Mariam
"Yeah, it's my religion." I explained when I heard them ask about me being Muslim.
"Religion?" they repeated.
"Yeah, you know, beliefs. I can't date, show my hair, talk to, touch or flirt with boys really."
"You can't?" They were starting to get annoying now. How many times did they want me to repeat or explain something, geez.
"No. I mean, this is ok, but I can be like Siobhan here and call you, ah, what she did."
"How long have you been behind me?" Siobhan shouted so anyone with in a 10 foot radius could here us.
"Long enough to know you meant icky stuff."
"For the love of God Mariam, you're 17, wanna stop saying 'icky stuff'?"
"Not till you stop talking about it. You and Casey both. If I here one more time about how cute Shin is or how the earring bring out the color of his eyes or-" that when I remember the two boys. "Oh sorry," apologized, "You probably don't know what we're talking about."
"We do," the one Siobhan hadn't, er um, complimented chimed, "I love Dragon Ball Z."
"Really," I said, my eyes lighting up. This meant I could tell them how much I liked Trunks. Before I got a chance to this boy with blonde hair and a girl that looked kinda like him with waist-length blonde hair came running over.
"Hey Darian," the girl said with a sweet smile. Ew, I bet they were dating. Then she gave him a kiss on the cheek, which made me make a gagging motion toward Siobhan.
"Um, hey Joya," the boy said blushing, "These are two girls at this school, SIOBHAN and MARIAM," didn't see why he gave such emphasis to our names but, oh well.
"You are, oh, hi," she said nervously as she back away from her, ick, boyfriend.
"Yeah, Mariam was about to tell me something. Finish."
"Oh yeah, you know who Trunks is right?" The boy nodded. "Well, I think he is the COOLEST guy alive. I mean he's so cute and he can kick your butt. But Siobhan here-"
"Did you guys say your names were Darian and Joya," Siobhan interrupted. Ah, I'm a baka, I didn't notice that.
"Yeah, why?"
"Well I just planned on naming me son Darian. Darian Basil Son. Cause I'm gonna marry Goten."
Goten
Was she remembering? Or had she always acted like this. Did she rally plan on naming our son before she even knew I was real? Only one way to find out.
"What makes say that?"
"What?" she asked, with the same beautiful voice I was here to get back. "That I'm gonna marry Goten. I know he's a cartoon character, but I can't help but feel that Goten and I- oh, you probably think I'm insane, I'll shut up now."
"No you're not insane," I shot back, forgetting for a second what I was supposed to be doing. She ignored me and asked Mariam,
"Didn't you wanna name your daughter Joya?"
"Joya No Kane, yeah, Casey found it in the Japanese book, it's the ceremonial ringing of the bells on New Years. I thought it sounded pretty."
"Yeah, all you need is a friend named Kyudo and you'd be our kids," Siobhan said with a laugh. We all tried our best to pretend it was 'just a joke.'
Casey
Never should have told Sarah about my love obsession for Shin. I whacked her one more time for good measure and turned my attention to Kyudo. "Do you know what your name means?" I knew it was a dumb question, but hey, maybe he didn't know.
"My name means something?"
"Yeah, it's Japanese for way of the bow. Coincidentally, that's what I wanna name my kid." That's when the bell rang.
Siobhan
Odd. Those two were in all of my classes that day. And all during lunch the four of them were staring at me and Mariam. I decided I might as well tell them about the dance being held by the KEY Club. Casey would be there, considering she was in her school's KEY Club, and Mariam went to the school, but she couldn't dance. It was another rule of her religion. Actually, she wasn't even supposed to pine over Trunks like she did.
Mariam
But it was worth it. I don't know why, he's a cartoon, color on paper. Yeah yeah, I know, I'm insane. I guess I buried my brain somewhere. Do you know where? Cause I sure don't. Cartoon character. He's not real. Yet I stake so much on my obsession. But I don't like him in the way Siobhan and Casey like their crushes. I just wanna see him every day, and I want him to hold me, and listen to me. That's all I -- no I'm getting into it again. I'm sorry, it just... oh, you wouldn't understand. I guess you'd have to have the kind of life I've had in order to get why I need a guy like Trunks. He's just... someone who could fly me away from it all.
