Chapter 8: Apology
The light shone in through the window stinging my eyes, what stung more was my black eye though, I tried to register where I was, there were pictures of models and dresses, of bands…there were pictures of people…Hey that one I recognized, both of them actually, it was Cherry Apple boy and Heterochromia dude with Leigh and Rosa…although Castiel had black hair, I smiled at that as he looked better with black hair, it was more natural.
I realized I was in Rosa's room, I forgot I'd fallen asleep next to her, I slipped out of her grasp and headed to the bathroom where I noticed my black eye was growing, I should have put ice on it when I got home but I was so exhausted I couldn't even think straight. "Sellliebellie, are you okay?" I looked to my youngest cousin and chuckled slightly shaking my head in amusement before nodding that I was okay.
"What happened to your eye?" I pursed my lips and look away, before putting two hands up in the shape of claws and scrunched up my face. "A monster?" he asked and I nodded seriously before chuckling slightly. "Did you get it back?" he asked and I smiled and nodded before picking up the 9 year old and taking him to the kitchen where Aunt Fae was making breaking. "Smells yummy Mommy!" he said and I chuckled nodding enthusiastically agreeing with him.
"Oh my goodness, did Amber do that to you?" Aunt Fae said coming around the counter and positioning my face so she could see my black eye better, I looked away and nodded. Fae sighed. "That girl is trouble, but I can't say you didn't have it coming, you'll just have to get her back really good next time." She chuckled and opened the freezer grabbing meat wrapped in tinfoil handing it to me. "This should help the swelling go down." She said as she got back to cooking.
I put the meat on my eye and it stung but at the same time it felt good, I sat at the Kitchen Island and waited for my breakfast before I went to take a shower and get ready. "Sellie got attacked by a monster she told me so!" Rain said and I chuckled before nodding seriously at Aunt Fae making her laugh.
"Was it big and ugly?" she said over exaggerating her speech, I nodded and then Rain nodded. "Did it smell like the carcasses of dead people?" I tried to hide my smile but nodded, Rain nodding after me. "Well looks like a monster is haunting Sweet Amoris, lovely." She said coolly and I smiled…but it slowly vanished, I sighed and got up to go shower and get ready deciding breakfast could wait. I got dressed in purple skinny jeans and a purple tank top with my black sweatshirt, my hair in the same messy ponytail it was in before.
After breakfast I left needing to be left alone for a little while, I hoped Rosa wouldn't mind too much, I really did love her, she was one of my all-time best friends, like a sister even, she was beautiful and kind, I mean who wouldn't love her? I sighed deep in thought that I once again hadn't been paying attention and ran into someone I looked up to see beautiful dark grey eyes creeping into mine.
"Sorry I didn't mean to run into you, I um I – I was um trying to get organized, I'm about to open the shop." He said rubbing a hand behind his neck awkwardly, he was nervous and it made me chuckle slightly.
[i]'Can you understand sign language'[/i] I signed to him and he nodded sheepishly, it made me smile at how adorable he seemed, He was definitely the opposite of Rosa, she wasn't shy at all, or afraid of anything so it was interesting to see how the two opposites attracted.
We stood there standing awkwardly for a few minutes before I thought of something to ask…[i]'How long have you and Rosalya been together?'[/i] I signed curiously and he blushed slightly.
"Um we've been together for about four years, but we've been friends for six years." He said looking down at his keys to the store, I smiled sadly, he'd been with Rosa for a long time, I was glad she had someone that cared about her but I couldn't help but feel sad, but I wasn't too sure why…probably because I missed people who cared about me that much, I know I had Rosa, Aunt Fae, and Rain…but it wasn't the same as having people you spent your whole life with, and lived with every day compared to family that visited on occasion.
I sighed and looked up at Leigh with a small smile trying to hide the hurt I felt before signing that I should get to school, can't have me being late on my second day. He chuckled slightly and nodded.
"Bye." He said and headed towards the shop as I headed towards school…when I got there people were still gossiping about how Amber gave me a shiner and I gave her a bruised jaw, you'd think they'd have more to talk about…I headed inside and felt bad about getting off on the wrong foot with Nathaniel…granted I didn't really care if he hated me but I felt we could have been friends if we hadn''t gotten the wrong idea about one another…granted I wasn't looking for friends but my conscious said I should apologize…stupid conscious.
