AHHHHH! NO TIME TO WRITE AT ALL THE PAST TWO WEEKS! FIRST FAMILY WAS OVER, THEN IT WAS A FRIENDS BIRTHDAY SLEEP OVER. NOT THAT I MIND THE SLEEPOVER, I JUST DON'T LIKE MY BROTHER.
SORRY FOR THE LONG DELAYED CHAPPIE.
(TO ANYONE WHO MAY CARE: I'M PUTTING SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH MIA ON THE SHELF FOR NOW. I'VE GOT A LOT ON MY PLATE AND I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO RESOLVE ITSELF SOON. SORRY :P)
Ch.9: An Invitation
I…I was…in a cave? No…not a cave…just…nothing. Nothing at all. I hear someone. …Something? There are a lot of them…whatever they are. They're ahead of me…they're singing? A song with no words…but I know it…. I've heard it before.
In my _.
….
I snapped open my eyes, a putrid smell coming from freaking nowhere. I jacked up, the smell not going away. What the frap is on my face?! I shot a glare at the two giggling girls on the other bed.
C.J smirked and held up a bottle of some sort, "Sorry Nerd, but you fell asleep first." Oh crap….
I got up, almost stumbling over the long black nightgown, and shoved open the door to the half-bath. I frowned at the mirror. The tip of my nose was painted black. I tapped the crusty gunk. Black nail polish. I rolled my eyes, "Haha, very funny guys. I've coulda gotten high off this stuff you know!" Alice giggled, "That's why only put it on the tip!"
No need for alarm, really. Last night we made a deal that the last two to fall asleep could do whatever they wanted to the first while they slept. This of course had some restrictions, most of which I would reserve for males. If you know what I mean.
And naturally, I stay awake till 5:00 am when I said I'd go to bed at 12:00, but I crash and burn when it counts!
"Shut up and toss me the remover." I was handed a bottle of nail polish remover as the girls were getting changed.
I sighed and braced myself for the sting of alcohol.
…..
I twitched my red nose as I pulled on my boots. C.J was sitting on the bed and Alice by the window sill, looking out over Blood's garden. There was a knock at the door and it burst open, the Tweedle twins rushing in.
Dee grinned, "Onee-chan's, it's time for breakfast!" Dum tugged at my wrist, "Come on, there's a big surprise for you!"
Then they rushed out. I exchanged a puzzled glance with the girls and shrugged before heading down for breakfast.
….
I couldn't help but glare as I sat at breakfast. To my right, sat the new pervert guy. Jack, I think. In front of me, Blood. Both of them were severely peaving me off this morning. Blood was a complete jerk (C.J's warnings coming back to me now) and Jack was proving to have more brains in his lower half than the top. Why in Oden's name was he picked to take Alister's role? C.J told me that the old Jabberwocky was an absolute sweetheart. Er, clock.
Blood spoke up just as I had shoveled another spoonful of oatmeal. "Well ladies, this has been a delightfully awkward experience, but I have business to attend to. Here, One of Vivaldi's messengers sent these for you."
He slid four crisp white envelopes across the table to C.J. She picked them up and studied them carefully. "…What are they?"
"Invitations to her Majesty's ball." My eyebrows rose as C.J handed me the invitation with my name scrawled in cursive on the front. Alice looked at the remaining one and opened her mouth, but Blood beat her to it. "She requested that you girls deliver that one to the new role holder girl. Apparently Miss Doey won't see anyone she sends. Now, if you'll excuse me."
And with that, he and the other males departed. I carefully opened up the letter, and blanched at the sight. C.J face palmed, "Ah, s***!" Alice looked up from her invitation, "What's the matter?" C.J pointed to the fancy, gold embellished, hand-written, off-white cardstock invitation, "It's on nice paper!"
The brunettes eyebrow went up, "Umm…so?" I held up my own, "A general rule of thumb is that the nicer the invitation, the more you have to gussy up for the event." C.J put her head on the table, "And this is the Taj Mahal of invitations. Which means I need a really nice dress. And I don't know anything about dresses. El ZIPPO."
I smiled at her, "Is that all C.J?" I looked at the sculpted writing again, "The ball's not for a good month, if the date that Elliot told me was correct. Plenty of time to get all of us a pretty dress." "…Did I forget to mention I HATE dresses?"
Alice frowned, "You know, a lot of girls say they hate dresses. I don't get it." C.J frowned, "I dunno. I guess it makes me feel…vulnerable. Like there's a guy staring up my skirt, no matter how freaking long it is. And I don't appreciate the breeze." I sighed, "You can wear shorts under. But let's put that all aside for now, and get to delivering this letter, ok?"
They both nodded and C.J picked up Zoe's and pocketed both invitations. Alice tucked hers away in the inner pockets of her apron and I stuffed mine in my bag. C.J pushed out of her chair, "I remember hearing that she lived just outside of the town, right?"
I nodded as the three of us headed out the door.
…
You know how sometimes when you're walking and you just sorta space out? I just did that. But the time C.J snapped me out of it, we were halfway to town. Alice frowned, "Umm…are you ok Nerd?"
I blinked, "Yeah. Why wouldn't I be?" C.J looked at me slightly worried, "You weren't responding to us. You were just walking along with this blank look…and humming some weird song."
I blinked again, "Humming? I was humming?" "You really are spacey. You know," she hummed a recreation of the tune I had apparently hummed moments before. She cut off, "What song is that anyways? It's weird, but it's kinda…nice sounding."
I scratched my cheek, "You know…I've never heard that song in my life. Or…I think I haven't…. Jeeze, déjà vu! I feel like I've heard it somewhere…a long time ago…but I just can't remember…."
"You know the words?"
…The words just…slipped out of my mouth before I knew what I was saying.
"There are no words."
I slapped my hand over my mouth, my own voice seeming to echo a little. Golly, that gave me cold chills! Where did that come from…?
C.J and Alice shrugged it off and we continued on our way. I didn't space out again. And I didn't remember humming.
I KNOW, THIS IS SHORT. I'M SORRY, BUT I'LL BE BACK WITH ANOTHER AS LICKITY SPLIT AS POSSIBLE!
DREN P:
BLACK:16
YURI: 12
PEIRCE: 2
ELLIOT: 2
BORIS: 1
NIGHTMARE: 1
ZOE P:
PEIRCE:1
BORIS: 1
ELLIOT:1
I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO VOTE ON THE PAIRING FOR A CHARACTER YOU DON'T KNOW AT ALL, BUT I PROMIS WE WILL SEE MORE OF ZOE IN THE NEXT CHAPTER. TILL THEN, PLEASE REVIEW AND VOTE! SEE Y'ALL LATER!
