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Authors Note: Well I really hope you liked chapter three and judging by the reviews I have gotten, I think you do. ^^ I am sorry it took so long to get that chapter up. I finished it and I felt it really sucked compared to the first two chapters, so I rewrote the whole entire thing until I was happy with it. These chapters are long, some about ten pages in word pad. In addition, I go over them allot to make sure I am posting a prime pick of a story. It all seems worth it because I am making you beautiful people happy. ^^ I write because I like to and even if you didn't like it, I'd be fine with that, but you do like it and that's an extra boost to my confidence.
This chapter is a diary entry of Simone's. It has very important information about her past, so I suggest you take the time for this chapter. What you all know about Simone's past may be, or become, very confusing so far. I promise it will all come together. I have the whole story planned out from the beginning to the very end. This chapter may not be as long as the others, so I suggest you get yourself a pudding cup or two. Always mix your pudding with a fork so that it is nice and smooth, and remember what I told you about spoons. They are very tricky because you would not expect them. Knives are honest, you know a knife is a b**** when you first see it. Excuse my language, anyway, on with chapter four! ^^
Chapter four: Calliope
Dear Diary,
Hey, its Simone. Big surprise huh? Yeah, you have not heard from me in a while. You were starting to get dusty. It has to have been about two weeks. The last time I wrote you was the day before I started going to Bayville high. I have been so busy lately, moving and all. Oh, I didn't tell you I moved. I'll fill you in on everything right now.
As you know, I started going to Bayville high about a week after I moved here from Phoenix. I hate moving. There's so much organization involved and I have trouble finding room for all my things. I don't like getting rid of stuff. But that's beside the point.
I met the boy from my vision, Todd Tolanski. It was so strange finally meeting him, finally seeing him two years after my vision. I was beginning to forget what he would look like. When I showed up, it went so smooth, I mean, us meeting. My history teacher had him show me around school on my first day. God works in mysterious ways. Its amazing how well His plans work out.
He does seem troubled, Todd I mean. But I'll get to that later. Anyway, he's part of a group of mutants called the Brotherhood of Evil mutants. They're more troubled outcasts than evil though. That's why I didn't mind joining their group. I was auditioned about two weeks ago by their leader a woman named Mystique. She can shape-shift, I guess you'd call it. She can change her whole appearance to look like anybody she wants to. In her natural form, she really has blue skin and yellow eyes. She's always trying to intimidate the boys in the group, and she usually succeeds. She likes me though, because I watch things while she's away or busy, which is often. In only two weeks, I'm becoming her right hand woman. I'm such a butt-kisser, haha.
Well, after Mystique auditioned me, she told me I should live in the Brotherhood of Bayville Boarding House. It's where the rest of the Brotherhood lives. Mom and Dad were a little resistant to let me move in here at first. I didn't tell them that the Brotherhood is a group of villains. If I had told them that, they never would have let me move in here or even join the group...even though I joined without their permission anyway.
Mom felt that my moving in here defeated the purpose of my moving away from Phoenix in the first place. I guess she's right. After all, I did move away because it would be easier for me to live on my own, without worrying about my blood condition, without worrying about killing someone every time I got a cut or a nosebleed. That's the one part of my abilities I wish I didn't have.
When I told Mom and Dad about Todd living here though, they gave it the ok. They know about my vision, they know that he's the one I'm supposed to help. They must really trust me, knowing my future but letting me move in here with him anyway, letting me move in here with four boys period. But they do trust me, and they know Mystique is around...sometimes.
Now to tell you all about Todd. I can see why he was in my vision. He does need help, especially with Pietro here beating up on him all the time. Pietro is another one of the Brotherhood boys. I'll tell you all about them later too. I have a bad habit for getting off subject. Pietro doesn't beat Todd up all the time, just when Todd says a certain thing or does something that makes Pietro mad. Todd says Pietro hasn't always been like this. I believe him. There's something Pietro is hiding, but I don't know what it is, and I don't think the others have a clue. Pietro criticizes Lance and Freddie a lot too, but he doesn't beat up on them. They're bigger and stronger. Pietro doesn't even speak to me. The first day of school I did a left front snap kick on him.... Or was it a right front snap kick? I can't remember. Anyway, he deserved it because he was embarrassing Todd in front of the whole cafeteria. Ever since then, Pietro doesn't even look at me unless it's a glare when I show up while he's in the process of ragging at Todd or the others. ...He doesn't really beat up on Todd much physically. He might push him or something, but that's about it. I think he's afraid to really mess with Todd because he knows I'll kick his butt.
I get the feeling Todd doesn't like the idea of having a girl looking out for him though.
