Kory's POV
Ugh, I'm certain if I were to kill that girl this week I can't be tried for homicide because I'm convinced she's not human. Okay so maybe I'm over reacting a little, but still, I think I have the right to be frustrated. Do you know what she did? I excused myself from the table to go to the bathroom during dinner and while I was away and nobody was looking she poured almost an entire shaker of pepper in my soup. I in turn dumped it over her head and left the kitchen in a huff. I'm sure if anyone asks her why she did it she'll say it was pay back for the fact that I used a few pages out of a book on the rarest butterflies in Ireland that she was reading as kindling for the fire place. But that was only because she was stumbling around drunkenly earlier and kicked my violin case across the room, luckily the violin wasn't inside, it still irked me though. Life's a bitch and so am I, if you fuck with me, you have to die. Furthermore who in their right mind would sell that girl alcohol? Firstly you have to be twenty-one to buy liquor in the states which we're not and secondly she doesn't even look as old as she is.
I've been up in the room I'm sharing with Annie for about an hour now and not a single person has come to check on me, not even Charlie. What is it with these people, can't they see she's the devil incarnate? But I guess in a way Taz is right, I did just come along, maybe I shouldn't be here. But then I look at it like this, Charlie and Adam invited me for a reason so they must want me here. And from what Annie was saying to me on the slopes earlier, Averman hates Taz and Luis, Goldberg and Jesse can take her or leave her. So that means she's not everyone's favorite person either and I'm not going to let her chase me away from my vacation.
Have I mentioned how totally gorgeous my roommate is? She is and smart and funny. She seems pretty clingy to that Latin kid though, Luis I think his name is. I wonder if they're a couple, no one has said they are, but no one has said they aren't either. I could ask Charlie but I'm not talking to him right now, he didn't say a thing to the purple pest after her pepper in my soup stunt. So needless to say he's on the shit list. I guess I could ask either Annie or Luis, but if they are a couple it would make things weird. I'll just keep quiet until I find out for sure, then even if they're not together the odds that Annie's gay are small.
Right now I'm working on my to do list of things I have to get done before school starts, of course I've been a bit distracted so it looks like this at the moment:
1) Buy pencils and pens
2) Get cute Doc Martins I saw in store window before we left
3) Kill Taz
4) Have hair trimmed
5) Secure alibi
6) Beg parents to let me stay in dorm
7) Remind Charlie he promised to drive me in the first day
8) Convince Annie she likes girls
9) Pick out free piece for band try outs
10) Find perfect first day out fit
11) Write Holly in Georgia and ask what teachers she has this year
12) Convince Annie she likes me
Not exactly the most productive list I know, but personally I would enjoy accomplishing everything on it. I feel someone tap me on the shoulder and turn to see Maya behind me. Funny I didn't think she was permitted to talk to me, I bet her girlfriend doesn't know she's in my room though. I feel sort of bad for poor Maya, she seems so nice and she's stuck with Satan in female form as a lover. She has my pity.
"The news channel said there's snow heading our way, so we're all going to go skating on the pond behind the cabin before it gets covered. Do you want to come?" She asks uncomfortably, no doubt Taz has instructed her not to invite me.
I have to think a minute before I can answer. Skating will give the violet haired villain the perfect excuse to knock me over or crash into me again like she did the other night while we were dancing. Violet haired villain you like that? I've got a bunch more, my amethyst enemy, my fuchsia foe, the lavender louse and just for fun Taryn the Terrible. Still I would like to get out of this room. Maybe Annie will skate with me, or Charlie will come to his senses and apologize for not defending me at supper. I might as well go.
"Sure, I'll be down in a sec."
"Okay, I'll make sure someone waits for you." As Maya leaves I run over to the closet and take out my brand new skates, I just bought then for this trip. I haven't ice skated since I was like six, when the violin came into my life other things sort of faded out, I hope it's like riding a bike and once you learn you never forget.
