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Born to Die

Nine

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Hilary dropped the crutches onto the floor and collapsed onto her bed. She exhaled a large breath, then sniffed and then took another deep breath and exhaled again. With shaky hands she wiped her eyes, dragging them down her face. She blinked a few times before rolling over to face down on her comforter, crying. She was angry. And upset. But mostly angry, mainly at herself, for being her usual clumsy self and injuring herself that bad that she had to wear a stupid ankle brace for two weeks before she returned to the doctors and getting upset and lashing out at Kai about him avoiding her. Now he was most likely never going to talk to her again. Hilary rolled back over, wiping the tears off her face. Hilary reached above her head and grabbed a pillow and dropped it on her face. Fuck life right now.

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"How is this meant to help?" Hilary asked as she squinted at the laptop screen.

"Shopping is a great way to deal with stress. And we can't really go to a mall since I'm not there and you're in crutches. So online shopping it is!" Mariah chirped through the tiny speakers. Even though there was 3,598 miles between them, Hilary may have googled it, Mariah was still bossy. And wanted to shop until she could shop no more. "Plus, you can buy nice panties for your new boyfriend!"

Hilary froze. "Uh... Do I really need too?" She asked as she clicked on a link that Mariah had sent her. "What's wrong with the ones I have now?"

Mariah stared at her through the small video window on the side. "Trust me; I know what I am doing." She said. Hilary groaned. Did she really think that a computer would hinder Mariah's bossy ways? "What's Tala's favourite colour?"

Hilary shrugged her shoulders. "I have no idea." She said as continued browsing. "Why?"

"No reason." Mariah said lightly. Hilary narrowed her eyebrows. No reason, her ass. As much as she hated shopping, even though it was online, Hilary was glad Mariah was killing her boredom. She had spent all day cooped up inside, not able to do much movement. Even showering had been difficult, so difficult that she had given up after ten minutes trying to get her brace off and showered with her leg sticking out. "Since he's your boyfriend, and I'm your best friend, I don't think there is any harm of getting to know him better."

"You want to know what his favourite colour is?"

"Yes I do."

"I don't know what Rei's favourite colour is..."

"But you know what Kai's is..."

Hilary stared at laptop screen. "I think everyone on planet earth knows that Kai Hiwatari's favourite colour is black considering everything he owns is black."

Mariah giggled. "So when is Tala coming over? It is Friday night after all..."

Hilary flipped her phone over. Tala had promised to come over after he finished hanging out with Kai. He hadn't given a time but promised to send a message when he was on his way. "Later."

"Aw, is he going to make you feel better?" Mariah winked at her.

"Does everything have to be about sex?" She asked. "I'm not ready...I don't even...I have no idea what I am doing."

"Do you think he knows what he's doing?"

Hilary paused. Had Tala dated other girls? Had he slept with a girl before? "I don't know." She said slowly. Half of her didn't want to know and the other half wanted to get it out of him the second he came over. She did have to admit that he did have a smoothness of things that pointed that he had been... Hilary sighed.

"What's wrong?" Mariah asked.

"Nothing."

"Okay, let's get back to business. Did you order those leopard print panties?"

Hilary groaned.

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Hours later, Hilary was lying down on the tiny two-seater couch, watching a old episode of Supernatural. Mariah had gone to bed, making sure that Hilary had ordered everything she had suggested and wiggling her eyebrows in a suggestive manor that caused Hilary to end the video chat while she was still talking. She had gotten a message from Tala, saying he was going to be over soon. Hilary had changed out of the grey sweatpants and baggy sweatshirt that she was ninety-nine percent sure belonged to Max into something more... nicer. Hilary was only day one into her two week sentence of wearing that blastered ankle brace and she wanted to take it off right now. Hilary watched as Dean and Castiel did their usual weird staring thing. She jumped as someone knocked on her door. Hilary paused the show and slowly stood up and hopped over to the door. "Who is it?" She asked.

"It's Tala."

Hilary opened the door slightly. "Oh no, you aren't allowed in." She said.

Tala leaned forward and pushed the door backwards. "And you miss, are going to be the one to stop me?" He asked, picking her up as he walked in.

"This is no way to treat a lady!" She said, giggling as he carried her over the tiny couch.

"Lady? I don't see no lady!" He said mockingly as he placed her carefully down. Hilary laughed. "What you watching?"

Hilary froze. "Uh... nothing... just something silly to occupy the time with."

Tala grabbed the remote and pressed play. He watched the television for a few moments. "Are they gay?" He turned to Hilary.

Hilary let out a chuckle. "No... Well, we don't really know. Castiel is an angel and Dean's...Dean." She said watching Tala watch the television screen. Supernatural was one of her favourite television shows and she, and many other people, believed Castiel and Dean belonged together. She hid her nerdy side because she didn't want people making fun of her. Would Tala think of her different? "I don't think anything will ever happen. The writers of the show said we're all crazy for thinking it."

