Born To Die
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Hilary could lie in this bed forever. It wasn't her own bed and other people had slept in it before but it was so comfortable and soft and warm and perfect in every way possible. Hilary bolted up straight away. She was falling in love with a bed. She had something clearly wrong with her. It was early September in Russia. She honestly had no idea why she was even there. The bladebreakers were all but defunct as they decided to not compete any more but they all had moved to Russia, following Kai there. She now lived in a hotel, her own room, finally, with roughly 600 other occupants. Even Kai had a room, though he was four floors higher in a much bigger suite than she had. She didn't care about that. Tomorrow was the first day of school. Kai had one more year to go but for the rest of them was two. Hilary didn't even want to think of school. All she wanted to do was sleep and sleep and eat instant noodles and soft pretzels and sleep some more. She leaned back into her super-soft pillows and pulled her cover over her head. Yes, this was the place to be.
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Hilary stared at her reflection. Pale, dull and kind of boring, she was. She kind of wished she had grown a bit more, both in the height and boobs department but she wasn't meant to be, she guess. She pulled her hair back into a ponytail and walked back out into the room. She had been here two days and it looked like a bomb went off. The small kitchenette had food wrappers everywhere, she had managed to get every piece of clothing she was wearing on the floor and she had lost her hair brush. Had she even packed her hairbrush? She looked around, even looking under the bed. There was a knock at her door, Hilary got out from under the bed and walked over to the door.
It was Tyson and Max, with big grins on their faces. "Dinner?" Max asked.
"It's dinner time already?" Hilary asked. "I just got up."
Max's grinning face turned into one with concern. "Are you feeling okay?" He asked.
"Yes, I just...slept...all day." Hilary said slowly.
"Well, you can just have your dinner as breakfast. Come with us!" Tyson said.
Hilary shrugged. "Okay." She said, turning around to go get her jacket and bag. "Where's everyone else?" She asked, pulling her jacket on.
"Kenny mentioned working out his study plan, Rei's skyping Mariah and Mr Grumpy pants is being his usual loner self." Tyson replied as they walked down to the elevators. "He didn't even answer his door. I had to call him!" The elevator dinged as the doors opened. "I thought he'd be a bit social after all these years."
"Well, you know how stupid you were thinking that." Max said, pushing "L". "Kai will always be the prince of darkness who prefers solitude over company, you know that."
"Then why does he spend so much time with Tala?" Tyson asked haughtily.
Max shrugged his shoulders. "Maybe he can't stand your obnoxious personality sometimes."
Tyson turned to Max with a look of shock on his face. "I'm obnoxious?" He asked, his voice echoing in the small elevator. "He's more obnoxious than I will ever be!"
"How about your both as obnoxious as each other?" Hilary asked.
Tyson and Max turned around to her, Tyson's face red with anger while Max was sniggering. "What?" Tyson yelled as the elevators dinged and opened.
"You heard me." Hilary said, walking past them and out of the elevator.
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Hilary slid the key card into the reader and pushed the door open. She flicked the light-switch on and dropped her backpack onto the ground. Dinner had been interesting. Max and Tyson bickered the entire time about anything and everything that they could think of while Hilary spent most of the time trying to read the menu with her tiny Russian translation book. She was so thankful that they were enrolled in an English speaking school otherwise she would probably flunk out the first day. She pulled her jacket off, hanging it over the back of a chair that was around the small dining table, which Hilary had piled stuff upon. She licked the power button on her laptop. She was exhausted from doing absolutely nothing. She felt lonely. Sure, the boys were good friends but Mariah was her only female friend and she was back in China. She wished that she had asked Mariah to come with them. She kicked her shoes off and sat down. She opened her email and there was a emails from Mariah and her mother. She clicked the one from Mariah, her mother could wait.
Hilary,
Are you awake? I tried calling you before but you didn't answer. I guess you spent all night on tumblr. You should really get off your computer sometime and NO, that does not mean go straight on to the television! I hope your first day tomorrow goes well. I know what your like and you will never admit how bad it will go so I tell you, CHIN UP AND MAKE SURE NO SKANK GOES NEAR REI, OKAY? It's not him I don't trust, it's single bitches who don't know who is off limits. I trust you but because I know you still nurse that massive thing for Kai still. Don't curse me. I know you do. I'll email you tomorrow.
Love, Mariah.
Hilary felt like punching the computer screen. She did not, never had, a crush on Kai. Mariah was just spewing her usual bullshit that Hilary ignored. Hilary got up and got a soda from the fridge before sitting back down. She clicked reply.
Mariah,
your insane you know that. I told you a million times, I DON'T LIKE KAI LIKE THAT, I don't know how many times I need to say it. I should get a shirt made up. And bumper stickers. And a flag. And a website and then maybe, you might get it. Yes, I promise to keep every skank away from Rei. Should I have a shirt made up for him saying: MARIAH'S PROPERTY. DO NOT TOUCH OR YOU WILL DIE? I think that will be a lot more easier than explaining to every girl that talks to him that he has a girlfriend. Does that go for teachers too? I haven't been sitting on my computer or television. FYI I actually left the room for the first time today, into fresh air. Please come here. You can go to school here and you can fight the uber-skanks off yourself. Please? I'll do anything. I need you, I can't be alone in this!
Hilary.
PS. I'm not joking.
Hilary clicked send and before she could hit the Firefox button, she shut the lid to her laptop. She need to get to sleep sometime before 1am otherwise she'd look horrible for her first day and she couldn't do that. She got up, picking her flannel plaid pyjama pants off and old large black shirt off the ground, and got dressed for bed. She set an alarm, six alarms so that she'd actually wake up, brushed her hair, looked for her hairbrush again and hopped into bed. She picked her headphones off the bedside table and turned the lights off. She leaned into the super-soft pillows, sighing with relaxation. When she left this place, she was defiantly taking these pillows, or at least finding where they came from. She popped her headphones in and pressed play, closing her eyes. She was nervous about tomorrow. She had never started school where she didn't know most of the kids attending. She felt like a giant fish out of the ocean. She felled asleep with Frank Ocean's Sweet Life playing softly into her ears.
She dreamed about Kai all night.
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