Siobhan
Why? I wonder that a lot. Why did I have to be born with the life I have. I hate it. My mother yells at me constantly. I know what you're thinking, all mothers yell. But mine plays mind games, mine won't let me have a life. Do you know it took to get her to let me sleep over Casey's? My Dad. Yeah, Mariam and Casey may not have had good luck with fathers, but my daddy was the best in the world. But sometimes, I feel so alienated that I think I was adopted.
Casey
My Dad? He left when I was two. Yup, no Daddy for me, I had only me mother and my sister, who were too busy dealing with my sister's problem's to watch me slowly slipping away. That's why I turned to magic. It gave me a feeling that I was in control of something. Sinful of not, I didn't care. No, I didn't curse people or worship Satan. I did good magic, despite my want to do bad.
Luck was not with me in the area of boys. Mat, well, he's another story. Did I mention that even in elementary school I was an outcast? But not to Mat. He's been my friend the longest, and I'd always had a feeling that he'd change my life in some way. Then he IMed me when I got a computer. Goku5307. I asked him what it was from, he said Dragon Ball Z. After a brief summery of the show I told him it sounded dumb. Then one night, after the boy I was baby sitting was in bed, I turned on the TV. The last thing he had it on was Cartoon Network, but it was midnight. But there was this cartoon, and some green guy was trying to get into a car, but got smacked by the seat belt. I laughed, not know what had started.
Siobhan
Instead of straight out going 'Hey there's a dance', I caught Alex's attention and motioned my head toward the sign, then went back to eating my pretzels. They must have the idea, cause all four were at the dance, and Casey had two "friends" to introduce us to.
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Did anyone just watch KARI just win gold in the winter olympics?
I'm sittin there cheering and my mom was mad cause she wasn't from the US.
"Yeah, it's my religion." I explained when I heard them ask about me being Muslim.
"Religion?" they repeated.
"Yeah, you know, beliefs. I can't date, show my hair, talk to, touch or flirt with boys really."
"You can't?" They were starting to get annoying now. How many times did they want me to repeat or explain something, geez.
"No. I mean, this is ok, but I can be like Siobhan here and call you, ah, what she did."
"How long have you been behind me?" Siobhan shouted so anyone with in a 10 foot radius could here us.
"Long enough to know you meant icky stuff."
"For the love of God Mariam, you're 17, wanna stop saying 'icky stuff'?"
"Not till you stop talking about it. You and Casey both. If I here one more time about how cute Shin is or how the earring bring out the color of his eyes or-" that when I remember the two boys. "Oh sorry," apologized, "You probably don't know what we're talking about."
"We do," the one Siobhan hadn't, er um, complimented chimed, "I love Dragon Ball Z."
"Really," I said, my eyes lighting up. This meant I could tell them how much I liked Trunks. Before I got a chance to this boy with blonde hair and a girl that looked kinda like him with waist-length blonde hair came running over.
"Hey Darian," the girl said with a sweet smile. Ew, I bet they were dating. Then she gave him a kiss on the cheek, which made me make a gagging motion toward Siobhan.
"Um, hey Joya," the boy said blushing, "These are two girls at this school, SIOBHAN and MARIAM," didn't see why he gave such emphasis to our names but, oh well.
"You are, oh, hi," she said nervously as she back away from her, ick, boyfriend.
"Yeah, Mariam was about to tell me something. Finish."
"Oh yeah, you know who Trunks is right?" The boy nodded. "Well, I think he is the COOLEST guy alive. I mean he's so cute and he can kick your butt. But Siobhan here-"
"Did you guys say your names were Darian and Joya," Siobhan interrupted. Ah, I'm a baka, I didn't notice that.
"Yeah, why?"
