Last night was hard for Victoria to sleep, her thoughts laced with a drug called Max Caulfield. Stretching as she got up, the day seemed like a long one. Hopefully she could figure out a way to excuse her unfamiliar behavior. Standing now she looked into her mirror. God she looked tired, nothing a little bit of make up wouldn't fix.
Being a stone cold bitch all the time tends to take it's toll on a girl.
Rubbing sleep from her eyes she trudged on, grabbing a medium designer bag with her toiletries inside. From exotic shampoo and conditioner to expensive make-up. Everything she needed was in there. Victoria took a large fluffy white towel with her as well before heading out the door.
It was still early, the sun just making appearances for the day. A hot shower might clear her clouded thoughts. Stepping onto the cold tile of the shower room Victoria shivered. Her pajamas were not suitable for the cold Autumn weather coming ahead. She'd have to exchange her overly large tee-shirt for something warmer because wearing just that and a pair of underwear was not doing the job. Hanging up her bag outside a shower, she walked into the small cubical like area.
Undressing and turning on the shower Victoria sighed as the warm water came flooding down on her. Turning the knobs to the right amount of hot and cold she began to relax a little. As she washed away her worries she heard the sound of other girls coming in to do their daily routine. Ignoring them she finished up, and turned off the water. Wrapping herself in the comfort of her towel Victoria pulled back the shower curtain to find herself staring at her dilemma.
Back turned to her, Max was brushing her teeth. Wide eyed, Victoria watched as the girl leaned down to cup water in her hand. Standing there Victoria tried to think of a way to sneak out before she saw her.
Don't see me, don't see me!
Was all she could think as she inched towards the door. Max was still fiddling with rinsing out her tooth brush as Vic was almost out of sight from the mirror. Looking to the moving figure Max noticed as Victoria tried to escape. Looking at her in the mirror Max smiled and turned to greet her.
"Hey Vic! Good morning!" Her voice was bright and cheery, something that Victoria would usually grimace at. Instead she stood there frozen and clad in nothing but a towel. Drips of water fell faster onto her shoulders than her coming up with a reply. Flustered she blinked trying to regain her usual bitchy mood, yet it just didn't seem right greet her rudely.
"Oh–Yeah, Good to see you too, Max." She finally decided on a sentence that wouldn't come off too friendly. Perhaps she could reverse this whole 'friend' process and go back to being enemies. Victoria decided to take this conversation and try to turn it into a 'oh we just said hello and now I'm off' kind of thing. Turning towards the door she was about to leave when Max spoke.
"Hey! I was… wondering… if we had any classes together?" Her voice seemed unsure of what exactly she was on about. Turning Victoria saw an out stretched hand as if Max had some kind of power to stop her. Smirking she almost laughed at the confused face she had on.
"Well, as a matter of fact we do. And I have to be off to class now." Victoria tried to play that without coming off as mean, but still in a hurry. Letting her hand fall Max nodded.
"Oh! Yeah, okay. I'll let you go then." She scratched the back of her head and sighed. Vic laughed a little and walked out the door with a goodbye.
"See you around, Max." She made her way to her room to get ready for the day.
Looking up in the mirror Max caught sight of a goddess. Blinking she smiled and turned to Victoria who was seemingly just coming out of the shower. Hair still dripping wet Victoria noticed her as well. Max tried not to let her cheeks heat up. Here was the literal reincarnation of Aphrodite standing before her, and Max was in an owl pajama shirt and fuzzy sleep pants.
Come on Max, you've seen other girls in a shower room before, don't be weird!
Gulping she tried to act cool, greeting her would be better than just staring. God her cheeks must be bright red!
"Hey Vic! Good Morning!" Smiling awkwardly she tried to make a conversation. There was no real reason for Max to be talking to her other than the fact that she really wanted to learn about this mysterious girl. Last night somehow Max's mind found itself wandering down the path that was Victoria Chase. Something about her made Max want to know more.
"Oh–Yeah, Good to see you too, Max." She replied almost exasperated. Max called this as she might be having a bad day. In fact, she did look a little tired. Watching the beauty turn from her Max found her hand flying out in front of her. Wait? Why would she do that. What an odd gesture, it wasn't so much of a hold on gesture, but as if she could indeed change the fact that Victoria was leaving. Coming up with something to say fast she found her mouth forming words.
"Hey! I was… wondering… if we had any classes together?" Max decided on a lame way to try and keep this conversation going. Victoria turned to her and asked her question, evading to herself being in a hurry.
"Well, as a matter of fact we do. And I have to be off to class now." She spoke in a cool tone. Wow, she must be annoyed with Max for keeping her with her chatter. Letting her hand drop she tried not to seem like an idiot and nodded.
"Oh! Yeah, okay. I'll let you go then." Trying to come off as ice cold as Vic, Max found this was a difficult task. Watching as Vic left with a goodbye Max sighed.
"See you around, Max." Was the last sentence she got out of Vic before the door closed.
"Yeah, heh, see you around." Max spoke to open air standing there not sure of what to do with herself. Here she was actually talking and being on the sort of line of acquaintances with someone so cool. Victoria most defiantly had to be one of the popular kids at Blackwell. Max could just sense it form the way she held her self so confidentially. Hopefully from the niceness she has shown Max she isn't one of those mean girls.
It seems she actually stood there for too long lost in thought because the sound of the door opening startled her as two girls entered the room. Instead of ignoring her they seemed to target her once they acknowledged her presence. Strutting up to her they looked as if they always had a permanent bitch face on.
"Oh look who we have here, Courtney." One girl said to the other while cackling.
"Is little ol' Max Caulfield still looking for her memories?" The one named Courtney teased her. Confused she tilted her head. Who were these guys? Had she done something to them in the past?
"You know, Taylor, Maybe we should create some new memories for her." Courtney continued menacingly. Okay, Max did NOT like the sound of that. She knew every school had it's mean girls, yet somehow this was taking her off guard. Standing there unsure of what to do, Max figured she would have to fight or flight. Trying the latter she went to move around Taylor towards the door. Instead she cloths lined her and pushed Max back.
"Wha-What do you want?" She tried to keep this situation as peaceful as possible.
"We want you to remember what place you are in this school." Taylor said rolling her eyes.
"Yeah, don't think just because you lot your memory we're going to go easy on you, you amnesiac freak." Courtney chimed in venom pouring from her words.
"You better remember that the Vortex Club owns this school." Taylor said pushing Max in the shoulder and turning to leave. Max stumbled from the push slightly and stood there unsure of what to do with herself. It would be good just to let them leave instead of having a fight. First day back and already this was happening? Getting bullied by bullies she had no idea why they hated her was not a good way to start the day. Vortex Club? What in the world was that? It didn't sound all that great if these kind of girls were in it.
"Too bad Victoria couldn't be here to join the fun." One of them said as they were leaving the bathroom. Wait–What? Victoria? Did she know these girls? Was she in on this Vortex Club? There was no way! Sure Vic could be icy, but she seemed to have her heart in the right place. Maybe there's another Victoria?
