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Songs go in order of appearance: Ready to Fall by Rise Against, Lollipop (Cover) by Framing Hanley, Gives You Hell by the All-American Rejects

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"First day of freedom, first day of freedom, first day of freedom!" Ichigo sang throughout her house. She poured herself a bowl of cereal and sat down at the counter happily.

"Hmmm I just have to find something to do today…. I know! I could go for a run for a little while to consume some time!" After she finished her breakfast, Ichigo went upstairs to her room and changed into some shorts, a t-shirt, a sweatshirt seeing as it was about 25 degrees out, and some running sneakers.

She took her iPod off of her bed and proceeded outside of her house. Time to choose a playlist.

"Let's see here…"

Go Playlist

Favorites

Running

Zoning Out

Ryou Sucks

Ryou Sucks Worse

Dancing Mix

Tutor Time :(

"Huh, I'm thinking I'm going with 'Running' and I'll just go from there," she said to herself. She plugged in her earphones, stepped outside, and began her run. The first song began to play.

Hold on slow down
Again from the top now and tell me everything.
I know I`ve been gone for
What seems like forever
But I`m here now waiting
To convince you that I`m not
A ghost or a stranger
But closer than you think
She said just go on to what you
Pretend is your life but
Please don`t die on me

Wings won`t take me
Heights don`t phase me
So take a step
But don`t look down, take a step

"Good start," Ichigo thought, increasing her speed.

Now I`m standing on the rooftop ready to fall (ready to fall)
I think I'm at the edge now but I could be wrong
I'm standing on the rooftop ready to fall

All right next.

She said he's so sweet

I wanna lick the wrapper

And she, she licked me like a lollipop

Like a lollipop

Like a lollipop

"Eh, not quite. How about something to make me sprint the rest of the way?" Ichigo shuffled again.

And oh so coincidentally it shuffled to the "Ryou Sucks" playlist.

I wake up every evening, with a big smile on my face
And it never feels out of place
And your still probably working at a 9 to 5 pace
I wonder how bad that tastes

"AHA!" Ichigo cranked her iPod to max volume and picked up her speed significantly.

When you see my face
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell

"Hopes it give you hell, hope it gives you hell," she sang along to the words. Perspiration dripped down her face. As she panted, her exhaled breath shone in front of her as she tried to beat it through the cold.

Now where's your picket fence love
And where's that shiny car,
And did it ever get you far

You've never seem so tense love
I've never seen you fall so hard,
Do you even know where you are

And truth be told I miss you
And truth be told I'm lying

When you see my face
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
If you find a man that's worth a damn and treats you well
Then he's a fool, you're just as well, hope it gives you hell

Hope it gives you hell

Tomorrow you'll be thinking to yourself
Yeah, Where'd it all go wrong, the list goes on and on

And truth be told I miss you
And truth be told I'm lying

"Almost there!" Ichigo huffed.

When you see my face
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
If you find a man that's worth a damn and treats you well
Then he's a fool, you're just as well, hope it gives you hell

Now you'll never see, what you've done to me
You can take back your memories they're no good to me
And here's all your lies,
You can look me in the eyes
With that sad, sad look that you wear so well

When you see my face
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
If you find a man that's worth a damn and treats you well
Then he's a fool, you're just as well, hope it gives you hell

When you see my face
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you walk my way
Hope it gives you hell
Hope it gives you hell
When you hear this song and sing along, oh you'll never tell
Then you're the fool, I'm just as well
Hope it gives you hell
When you hear this song I hope that it will give you hell
And when you sing along I hope that it puts you through hell

"I HOPE IT GIVES YOU HELL!" she belted out as loud as possible. She turned onto her street made it back to the house. Walking up the steps, Ichigo bent over, hands on knees, and desperately sucked in for air.

"That, gasp, was so, gasp, intense, gasp." Ichigo proceeded to stretch down and rest. (A/N: she obviously isn't really saying "gasp")

Bottle of water in hand, Ichigo stripped down to her undergarments while drinking. "Time for a shower!"

The hot water streamed over Ichigo's cold body soothing her sore muscles. She washed herself and hair. She then looked over to the razor on the shelf, really only used for her armpits.

"Eh, why not seeing as its vacation and all," Ichigo grabbed the razor and began to shave her legs. After her shower, Ichigo dried herself off and got into a pair of comfortable pajamas.

"What should I do now?" Ichigo sat on her bed brushing her hair. She went downstairs to the living room and pulled out a bunch of DVDs to watch. The "Princess Bride" fell to the floor in front of her.

"OH MY GOSH! I haven't seen this in such a long time! One of my all time favorite movies ever!" Ichigo popped it into the DVD player.

Ichigo sighed. "I wish I had my very own Westley… intelligent, clever, blonde and blue-eyed. Perfect." Ichigo swooned through the movie, unbeknownst to her description of a certain someone. Lost in her dreaming, she also fell asleep on the couch.

"Ichigo…."

"Ichigooooo…." She stirred slightly.

"ICHIGO!" Ichigo jumped off the couch in surprise landing on her butt.

"Good morning sleeping beauty," Ichigo's mother smiled softly. "Did you enjoy your first day of vacation?"

"Apart from having a minor heart attack yes I did," Ichigo replied getting off of the floor.

"We have a surprise for you dear!" Ichigo's parents sat in front of her almost ready to burst.

"Okay…..?"

"Well I today I was having lunch with my supervisors," Ichigo's father began, he fidgeted every couple of words.

"All right…"

"And I met one of my higher ups that I didn't recognize. So—" her father went into detail and Ichigo began to tune him out.

"—His name is Shirogane,"

Hold up. That didn't sound good…. Ichigo was all ears now.

"—He's sponsoring a trip for the company, for workers and their families. We are going to be vacationing in the tropics this February vacation! Better get packing!"

Ichigo's heart crumbled into pieces within her chest. "Are you KIDDING me?!"

Her parents cheered around her. "Oh by the way, isn't Shirogane's son the kid that tutors you? Great! You'll have a friend on the trip!"

So much for a freedom-filled vacation….


Sarah: Well I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I hope I portrayed what is to come!!! Please feel free to leave suggestions! LOVE YOU ALL! And make sure to leave a comment I enjoy your criticism good or bad!