Todd has problems about things from his past. He doesn't get enough sleep and he has dark rings around his eyes because of it. He won't let on about his past, not at all. Every time I ask him, he changes the subject. It's not going to be easy getting through the walls he puts up. I get the feeling, though, that he want's to tell me things. He want's someone to break down the walls around him, but I think he's afraid. He's afraid that once the walls come down, not only will I be able to get in to help him, but I'll be able to get in to hurt him. He's right too.
Maybe I should just stay and watch him leave. Maybe I should stay and fight this battle in person so that it's easier on him. It's not right for me to dump all of this on him. It's not his job to fight my battles. No, I can't think like that. I've made up my mind. When the time comes for me to make my exit, I will go. If anything, my leaving won't be hard on him, but easier, because he won't go through the pain of having to choose. Maybe he'll hate me, and it will be easier for him to forget me.
If only I was not destined to be defeated, then I'd stay and fight my best so I could win, and everyone would be happy. Todd sees the sadness inside of me. He's noticed how my eyes are always gray with sorrow. He doesn't know that they used to be blue.
The easiest part of this mission of mine will be the first part. He likes me already, I can tell. And I like him very much. He's so cute, the way he talks, the way he says "yo" all the time. He has really great hair. It's so long! I just want to run my fingers through it sometimes. It's such an unusual color. It's actually tumbleweed, like the crayon. It's brown, but very, very pale. The holes on the knees of his jeans are so cute. He dresses so punkish, but he talks like all.ghetto.
He helped me move in. I'm in the room next to Mystiques. It was so funny when I brought Midori here. He was carrying in a box from Lance's jeep when he saw me with her on my shoulder while I was organizing my bookshelf. He freaked out and dropped the box on his foot. Thankfully, it was only my stuffed animals so it was light. I guess he thought I was joking when I told him I had a tarantula.
The other guys, Lance and Freddie, are both really nice. Freddie is a really great cook, well, from what Todd tells me. I've seen the dishes he makes and they look really good. I would have some when I eat but there's never any left over. Guys sure do eat a lot.
Lance is really nice too. He helps me with my science homework sometimes. Geophysical science was his favorite subject as a freshman and I have trouble with it, so he helps me. Todd doesn't do his homework most of the time, but I think that's starting to change. Lance told me that Todd used to shower only once a month. He sounds honest, but he might be lying. He says that ever since I came along, he's been showering a lot more often, about every other night. Lance is always telling me I should make a move on Todd. I would, but I think Todd has to be the one to come around. I can't force myself on him, or he might push me away.
Living with four boys is really tough. There's always yelling and always messes. I hear a lot of crude talk and find a lot of crude magazines, usually Pietro's or Lance's. Freddie's not that kind of guy and Todd is actually quite inhibited when it comes to that sort of thing, especially when I'm around.
Right now, I'm in my room. Its Saturday night. My door is locked. If anybody ever knocks I just extend my arm and unlock it, of course, I ask who it is first. I can hear Lance's stereo blaring from his room. It's the Guns'n'Roses CD he borrowed from me. Somebody's baking brownies, I can smell them. It's probably Freddie. Todd's door just slammed.and Pietro is yelling in the hallway. Oh crap.
Pietro stopped yelling. Now his door slammed. I have to go diary. I'm going to go talk to Todd and see what's up. I promise to write in you more often from now on. Now that I'm done moving in, I shouldn't be so busy anymore. I'll talk to you tomorrow.
- Simone
P.S. I have an alias now. It's Arachnid. Midori likes it a lot.
Authors note: Readers, please read this it's very important. I use perfect paragraphing and dialogue when I write, but sadly, today I saw my story on the site for the first time. Fanfiction.com did something to the whole stracture of my story, especially chapter three, so I have gone through and hit enter between every paragraph in hopes that this will fix the problem. I hope it does. Also, thoughts in my original piece are in ittalics. Obviousely, italics don't show up on the sight so I have put all thoughts between four asterisks. Two are at the beginning of a thought and two at an end. Please forgive me for inconveniences, and thank you Storm-Pietro for allerting me of the problem. ^^ I was so mad at fanfiction.com when I saw what they did to my story. I hope they don't kick me out for saying that. On to chapter five.
Authors Note: Well I really hope you liked chapter three and judging by the reviews I have gotten, I think you do. ^^ I am sorry it took so long to get that chapter up. I finished it and I felt it really sucked compared to the first two chapters, so I rewrote the whole entire thing until I was happy with it. These chapters are long, some about ten pages in word pad. In addition, I go over them allot to make sure I am posting a prime pick of a story. It all seems worth it because I am making you beautiful people happy. ^^ I write because I like to and even if you didn't like it, I'd be fine with that, but you do like it and that's an extra boost to my confidence.
