Saturday, February 2nd update
Also, tomorrows SOLH update may be late, but I spent all day today writing seven chapters for four different Fanfictions xD (two for SOLH, two for Dark Imagination, two for A Devil's Game, and one for Le Peitite Morte.) I will try my hardest to get SOLH done for tomorrow though, as well as a few other chapters for the remainder of the week!
Feferi was tapping her pencil lightly against her desk, eyes focus on her math problem when the intercom came on, making her jump in her seat. At first, she paid it no mind, but the names kept going on and on, so she started to pay attention. That was when she heard her name over the intercom. She sat stunned for a moment. Why was she being called down to the office? Had she done something? Slowly, Feferi got up out of her seat, and started down the hallway, a thousand thoughts running through her head, trying to figure out what she had done. That's when it hit her. She got accepted into the dance class. Feferi stopped in the middle of the hallway stunned. No. There was no way she got accepted. None what so ever. But if she didn't go down, would they pick someone else? That lone thought made Feferi pick up her pace.
Sure enough, when she got there, the Dance instructor was handing out pieces of papers to the kids waiting. Timidly, Feferi approached and waited until she was handed a paper. The instructor smiled down at her, but maybe she'd been doing that for all the kids? Something told her otherwise.
The paper had her name on it, when the classes were, and about how much costumes would cost. She had to look at it twice, flip it over, and turn it around to make sure that was her name she saw in big block letters. It was. She was in the dance class! A smile grew across her face as she skipped off down the hall. The first thing she was going to do after school, was hunt down her friends and tell them the good news! But first, she stole a moment and dove into the girls bathroom to text Kanaya. Since she wasn't at school, she deserved to be the first to know. Even if she were at school, she would be the first to know. It was because of her that she even got into it.
The moment the message was sent, another thought passed through Feferi's mind. How was she going to pay for the class? Surely her mother wouldn't have the money to pay the fee's, as well as pay for the costumes. Feferi hoisted herself up on the sink counter and started to chew at her nail. She was fifteen, so she was old enough to get a job, and the classes ran after school twice a week, and once during the week during their rotating block. There was sure to be a place that would work around her dance shedual...right? Feferi looked up momentarily to see Tavros wander into the bathroom.
"Why is it that I always find you in the girls bathroom when something important happens?" Feferi inquired. Tavros shrugged and took a seat beside her.
"Probably because I wouldn't find you in the boys bathroom. And their counters aren't as long and tidy as the girls." His studder had disappeared. Odd. He'd always studdered at least three times in a sentence as long as that. Even during lunch today he had studdered. "So?"
"First, what happened to the studder?" Feferi inquired, narrowing her eyes at him. "Second, I got into the dance class, now I'm just wondering how to pay the fees."
Tavros nodded. "I don't always studder. Its just when I'm nervous or around people I don't know. When I'm in a situation I'm comfortable with, it just...disappears." Tavros used his hands to mimic something dispersing into the air. "Its odd." He commented. So he at least noticed when it was around. "And good for you, but at the same time, that sucks. Didn't you think about the fees before joining?"
Feferi shrugged this time. She was done commenting about his usual speaking habits, and instead just stuck to the dance topic. "I did. But I guess I just never thought about how it was going to get paid. Mum might be able to pay for it, but I'm sure that would put a strain on her. I could ask my grandparents, but they will probably work me to the bone to pay them back. I was thinking about getting a job to pay for it. Or to pay for part of it...or pay my mother back."
"But wouldn't it be bad if you got a job, paid for dance, and then quit the job?" Tavros inquired. Obviously he felt the need to voice an opinion that was bothering him. "In my mind, if you're going to get the job, you should be willing to stick to it. Plus, if you're going to be joining dance again in the future, you'll want to still have the job so that you can pay the fees."
"I know. I wasn't planning on quitting once it was paid off. It would also be nice to have the extra bit of money." Feferi looked down at the paper in her hand. Extra was the operative word there. She was sure this would take months to pay off, and what happened if they weren't willing to let her take that long?
"But...?" Tavros urged, sensing there was more.
"Having a job means that I can't hang out with my friends as often as I do. I don't know if I'll like that." Feferi hadn't even thought about the fact that her free-time would be limited once she had a job. The thought had just occurred to her now that Tavros mentioned it.
"I think it will be a good idea to have one. Yeah, I understand what you mean by not having much free-time anymore, but it'll be good experience for you. It'll help fill up free-time when you're bored, and you'll have money so that you can do things when you can hang out." Tavros pointed out. "Job experience is a blessing when you're trying to get a new job in the future. Some places wont hire you unless you have the proper qualifications."
"True." Feferi nodded. "I guess I'll have to talk to mom after school today and see what she can do. After that, I'll have to make up some resumes and start handing them out. Better than nothing right?"