As I step out the back door onto the patio I look out towards the woods behind the cabin and notice how dark it is. I'm not a big fan of the dark, not being able to hear makes it a thousand times worse when you cant see and visa versa. Standing on the steps looking around for whoever is suppose to be waiting for me, I can barely see more then three feet ahead of me. If it weren't for the patio light mounted above the outside door, there'd be no illumination at all. I feel my blood begin to pump faster and am about to escape back into the brightly lit confines of the cabin when I sense someone next to me. With a slight turn of the head I see Luis and Annie on the bottom step waiting for me, she's even pretty in the dark.
"We were just about to give up and go without you, Kory." Luis says with a smile.
"Yeah, we thought maybe you decided to stay in and avoid Taz." Annie adds. "I know that's what she was hoping for."
I giggle and toss my skates over my shoulder.
"There's no way I'm letting an escaped extra from The Wizard Of Oz ruin my vacation."
"Good, shall we go then?" Luis gestures toward the path that leads into the trees where the pond is and we start walking.
The two are a few paces in front of me so I watch them as we walk. They're so close together their shoulders are touching and their hands are brushing as they swing gently between them. I conclude they must be a couple. But then if they are a couple, wouldn't they just hold hands and get it over with? I'm over analyzing this I know, it's a habit, I just want a clear sign. Maybe I should've stayed in the cabin and practiced my violin, then I wouldn't be forced to watch this.
"Guys I know I sound like a big baby," I begin "but I'm not to fond of the dark, do you mind if I walk between you? It would make me feel so much safer."
They look quickly at each other and grin spitting apart without a word. I thankful for that because I never would be able to read their lips in this darkness. Is it wrong that I just did that? Oh why am I asking, I don't care. I'm tired of always being nice, nice guys finish last.
Swiftly we find the pond where just about everyone else has already taken to the ice. Portman who's still in pain from his accident and Taz who thinks it should be outlawed (funny I feel the same way about her) are both sitting out however. The sight around the pond is spectacularly beautiful, there must be a zillion Christmas light twinkling like baby stars in the trees and a handful of hurricane lanterns are hanging here and there as well, it's so romantic. Plus I can actually see now, which is a good thing. There's a picnic table by the frozen water and I wonder if maybe Adam's family comes here in the warm weather months as well for family reunions or something. I can just picture the Banks clan swinging happily from the tire swing or splashing in the water as the grown ups play horseshoes and flip burgers on the grill. Well maybe not, I've had the misfortune of meeting Adam's brother and he doesn't fit into the ideal fifties sitcom family I envision.
I sit down on the opposite side of the picnic table as Taz and Portman and lace my skates. I don't say a word to either because Portman looks crabby and we all know how I feel about purple peril as the boys call her. Charlie skates over in out direction and reaches over grabbing Taz by the hips and carrying her to the center of the ice where he starts spinning in circles with her in his arms. When my new skates are tight on my feet I step out onto the ice, promptly falling on my butt. All right I guess it's possible to forget how to skate, not to mention the fact I must look like such a fool right now.
"You look like you could use a hand." Jesse holds out his hand and hoists me to my feet.
I dust the ice flakes off my ass and smile bashfully.
"Thanks, gravity is out to get me."
"Need some help?"
"Sure."
He wraps an arm around my waist and steadies me slightly. I have to admit that on top of being attractive he smells good as well, if I wasn't so smitten with Annie I could potentially get interested in him. And he hasn't tripped me or let me fall once, this is good.
I watch as Charlie passes Taz to Fulton, Fulton tucking her under his. He starts off again coming in mine and Jesse's direction as Fulton continues holding Taz like a sack of potatoes.
Charlie skids to a stop in front of us.
"Wanna go for a spin?"
"No thanks." I reply. "Why don't you go skate with Adam, he looks lonely."
Banks is standing on the other side of the ice looking longingly at Charlie. I bet he thought he'd be getting his boyfriend's undivided attention tonight, but no such luck.
"Or you could go rescue Fulton from Taz bro." Jesse gestures across the ice to where Taz is pitching a fit, kicking and yelling. She then knocks Fulton off balance, the two falling. They trip Luis and Averman who in turn fall as well and all three guys wind up on top of Taz. I'm certain she's getting thoroughly squashed right now. You know what though? That's the best thing that's happened to me all vacation.