"Well I just planned on naming me son Darian. Darian Basil Son. Cause I'm gonna marry Goten."
Goten
Was she remembering? Or had she always acted like this. Did she rally plan on naming our son before she even knew I was real? Only one way to find out.
"What makes say that?"
"What?" she asked, with the same beautiful voice I was here to get back. "That I'm gonna marry Goten. I know he's a cartoon character, but I can't help but feel that Goten and I- oh, you probably think I'm insane, I'll shut up now."
"No you're not insane," I shot back, forgetting for a second what I was supposed to be doing. She ignored me and asked Mariam,
"Didn't you wanna name your daughter Joya?"
"Joya No Kane, yeah, Casey found it in the Japanese book, it's the ceremonial ringing of the bells on New Years. I thought it sounded pretty."
"Yeah, all you need is a friend named Kyudo and you'd be our kids," Siobhan said with a laugh. We all tried our best to pretend it was 'just a joke.'
Casey
Never should have told Sarah about my love obsession for Shin. I whacked her one more time for good measure and turned my attention to Kyudo. "Do you know what your name means?" I knew it was a dumb question, but hey, maybe he didn't know.
"My name means something?"
"Yeah, it's Japanese for way of the bow. Coincidentally, that's what I wanna name my kid." That's when the bell rang.
Siobhan
Odd. Those two were in all of my classes that day. And all during lunch the four of them were staring at me and Mariam. I decided I might as well tell them about the dance being held by the KEY Club. Casey would be there, considering she was in her school's KEY Club, and Mariam went to the school, but she couldn't dance. It was another rule of her religion. Actually, she wasn't even supposed to pine over Trunks like she did.
Mariam
But it was worth it. I don't know why, he's a cartoon, color on paper. Yeah yeah, I know, I'm insane. I guess I buried my brain somewhere. Do you know where? Cause I sure don't. Cartoon character. He's not real. Yet I stake so much on my obsession. But I don't like him in the way Siobhan and Casey like their crushes. I just wanna see him every day, and I want him to hold me, and listen to me. That's all I -- no I'm getting into it again. I'm sorry, it just... oh, you wouldn't understand. I guess you'd have to have the kind of life I've had in order to get why I need a guy like Trunks. He's just... someone who could fly me away from it all.
Siobhan
Why? I wonder that a lot. Why did I have to be born with the life I have. I hate it. My mother yells at me constantly. I know what you're thinking, all mothers yell. But mine plays mind games, mine won't let me have a life. Do you know it took to get her to let me sleep over Casey's? My Dad. Yeah, Mariam and Casey may not have had good luck with fathers, but my daddy was the best in the world. But sometimes, I feel so alienated that I think I was adopted.
Casey
My Dad? He left when I was two. Yup, no Daddy for me, I had only me mother and my sister, who were too busy dealing with my sister's problem's to watch me slowly slipping away. That's why I turned to magic. It gave me a feeling that I was in control of something. Sinful of not, I didn't care. No, I didn't curse people or worship Satan. I did good magic, despite my want to do bad.
Luck was not with me in the area of boys. Mat, well, he's another story. Did I mention that even in elementary school I was an outcast? But not to Mat. He's been my friend the longest, and I'd always had a feeling that he'd change my life in some way. Then he IMed me when I got a computer. Goku5307. I asked him what it was from, he said Dragon Ball Z. After a brief summery of the show I told him it sounded dumb. Then one night, after the boy I was baby sitting was in bed, I turned on the TV. The last thing he had it on was Cartoon Network, but it was midnight. But there was this cartoon, and some green guy was trying to get into a car, but got smacked by the seat belt. I laughed, not know what had started.
Siobhan
Instead of straight out going 'Hey there's a dance', I caught Alex's attention and motioned my head toward the sign, then went back to eating my pretzels. They must have the idea, cause all four were at the dance, and Casey had two "friends" to introduce us to.
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Did anyone just watch KARI just win gold in the winter olympics?
I'm sittin there cheering and my mom was mad cause she wasn't from the US.