"Exactly! And even if she can pay for it herself, imagine how much more money you'll have. You could save it all for college and have a fortune by the time you graduate." Tavros pointed out. That was also something Feferi hadn't thought about. College funds. He was right. If her mother could pay for it all by herself, and Feferi saved all the money she earned, she could have more than enough to pay for her college tuition by the time she graduated. Or that's what she hoped. It wasn't like she was going to be making five-hundred dollars every pay cheque.
"Alright, that settles it. Wether or not its actually needed, I'm going to get a job. I should come here more often. You're like my own Buddah or whom ever that was that was really smart." Feferi beamed.
"Albert Einstein?" Tavros offered. "And I only swing by here when I'm pretty sure you or Terezi is in here. Or to...you know...wallow in my own self-pitty." Tavros made a face and hopped off the counter. "Now tell me if the coast is clear. I almost got caught last time by a couple football players.
"Ok." Feferi gave him an apologetic look and peeked out into the hallway. Clear as it would ever be. She folded up her piece of paper, and shoved it into her pocket. There. Now all she had to do was talk to her mother and see what she could do for her.
Turns out, that was the day her mother was released. When she went to the Hospital, they informed her of this, so she returned home. Her mother was already busy trying to tidy the place up a bit when Feferi finally got home. "Guess who got into dance?" Feferi was beaming, and the moment her mother heard that, so was she. "Uhm...one question though." Feferi pulled the paper out of her pocket. "There's a fee for it, and you have to buy dance costumes...I'm planning on getting a job, but I just wanted to see if you could pay for it?"
Her mom took the paper and looked it over. Feferi hadn't thought it was that much. The most it would cost was $200, but she supposed that in itself was a lot of money. More than Feferi had ever had. "I should be able to. When is the money due?" Her mother asked, taking the piece of paper and sticking it to the fridge.
"I'm not sure. We weren't told and I didn't see anything on the sheet. I'd assume soon though." Feferi went over to the fridge and gave the paper a once over herself. Nothing on it indicated a due date for the money. "Maybe on the first day I'll ask, and just let her know that we didn't know, so we didn't get the money ready. Even then, maybe she doesn't want it unti we've picked out our costumes?"
"Maybe." Her mother said. "Just so that everyone pays in full all at once? It would make sense to me, but please do ask."
"I will. Did you get an update on Lizzy?" Feferi asked, taking a seat at the kitchen table. She hadn't bothered to ask about her sister while she was at the Hospital. Something about it just didn't seem right. She wasn't allowed to go and see her sister, and she assumed it was simply because they found it to be a tramatic experience. She wasn't about to fight with that though. Finding her like that was more than she'd wanted to experience.
"No." Her mother shook her head. "But that's not bad news. It just means she hasn't changed since they put her in there."
"They said it should only be a couple weeks that she would be out. I know its only been about two, but still. Shouldn't she be waking up soon? Or have shown signs of waking up?" Feferi wondered. The last thing she needed was to find out her sister wasn't ever going to wake up.
"Things like this take time. I'm sure she's doing well and is just taking as much time as possible to heal up. Better to make sure you're all healed than to assume right?" Her mother smiled. If this was affecting her, she wasn't showing it.
"Like when you're sick and suddenly feel better." Feferi agreed. She knew that one much better than she'd like to admit. There were many times she'd made herself sicker by getting up and running around the moment she felt better, even though she was still sick. She'd never learn from that though. No matter how many more times she would feel sick, she'd always assume she was better the moment she felt better again.
"Exactly. So, did you tell all your friends about you getting in?" Her mother questioned. That was one thing she'd forgotten. She'd planned to tell them the moment school was out, but she'd become too pre-occupied with asking her mom about paying the fees, that she forgot.
"No! I completely forgot." Feferi winned. "I was going to tell them after school too...I'll text them though." Feferi pulled out her cellphone and started informing her friends. She wasn't too happy that this was how they had to find out, but it was better than them waiting until Monday to find out. Monday! That was right. "Oh, mum, is it alright if I go over to Ryuu's house with my friends after school on Monday?" Feferi asked. "His father passed away and we all wanted to go and say we were sorry about his loss and try to cheer him up."
"Oh that's so sad to hear. Of course you can go over there." Her mother replied. "Just make sure to be home before it starts to get dark out ok?"
"Don't worry. I'll make sure I'm home when the sun is still up. Unless I can catch a ride from someone, then I'll make sure to call you before hand so you know." Feferi told her.
Of all the things that had happened, a few had changed, and a few remained the same. Her sister's condition hadn't changed, which was both bad and good news, she was now in dance and going to get a job, and Ryuu's dad had passed away.
She just had to take the bad with the good, that's what she told herself.