Tough Verus Tougher

Chapter 2

The Reunion

There i was, In homeroom. The same math and algebra as at Tampa High. Susie was waving at me dramatically. I sighed. Things here were so boring. All i could think about was that flower, Lance, gave me. I couldn't stand it. This place was killing me. Making my very BEING rot. All the guys were messing around and whispering about how hot i was or maybe how "easy" i was going to be. But, the only "easy" girl here is Jessica Applegrin. Heh. I found out her name from one of my resources. Today i wore a black Metallica t-shirt and a pair of black boot-cut jeans and my favorites...Black 2-inched heeled boots. I loved them. They were my babies. They had scuff-marks and mud on them. I wore these when I first met my friends,Lina and Nicole. Lina was a drama-queen wanna-be popular type girl something like Jessica only Lina was better. Me and her were like sisters. I wore a red dress to the school dance. And she wore the same dress only in blue. Same thing went for Nicole only she wore green. People called us the Powerpuff girls, The Runaways but the one name that stuck was The Arcobaleno Mariposas. The literal translation was Rainbow Butterflies. Some people thought that since we said "Rainbow" there was seven was wrong. It was Naomi Anne Winchester, Lina Sue Kie-Zhi (she was chinese) and Nicole Greenford which was really ironic sense she LOVED green. Those two were the most amazing people i met. We all cried when we broke apart. Lina said she was going to this "god awful town that was named after ice cream." her and nicole were both going. I was going to this place.

"Naomi what is the answer to 10 x 5?"

"50"I answered.

"Thank you now class we'll be having a few MORE new students."

Everyone went "Wow". First, it was me and Susie. Now who-

"HELLLOOOO PEASANTS!"

A tear came to my eye. I got up out my seat. I ran to the voice. It was Lina!. They gasped when they saw me. But, the one who gasped the loudest was Susie. She ran to us and gave us a group hug.

"Whoa! Naomi what are you doing here!"

"What am i doing here! What are YOU doing here!"

"Well i told you i was going to a town that sounded like ice cream!"

We both froze for a moment and that about it.

"Hmf...Sherman...sounds like Sherbet." Jessica and Lina ooh-ed at her response.

"Well this is a pleasant surprise. Miss-"

"I'LL introduce myself thank you." Lina stopped the teacher in his sentence.

"Hello. My name is Lina Sue Kie-Zhi. I am half chinese and half korean. I love long romantic strolls in the park. And i LOVE Jackie Chan and-"

The classroom laughed. Weird enough.

"What are you laughing at?"

"You love...Jackie...Chan or... Mike Chan?"

"Mike? Who da heck is Mike Chan?"

The classroom laughed harder. I was getting upset.

"Hey where's Nicole."

"Ah! Shoot! She went to Germany. Her entire family went their to visit her grandfather."

Me and Lina talked but as we talked the school found out more and more about us and what our roles were at the old school. The more we talked. The more Jessica got more upset with us. Which I understood. We were amazing. Peoples mouths were agape by us. Me and Lina both drew in more guys then Jessica could do in a month!. She was flaming with anger.

"Girls girls girls. Go to your seats."

"Yes, Sir." Me and Lina sat next to each other. We talked for the rest of the class. The classroom started to whisper. Jessica whispered to me and Lina in the back.

"Well. You guys seem to have been quite the explorers back at Tampa Highschool but um...Here i'm the queen bee. I say what goes where and when it does. I know your thinking I'm just another girl who is all that. Well i am. And your going to think that you matter now that your here. But sadly...Your popularity means nothing here. I'm all the rage."

"Well...Jessica was it?. I was OFFICIALLY titled, "Queen of the Blue Butterflies" , My friend here, Naomi, was "Queen of the Red Butterflies". Now each Queen had exactly...100 girls in their gang. I had 100 and Naomi had 100 and Nicole had 100. Our school was very big and had many girls to spare. All together we had OVER 650 girls and 780 boys in our school. All of them bowed to our very being. It was paradise. Until, the women nicknamed after some of the most deadly snakes, came to YOUR school. Now, you're over here telling me what to think. And what my thoughts are GOING to be? You MUST be drunk. So how much money does your daddy have. Well makes in a week?"

Jessica humphed and said confidently.

"760,000 a week. Hmph!"

"Whoa...i-impressive...Well my papa makes...1,360,900 dollars a week."

Jessica gasped and stood up. Lina whispered in her ear.

"I'm what you wished you were...A True Rich Girl...only my attitude makes me out to be a girl that's never had a thing in her life. Got it memorized?" Lina sat back down and so did Jessica. I laughed a bit. Today Lance didn't come to school but his sister, IIana Lunis came. I'll talk to her about the weird flower her brother gave me. After school ended. I went to go talk to IIana. I saw her in the hallway.

"Hey! IIana!" She turned around. Her and that guy named Newton.

"pant pant...Hey...What happened to Lance today. He didn't come to school."

She looked at me with a confused face.

"He got...sick and had to stay inside why do you ask?"

"Well i wanted to ask him what this flower mean't-" I showed them the hot pink lily. They both gasped.

"Whoa...oh my god...Lance...he gave this to you?"

"Yeah do you know what it means?"

"Uhhh It's a rare flower. It's name is a Livid Luna. It's a rare flower. People give it to their significant others it's like saying I care for you or I love you or maybe You're my rare flower. LANCE gave this to you?"

"Y-yea...That's...yeah.."

"Wow..." She was in awe by the flower.

"That flower if it was grounded into powder or oil would work as a love potion." Newton explained.

"Uhhh well HEY do you know what Tiala-Ser means?"

They gasped again.

"It's a poem from a ancient tribe called the Galalunians.

Tiala-Ser...My star. My jewel. My soul.

