. He let go of me and strolled to where Parken and Noe were. Sliding his fingers apart, Axe opened his screen-face and sent a thousand credits to Parken. "Dude, I dunno what you're gonna do with that. My shirt cost twice that today."
"Well, it's no longer yours." Parken teased. "Are we gonna grab our boards and go, then?"
Noe got up off him. "Sure." She waved her hand and her blue board came racing toward her. The guys got theirs too, but unlike usual hoverboards that were slim, they had modified theirs so the boards were now a bit bigger. My green board was already lying next to me, so I kicked it, and it sprung up. We all got on and snapped our fingers. Our ICs came flying to us and hovered a foot or two behind our heads. My group and I headed off towards the Stadium.
Once we all arrived, we put our boards in a couple of slots on the outside of the arena that were mainly used for storing hovergear. We each opened our screen-face and bought tickets. Each of our ICs now sported a red ring around their middle that would disappear after the game was over or we decided to leave. Axler took my hand and we walked inside and found seats about fifty feet from the field.
The Stadium was a big oval with seating going around the whole perimeter and going about five hundred feet back. So there were about two hundred and fifty rows going around the whole thing. Fly Ball was a game that was created when a couple of modifiers, mods, got bored one day. There's a ball about the size of someone's head with sensor pads all over it, called a mod-ball. Each player has gloves on that allow them to hover the ball above their hands, which uses the sensor pads in the ball as well as the gloves. While using a special eye-face given to only Fly Ball players, a player can manipulate the ball to become surrounded by fire, electricity, spikes, et cetera. When this happens, the mod-ball sends a signal to the player that is receiving the mod-ball's gloves, and makes them not work temporarily. That player has to either quickly use his eye-face to change the ball and make his gloves work again, or another player from his team has to take the ball. All while this is going on, they have to try and get the mod-ball in the opposing team's goal. Each team consists of seven players: one goalie, two defense, and four offence. The only rules are to not kill anyone and to at least try not to seriously injure someone. Therefore, the players get pretty into it and beat each other up a lot. Each game lasts about two hours with a ten-minute break in the middle. It's a very popular sport.
Once we sat down, we talked for a while and then the game started. We each cheered for our favorite team as they walked onto the field. The players took their positions, and the mod-ball was sent flying.
After the game, we headed to a café outside of Noe's and my apartment building. I ordered some champagne, while Axler just got an iced coffee. We said goodbye to Parken and Noe, who decided to stay and eat some food. I sipped my champagne as Axe gulped down his coffee. "Want some?" he offered me.
I reached out my hand. "Sure. Thanks, babe! Here, drink the rest. I already had like half. I love how they serve alcohol in to-go coffee cups. It's so dizzy." I had a few mouthfuls of his coffee while he finished off my drink. "Where are we going?"
He took back his drink and finished that too. Then he threw the empty cups on the ground where they dissolved after a few minutes. "Well," he answered, "I just redid my flat. You haven't seen it yet. So I'm taking you there. Hold on, I have a message. Tassie!" His IC instantly flew over to us. Moggie followed her. "Tassie, beep back a reply to Raxon and tell him that I'm coming to his party. Tell him that Ani is coming too." Tassie beeped and flew away with Moggie behind us.
"Raxon is having a party? Special occasion?" I asked.
Axler shook his head. "Nope. Just partying to party." He bent down and kissed me. "When are you gonna start your eighteenth birthday party plans? It's in, like, a month and a half. And parties take forever to plan."
I sighed and shrugged. "I dunno. Me and Noe have to get working on that soon."
"Better hurry up. Don't want some loser-head to put their party on the same date." We got to Axe's building, he scanned his eye, then we headed inside. He led me to the elevator and pushed the glowing number twenty-three. We sped upwards and then stopped. "Now don't peek." He said as he put his hands over my eyes.
"I won't, babe."
"Do you promise?" he murmured right next to my ear.
I nodded. "I promise." He guided me inside his door and through the opening hallway. He paused so we both could kick off our shoes. When I guessed we were in the middle of his living room, I said, "Can I look now?"
"No, baby, we're not there yet."
"But I thought you said you redid your flat." I argued.
"Not all of it. Just a certain room." We walked for a few more seconds, and then he stopped me. "Okay, now open your eyes." He removed his hands and I opened my eyes. We were in his bedroom. The walls were a deep shade of blue; they almost looked black. His bed was pushed into a corner and it had a bunch of pillows on it. One wall was completely white for some reason.
"What's with that wall?" I asked. Maybe all the alcohol I had today was starting to take an effect on me.
"That," he said with a dramatic pause, "is a wall-face. It's connected to my eye-face, screen-face, and even Tassie. I just make a motion with my hand and it'll connect with any of them."
I walked over to it and lightly touched it. "How'd you get it? It's wicked cool!"
"My dad made it." He shrugged as if it were no big deal. His dad was one of the leading mods and would always give Axe awesome gadgets way before they were released to Users. "I can watch movies on it and set it to different scenes. Watch." He stared at the wall and it changed to a sunset. I looked him, impressed. "Also, I got speakers put in the walls so that they don't take up any space." He gazed at the ceiling and some slow, romantic music came on. "Now…" Axe walked over to me and started kissing me. He took my body in his hands and started pulling me towards his bed. I eagerly followed. Our kisses got more zealous, more passionate. I took off his shirt, which was extremely easy. He slid his hands up my back and around to the front where he untied my shirt and removed it. I pressed myself closer to his body. His hands were all over me, touching anything he could. I tangled my fingers in his long hair. Axler rolled over so that I was now under him. He started kissing my neck and I moaned softly. He kissed from my neck to my mouth, where we started making out.
As the minutes went by, we became more intimate. He was loving me in such a way that I didn't want him to ever stop and I was sad when he did. After, I laid next to him with my head on his chest. I could hear his heartbeat and it was fast. He bent his head down and kissed my forehead. "I love you."
I looked up at him and he had the most adoring expression in his eyes. "I love you, too." I kissed him softly and laid back down. We just stared at each other and smiled for a few minutes. Suddenly, Moggie beeped. "What is it, Mogs?" I asked. He beeped five times, telling me it was getting close to five o'clock. "Thank you."
We sat up and started putting our clothes back on. "I wish we coulda just laid there forever." Axe whispered.
I pulled on my thong and shorts. "Me too." He came over and latched my bra for me. Then he pulled me into a hug and I wrapped my arms around his neck. This was pure bliss. After a few seconds, I let go. We both went back to putting on the rest of our clothes.
We kissed goodbye and I headed out of his building. I forgot I had left my board at the Stadium, so I whistled for it. In about three minutes, I saw it flying through the air. I jumped on as it was slowing down, turned it around, and headed home.