Tala laughed, still watching the television. He pulled Hilary closer to him. Hilary felt her cheeks go warm. "I think that they totally have something for each other and I've watched five minutes of it." Hilary smiled. "So, what's this show about?"

"Well, this is season five but season one starts with Dean showing up in the middle of the night..."

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October started badly. Not that Hilary was surprised. It began with her ankle brace coming off (good), weekly sessions of psychical therapy until the doctor gave the all clear (bad), Mariah getting the all clear to attend their school starting after the new year (good), homework piling on (bad), Kai still avoiding her (bad), Tala was still her boyfriend (good), Tyson had finally apologized thanks to some pestering by Max, Rei and Kenny (good) and Megan and Kai breaking up which Hilary didn't know what she should categorized that. She had (silently) celebrated that it happened but it made her feel more confused. Her feelings for Tala grew everyday and a part of her... she had no idea what why she still felt the way she did for Kai.

"Hilary?"

Hilary jumped at the sound of a voice behind her. She turned around it. It was just Rei. "You scared me!" She said, giving him a small smile.

"You were just standing there, staring at the books." He said slowly. "Do you need help?"

Hilary stared at him. "Um, I don't know." She said. What was she doing? She couldn't even remember why she was in the stacks. Her study hall class was using the library and she had been working on... her mind drew a blank.

"You don't know? Are you sure you're okay?" Rei asked, looking concerned.

Hilary nodded. "Yeah, just daydreaming!' She said, hurrying back to her table. Despite her break-up with Kai, Megan still spoke and hung out with Hilary. Hilary enjoyed the company but she always held her guard up. Megan was the kind of girl who would use anything against anyone if they stopped being friends. Hilary sat down next to Rachael who was hiding her phone behind her French textbook, giggling. "What's so funny?" She whispered.

Megan lent across. "Some boy she met at a party on the weekend is texting her." She said as she continued writing.

Rachael stopped giggling. "His name is Alexander and he's totally hot." She said.

Hilary nodded. "Are you guys going to go on a date or something?" She asked politely. Hilary didn't really know what to say. Or what she was meant to ask. She was used to conversations the type of conversations that Tyson and the boys would have, not ones about boys and clothes and gossip.

Rachael gave her a smile. "Maybe." She said, turning her attention back to her phone. "How are you and Tala?"

Hilary stared down at the open notebook in front of her. She had been working on her world history project. That's right... she had been looking for a book she needed information out of. "Good, I guess..."

"He's your first boyfriend, right?" Megan asked. Hilary looked up. Megan gave her a look. Hilary waited for some... hilarious comment. "Well, word of advice. Boys get bored easily." Hilary looked back down at her notebook. What kind of advice was that? Was that a suggestion that Tala was going to get bored if she didn't put out? Or was she referring to her break up with Kai? Had Kai gotten bored with Megan? Hilary gripped her pen. It just made her even more confused.

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Oh.

God.

Hilary gripped her comforter as Tala bit her neck, sending electricity shooting up her spine. The plan had originally had been to study but as soon as they stepped into the elevator, Hilary knew very little studying as actually going to be done. Even as Tala kissed her, sending her head into dizzy spins, Megan's words kept repeating themselves. Hilary felt Tala's hands undo her school shirt's buttons. Hilary felt herself blush. Every make-out session was getting longer and longer and more intense. Did that mean something? Hilary squealed as Tala grabbed her by the waist and flipped their positions.

Tala chuckled. "How did you know purple is my favourite colour?"

Hilary was confused. Then she looked down to where he was staring. Oh... "It is?" She asked as she watched him. "Well... they're not the only thing that's purple." She said without thinking. OH MY GOD! She felt her entire body go red.

"Oh really?" He asked, raising an eyebrow. Oh god, why did she have to be so embarrassing?! "You are just too cute when you're all embarrassed!" He said, tickling her side.

"Hey! Stop!" She cried as he kept tickling. "Tala! Stop it!" Tala stopped tickling her but kept his hands planted on her waist. He had the warmest hands. It was like his body was on fire. Hilary climbed off his lap and lied down next to him. "I..." Boys get bored easily.

"Yeah?"

Hilary turned onto her side. Boys get bored easily. Hilary wanted to smack herself on the forehead. "I'm a virgin."

Tala stared at her. "And...?" He asked. "Am I meant to have a problem with that?"

Hilary still wanted to smack herself on the forehead. God, she was an idiot for letting Megan's words get to her. She was probably just jealous that Hilary had Tala and she didn't have anyone. "I...I don't know."

Tala laughed. "You're silly, you know that."

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Yeah, short again but at least it's another update! Hopefully another before I go away next Saturday! Please review!