A/N: Thank you all for all the favorites and attention! This is the story that is getting the most attention. So I've been diligently working on it to update while keeping my story quality good. I really, truly appreciate all the attention that this story is getting, and since it's been the most popular, it will always be the first to be updated.
I wanted to let you guys know that I applied for a job, and if I get it, I will be a little busier, and might not update every day like I planned, but every other day. So please don't get mad about that and like, bite my head off. Now, you're probably bored with my rambling, so onto Mia's wonderful adventures.
You never know how strong you are, until being strong is the only choice you have
I rode with Honey and Mori on the way. I red books to pass the time and chatted a little bit, but I was such a big bundle of nerves that I couldn't pay attention for long. The hour trip seemed like it took three times a long. And once we got there, I rushed to my room to change into my peach colored bikini and white flip flops. I put on a white tank top and jean shorts over that and ran outside. I was just too excited. I frolicked in the shallow water for a while before joining Haruhi on land. I had laid my towel out next to her and sighed.
"It's just like the lake back home, but the water is salty and there is sand." I said. Haruhi chuckled, I pulled out my book and read a little bit, every once in a while I would rub the big, puckered scar on my upper thigh, but I didn't notice I did it mostly.
I admired the rare beauty of a perfect day. It was warm enough to swim, but not so warm that you would profusely sweat and felt uncomfortable. There were a few clouds spotting the azure sky. And a light wind blew across the beach from the water.
When a few girls asked me if I would go exploring with them, I agreed and quickly put my flip flops back on, we walked around and talked and laughed about some crazy thing that happened in school or at the Host Club that week. It was the first time in a long time I felt...content. I was a teenager. This is what teenagers do. They don't worry about crazy killers coming to get them or worry about the care of three small children. They worried about hair and clothes and boys. Gosh, boys. When was the last time I even thought romantically about a boy? Not since before I moved, and even then my interest in boys was very few and far between.
Me and the girls had reached a rocky cliff that overlooked the beach and the water. I could see Haruhi below us somewhere, and the other girls were waving and calling down to him.
"Hey, there are chicks up here!" A male voice called, three males appeared near us the the top of the cliff.
"Hey, girls. Do you want to hang with a few locals?" Another said. I wrinkled my nose in disgust. They absolutely reeked of alcohol and just gave me bad vibes.
"This is a private beach." one girl, Mimiko, said. She crossed her arms and gave them a level stare. They guys response was to grab us.
I immediately stood stock still as phantom memories appeared with the unwanted touch of the arms wrapped around me. He's got me. He's got me. He's got me he's got me hes got me hesgotmehesgotmehesgotme. Good Lord, was this what a panic attack was? My chest felt constricted and me breathing was coming in short gasps. I was absolutely terrified and couldn't bring my body to move.
A bucket full of critters was thrown on one of the guys, and Haruhi appeared, angry and slightly out of breath. They guy, after exchanging words with Haruhi, threw him off a cliff.
No. I was moving before I was even aware of in, stepping down on the guys foot with all my weight, bringing my elbow up to his face, the clasping both my arms together and hitting him on the other side of his head before I ran off the cliff after Haruhi.
I felt the water hit me like a rough slap, then the strange silence and pulling sensation that let me know I was under water, I swam deep after Haruhi, pushing my legs hard to make up for the precious seconds I'd wasted fighting the guys grasp on me. I gripped Haruhis arm and broke surface at a furious speed. The fear had somehow turned into adrenaline, and I balanced Haruhis body on my back as I paddled, and then waded, then walked onto the land.
Tamaki and the Hosts were all around me, all at once. And I placed Haruhi safely on the land, where, after exchanging furious words with Tamaki, Haruhi walked off somewhere.
"Thank you for saving Haru-chan, Mia-chan!" Honey said, appearing in front me.
I squatted so I was eye-to-eye with the small boy-lolita and ruffled it hair. "Don't mention it."
Kyoya eyed my scarred leg and then looked me in the eyes. "You didn't overwork your leg, did you?" He asked, his tone serious.
"No, I don't think I did." I shrugged, "But just in case I'll take it easy the rest of the weekend to make sure that it's alright."
Kyoya nodded and started writing away in his little black book.
Tamaki grasped my hand and pulled me up. "Thank you, for all that you did. Those hooligans didn't hurt you, did they?"
I shook my head, knowing that Tamaki was think physical pain, where as my mental state could be a completely different story, if I really thought about it. Which I wasn't going to. "No. but I think I may have hurt one of them."
Hikaru and Karou practically pushed Tamaki out of the way. "That was you who hit that boy?" They asked at the same time. "Why?"
I blinked. "I had to jump off the cliff to get to Haruhi..I just...reacted?" I explained. I was trying to keep my real reasons private, just like everything else.
I couldn't tell them that the real reason I jumped off that cliff, and hit that guy, was because that I couldn't see another person hurt, or bleed. Not someone I knew. I couldn't handle that. Not after my sisters bruised and beaten body, naked, strung up like some pig about to be cooked in the middle of my room.
I've come a long way from that image, forever burned into the backs of my eyelids. But I wasn't ready for anymore blood or injuries at the hands of some cruel human being.
Obviously, the universe had other ideas.
Later that night I was in my room, I real had time to admire the marble floors and beautiful, obviously expensive, decorating that it had. There was so much space that I wasn't sure what to do, so, I practices some choreography.
I had brought speaker, and now I plugged them in, put my ipod on, and started chereographing whatever songs played.
Remember when we were such fools
And so convinced and just too cool
Oh no, no, no
I wish I could touch you again
I wish I could still call you friend
I'd give anything
I pirouetted and jumped and twirled, just relaxing myself and running myself out of energy. I had had dinner in my room, it was delicious. Possibly the finest crab I had ever tasted. I sipped my bottle of water and twisted back into my dance.
When someone said count your blessings now
'Fore they're long gone
I guess I just didn't know how
I was all wrong
They knew better, still you said forever, and ever
Who knew?
Maybe I was just trying to forget about the events that had happened today, and what had happened these past six months. But as I spun I could see my room: Black and zebra print, with pictures of dancing and lacrosse competitions on my walls, small trophies and pictures, and lot of books, books everywhere.
Yeah, yeah
I'll keep you locked in my head until we meet again
Until we, until we meet again
And I won't forget you, my friend
What happened?
And lot of blood. I remember it clearly, its was everywhere. Everywhere I could possibly lay my eyes on, the pictures, the walls, the books, even the window looking into my back yard was stained red. And my sister, her usually tan skin looked almost black, black and red, like some kind of demon hanging feet-first from my ceiling, hey wide open mouth dripping into a puddle of blood on my wood floor. Her dead eyes stared at me. Almost begging me to run. And run. And not look back.
If someone said three years from now
You'd be long gone
I'd stand up and punch them out
'Cause they're all wrong and
That last kiss
I'll cherish
Until we meet again
And time makes
It harder
I wish I could remember
But I keep
Your memory
You visit me in my sleep
My darling
Who knew?
