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Crystal Dance
Chap. 2
By:
FireflyOfDeath
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Marie and Sarah walked into their mall allowing themselves to thaw out, their cheeks and noses a bright red. After they had gotten over the temperature changes from outside and inside they walked to where the book sale was.
Marie looked around. "..." She was currently looking for a book to give to Sarah, or to find another book for herself that she hadn't read yet.
Sarah immediately went over to the Fantasy section.
Marie was there also skimming through the shelves of books. One book caught her eye, for no particular reason at all. She looked closer; it was a small red leather book with, with gold letters engraved in it that read: 'Labyrinth' Marie raised an eyebrow and took the book from its shelf, maybe it was about Mythology and that guy Thesseus who had slain the Minotaur in that great Labyrinth? "... ...Hey Sarah, have you read this one before?" She held the book up for Sarah to see, her voice hardly had any excitement, let alone emotions.
Sarah looked up from reading the synopsis of another book. Her eyes widened slightly, she'd never expected to see that cursed book again. "...I've read it"
"Do you have it?"
"...Not anymore..."
"Well...did you like it?"
Sarah stayed silent.
Marie raised an eyebrow. "...Well then, since you don't want the book, I guess I'll just buy it for myself" She walked over to the register holding up the book. "I'd like to buy this..."
The guy at the cash register took the book and scanned it. "It'll be $11.25"
Marie nodded and took out her wallet giving him a twenty-dollar bill. "Would you by any chance have a clue to what it's about?"
He looked at her. "Didn't you read the summary?"
Marie raised an eyebrow. "It doesn't have one"
"Well then, I don't know." He answered simply not really caring. He gave her the book, the change, and the receipt.
"Tch. Fine be rude to all your customers" Marie muttered under her breath putting the book in the plastic bag and walking over to Sarah.
Sarah was looking through the shelves. Nothing caught her eye, not since Marie had found the book Labyrinth. It had stirred up some forgotten memories. Sarah jumped as Marie tapped her on the shoulder. She looked up. "Yeah?"
"Have you found anything? I think Labyrinth's going to be a cool book, and I want to read it. So, have you found anything you like yet so we can get going?"
Sarah looked back to the shelves, and randomly chose a book. "This one" She replied not looking at the cover.
Marie raised an eyebrow, "Sarah, you do know that's the same book I got right?"
Sarah's eyes widened and she looked closer at the cover, indeed it read: Labyrinth; in gold shiny letters. She quickly put it back and chose another one it was entitled 'Grimm Tales: The complete edition' "This one" she said and walked to the counter to purchase the book she had chosen.
Marie watched them, Sarah and the guy at the register looked like they were having a friendly conversation; probably about the book. Marie glared a bit, it kind of hurt to know that people shunned you. Well it hurt to know, yet she always knew; it just hurt more when she was reminded of it.
Sarah walked over to her waving her hands in front of Marie's eyes. "Hello in there? Come on, I got my book. Let's go back to your house to read since I don't want to go back home just yet, I told my mom I'd be gone all day, and I don't want to baby-sit Toby, four year olds can be a little too hyper you know?"
Marie nodded and walked out of the shop. She noted that music was a lot different in the mall, inside. They were playing Christmas music; Jingle Bells, Silver Bells, Green Sleeves, Frosty the Snowman; She stopped at the doors allowing Sarah to go ahead. She'd never heard Christmas music before, besides when she was six, but that was a long time ago. When everything in her life wasn't ruined yet.
Sarah turned around halfway outside. "Come on Marie, hurry up we don't have all day"
Marie shrugged and walked alongside Sarah. 'Actually we do...' She thought to herself but decided to keep the thought to herself, not taking notice that she had dropped the book when she stopped to listen to the Christmas carols. As they walked back to the car, Marie noted that a barn owl was perched on the limb above the car. She watched it warily, there was definitely a weird feeling about it, but she couldn't figure it out.
