LiveLaughLovingEveryone2 here, I might just do Val's views for a bit to grasp her personality. I did get a bit into T themes toward the end, by not overtly so, Enjoy!
Val's POV:
I woke up and look over at the clock. 11:33 I definitely slept in. I look over to see if Parker was awake. He wasn't even in the room. I lay in bed for 6 minutes before getting up and making some coffee. Parker finally walks back in the room carrying food.
Me: Good morning
Parker: Hey
Me: How long have you been up?
Parker: 10ish, here breakfast or more like lunch at this point
Me: Thanks
We sat down in the little table in the corner. I ate. I realized that my hair probably looks ridiculous right now. After breakfast I plop my plate down on the desk and go to get ready. Parker decides to leave the room again. After my shower I hear a knock on the door, I assume that Parker just forgot his room key and wrap my tower around me to answer it. It's Tina.
Me: Hey
Tina: Sorry, but Jamie is just being beyond annoying, can I like hang out her for a bit?
Me: Ugh, sure
Tina: Thank you!
Tina just sits at the table and uses her phone while I continue to get ready. After I'm done I go back out.
Tina: Hey
Me: Hi
Tina: Sorry I didn't know you were still getting ready
Me: It's fine, so what did Jamie do
Tina: He just went through all of my stuff and interrogate me on all of it
Me: Eek
Tina: Yeah I know, he stayed up all night watching Die Hard movies, with the volume up, so It took me what seemed like forever to fall asleep
Me: I just passed out, I was so tired
Tina: I was looking at some touristy things to do on my phone, besides the Salt Flats
Me: Anything interesting?
Tina: Zip lining, Train Cemetery, sight seeing Tunupa volcano, Arbol de Piedra, Isla Incahuasi which looks like it has a lot of cactuses, Geiser Sol, Iglesia San Cristobal Lipez church, which apparently is usually closed, Plaza Arce, San Cristobal de Lipez, Necropolis museum, and lots of restaurants, I don't know if I even pronounced half of that right
Me: *laughs* I don't think I could do much better
Tina: I don't think I could bring myself to go zip lining
Me: I don't know, I think it sounds fun
Tina just stared at me like a crazy person. Parker then came in.
Parker: Hey, Tina, right
Tina: Yeah, Hi
Parker: There really isn't much in this hotel, I mean what hotel doesn't have a pool?!
Me: I know right
Parker: I did find out they have a "game room" which is essentially a pool table and foosball with two fancy chairs
Me: Better than nothing
Tina: Let me guess, someone has already monopolized it
Parker: Apparently the Danish students
Me: I'm not the best pool player ever anyway, I think I played with my dad eight times
Tina: Parker how do you feel about seeing a volcano
Parker: Why are you even here
Tina: Oh my parter Jamie was just going through my things and yelling, he thinks he can treat anyone like anything wants, I thought I could tolerate it, I don't think I'm that strong though, I signed up for a whole year of this, ein ganzes jahr, a whole year
Parker: Well, that sucks
Tina: Yeah, um, I guess it does
Parker: Why wouldn't you pick a better partner?
Tina: The way my school did it was there is 4 teams representing North, South, East and West Germany, At each school we competed separate and submitted our projects, there are two winners who are put together to form a team, Jamie just happened to be the one that one, Leben funktioniert nicht, wie sie wollte es manchmal, sie müssen nur damit umzugehen, That's what I'm doing
Parker: Lady, I don't speak any German
Tina: Hallo, wie geht es dir means Hello, how are you, it's one of the first phrases learned in any new language it seems
Parker: How do you speak such good English?
Tina: My sister is an exchange student over in America, I knew English before, but she helps me with American, there's a difference
Parker: Cool
Me: So It's already 1:30 does anyone want to do anything today or should I just get back in something more comfortable!?
Parker: Like what?
Tina: Here's a list, but I'm thinking Volcano
Parker: Val?
Me: Um anything really
We argue about what to do and around 1:47 we decide to go to The train cemetery, a place of well, I'm not quite sure what to expect. I don't know if we're even allowed to do that, but I couldn't find anything we couldn't. They said we could explore the area as tourists for the first week and get settled in. We go down to the restaurant/buffet for lunch. I take a table with people already sitting at it. Just momentarily until Parker and Tina get their food. There are two guys sitting there.
?&?:Hi
Me: Hey, what country are you from?
Jakob: Denmark, I'm Jakob and that's
Will: Will, How are you
Me: Good, You
Will: Great
Jakob: You are from America I'I guessing
Me: Yeah, how did you
Jakob: Over heard, Becky talks very loudly
Me:*Laughs* yeah
There really wasn't much to say to them. I have a hard time making small talk. So I waited in silence while waiting for Parker. I started to eat. It was pizza. Surprisingly, there are actually quite a few pizza places around here. The options seem like pricey, pizza, coffee, bars and that isn't a lot of options. I end up eating a piece before Parker sits next to me.
