"Oh my little baby!"
"Mom! Stop!"
"Promise you'll call? Everyday? Every night? That'll you'll Skype us lots?"
"Yes Mom now let go! I'm going to suffocate if you don't let me go!"
July had flown by quick,maybe to quick for now it was the warm haze of August 23rd and Bonnibel was standing beside the car her parents had bought her just some odd months ago finally when she got her driver's license yet at that second her mother was strangling and choking her with breath stealing hugs that made her squirm. The sun was just coming up, dusting the horizon with fluorescent oranges and neon pinks that with a small stretch of cerulean blue forming with the bright white light of the sun beginning to light and dust everything with colors and bring the dark grasses, the deep browns and greens of leaves into colors along with the whites, yellows, greens and blues of the houses to life.
"Come now Karen, it's early and Bonnie's got a long drive and she should get it done while she's awake enough too. Six hours is a long time." Her father's voice broke into the hug making her mother pout as she let go of Bonnibel who breathed a sigh of relief and looked at her father, his green eyes burned into her the gold around his pupil standing out like neons and she felt envious her father got those gold rings around his pupils and she didn't; but other than that slight difference their eyes were identical. Her father walked forward opening his arms for her and she smiled at him walking forward throwing her arms around him hugging him tight.
"Thanks Dad, I don't think I could handle much longer of the hug of death." Bonnibel whispered gently, her eyes shutting as she inhaled her father's scent which was a strange mix of cigarette's, bubblegum and citrus making it all smell so good it was near intoxicating just to inhale it.
"You're welcome, kiddo. Just remember to call and let us know you're alive once in a while. Okay?" He murmured his breath warming the top of her head gently as she opened her eyes gently just a little bit staring into her father's dark shirt and snuggled into him a little bit as she sighed out softly with content. She always had been a Daddy's girl and always will be.
"Okay." She finally replied as she stepped back, some loose gravel crunching and twisting beneath her sneakers and looked up into her father's eyes when she noticed Neddy strangely clinging to their mother and she turned looking at him smiling soft and reached out fisting her hands like a baby. "Come on Neddy, I know you wanna hug me." He huffed out in an irritated way walking forward and threw his arms around her in which she curved her arms around him also with her right hand ending up on the back of his head and one around him resting on his side and grinned.
"Stupid." He muttered under his breath, his forehead jut resting underneath her neck against her collar bone and she smiled stroking his hair.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner, Neddy. You understand right?" She mumbled holding him tight as she squeezed him gently like she used to do when they were younger and he was being irresistibly cute.
"I understand. Besides, when you come home I'll have to introduce you to Kyle." He replied making a blush floor his cheeks making them burn a dark crimson that made her smirk.
"Oh hoho~ Got a little boyfriend do ya?" She smirked poking his side when he pulled away his cheeks burning hot as he scowled at her making her laugh loudly. "I'll miss you, seriously Neddy."
"Yeah yeah, now leave before Mom starts wailing and pulling out baby books." Neddy replied stuffing his hands into his pockets as the oranges and pinks became dust light barely there as the sky began to burn blue and the dark night receded further while a few stars remained trying to twinkle and she smiled then sighed as the screech of cicadas started up and walked to the car pulling her keys out unlocking her car with a flare of the head lights which went out when she opened the divers side door and looked at her family. Her mother was squeezing Neddy to her chest who was squirming and wiggling, her father sighing but sending her a soft warm smile at her as her mother's watery gaze focused on her and she gave a watery, sad smile.
"You'll be fine without me, Mom. I know you will, so don't look so sad! I'll be home for Thanksgiving." She smiled when her mother's face burst into a shinning happiness that made her father send her a grateful smile.
She climbed into her car sliding her key into the ignition and turning it making the car erupt into purring life with soft little vibrations from the car itself as it cooled and she sighed out turning her GPS on and she clenched the steering wheel; though she felt so ready, her heart was just thumping and hammering away at her chest as her stomach tighten but felt so light and airy it was sickening and she struggled to calm down as she pushed her foot down on the gas and pulled away from the sidewalk hearing her mother shouting goodbyes making Neddy push her to the house and she smiled in a melancholic way already.
She pushed down on the gas revving the engine and took off down the street, the purr of the engine, the soft wind coming through her window ruffling her hair gently, the trees and houses going past that were so familiar just moved past as she drove and she felt scared, very scared, but there was something so...so liberating about leaving home. About leaving this place and starting as a new girl, making herself KNOWN, to BE somebody while also being who she wanted to be. She watched the GPS start up and her directions along with the little screen of streets and her little car icon popped up and she breathed.