*****
In the car Sarah driving as usual, she never let anyone else drive unless they begged or pleaded, bribery worked too.
Marie watched the road as the little white lines went by quickly. She felt as if she were forgetting something, her eyes widened as realization dawned on her. "Sarah stop the car!" The car skidded to a stop.
"What?" Sarah asked looking to her friend concerned. "Is everything okay!?"
"I left my book at the mall!"
Sarah's expression lightened a bit, yet still held a glimpse of worry, "No you didn't, it's back there" She pointed to the general direction of the back seat.
Marie turned and looked. Sure enough her book lay innocently on the leather seat of the car. She looked at it strangely and turned back to look at Sarah after bending over the seat and retrieving the book, "Did you get it for me when I dropped it or something?"
Sarah raised an eyebrow, "No, why?"
Marie knitted her eyebrows close together, "No reason..." She looked at the book, and shrugged as Sarah continued driving.
*****
Sarah parked in Marie's driveway and they got out, or in Marie's case: jumped out.
Sarah rolled her eyes and walked with Marie to her door. Marie shoved her hand in her pocket and recovered her house key. She unlocked her door, and it opened with a creak, which echoed eerily in the silence. She turned the lights on revealing a living room with a cream carpet, a black rug, two beige fluffy couches, a piano in the edge of the left-side of the room, and a fireplace on the other end of the room.
'Her mom must be wealthy' Sarah noted, 'then why is she so...depressed?'
Marie went over to the piano. "Bet you didn't know I could play?" Once again her voice was monotone.
Sarah drew her eyes away from the beauty of the room. "...Will you play something?"
Marie nodded slightly and sat down on the small black bench. Her fingers brushed against the keys she started out with a warm up then continued in playing Fur Elise. It was completely flawless, better then even Beethoven the writer of the song.
Marie ended the song with a dramatic gesture almost forgetting her reputation of being an uncaring, brutal, juvenile.
Sarah began clapping loudly. "That was great Marie! How long have you been playing?"
Marie smiled, and then sighed. "Let's read our books now, shall we?" her voice was devoid of emotion and she walked to one of the couches, she lied down flipping over on her stomach and began reading the book.
Sarah looked at her friend. 'Is it normal to just change attitudes like that? ...Maybe she's psycho?' She dismissed the thought as she looked at her friend. 'She may be weird, but she's not crazy...' Sarah shrugged and began to read her book.
*****
Three hours later Sarah and Marie both completely intrigued in what they were reading Marie's mother, Andrea; came home.
"Marie, sorry it took so long. I had another emergency at work. Same old, Mr. Chappell had a stroke, we had to do another surgery on him. He didn't survive this time...poor thing"
Marie's head snapped up from her book and looked towards Andrea. "Oh, hi mom. Mr. Chappell died? What a pity..."
Andrea raised an eyebrow. "Honey, you feeling alright? Who's your friend?"
Marie looked at Sarah. "Sarah Williams. You remember her right mom? You met her parents when I spent the night at her house once?"
Andrea smiled warmly at Sarah. "Of course I remember! Sarah dear, will you be staying for dinner?"
Sarah looked towards Marie. "I'm afraid that won't be possible. Time has flown by so quickly I've lost track. I really have to get home" Sarah grabbed her purse and book getting up to leave.
"Oh what a shame, I really would have enjoyed to have other company besides Marie, it dos get rather lonely." Andrea said sadly.
Marie watched Sarah. "Um mommy, you can invite your friends over if you want! I'm spending the night at Sarah's house..."
Sarah looked at Marie quizzically.
Marie signaled Sarah to wait for her as she ran upstairs to get her things ready. Two minutes later Marie came back with her backpack full of stuff. She grabbed her book. "Bye mom! I'll call you tomorrow, alright?"
"Good-bye Ms. Ozmerick!" Sarah yelled as she was pulled by Marie out the door.
Andrea barely had the chance to say anything by the time the girls were out the door. "...Kids" She shrugged and went to call her friends from work.
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To be continued.