Parker: Hey
Me: Hey
Parker: What's up
Me: Nothing, why
Parker: That look says other wise
I didn't even know I had a "look" when I was annoyed or frustrated.
Me: I don't know, It kinda hit me, this is our home for the next year, it's especially cramping my sleep schedule and just my general since of anything, so I'm just trying to adjust, I'm fine though
Parker: Way worse than daylight savings time
Me: *laughs* yeah, excited to a train cemetery, I mean I've never been somewhere at night without someone in my family in a 20 yard radius
Parker: *Laughs* I know I haven't had that problem much, but how late at night
Me: 7:00 was my curfew
Parker: I didn't even have a curfew
Me: Even though it's just seeing graffitied trains on a tour which isn't wrong, it's just amazing to have any freedom, it makes the though of seeing old trains fun
Becky and Aimee walked Into the room. Becky came and sat next to us.
Becky: Hi, So remember curfew is 11:30 you have to notify us of where you're going, and what time you plan to be back, that way we don't have to worry so much, bring your cell phones at all times, don't be afraid to call me or Aimee, Here are our numbers, program them Into your phone now
Jakob: What's you last name?
Becky: Mine is Fernández and Aimee's is Fitzpatrick
Jakob: Tak!
Becky: Here are your teachers lists too you have 7 teachers, but while your here you'll have 2 school administrators, there like your principal while your here, respect them, Here are the 9 numbers you b Ed to program into your phone, their email addresses too, don't worry we already have your email addresses!
Will: What exactly are you interning for
Becky: I'm working toward my Bachelors in Science in Human Services in Youth and Family Administration, So is Aimee, We we're searching for places where we could get experience and this seemed perfect, technically it's some STEM subject association with some long name on the back of the textbooks, you'll receive them on your first day
Tina: Will we get any breaks from classes during the year?
Becky: Yes you will be emailed and receive a physical copy of the schedule, I believe you will get a 3 day break next month in late July, you get weekends off too like normally, You start your first day of school on the 19th, you get holidays off you celebrate too, or ones your classmates celebrate, we asked a bunch of questions you had to fill out in order for us to follow the scheduling laws of your countries, I have to type something up on my computer, call me if you need me immediately, Kay
Becky walked away. I actually forgot Tina was sitting with us. When she asked a question it actually shocked me a bit.
Will: Hey can we tag along for your train tour thing
Me: Why?
Will: Why would I want to spend money when I can just third wheel with some other people
Me: Parker, Tina?
Tina: I'm totally fine with it
Parker: Um sure, why not
To be honest no one really cared if Will tagged along. It's best just to be nice to people, we have to live with these people for a year. It would be the intelligent option to just be nice to Will, it's not like he's being jerky about it. Just a freeloader. I reality we weren't getting one of those fancy tours, the trains are outside. Can admire them from as far as free looks.
Will: So what time you leaving?
Parker: 7:30ish we plan to be there by 8:00 and be there till 9:00 or close
Me: Then maybe get something at one of those cafés
Tina: Then be back by 10:15-10:40 depends really
Will: Thanks
Will and Jakob walked over to a table with two girls. One of the girls had blonde hair with hot pink tips. She had her hair in a Ariana Grande style ponytail. The other girl was the only person I saw here wearing glasses. She black hair in a messy sock bun. It was now 3:56 so I back to the room. I log on my computer to email Becky about our whereabouts. I get this as a reply.
Becky's Email: Cool, I'm glad your having fun and trying to talk to people outside of your clique, we expect you to be responsible about this and be truthful ~Rebecca Estella Fernández
In reality who can spend more that 30 minutes looking at rusty graffitied trains. We were probably spend most of it talking. Probably sitting in one of the hopefully not to expensive cafés. I go on sites to see the area and try to map out a route. It'll take 10 minutes to get over there. That's by bus and walking. I seems scary and it is. They don't want us to go out there alone. They even made my parents sign a contract that If I was injured, killed, ran or other situations they couldn't sue. Which sounds scary. My mom even hired a lawyer to go over the whole contract. I binged watched The Speed on the TV with Parker until 7:20. I re-brushed my hair and grabbed my clutch.
Me: Ready to leave
Parker: Yeah, just waiting on you
Me: *shoves his shoulder a bit* You're the only one people are waiting on
We walked out of the room to see Will and Tina and, wait, one of those girls Will and Jakob were talking to.
Will: I invited Claire along
Claire: Salut, Prêt à partir?
