Chapter Four
Rey's Story
(A/N: I don't own Starbucks, or SSX. This chapter is just a little
bit, um, sad. Rey's life isn't very happy-go-lucky. But it does
produce the feel for a wonderful relationship with Cayce or Gram.)
The next morning, the sky was so bleak. There was a blizzard outside, and anyone who set foot outside could only see ten feet in front of them. It was everyone's least favorite part of winter.
Rey put on some slippers on and sipped at some chai tea. Everyone in the lounge was upset. Especially Kristin. Kristin had planned on racing Cayce this very morning, but that going to be impossible.
Rey found herself sitting in a love seat right in the middle of Psymon and Moby. Currently, they were both fighting over something extremely stupid, and she was in the middle.
"You bloody prick!" Moby shouted.
"You pea-brained bastard!" Psymon shoved Rey into Moby.
"Hey!" Rey shouted, but wasn't heard over all the loud shouting.
Moby shoved Rey back into Psymon. He grabbed Moby's arm and yanked it, spilling Rey's chai tea.
Rey screamed, making the two stop. Her hand was sizzling from the spill. Rey jumped up and ran to the kitchen, followed by Gram.
Rey reached in the freezer for some ice.
"Actually, they say it's worse to put ice on a burn. The drastic change in temperature makes the burn even deeper."
Rey turned around to watch Gram watering a rag.
"Come here," he said. Rey obeyed. He took her hand and wrapped it neatly in the cloth.
'His hands are so big.but they feel.good.' Rey thought.
"There. You be sure to keep that hand away from hot things for a while. There's a Starbucks Coffee down at the transport center. I could buy you another Chai tea?" Gram asked in his wonderful accents. 'Please say yes.please say YES!' he thought.
"Um.no. No thank you. I can't ask you to go out into that storm for me, Gram." She answered. She smiled and thanked him again, then left the room.
"Excuse me? Is there a Ms. Leonheart here?" one of the ladies of the lodge called out to the lobby.
"Yes, right here." Rey stood up.
"Well, there's a man named Richard on the line asking for you. You can pick it up in your room."
"Dad." Rey raced into the elevator, promptly followed by Kristin.
Rey picked up the telephone hesitantly, "Hello?"
"Hello, dear." Came the rough voice of her father. "Guess what?"
"What dad?" She asked half-heartedly.
"It's going to be on TV! The opening feast is going to be on TV!"
"WHAT?!" Rey silently realized what was going to happen next. "Hey dad, I was thinking of singing at the feast."
"what?"
"W-w-well, I am pretty good. My new friend, Kristin, suggested it. Actually, I may end up singing with a kid named Cayce. And well, if-"
"You will not be singing. You are an athlete, not an entertainer, you hear me?!"
"Yes, dad, but-"
"You shut up and listen, my dear.do you know why your brother Ronnie is so screwed up? DO YOU?! Because he quit the respectable life of the outstanding football player he was, and he became a model. A MODEL! It ruined him, Rey."
"He loved being a model, dad. He was good at it, too! The REAL reason Ronnie is so screwed up is because you closed his bank account, cleaned it dry. I'm not stupid, dad."
"You will be a pro-athlete, Rey Leonheart."
"Dad, I like snowboarding. It's really great, but I want something else. I want to-"
"REY! You will not be singing. I don't want my precious daughter taken in the same way Ronnie was."
"Oh, don't you use 'precious daughter' on me, dad. It was your fault that Ronnie tried to commit suicide. Don't make me feel the way he did, dad."
"Don't talk to me that way, missy! You forget your place."
"Dad, I have my own place. One that isn't where you can control me. Come if you want to, but I will not give up singing. If Cayce sings, I'm going to sing, and there's nothing you can say that will change my mind!!!" Rey slammed the phone down on the receiver.
"Are you alright, Rey?" Kristin asked, "Do you want a glass of water?"
"No." Rey put on a coat and her snowboard boots.
"Where are you going?"
"Out."
"Are you insane, Rey? Listen, the blizzard's getting worse, you can't go out there!" Kristin ran after Rey, but she closed the door in Kristin's face. "Poor thing.I'm glad my dad approves of the things I love doing."