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Crystal Dance
Chap. 2
By:
FireflyOfDeath
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Marie and Sarah walked into their mall allowing themselves to thaw out, their cheeks and noses a bright red. After they had gotten over the temperature changes from outside and inside they walked to where the book sale was.
Marie looked around. "..." She was currently looking for a book to give to Sarah, or to find another book for herself that she hadn't read yet.
Sarah immediately went over to the Fantasy section.
Marie was there also skimming through the shelves of books. One book caught her eye, for no particular reason at all. She looked closer; it was a small red leather book with, with gold letters engraved in it that read: 'Labyrinth' Marie raised an eyebrow and took the book from its shelf, maybe it was about Mythology and that guy Thesseus who had slain the Minotaur in that great Labyrinth? "... ...Hey Sarah, have you read this one before?" She held the book up for Sarah to see, her voice hardly had any excitement, let alone emotions.
Sarah looked up from reading the synopsis of another book. Her eyes widened slightly, she'd never expected to see that cursed book again. "...I've read it"
"Do you have it?"
"...Not anymore..."
"Well...did you like it?"
Sarah stayed silent.
Marie raised an eyebrow. "...Well then, since you don't want the book, I guess I'll just buy it for myself" She walked over to the register holding up the book. "I'd like to buy this..."
The guy at the cash register took the book and scanned it. "It'll be $11.25"
Marie nodded and took out her wallet giving him a twenty-dollar bill. "Would you by any chance have a clue to what it's about?"
He looked at her. "Didn't you read the summary?"
Marie raised an eyebrow. "It doesn't have one"
"Well then, I don't know." He answered simply not really caring. He gave her the book, the change, and the receipt.
"Tch. Fine be rude to all your customers" Marie muttered under her breath putting the book in the plastic bag and walking over to Sarah.
Sarah was looking through the shelves. Nothing caught her eye, not since Marie had found the book Labyrinth. It had stirred up some forgotten memories. Sarah jumped as Marie tapped her on the shoulder. She looked up. "Yeah?"
"Have you found anything? I think Labyrinth's going to be a cool book, and I want to read it. So, have you found anything you like yet so we can get going?"
Sarah looked back to the shelves, and randomly chose a book. "This one" She replied not looking at the cover.
Marie raised an eyebrow, "Sarah, you do know that's the same book I got right?"
Sarah's eyes widened and she looked closer at the cover, indeed it read: Labyrinth; in gold shiny letters. She quickly put it back and chose another one it was entitled 'Grimm Tales: The complete edition' "This one" she said and walked to the counter to purchase the book she had chosen.
Marie watched them, Sarah and the guy at the register looked like they were having a friendly conversation; probably about the book. Marie glared a bit, it kind of hurt to know that people shunned you. Well it hurt to know, yet she always knew; it just hurt more when she was reminded of it.
Sarah walked over to her waving her hands in front of Marie's eyes. "Hello in there? Come on, I got my book. Let's go back to your house to read since I don't want to go back home just yet, I told my mom I'd be gone all day, and I don't want to baby-sit Toby, four year olds can be a little too hyper you know?"
Marie nodded and walked out of the shop. She noted that music was a lot different in the mall, inside. They were playing Christmas music; Jingle Bells, Silver Bells, Green Sleeves, Frosty the Snowman; She stopped at the doors allowing Sarah to go ahead. She'd never heard Christmas music before, besides when she was six, but that was a long time ago. When everything in her life wasn't ruined yet.
Sarah turned around halfway outside. "Come on Marie, hurry up we don't have all day"
Marie shrugged and walked alongside Sarah. 'Actually we do...' She thought to herself but decided to keep the thought to herself, not taking notice that she had dropped the book when she stopped to listen to the Christmas carols. As they walked back to the car, Marie noted that a barn owl was perched on the limb above the car. She watched it warily, there was definitely a weird feeling about it, but she couldn't figure it out.
