I was innocently munching on some chicken when sushi hit me in the face. Spluttering, I wiped it off and looked around. A food fight.
Alright! Action! I mentally cheered.
I glanced at Beth and Solaris. The former was looking around, confused, and the latter was trying to wipe mash potatoes off of her kimono.
Wimps. I thought, grabbing my spoon and launching my own potatoes at a ninja.
When it was all said and done, we were all in desperate need of showers and clean clothes. Beth went and helped Zane clean up. I stumbled to my room that I shared with Elizabeth, who had asked to be called Beth, and rooted through my drawers.
Pulling out clean clothes, I headed for the bathroom.
After showering and changing into a gray tank top and sweats, I wandered around until I found a game room.
I hummed as I looked through their games.
"You play much?" Cole asked, startling me.
I jumped, then looked at him sheepishly. "Some."
He sat down beside me, and I noticed his hair was still wet. Recently got out, huh?
"Care to join me?" He waved a disk in front of my face, snapping me out of my thoughts.
"Sure." I nodded.
I crushed him.
"What?! No fair!" He protected.
I cheered, laughing. "Get over it, sucker!" I pointed to the screen. "Your character's dead!"
Cole groaned.
"You got beaten by a girl?" Kai asked in disbelief as he walked in.
"Let me lie here in my misery, please." Cole sighed, flopping onto the floor.
"Lemme try." Kai took his place.
He barely beat me.
"Aw, c'mon!" I groaned as Kai grinned at me.
"Beat'cha." He smirked.
"Unfair!" I shrieked. "You cheated!"
"Did not! You just suck!" He protested.
"Guys, it's just a game." Cole sighed, but he went unheard.
I swiped at Kai, who put his hand on my forehead and kept me away.
"Melissa, if you're going to lose, you might as well do it with your pride intact." Misako sighed as she watched us from the door way.
"Dangit." I muttered, pulling away.
After a moment, just as Kai stood up, I tackled him to the floor.
He grunted, the air knocked out of him.
"Hey hey hey, that's enough." Cole grabbed my arms.
I flailed. "C'mon! Just one good hit?" I pleaded.
"Tomorrow." Cole sighed.
Kai watched me warily. "I don't trust you. You might attack me in the middle of the night."
"Great idea!" I hit my palm with my fist.
Kai groaned, flopping back onto the floor.
When I walked into the room, I was shocked to find Solaris on my bed.
"I asked Sensei and Beth and they agreed to let me stay in the this room." She said, rubbing the back of her head sheepishly.
"Fine by me. Emma give you a hard time?" I took the other bed, settling on it and stared up at the ceiling.
"No, she is actually pretty quiet." She pulled her knees to her chest, hugging her legs. "I just don't feel comfortable in her presence. She hasn't done a thing, yet rubs me the wrong way. I do not understand it."
"Pfft, from what I've seen, she's cold and socially awkward. So it's normal to feel weird around her."
She looked relieved, tucking a blond strand behind her ear. "I wonder what's made her like that." She looked at the ceiling, as if the answers were written there.
"Probably some traumatizing childhood accident." I was only half sarcastic.
"Hmmm." She hummed thoughtfully. "I guess we'll never know unless we ask."
"Well, you can ask, 'cause I ain't." I rolled my eyes.
"Melissa." She said softly, looking at me seriously.
It kinda creeped me out. Her eyes looked like a washed-out purple in the lighting, but I could be imagining things. Nobody has purple eyes, right?
"You really shouldn't say things like that."
"What do you mean?" I sat up, and looked at her quizzically.
"Trying not to get to know her and saying it like that isn't all that nice."
"C'mon 'Laris, I was just joking!" I protested.
She just looked at me.
I shivered. That gaze...
"You know, I think I'll turn in." I abruptly said, burying myself under the covers.
"You welcome the darkness but doesn't hide your sins." She said softly.
"Just because I don't wanna be best buds doesn't make it a sin!" I protested.
"No. It doesn't." She said easily, then leaned forward. "I just thought you'd like to think about that.
I blinked. There was no way I was going to win an argument against her.
I'm back! I feel like I update this too much and not the others...
Fun Fact: Beth's the oldest. Her birthday's March 8
Fun Fact #2: March 8 is my grandmother's birthday.