Tina: Apparently she only speaks French
Parker: Comment êtes-vous Claire ? Désolé, je ne sais pas si vous compris du contexte, mais nous n'étions pas conscients que vous veniez, vous êtes les bienvenus à accrocher avec nous, mais sachez juste que nous allons parler la plupart du temps anglaise (How are you Claire? Sorry, I do not know if you understood the context, but we were not aware that you were coming, you are welcome to hang with us, but just know that we will talk mostly English-translation depending on context it could be interpreted as whether you come)
Me: Parker I didn't know you spoke French
Parker: My mother made us speak it at home for awhile
Tina: Cool
Claire: J'ai rien d'autre à faire ce soir, mon meilleur ami, est avec Jakob, il sera intéressant d'entendre parler plus tard ce soir! (I have nothing else to do tonight, my best friend, is with Jakob, it will be interesting to hear about later tonight!)
Parker: Okay, alors, nous devrions laisser ou nous allons manquer le bus (Okay, Then, we should leave or we'll miss the bus)
Me: I don't speak French
Parker: We are going to miss the bus if we don't freaking hurry up!
Tina: Okay, Eek
We walked out of the hotel. We got to the stop and waited for not even a minute before the bus came.
Will: Whew, Barley made it
Parker: Yeah, thanks, couldn't see that
Tina: It's fine
Parker: You couldn't of at least told us your were going to invite someone else?
Will: I thought it would be easier to just show up with her
Parker: She barely has idea of what's going on!
Me: GUYS! Yes there is a French girl who doesn't understand a word he speak, we almost missed a bus, but hey there's no reason to start arguing, it's already awkward
Tina: Yeah!
The bus arrived in front of the train cemetery. The gift-shopping-tourist-trap build was closed for renovations. We walked pass it and sit up against the building.
Tina: I'm already kinda bored
Parker: Same
Me: Know anything that'll make this more interesting
Claire: Je m'ennuie au-delà dès maintenant (I am beyond bored right now)
Will: Okay, What is the most interesting thing to happen to you since you arrived here
Tina: Freedom, Finally
Me: Progressions of my relationships with other humans
Tina: What the heck does that even mean
Me: I just worded that weirdly, It means exactly that
Tina: Whatever, You Will
Will: Figuring out how to work the ancient coffee machine
Parker: Finally getting some privacy for once, the house I lived at had 7 to 9 people depending on who was there at the moment, Claire, Ce qui est une chose excitante qui s'est passé depuis que vous êtes arrivé ici? (What is an exciting thing that's happened since you got here?)
Claire: Arriver à faire des choses sans être à l'abri du monde, je n'ai pas peur d'échouer! (Get to do things without being protected/immune from the world, I'm not afraid to fail!)
Parker, Will and Claire went to get Selfies with the ancient trains while me and Tina stayed behind.
Tina: Be careful, I had that with a guy, his name was Alex, I was craving something, I gave in the minute I have sex and I am no longer a virgin he leaves, Ha, I still wonder what I was so desperate for, Maybe love without the shelter
Me: You think Parker would do an F and dump
Tina: Of course not! You seem so handmade for each other, just be careful though, Love hurts when it dies in one and lives in the other
Me: Um, Okay, Thanks Tina
They started walking back.
Will: We had to take, what seemed to be 100 selfies before this piece of perfection *shoves phone in me and Tina's face*
Tina: Val, want to a self with the trains
Me: Fine, but just a few
Me and Tina walked over and took 3 before we got one that was good enough. We walked back over and sat with everyone else.
Claire: *Points to watch* Hé! Il est déjà neuf!
Parker: Oh yeah it is nine, wanna go to that café down the street?
Me: Well that's plan isn't it
Will: *grunts getting up* okay we can go
Tina: Whoo, my parents would not approve of coffee after 4
Parker: Eek, how could you live like that?
Tina: When's there are a ton of rules it's all you know really
We walked to the Café and we order cappuccino's.
Will: I can't believe I'm sipping a cappuccino with a bunch of nerd while my best friend scored a French girl
Tina: You don't want that, It'll be all weird between Jakob and Sage, right
Will: Yeah
Me: Claire doesn't even have any idea what we're talking about
Parker: She'll probably some words or some language at some point
Me: Good point
Will: Yeah, Ugh, It is, and I'm a nerd too
Parker: Will, what's your favorite comic book?
Will: Um, It's impossible to pick one
Parker: I know right
Tina: It's 10:20, I'm going to leave, I don't want to get in trouble with Becky
Me: Wow, yeah I guess we should go
We walked out of the Café and we started to walk to the end of the street. Me and Parker started to gaze into each other's eyes, We shared a short kiss while walking and Claire looked back then rolled her eyes. We got on the bus and got back to the hotel at 10:32 within the dead line. We went to our room and got ready to sleep. I feel asleep pretty quickly.
Okay so this Chapter was kinda long. I wasn't the happiest with some parts. I plan on introducing the other students later too though. I wanted to introduce some other characters because it would be unrealistic if Parker and Val talked exclusively to each other. Whether you like Tina, Claire or Will you have to admit the story would be weird without them. I did skid upon some of the T topics. These are intelligent kids, they probably aren't swearing for absolutely no reason. Also when are they going to add Val as a character?!