Ugh, I'm certain if I were to kill that girl this week I can't be tried for homicide because I'm convinced she's not human. Okay so maybe I'm over reacting a little, but still, I think I have the right to be frustrated. Do you know what she did? I excused myself from the table to go to the bathroom during dinner and while I was away and nobody was looking she poured almost an entire shaker of pepper in my soup. I in turn dumped it over her head and left the kitchen in a huff. I'm sure if anyone asks her why she did it she'll say it was pay back for the fact that I used a few pages out of a book on the rarest butterflies in Ireland that she was reading as kindling for the fire place. But that was only because she was stumbling around drunkenly earlier and kicked my violin case across the room, luckily the violin wasn't inside, it still irked me though. Life's a bitch and so am I, if you fuck with me, you have to die. Furthermore who in their right mind would sell that girl alcohol? Firstly you have to be twenty-one to buy liquor in the states which we're not and secondly she doesn't even look as old as she is.
I've been up in the room I'm sharing with Annie for about an hour now and not a single person has come to check on me, not even Charlie. What is it with these people, can't they see she's the devil incarnate? But I guess in a way Taz is right, I did just come along, maybe I shouldn't be here. But then I look at it like this, Charlie and Adam invited me for a reason so they must want me here. And from what Annie was saying to me on the slopes earlier, Averman hates Taz and Luis, Goldberg and Jesse can take her or leave her. So that means she's not everyone's favorite person either and I'm not going to let her chase me away from my vacation.
Have I mentioned how totally gorgeous my roommate is? She is and smart and funny. She seems pretty clingy to that Latin kid though, Luis I think his name is. I wonder if they're a couple, no one has said they are, but no one has said they aren't either. I could ask Charlie but I'm not talking to him right now, he didn't say a thing to the purple pest after her pepper in my soup stunt. So needless to say he's on the shit list. I guess I could ask either Annie or Luis, but if they are a couple it would make things weird. I'll just keep quiet until I find out for sure, then even if they're not together the odds that Annie's gay are small.
Right now I'm working on my to do list of things I have to get done before school starts, of course I've been a bit distracted so it looks like this at the moment:
1) Buy pencils and pens
2) Get cute Doc Martins I saw in store window before we left
3) Kill Taz
4) Have hair trimmed
5) Secure alibi
6) Beg parents to let me stay in dorm
7) Remind Charlie he promised to drive me in the first day
8) Convince Annie she likes girls
9) Pick out free piece for band try outs
10) Find perfect first day out fit
11) Write Holly in Georgia and ask what teachers she has this year
12) Convince Annie she likes me
Not exactly the most productive list I know, but personally I would enjoy accomplishing everything on it. I feel someone tap me on the shoulder and turn to see Maya behind me. Funny I didn't think she was permitted to talk to me, I bet her girlfriend doesn't know she's in my room though. I feel sort of bad for poor Maya, she seems so nice and she's stuck with Satan in female form as a lover. She has my pity.
"The news channel said there's snow heading our way, so we're all going to go skating on the pond behind the cabin before it gets covered. Do you want to come?" She asks uncomfortably, no doubt Taz has instructed her not to invite me.
I have to think a minute before I can answer. Skating will give the violet haired villain the perfect excuse to knock me over or crash into me again like she did the other night while we were dancing. Violet haired villain you like that? I've got a bunch more, my amethyst enemy, my fuchsia foe, the lavender louse and just for fun Taryn the Terrible. Still I would like to get out of this room. Maybe Annie will skate with me, or Charlie will come to his senses and apologize for not defending me at supper. I might as well go.
"Sure, I'll be down in a sec."
"Okay, I'll make sure someone waits for you." As Maya leaves I run over to the closet and take out my brand new skates, I just bought then for this trip. I haven't ice skated since I was like six, when the violin came into my life other things sort of faded out, I hope it's like riding a bike and once you learn you never forget.