You are as beautiful as a lily.

As smart as a bluebell.

As tough as a sunflower.

And especially as elegant as a rose. You are mine and mine alone. No other man will have you,talk to you or love you the way I can. Only I can...My Tiala-Ser.

When you are sad. I am depressed.

When you are angry. I am furious.

When you are scared. I am brave.

When you are happy. I am ecstatic.

When you are lonely. I am there. My Tiala-Ser you control my actions. I would kill from a million men to the tiniest ant for you.

You complete me. You may not know I exist. But, my sweet,sweet Tiala-Ser.

I will love you no matter what.

Thank you for giving me these feelings which I will never understand.

Curse you...For stealing my heart. Goodnight My Tiala-Ser. I'll see you soon. But, you won't see me." IIana finished the poem. I nearly fainted by the entire symphony of words. This guy...Lance...was he in my bedroom last night! That is creepy.

"Tiala-Ser in the Galalunian tribe was like imprinting."

"What?" I asked Newton.

"Well it's like...I call you My Tiala-Ser you are...Mine" I froze..."Mine?" that word made me furious. I am nobody's anything. This guy...who was he? What was i getting into? WHO WAS HE! Was it Lance?

"Well i have to go now! Bye!" IIana ran off. Leaving me full of questions. I found Lina on the way out of school. Me and Lina walked back home so we could talk. But, We had to go back to school because she forgot her backpack. It was midnight when we got there but we didn't notice. We was too busy talking. We heard racecar motors. A red car with a white dragon on the side of it raced pass us. It came to a stop with a painful screech. It backed up. Oh lord...What is it now! First the flower, then the poem now THIS! The guy rolled down the window. It was some korean guy. Amazingly, Lina wasn't amused. She loved his car though. Just not the guy driving it.

"Yo...The name's Mike Chan. Need a ride?"

"Nah brutha. We cool in this mug. Aight? Bra?"

Lina mocked the way he talked. He laughed.

"You're a real cutie...Come on and get in here. I'm having a party at my house."

"Nah...I'm cool.." Lina grabbed my hand and we walked on. Mike rolled along next to us.

"What's your name?"

"Amy Landheart and Yuki Sinhi."

"What's your real names?"

"Hmph...If we tell you will you go away?"

"Maybe...Tell me and let's see."

"Lina Sue Kie-Zhi and this is Naomi Anne Winchester."

"Cute names...Lina let's go to the Moon Cliff. There's a nice view from up-there"

"Nah that place is a make-out point. I don't want to see people kissing. Your so innocent i'm sure you didn't know that."

Mike laughed at Lina.

"Man...Where have you been all my life?"

"Hiding from you!"

Mike laughed harder.

"You know if I could arrange the alphabets i'd put U and I together-"

I giggled at his pick-up line.

"Aww really...I'd put F and U together! BYE BEES!" Me and Lina jetted off.

"What a jerk-wad."

"I know...Well this is my stop. Bye Lina see you tomorrow."

"Yeah bye!" We parted ways and I stood on my lawn for a while. My dad wasn't home. He was probably at a meeting for a new type of rocket fuel or something. I looked at my fence and a guy with a blue hoodie was sitting on it. Ninja-style. I shrieked and ran inside. I panted as i sat on my couch with a tazer in my pocket. When I looked out the window the boy was gone. I sat on the couch and watched tv for a little while and i fell asleep. I was a deep-sleeper. Once, when my family was living in san fran. I slept through a earthquake RIGHT next to our house. I was 9 years old. I am still a deep sleeper. I heard somebody open the door. I figured it was my dad. But I heard light footsteps. But i was too sleepy to care. I felt a hand push my hair out my eyes.

"Goodnight my Tiala-Ser" I jolted out of bed. It was morning and nobody was there. This time...He was inches away from my face...He could have killed me. I got up out of my bed. And my door was wide-open. It was lockpicked. Not even that. It was opened. With a key. My dad wasn't home either. I heard my cell-phone ring. I picked it up.

"H-hello?"

"Hey cupcake it's Papa. Look I lost my housekey at work. So...Unlock the door for me? Okay?"

"Right...Got ya. Bye dad. Be safe...Love ya..."

"Aww...LOVE YA TOO DEAR! MUAH!" He hung up..."Lost?"...This guy...he was close enough to touch my father...How dare he!. It was probably that guy in the blue hoodie. Was that Lance? The guy was standing on the same fence on the Lunis Family's side. I'll have to ask him. But first...SINCE It's sunday. I am sleeping in! This guy...I hope I find out who it is. He's going to go down when I find him. So...down. I went back to sleep. It was the evening when i woke up. The sun was going down. I was half-awake and half-asleep. I looked out the window and I saw the boy with the blue hoodie. I fell back asleep by accident. I wanted to stay awake. He was outside my window! Wake up! He's going to kill you! Get up! When I woke up it was midnight. My window was wide-open. There was a box next to me. I slowly opened it. It had a pair of pink diamond earrigngs inside. I gasped. A note came out of the box.

Dear Naomi,

This is your guardian and Your Tiala-Ser.

These earrings are a I'm Sorry gift for not seeing you yesterday.

I bought these at a place called Jared's. I hope they are to your liking.

I'm sorry if they aren't. I hope to see you wearing them today.

I won't be able to talk with you. Till then my Tiala-Ser. I'll see you in a while. Or sooner...

Sincerely, Your Tiala-Ser

I was scared. Since when did i name him MINE! This was making my head-hurt then I heard footsteps and a vase dropped. I turned around and it was him. The boy in the blue hoodie. I screamed. He ran to me and covered my mouth. I shut my eyes and everything went black. I had fainted. One heck of a time to faint, Naomi...One HECK of a time.