"Goodbye, old Bonnibel. It's time for Bonnie to live now." She murmured the words to herself and thought them like a mantra but still she shook with nerves but was happy to be going and loved that she was going to be a new person. Start a new life and hopefully, if things go right, even get a new relationship with people. Hopefully.
Bonnibel?" Bonnibel jerked out of her slight tired haze looking up at the RA, a perky twenty something girl with a too tight shirt that pushed the tops of her breasts out while hugging the curves of them and her skirt, knee length hugged her just as tight leaving nothing to the imagination but with her buttery blonde hair and big ocean blue eyes she sort of fit this look. It wasn't like she looked..slutty, more distracting.
"Uh, yeah?" Her mind was so behind with her mind, her eyes just..glued to the RA's clothes and body wondering how anyone could dress like that...
"Time to go to your room, your roommate is already there!" The RA, who then reminded Bonnibel her name was Jess, helped pick up her pink duffel slinging it over her shoulder along with her soft lavender suitcase, leaning it forward on it's wheels.
Bonnibel picked up her backpack and two boxes then followed Jess when the girl asked if she was fine and they walked in silence. Well, Bonnibel in silence, Jess was talking and babbling in a way that made Bonnibel a little relaxed as they walked to the dorms, the building was large and beautiful, plenty of windows in the hall that was see-able through the blaring sun but the building was wide and tall with about four floors it seemed not to mention the ground floor and lounge for the students but the dorms were unisex, strangely, but Bonnibel grew up with her brother so she wasn't too afraid of that. When they walked into the building, Jess holding the door open, Bonnibel walked in through the lounge with Jess babbling behind her and because she couldn't very well see she slammed into someone who yelped loudly.
"Oh my god I'm sorry!" Bonnibel gasped as the boxes spilled on their sides the contents spilling out and she froze when she met incredibly wide, surprised looking turquoise irises with long pale hair and deep toned skin with a thin body structure making her look tiny and the girl looked up only to blush and scramble to the boxes.
"No no! It's my fault! I didn't see you and of COURSE you have boxes so you can't see! God I'm clumsy!" The girl stammered pushing the contents that spilled out of the boxes back in blushing a pierce hot red and Bonnibel couldn't help but feel sad the girl was so flustered.
"Ah I see you met your roommate! Bonnibel, this is Miranda. Miranda, this is Bonnibel." Jess perky voice popped up behind them and Bonnibel looked away blushing.
"Oh! Nice to meet you then!" The girl climbed to her feet smiling sweetly and reached her hand out connecting it with Bonnibel's and they shook hands when the door opened with feet dragging on the ground and a groan.
"Oh come on! No way YOU'RE here?! The pervert?!" Bonnibel tensed then looked over her shoulder meeting annoyed gray eyes as Marceline placed her black nailed hands on her hips with a displeased look.
"I said I'm no a pervert and that day was a damn accident!" Bonnibel snapped tensing up as her contacted eyes-now blue- narrowed on the black haired girl. "You know it was an accident! No way would I ever want to see someone like you naked like that!"
"Ha! Like you have been dreaming about this amazing bode! You took your sweet time closing that door!" Marceline shouted then scoffed at the end of her sentence and little did Bonnibel know but her feet carried her to Marceline who narrowed her eyes.
"Cut the shit! It was an accident! I don't care about you! I don't want to know about you! You're just a punk who doesn't have any respect for anyone! Not even Lady!" Bonnibel shouted straight into her face her cheeks hot as her hands clenched into tight fists and she felt a tingling in her palms that made her long to strike out and hit something. Hard. And if Marceline didn't stop her fist would be connecting with that smooth unblemished face. "And besides I don't care about your stupid body! I'm not gay!"
They glared at each other, a fierce glare against fiery gray that sent chills through Bonnibel as Marceline glared at her then grinned. "I'd like to see you say that by the end of freshman year." Marceline whispered suddenly making the atmosphere go cold along with Bonnibel, her eyes widening as her burning anger melted making her feel numb as her blue contacted eyes met Marceline's gray ones and she smirked victoriously and smugly.
"Girls! Girls! That's quite enough! There's no fighting in the dorms or on campus! Now back up. Back up!" Jess was suddenly in existence again along with all the stares and even Miranda stared at her with wide eyed hesitation but admiration too. Bonnibel jerked realizing how close she was to Marceline, just close enough that if she swayed forward she'd be leaning against Marceline's body.
"I'm sorry...Miranda? Help me to our room?" Bonnibel murmured now feeling tired from the long drive and from that little scene with Marceline turning around walking forward grabbing her boxes and Miranda grabbed her suitcase and her duffel from Jess who was scolding through the lounge quickly with her jeans swishing with each step and Miranda chased after her quickly and they were then running up some stairs and she couldn't help but feel grateful they were on the first floor. "Listen...Miranda I'm sorry. I'm not like that."
