My Life: Heidi
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Sometimes Heidi felt out of place among the four. They all had some reason for being the way they were. The mean kids as Xander had once called them.
Kyle's parents were part of Sunnydale's social elite, always leaving him and his brothers at home while they socialized and went on cruises; the loneliness had made him bitter. Tor came from a broken and abusive home, being mean had been his outlet, the only safe outlet anyway. Rhonda was a mystery, her home was unbroken, and her mom was kind and never judgmental. Rhonda herself had a talent for dressing down anyone that dared cross her path...her talent nearly matched Cordelia's in that department.
Heidi was the odd one out; even more so than Rhonda. She had a mom and a dad, who were happily married, and a little brother who was only a brat on his worst days and became a mild nuisance on his good days. They lived in a one story house with a two car garage, a large backyard, and a moderate front yard with a pristine white picket fence.
Her dad was blue collar and he worked hard for them. Her mom was a bank clerk but always had time to fix supper after work. They weren't the Cleavers but they were close.
So sometimes Heidi felt she didn't fit into her niche as a mean kid. She wasn't abused, oppressed, or abandoned. She didn't need an outlet for pent up emotions but she couldn't deny the thrill of making someone else miserable...until things changed.
The Hyena.
Sometimes she hated what had happened. Especially what happened to Principal Flutie. He had been kind of a door mat but he hadn't deserved to get eaten. She still had nightmares about how he tasted, how his blood had drenched their faces and hands, and dripped from their teeth as they devoured him.
God...she'd been so glad to get the hyena out; and then repress the whole thing. At least until the relapse, it was scary that just the shadow, echo or whatever it was, had been so strong that they couldn't stop it from taking them over. Repressing probably hadn't helped much as just shoving everything back had backfired when their mental dams had broken.
Thank god for Harris. If he hadn't tracked them down...and how unfair was it that he'd been tapping into the hyena all that time and making it work for him…him and his alpha powers. But still...if Xander hadn't found them...people would have died. She didn't think she could handle another human death on her hands...she'd end her own life first. Flutie's screams in her head were enough.
Great...she'd depressed herself now. Heidi looked at the clock, it was still early, but Rhonda was busy and the guys were in Japan. She sighed and thought. Buffy was in L.A. with her dad...and Willow...hey...Willow might be home. She rolled off her bed and reached for her desk phone. She and Willow could have a brownie party and make fun of sappy Christmas movies. Willow made the best brownies.
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