*****
In the car Sarah driving as usual, she never let anyone else drive unless they begged or pleaded, bribery worked too.
Marie watched the road as the little white lines went by quickly. She felt as if she were forgetting something, her eyes widened as realization dawned on her. "Sarah stop the car!" The car skidded to a stop.
"What?" Sarah asked looking to her friend concerned. "Is everything okay!?"
"I left my book at the mall!"
Sarah's expression lightened a bit, yet still held a glimpse of worry, "No you didn't, it's back there" She pointed to the general direction of the back seat.
Marie turned and looked. Sure enough her book lay innocently on the leather seat of the car. She looked at it strangely and turned back to look at Sarah after bending over the seat and retrieving the book, "Did you get it for me when I dropped it or something?"
Sarah raised an eyebrow, "No, why?"
Marie knitted her eyebrows close together, "No reason..." She looked at the book, and shrugged as Sarah continued driving.
*****
Sarah parked in Marie's driveway and they got out, or in Marie's case: jumped out.
Sarah rolled her eyes and walked with Marie to her door. Marie shoved her hand in her pocket and recovered her house key. She unlocked her door, and it opened with a creak, which echoed eerily in the silence. She turned the lights on revealing a living room with a cream carpet, a black rug, two beige fluffy couches, a piano in the edge of the left-side of the room, and a fireplace on the other end of the room.
'Her mom must be wealthy' Sarah noted, 'then why is she so...depressed?'
Marie went over to the piano. "Bet you didn't know I could play?" Once again her voice was monotone.
Sarah drew her eyes away from the beauty of the room. "...Will you play something?"
Marie nodded slightly and sat down on the small black bench. Her fingers brushed against the keys she started out with a warm up then continued in playing Fur Elise. It was completely flawless, better then even Beethoven the writer of the song.
Marie ended the song with a dramatic gesture almost forgetting her reputation of being an uncaring, brutal, juvenile.
Sarah began clapping loudly. "That was great Marie! How long have you been playing?"
Marie smiled, and then sighed. "Let's read our books now, shall we?" her voice was devoid of emotion and she walked to one of the couches, she lied down flipping over on her stomach and began reading the book.
Sarah looked at her friend. 'Is it normal to just change attitudes like that? ...Maybe she's psycho?' She dismissed the thought as she looked at her friend. 'She may be weird, but she's not crazy...' Sarah shrugged and began to read her book.
*****
Three hours later Sarah and Marie both completely intrigued in what they were reading Marie's mother, Andrea; came home.
"Marie, sorry it took so long. I had another emergency at work. Same old, Mr. Chappell had a stroke, we had to do another surgery on him. He didn't survive this time...poor thing"
Marie's head snapped up from her book and looked towards Andrea. "Oh, hi mom. Mr. Chappell died? What a pity..."
Andrea raised an eyebrow. "Honey, you feeling alright? Who's your friend?"
Marie looked at Sarah. "Sarah Williams. You remember her right mom? You met her parents when I spent the night at her house once?"
Andrea smiled warmly at Sarah. "Of course I remember! Sarah dear, will you be staying for dinner?"
Sarah looked towards Marie. "I'm afraid that won't be possible. Time has flown by so quickly I've lost track. I really have to get home" Sarah grabbed her purse and book getting up to leave.
"Oh what a shame, I really would have enjoyed to have other company besides Marie, it dos get rather lonely." Andrea said sadly.
Marie watched Sarah. "Um mommy, you can invite your friends over if you want! I'm spending the night at Sarah's house..."
Sarah looked at Marie quizzically.
Marie signaled Sarah to wait for her as she ran upstairs to get her things ready. Two minutes later Marie came back with her backpack full of stuff. She grabbed her book. "Bye mom! I'll call you tomorrow, alright?"
"Good-bye Ms. Ozmerick!" Sarah yelled as she was pulled by Marie out the door.
Andrea barely had the chance to say anything by the time the girls were out the door. "...Kids" She shrugged and went to call her friends from work.
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To be continued.
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