Thank you, Scarlet for making the character Guy.
"Do people always fall into holes that come out of nowhere?" I ask, glancing down at the black pit beneath where Scarlet was.
"No," Meilin responded.
"Well…"
"No, Abeke, people don't always fall into holes that come out of nowhere."
"Always would be overstating it…"
I gave up. I tried yelling Scarlet's name, but there was no answer. "What if she's dead?"
It was Rollan who responded this time. "She's not dead. Whenever this happens, people just get sucked up into another dimension. Like, say maybe Jupiter or something."
"No way," I say. "She would be on Mars. She's an Aries. Mars is her dominant planet. I'm a Sagittarius. Jupiter is my planet."
"Does this even have anything to do with Zodiac signs?" Rollan asked, rolling his eyes.
"It would be reasonable," Meilin said, "because there really is no other explanation that it happened to me once and I went to Venus, and I'm a Taurus."
"WHAT?!" I spat, staring at Meilin. "When did you go to Venus?"
"Before I visited Earth, I fell into a hole like this, right here in the detention room."
Abeke raised an eyebrow. "And how did you come back?"
"I saw a shooting star and I wished."
"To come back?"
Meilin scoffed. "OF COURSE YOU DUMB- Ooo I hate you, Abeke. Yes, I wished to come back, but I didn't exactly get out. I had to find one of those holes again, and then I came back to Earth. There are actually several holes like this in Greenhaven. I found one in the girl's bathroom, one in the small weapons room, and one in Olvan's study."
"Wait, wait, wait," I said. "You went to Venus, which is like five million degrees. How did you survive?"
"These holes, they're just imaginary. They aren't real. They play tricks on your mind to make you think you're on another planet, but you aren't."
"THEN WHERE ARE YOU IN REAL LIFE?!" Rollan shouted.
Meilin seemed in loss of words.
It was Abeke who responded. "Then she must be somewhere in Greenhaven. We have to find Scarlet."
"Or, whoever is an Aries here could go jump into the hole and rescue her. But like I said, I'm a Sagittarius."
Rollan seemed to consider. "Good idea, but I'm also a Sagittarius."
"I'm a Cancer," Abeke responded. "And Conor is a Virgo. Meilin is a Taurus, like she said, so none of us is an Aries."
"Find someone who's an Aries, then."
"Sure," Abeke responded.
"No," Meilin said, firmly. "Bad idea."
"Why?" I asked. "Is someone in particular an Aries?"
"Yes. He's stupid."
"Who?"
"His name is Guy."
For some reason, Rollan started laughing. He probably would be rolling on the floor, but he can't exactly do that for a reason that involves Abeke, Meilin and a couch. At other times, Meilin would probably slap him or something like that. But I guess Meilin hated Guy so much she didn't mind. Her hatred runs deep.
"Well," Abeke finally said, "I have no idea who he is, so let's go find him."
"We're strapped to this couch."
Abeke drew a knife from her boot and cut the seatbelts. "There."
"YOU COULD HAVE DONE THIS ALL ALONG?"
Abeke scoffed. "Of course, Meilin. I just think it was a bounding experience for you and Rollan."
Rollan held Meilin's fists, keeping her from punching Abeke and/or any objects in the radius of one hundred and forty-seven meters.
"I think now good be a good time to find Guy." Rollan barely said.
I considered. "Yeah…"
X~x~X
"Hi, my name is Guy."
I blinked. The Guy dude had weird brown hair and flat brown eyes. His face seemed boring.
"Hi, Guy. Listen," I started, "we're looking for a girl, if you could help us that would be great."
"It rhymes with hi. It rhymes with my. It rhymes with pie. It rhymes with lie. And it rhymes with bye."
Guy left.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!" I yelled.
"That," Rollan said, "was Guy."
I understand Meilin's deep hatred for Guy.
He's too creepy to not be hated, no offence, of course.
"Let's find another Aries. One with a working brain, preferably."
"Wait," Rollan started. "If the hole is just mental crap, how do we know the two people will meet in their minds?"
I had to admit, Rollan wasn't that dumb. I guess not being dumb was exactly how he annoyed Meilin.
And I guess Meilin was annoyed.
And I guess I should prevent Rollan being hit by retorting. "We don't. But there's at least a bigger chance of that than finding Scarlet in this castle."
"Yeah, and we saw how well that worked out with Guy."
