hello people, heres chapter 3!
i had finished this a few weeks back, but didnt really feel like posting it because of the comments
im really sorry for those of you who had wanted Hylla to be nice, i had already finished this before that comment went up
but im planning on some sister bonding :3
also OMG i wasnt setting piper up to be a bitch! she was just a little surprised jason wasnt paying attention to her
have fun reading! i'll update soon again ^_^
Reyna sat cross-legged on her bed. She glanced at the clock on the chest of drawers next to her bed, and sighed. 8:30 pm, Friday night. She looked around the room. All her roommates were unpacking. Rachel Dare, her last roommate had finally arrived after the bus had broken down. She had wavy red hair, bright green eyes and wore a green t-shirt with jeans that were covered in marker drawing and tiny holes. None of the girls had really spoken since the orientation. All the parents had left and it had finally sunk it they would be here, at Olympian Academy for at least a year. There was no going back. Home was in another continent. Homesickness had already started to settle in. She felt a lump in her throat and a strange sad pain in her chest. She wanted to go home.
Sure, this place was nice too. The room was quite big. Like most rooms in the school, it was rectangle shaped. Opposite the door was the wall which had windows on it and just a big box with extra blankets, pillows etc. The beds were lined along the wall next to the windows, separated by large chests of drawers, one for each girl. Reyna's bed was the one on the extreme right, nearest to the windows. There were six beds, with soft pillows and fluffy sheets that Reyna was gripping as she felt pangs of homesickness. Reyna tightened her hold on the sheets, they were the only thing that comforted her. Opposite the beds were six study desks, one for each girl. There was a large empty space in the middle of the room. The wall with the door had nothing against it and was bare, with the exception of a long list of the school rules hung up on it. What time meals were served, what time to get up, what time was for sleeping. No entering the boys wing unless important, no boys in the girls wing unless important. The rules were pretty reasonable. There was a small shopping centre an hour away, they would be taken there once in two weeks to buy whatever they wanted. Reyna had passed it on her way to the school. It was a road with about fifteen shops. A Bookstore, DVD store, clothes store, hairdresser's, stationary store, chemists, food store and a bunch of other small shops.
Suddenly the door burst open and Hylla walked in. She looked furious. "Reyna!" she snarled. Reyna immediately scooted backwards on her bed.
"What?" she asked defensively.
"You stole my posters! What is your problem! Buy your own." Hylla said. She walked over to Reyna's bags and started rummaging in them. God, her sister was so mean at times. All the other girls looked sympathetically at her, even Piper. Hylla snatched up three posters and rose triumphantly and glared at Reyna.
"I don't know how they got there. Mom packed at the last minute remember? Because you were out partying till five am with your room locked up. She must have misplaced them." Reyna said. "Why on earth would I want posters of upcoming movies and boy bands?"
"You don't get it, do you? Its not a boy band, it's the boy band. One Direction is amazing and super hot. And the movie…you're SO clueless. Its Tristan McLean's new movie. Do you know how hot he is?"
Reyna was speechless. What was wrong with her sister? On the first day of school she created a scene, embarrassed her and her new roommate. And no one would look weirdly at Hylla, because she was gorgeous and popular. Reyna would be considered the freak. And Reyna couldn't even go home. She glanced cautiously at Piper, who was blushing and had her eyes fixed on the ground.