"It's fine! I mean...Marceline does seem like she deserves it. She's been like that for half a month, acting like a punk bitch." Miranda bitterly said as her turquoise eyes narrowed softly. "How do you know her anyways?"
"She's the step sister of a close friend of mine." Bonnibel replied after clearing her throat and when the got to a door, the walk seeming internally, the numbers one-oh-seven screamed out in bright teal coloring and Miranda grabbed the scrunchy looking thing around her wrist with the key and inserted it into the lock unlocking it with a click and kicked the door open walking in and Bonnibel looked around the room blinking rapidly.
The room was a little big, it was a decent sized dorm room with one bed to the left of the room the sheets a beautiful mix of any and all shades and colors of sea glass, clothes were bursting or hanging out of the suitcase on the bed and there was an open closet where about two pairs of shoes rested on their sides thrown in hastily. The carpet was a deep midnight blue, the walls a a pale lime green that was pretty easy on the walls; there was two desks on either side of the room for a laptop, the tall lamps stood in the corner of Miranda's side but there was a wall light on her side which easy access.
While Miranda's bed looked a little small Bonnibel stared wide eyed at her own bed, the thing was big! It was way bigger than anything she'd ever slept on before and it was a surprise to her, the mattress bare just waiting for her sheets to go on it when the sound of the handle of her suitcase being pushed down with a click snapped her out of it and she whipped around looking at Miranda's friendly face.
"M-Miranda I don't need this side we can switch if you want." She weakly exclaimed while looking around when Miranda shook her head and smiled.
"It's totally fine! We sadly didn't get one of the cooler ones up stairs with the two seperate rooms and bathroom, but this one uni room is pretty awsome right?" Miranda smiled twirling over to her bed before falling back on it and grinned at Bonnibel who couldn't hold back her own grin; Miranda's enthusiasm and smiles were infectious.
"It's pretty awesome. So wait, let me ask. Marceline was here BEFORE the semester started?" Bonnibel asked sounding curiously blank to her own ears as she opened the bo that held her bed sheets and pulled them out the soft pink fabric a welcome sensation to her fingers and hands as she grabbed the fitted sheet moving it over one corner then down to the bottom of the bed pulling it over that corner and padded around to the left corner shoving it down and to the last left top corner and pulled it over marveling at how it fit the bed perfectly only to realize her mother had bought her NEW sheets that looked exactly like her old ones at home and sighed.
"Bonnibel? You hear me? Sorry if I sound impatient I'll let you just make your bed and wai-"
"No no! It's okay, tell me what were you saying again?"
"I said that Marceline came in early because she wanted to get the basics of her classes down, learn the schedule and get a head start stating she wasn't smart. I mean it's admirable, a little true but kind of..downer-ish for a punk bitch like her. She's always ragging on herself a lot and one time I heard her sobbing in the bathroom for some reason." Miranda's lips pressed together as the sun shone into the room happily, lighting everything up much to Bonnibel's annoyance as she climbed on the bed whipping her sheets out to make them flutter down and rest straightly then hopped off, tucking her light sheet under the bed first then her dark, heavier one and grabbed the pillows placing them down while thinking.
"Hm. Interesting, sad but interesting. But I think it's best to just leave her alone; don't mess with her and she won't mess with us." Bonnibel stated placing her hands on her hips as she looked at her bed with satisfaction only to yawn loudly and covered her mouth with her hand.
"You must be tired, our RA told me you drove six hours to get here so you should lay down and rest. Classes don't start for a while, in the next two days-so because todays Monday classes will start on Wednesday! So plenty of time to get accustomed to the college and campus. So just lay down and sleep for now okay? If you're not awake before dinner in the Cafeteria then I'll just bring something up for you, we do have a mini fridge and microwave~" Bonnibel laughed at Miranda's tone, the sing songy way she said it and the blonde grinned widely at Bonnibel then chuckled walking to the door her hair fluttering like long thick strands of silk. "So just get some rest! Don't worry I got you covered!"
"Thank you, seriously I appreciate it." Miranda just gave her a smile as she flitted out of the room with only the click of the door to tell her she left and Bonnibel flopped back and closed her eyes sighing out softly.
Curling up on her side softly her sigh turned into a loud yawn that made tears spring in her eyes. The blankets were soft, so soft and the mattress was also firm but soft enough it was comfortable enough for her to snuggle into and her eyes closed slowly but surely on their own. She yawned and curled up tighter, her lashes fluttered ever so softly in little bursts that tickled her skin and with another yawning sigh she was out like a light.