I gave up. Apparently, so did Meilin, which meant that she slapped Rollan across the face. Rollan ducked, made Meilin angrier, and kissed her.
AND KISSED HER!
ROLLAN KISSED MEILIN!
It would have been perfect if Conor hadn't-
"Get a room, you two."
Abeke was the one slapping Conor in the face. I could relate.
Just when I was about to ask Conor about the anti-gravity pool or whatever it was, he started muttering Abeke and Shane and murder and axes and ways to ax murder Shane so that he could have Abeke. But because Abeke was horrible at taking a hint, so she just shrugged and dragged him to the nurse's office, leaving Meilin and Rollan behind so they could get a room.
X~x~X
"Scarlet!" I yell, seeing her in the nurse's office, sittling on a chair with an ice pack. "How did you get here?"
Scarlet grumbled. "YOU IDIOTS LEFT! I fell through a hole in the detention room! The floor was unstable! Luckily, a Greencloak found me and picked me up and brought me here!"
"So you didn't go to Mars…?"
"No, you idiot, I didn't."
But I just always have to ask questions. Wow I never learn. "Where did you fall into?"
Scarlet grumbled. "A bedroom. On a bed, luckily."
"Who's bed?"
Scarlet stood up and slapped me across the face. I have reflexes, though, which meant I reached out, grabbed her hand, and put it back down. So she slapped me again. "The one who saved me." I could see the blush spreading across her face.
Abeke chuckled. "Romantic."
Scarlet didn't have the nerve to respond.
"You didn't tell us. Who saved you?"
"ALRIGHT, I'LL TELL YOU TWO IDIOTS! But you have to keep it a secret," Scarlet said. "His name is Jordan."
X~x~X
I spent the next few days teasing Scarlet. I basically sang Jordan's name ten million times per day. Abeke joined me. Rollan did too, after we told him the cheesy romantic love story. Meilin got annoyed, and then there was Conor.
Okay, you know what? Never mind Conor. Conor was Conor.
Obviously, I thought today was the day, so Abeke, Rollan and I forced Scarlet to show us her new boyfriend at breakfast. If she read that, I would probably be dead by now. No wait, she probably will read that. Oh crap. I'm dead.
Scarlet pointed to a boy with dark blond hair and green eyes. He looked a bit younger than Scarlet but as old as me.
"You could do better than that," Abeke scoffed.
Rollan crossed his arms. "You said you would introduce us. This isn't introducing."
"Then what is it?"
"Stalking," I responded.
Scarlet sighed but followed. "Jordan," she said, waving. "Hey."
Jordan smiled. "Hey, Scarlet."
"Can my friends and I sit here?"
If he said no, Scarlet would dump him. If he said yes, it would mean he was a loner without any friends to sit with at breakfast.
Life really isn't fair.
"Yeah, sure," Jordan relied.
Abeke giggled. "Yeah, hi Jordan, you know Rollan and I, so no introduction needed, but this is Alice AKA Alicio, friend of Scarlet. We're gonna leave you and Scarlet alone, so bye."
I had to admit, Abeke was great at setting people up.
We grabbed some drinks and headed up to the food section.
I looked back at Scarlet and Jordan, having a nice conversation and laughing. "Romantic," I said, at no one in particular.
"That's what you call romantic?" Abeke asked. "Then you should have seen Rollan with Meilin. They probably sleep together or something."
I was glad Meilin wasn't around to hear that.
"Well," Rollan said.
I spat out the water I was drinking. "What-," I ran out of words to say.
"I didn't exactly expect that," Abeke stated.
"Kidding," Rollan said. "I'm thirteen, she's twelve. What do you expect?"
Abeke considered. "But they did cuddle when Meilin heard thunder. It was cute."
Rollan blushed. "You and Shane had probably slept together."
"Nope, I would never." Then she turned to me. "Hey Alice, you have any boys."
"Nah, I'm good. They're okay as friends but when you get romantic…" I shuddered. Romance wasn't my thing. "But Rollan, you know how much you love Meilin."
Abeke's eyes lit up. "I know. Let's play truth or dare."
Scarlet, if you read that; please don't kill me.
Also, you guys, I'll ask you for a favor. Can you encourage Scarlet to get a fanfiction account in the reviews please? She's an amazing writer and can probably beat me times five million.
~Alice