Cayce knocked on Rey's door hesitantly. "Hello? Rey? Rey, are you in there?"
Kristin opened the door, "Rey's not here."
"Well, where is she? She's not anywhere else in the hotel, I've looked."
"She's out."
"OUT?! You mean she's-"
"She had an awful argument with her father on the phone, and then before I could stop her.she decided to go out."
"Damn. Is she insane?" Cayce ran down the stairs, threw on his boots, grabbed his board, and sought after her.
Rey screamed inside her head. All she could think of was fire. Ronnie, her once big brother, and best friend, had to stay in a hospital now. A hospital for anorexics, and other depressed people. And it was all her father's fault. Her whole family was falling apart.
Her mother died when she was six, almost ten years ago. Her brother, now twenty seven years old, had become depressed four years ago. She and her father weren't exactly on friendly terms anymore, on accounts of different perspectives on what her life should be.
The snow blinded Rey, but she wasn't sure that she cared. She wanted to fly away, to be free and drift somewhere where she was alone. Suddenly her father's voice began to shout inside her head.
"REY! You will not be singing. I don't want my precious daughter taken in the same way Ronnie was."
A hand touched her shoulder. "Rey!"
Rey was surprised by the contact, caught an edge, and fell in the snow. Tears over came her, and she began to cry silently.
"Rey. Rey, it's alright." Cayce knelt beside her, and cradled her in his arms. "Shhh."
Rey looked at his face. The snow and cold made it red, but it was still his beautiful face. "Thank you, Cayce."
He didn't need to say anything. He just smiled his gorgeous smile, and brought Rey up the mountain, back to the lodge.
----------------- Starlight16, How did your school dance go? I hope you enjoyed yourself! I like dancing too. I'm so sorry that it took me a long time to update, but I'm a musical theater performer, myself. I did a thousand Christmas concerts with the symphony, and they even broadcast it on TV. But anyway, I'm sorry for taking so long. Thanks for reviewing, keep reading!
Rey's Story
(A/N: I don't own Starbucks, or SSX. This chapter is just a little
bit, um, sad. Rey's life isn't very happy-go-lucky. But it does
produce the feel for a wonderful relationship with Cayce or Gram.)
The next morning, the sky was so bleak. There was a blizzard outside, and anyone who set foot outside could only see ten feet in front of them. It was everyone's least favorite part of winter.
Rey put on some slippers on and sipped at some chai tea. Everyone in the lounge was upset. Especially Kristin. Kristin had planned on racing Cayce this very morning, but that going to be impossible.
Rey found herself sitting in a love seat right in the middle of Psymon and Moby. Currently, they were both fighting over something extremely stupid, and she was in the middle.
"You bloody prick!" Moby shouted.
"You pea-brained bastard!" Psymon shoved Rey into Moby.
"Hey!" Rey shouted, but wasn't heard over all the loud shouting.
Moby shoved Rey back into Psymon. He grabbed Moby's arm and yanked it, spilling Rey's chai tea.
Rey screamed, making the two stop. Her hand was sizzling from the spill. Rey jumped up and ran to the kitchen, followed by Gram.
Rey reached in the freezer for some ice.
"Actually, they say it's worse to put ice on a burn. The drastic change in temperature makes the burn even deeper."
Rey turned around to watch Gram watering a rag.
"Come here," he said. Rey obeyed. He took her hand and wrapped it neatly in the cloth.
'His hands are so big.but they feel.good.' Rey thought.
"There. You be sure to keep that hand away from hot things for a while. There's a Starbucks Coffee down at the transport center. I could buy you another Chai tea?" Gram asked in his wonderful accents. 'Please say yes.please say YES!' he thought.
"Um.no. No thank you. I can't ask you to go out into that storm for me, Gram." She answered. She smiled and thanked him again, then left the room.
"Excuse me? Is there a Ms. Leonheart here?" one of the ladies of the lodge called out to the lobby.
"Yes, right here." Rey stood up.
"Well, there's a man named Richard on the line asking for you. You can pick it up in your room."