I saw outside the student council room and took out a piece of paper before starting to write my apology.
[i]*Nathaniel, I wanted to apologize for getting off on the wrong foot with you, but I'd like you to know that no part of me regrets hitting Amber, she had it coming but I just because your sister and I don't get along doesn't mean we have to hate one another…I'm not a delinquent like I'm sure you assumed I was, I just…I have a lot on my mind and when people start verbally abusing me it hurts…worse so than the shiner your sister gave me…but the point is I'm really sorry that we couldn't get off on the right foot, that's all. –Selene*[/i]
"Ooh what's this a love letter?" I heard the familiar voice of a certain red headed rebel and looked up with look that said 'seriously?' and he just chuckled. "Come on what's it say." He said snatching the paper from me and I sighed letting him read it when I noticed his face turn stark. "Why would you want to apologize to golden boy, let him hate you odds are if you get into another fight with Barbie he's not going to forgive you." He said throwing the letter down and I got it before it hit the dirty floor and looked up at Castiel with a slight glare.
I pulled out another piece of paper and wrote down my response. '*Oh really? Gee thanks, why do you hate him so much, granted I had the same thought when I saw him but seriously? My stupid conscious says I should apologize don't question it Cherrytop, just let it be." I said and got up handing him the note before knocking on the student council door before I heard Nathaniel say come in, when I opened the door I looked back at Castiel and noticed his expression was slightly…impressed? And he had a smirk on his face before rolling his eyes and looking at me.
"Fine whatever." I smiled and walked in the rest of the way into the student council room where Nathaniel was organizing papers, he looked up and his face almost turned blue and he turned to me and put his hand to his forehead in disdain.
"What do you want?" he said with a sigh, and I handed him the note.., reluctantly he took it and read it and if possible his face turned a darker shade of blue before it disappeared completely. He sighed and nodded.
"Alright, fine, thank you for apologizing." He said and let out a breath before looking back at his work. "Now if you'll excuse me I must get back to work or I'll have an angry principal on my hands." He said and I smiled…before I tapped his shoulder and signed to him.
[i]*Would you like some help?*[/i] I asked and he hesitated for a second before nodding.
"Alright." He said and handed me a stack of paper. "Organize these so last names with the same first letter go in the same pile, and in alphabetical order, can you do that?" he asked and I nodded, sitting down and starting my task. "I'll excuse you for first period since you offered to help." He said and I smiled and thanked him. I wondered how he knew sign language, but then again with Amber being able to afford designer clothes and stuff it was no surprise if they were wealth; I even noticed they had a complex named after them, it wouldn't surprise me if they traveled and met several different people that they needed to communicate, they did seem like a business-y sort of family. However that didn't explain how Leigh understood sign…he probably learned it in school I figured but wasn't for sure.
Nathaniel sighed and looked at me. "Thank you…for helping." He said before getting back to his paperwork and smiled slightly and nodded before getting back to my own pile. When the door swung open.
"OMG Natty is it true!?" I cringed at the sound of Blondie's voice and shrunk down in my seat, Nat had jumped and turned blue with some purple coloring this time. "Hey what the h*** is she doing here! Natty get her away!" she whined and I sighed getting up from my seat and stopped at Nathaniel.
[i]*Thanks for forgiving me, I'm sorry I couldn't help more.*[/i] I signed and left the room.
"AND STAY OUT!" Amber yelled slamming the door before turning back to her brother squealing, something you could hear from miles away. "IS IT TRUE!?" she exclaimed and I stayed to listen, my curiosity getting the best of me.
"Yes Amber, it's true." Amber squealed some more and from what I could see of her shadow bounced up and down happily, I rolled my eyes and continued to listen.
"We're really having a fashion show! OMFG THAT'S SO AMAZING!" she said and flipped her hair back. "I'm so gonna win this!" she said with a snarky voice.
"It's for Charity Amber…" Nathaniel said putting a hand to his head again and I felt so bad for him.
"So doesn't mean I'm not gonna kick all their a****!" she said and I started to back away before she opened the door and jumped out overly excited about the upcoming fashion show for charity that apparently was going to happen. It sounded…interesting, a shadow of a smile appeared on my lips as I walked down the hall towards my next class.