As I step out the back door onto the patio I look out towards the woods behind the cabin and notice how dark it is. I'm not a big fan of the dark, not being able to hear makes it a thousand times worse when you cant see and visa versa. Standing on the steps looking around for whoever is suppose to be waiting for me, I can barely see more then three feet ahead of me. If it weren't for the patio light mounted above the outside door, there'd be no illumination at all. I feel my blood begin to pump faster and am about to escape back into the brightly lit confines of the cabin when I sense someone next to me. With a slight turn of the head I see Luis and Annie on the bottom step waiting for me, she's even pretty in the dark.
"We were just about to give up and go without you, Kory." Luis says with a smile.
"Yeah, we thought maybe you decided to stay in and avoid Taz." Annie adds. "I know that's what she was hoping for."
I giggle and toss my skates over my shoulder.
"There's no way I'm letting an escaped extra from The Wizard Of Oz ruin my vacation."
"Good, shall we go then?" Luis gestures toward the path that leads into the trees where the pond is and we start walking.
The two are a few paces in front of me so I watch them as we walk. They're so close together their shoulders are touching and their hands are brushing as they swing gently between them. I conclude they must be a couple. But then if they are a couple, wouldn't they just hold hands and get it over with? I'm over analyzing this I know, it's a habit, I just want a clear sign. Maybe I should've stayed in the cabin and practiced my violin, then I wouldn't be forced to watch this.
"Guys I know I sound like a big baby," I begin "but I'm not to fond of the dark, do you mind if I walk between you? It would make me feel so much safer."
They look quickly at each other and grin spitting apart without a word. I thankful for that because I never would be able to read their lips in this darkness. Is it wrong that I just did that? Oh why am I asking, I don't care. I'm tired of always being nice, nice guys finish last.
Swiftly we find the pond where just about everyone else has already taken to the ice. Portman who's still in pain from his accident and Taz who thinks it should be outlawed (funny I feel the same way about her) are both sitting out however. The sight around the pond is spectacularly beautiful, there must be a zillion Christmas light twinkling like baby stars in the trees and a handful of hurricane lanterns are hanging here and there as well, it's so romantic. Plus I can actually see now, which is a good thing. There's a picnic table by the frozen water and I wonder if maybe Adam's family comes here in the warm weather months as well for family reunions or something. I can just picture the Banks clan swinging happily from the tire swing or splashing in the water as the grown ups play horseshoes and flip burgers on the grill. Well maybe not, I've had the misfortune of meeting Adam's brother and he doesn't fit into the ideal fifties sitcom family I envision.
I sit down on the opposite side of the picnic table as Taz and Portman and lace my skates. I don't say a word to either because Portman looks crabby and we all know how I feel about purple peril as the boys call her. Charlie skates over in out direction and reaches over grabbing Taz by the hips and carrying her to the center of the ice where he starts spinning in circles with her in his arms. When my new skates are tight on my feet I step out onto the ice, promptly falling on my butt. All right I guess it's possible to forget how to skate, not to mention the fact I must look like such a fool right now.
"You look like you could use a hand." Jesse holds out his hand and hoists me to my feet.
I dust the ice flakes off my ass and smile bashfully.
"Thanks, gravity is out to get me."
"Need some help?"
"Sure."
He wraps an arm around my waist and steadies me slightly. I have to admit that on top of being attractive he smells good as well, if I wasn't so smitten with Annie I could potentially get interested in him. And he hasn't tripped me or let me fall once, this is good.
I watch as Charlie passes Taz to Fulton, Fulton tucking her under his. He starts off again coming in mine and Jesse's direction as Fulton continues holding Taz like a sack of potatoes.
Charlie skids to a stop in front of us.
"Wanna go for a spin?"
"No thanks." I reply. "Why don't you go skate with Adam, he looks lonely."
Banks is standing on the other side of the ice looking longingly at Charlie. I bet he thought he'd be getting his boyfriend's undivided attention tonight, but no such luck.
"Or you could go rescue Fulton from Taz bro." Jesse gestures across the ice to where Taz is pitching a fit, kicking and yelling. She then knocks Fulton off balance, the two falling. They trip Luis and Averman who in turn fall as well and all three guys wind up on top of Taz. I'm certain she's getting thoroughly squashed right now. You know what though? That's the best thing that's happened to me all vacation.