Reyna wanted to slap Hylla. Instead she said, "I'm sorry. You got your posters right? If any more of your stuff turns up in my bag, I'll return it to you. Bye Hylla." Reyna had to be respectful to her sister, or become a social outcast. Hylla glared at her one last time, then stalked off, her heels making clicking noises on the wooden floor. She slammed the door hard. All the girls just stood there awkwardly. The room was filled with silence, Reyna felt her cheeks burn in shame. Finally she broke the silence by speaking to Piper and mumbled something about how she was sorry and Hylla was a crazy bitch at times. To her surprise, Piper told her she didn't mind, Reyna felt a little relived. At least one person didn't hate her. Okay, no, two people. That Jason, Thalia's brother had been so sweet to her. Maybe it was her imagination, but she got the feeling he liked her. Usually guys were nice to her…till they found out that Hylla was her sister. Then all they did was hit on her sister. But Jason was different. She glanced to her right, at the windows. Her heart sank. They had been wide open. Hylla had been screeching. What if they had heard her? Reyna got up and walked slowly over to the box, trying to look casual and not run over. She pretended like she was looking for a extra pillow but her eyes were fixed at the faint glow from across the building, trying to make out what was going on the boys' room. It was dark outside and the lights were on in every room. The moon's reflection sparkled over the river. The field looked beautiful, washed in moonlight and there were a million stars shining in the sky. She diverted her gaze and squinted, trying to see what was going on. Oh god. The boys were putting up posters against the wall with the door, and a few were just unpacking and sorting their stuff into piles. And Jason was looking sympathetically at her. So was Percy. And Luke. It was obvious they had heard every word. She felt her cheeks burn once again and she turned away, clutching something in her hands. She stared to walk back when she felt the thing drag on the floor. It was really heavy.
Umm… we wont really need to carpet for a few days." Said Rachel with a cautious smile. Reyna blushed again. She was making a complete idiot out of herself. Jason probably thought she was a weirdo.
"Oh yeah. I just…I just thought…well, never mind." She mumbled. Suddenly a gust of freezing could wind blew in, making the girls shiver. Reyna rushed to close the window.
"Guess we'll need that fluffy carpet after all" Rachel laughed. The tension in the room dissolved. Thalia walked over and helped Reyna empty out the contents of the box. Blankets, sheets, pillows, a few books, extra socks, and a long shelf that had to be hung up. Annabeth quickly ran towards them.
"Oh my god. Can we pleaseee put that up? I can keep my books on it…" she begged. Hazel laughed. "Yeah. Let me help you."
Twenty minutes later, the girls had hung up a couple of shelves on the bare wall and had put all their stuff away in their chests of drawers. They had started speaking a little bit. They all looked anxious and sad. They had the next two days to settle in and explore. Classes were from Monday. The carpet was in the middle of the room now. The room looked nice now, no longer bare and empty. Reyna gripped her sheets even tighter, willing herself not to cry. She was scared. She was going to be on there own this entire year. Her goal was to avoid Hylla and draw as little attention to herself as possible.
Suddenly a sob echoed from her left. She glanced and saw that two beds away, Hazel was crying. Tears were running down her cheeks. Annabeth got up from her desk and walked dover to Hazel. Piper slid onto her bed and put her arm around her shoulder. Thalia and Rachel walked over too.
"What's wrong?" asked Thalia who looked like she was trying hard not to cry herself.
"I want to go home. This is terrible. Nico's here and I don't like this place its cold and creepy and I just want to get out of here." Hazel sobbed. Tears stared to run down Rachel's cheeks.
"I miss home." Annabeth choked out.
"Me too." Said Piper. Suddenly all six girls were crying and trying to comfort each other. Reyna was barely crying. She only cried late at night when she was sad. The last time she cried in front of anyone was… when she was four. If Hylla ever caught her crying, her life would be over. But sitting there, surrounded my awesome girls who were so nice, something inside Reyna broke and she burst into tears. Thalia walked over to her and made her sit on the carpet. It was cool, and Reyna pulled her jacket firmly around her.
Three hours later, all six of them were sitting on the soft carpet, drinking coke and eating chips. They had stopped crying, no more tears were left. Everyone had started to cheer up. They were just talking about books, movies, their old lives and the boys across. They had decided they would stay up all night and sleep the next night. Each girl was sneaking glances at the room they could clearly see on their right. The boys were listening to music or playing games on their laptops. After a while Annabeth got her laptop out and took out a bunch of One Tree Hill DVDs. (which were more cheerful that the ones Hylla had dumped in Reyna's trunk due to lack of space in her own. Pretty Little Liars wasn't exactly a show to watch on the first night of a new boarding school) They put One Tree Hill on, getting lost in a world where friendships were perfect, people loved each other and things always ended up all right. The girls had dragged the carpet against the door, and dumped all their pillows and blankets on it, comfortably leaning against the wall wrapped up in fluffy blankets, they sat absorbed in the show. Reyna felt so happy and peaceful there. For the first time in her life, she felt like she had friends. For the first time ever, Reyna felt like she belonged.
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