"Dad." Rey raced into the elevator, promptly followed by Kristin.
Rey picked up the telephone hesitantly, "Hello?"
"Hello, dear." Came the rough voice of her father. "Guess what?"
"What dad?" She asked half-heartedly.
"It's going to be on TV! The opening feast is going to be on TV!"
"WHAT?!" Rey silently realized what was going to happen next. "Hey dad, I was thinking of singing at the feast."
"what?"
"W-w-well, I am pretty good. My new friend, Kristin, suggested it. Actually, I may end up singing with a kid named Cayce. And well, if-"
"You will not be singing. You are an athlete, not an entertainer, you hear me?!"
"Yes, dad, but-"
"You shut up and listen, my dear.do you know why your brother Ronnie is so screwed up? DO YOU?! Because he quit the respectable life of the outstanding football player he was, and he became a model. A MODEL! It ruined him, Rey."
"He loved being a model, dad. He was good at it, too! The REAL reason Ronnie is so screwed up is because you closed his bank account, cleaned it dry. I'm not stupid, dad."
"You will be a pro-athlete, Rey Leonheart."
"Dad, I like snowboarding. It's really great, but I want something else. I want to-"
"REY! You will not be singing. I don't want my precious daughter taken in the same way Ronnie was."
"Oh, don't you use 'precious daughter' on me, dad. It was your fault that Ronnie tried to commit suicide. Don't make me feel the way he did, dad."
"Don't talk to me that way, missy! You forget your place."
"Dad, I have my own place. One that isn't where you can control me. Come if you want to, but I will not give up singing. If Cayce sings, I'm going to sing, and there's nothing you can say that will change my mind!!!" Rey slammed the phone down on the receiver.
"Are you alright, Rey?" Kristin asked, "Do you want a glass of water?"
"No." Rey put on a coat and her snowboard boots.
"Where are you going?"
"Out."
"Are you insane, Rey? Listen, the blizzard's getting worse, you can't go out there!" Kristin ran after Rey, but she closed the door in Kristin's face. "Poor thing.I'm glad my dad approves of the things I love doing."
Cayce knocked on Rey's door hesitantly. "Hello? Rey? Rey, are you in there?"
Kristin opened the door, "Rey's not here."
"Well, where is she? She's not anywhere else in the hotel, I've looked."
"She's out."
"OUT?! You mean she's-"
"She had an awful argument with her father on the phone, and then before I could stop her.she decided to go out."
"Damn. Is she insane?" Cayce ran down the stairs, threw on his boots, grabbed his board, and sought after her.
Rey screamed inside her head. All she could think of was fire. Ronnie, her once big brother, and best friend, had to stay in a hospital now. A hospital for anorexics, and other depressed people. And it was all her father's fault. Her whole family was falling apart.
Her mother died when she was six, almost ten years ago. Her brother, now twenty seven years old, had become depressed four years ago. She and her father weren't exactly on friendly terms anymore, on accounts of different perspectives on what her life should be.
The snow blinded Rey, but she wasn't sure that she cared. She wanted to fly away, to be free and drift somewhere where she was alone. Suddenly her father's voice began to shout inside her head.
"REY! You will not be singing. I don't want my precious daughter taken in the same way Ronnie was."
A hand touched her shoulder. "Rey!"
Rey was surprised by the contact, caught an edge, and fell in the snow. Tears over came her, and she began to cry silently.
"Rey. Rey, it's alright." Cayce knelt beside her, and cradled her in his arms. "Shhh."
Rey looked at his face. The snow and cold made it red, but it was still his beautiful face. "Thank you, Cayce."
He didn't need to say anything. He just smiled his gorgeous smile, and brought Rey up the mountain, back to the lodge.
----------------- Starlight16, How did your school dance go? I hope you enjoyed yourself! I like dancing too. I'm so sorry that it took me a long time to update, but I'm a musical theater performer, myself. I did a thousand Christmas concerts with the symphony, and they even broadcast it on TV. But anyway, I'm sorry for taking so long. Thanks for reviewing, keep reading!