This chapter is a diary entry of Simone's. It has very important information about her past, so I suggest you take the time for this chapter. What you all know about Simone's past may be, or become, very confusing so far. I promise it will all come together. I have the whole story planned out from the beginning to the very end. This chapter may not be as long as the others, so I suggest you get yourself a pudding cup or two. Always mix your pudding with a fork so that it is nice and smooth, and remember what I told you about spoons. They are very tricky because you would not expect them. Knives are honest, you know a knife is a b**** when you first see it. Excuse my language, anyway, on with chapter four! ^^
Chapter four: Calliope
Dear Diary,
Hey, its Simone. Big surprise huh? Yeah, you have not heard from me in a while. You were starting to get dusty. It has to have been about two weeks. The last time I wrote you was the day before I started going to Bayville high. I have been so busy lately, moving and all. Oh, I didn't tell you I moved. I'll fill you in on everything right now.
As you know, I started going to Bayville high about a week after I moved here from Phoenix. I hate moving. There's so much organization involved and I have trouble finding room for all my things. I don't like getting rid of stuff. But that's beside the point.
I met the boy from my vision, Todd Tolanski. It was so strange finally meeting him, finally seeing him two years after my vision. I was beginning to forget what he would look like. When I showed up, it went so smooth, I mean, us meeting. My history teacher had him show me around school on my first day. God works in mysterious ways. Its amazing how well His plans work out.
He does seem troubled, Todd I mean. But I'll get to that later. Anyway, he's part of a group of mutants called the Brotherhood of Evil mutants. They're more troubled outcasts than evil though. That's why I didn't mind joining their group. I was auditioned about two weeks ago by their leader a woman named Mystique. She can shape-shift, I guess you'd call it. She can change her whole appearance to look like anybody she wants to. In her natural form, she really has blue skin and yellow eyes. She's always trying to intimidate the boys in the group, and she usually succeeds. She likes me though, because I watch things while she's away or busy, which is often. In only two weeks, I'm becoming her right hand woman. I'm such a butt-kisser, haha.
Well, after Mystique auditioned me, she told me I should live in the Brotherhood of Bayville Boarding House. It's where the rest of the Brotherhood lives. Mom and Dad were a little resistant to let me move in here at first. I didn't tell them that the Brotherhood is a group of villains. If I had told them that, they never would have let me move in here or even join the group...even though I joined without their permission anyway.
Mom felt that my moving in here defeated the purpose of my moving away from Phoenix in the first place. I guess she's right. After all, I did move away because it would be easier for me to live on my own, without worrying about my blood condition, without worrying about killing someone every time I got a cut or a nosebleed. That's the one part of my abilities I wish I didn't have.
When I told Mom and Dad about Todd living here though, they gave it the ok. They know about my vision, they know that he's the one I'm supposed to help. They must really trust me, knowing my future but letting me move in here with him anyway, letting me move in here with four boys period. But they do trust me, and they know Mystique is around...sometimes.
Now to tell you all about Todd. I can see why he was in my vision. He does need help, especially with Pietro here beating up on him all the time. Pietro is another one of the Brotherhood boys. I'll tell you all about them later too. I have a bad habit for getting off subject. Pietro doesn't beat Todd up all the time, just when Todd says a certain thing or does something that makes Pietro mad. Todd says Pietro hasn't always been like this. I believe him. There's something Pietro is hiding, but I don't know what it is, and I don't think the others have a clue. Pietro criticizes Lance and Freddie a lot too, but he doesn't beat up on them. They're bigger and stronger. Pietro doesn't even speak to me. The first day of school I did a left front snap kick on him.... Or was it a right front snap kick? I can't remember. Anyway, he deserved it because he was embarrassing Todd in front of the whole cafeteria. Ever since then, Pietro doesn't even look at me unless it's a glare when I show up while he's in the process of ragging at Todd or the others. ...He doesn't really beat up on Todd much physically. He might push him or something, but that's about it. I think he's afraid to really mess with Todd because he knows I'll kick his butt.
I get the feeling Todd doesn't like the idea of having a girl looking out for him though.
Todd has problems about things from his past. He doesn't get enough sleep and he has dark rings around his eyes because of it. He won't let on about his past, not at all. Every time I ask him, he changes the subject. It's not going to be easy getting through the walls he puts up. I get the feeling, though, that he want's to tell me things. He want's someone to break down the walls around him, but I think he's afraid. He's afraid that once the walls come down, not only will I be able to get in to help him, but I'll be able to get in to hurt him. He's right too.
Maybe I should just stay and watch him leave. Maybe I should stay and fight this battle in person so that it's easier on him. It's not right for me to dump all of this on him. It's not his job to fight my battles. No, I can't think like that. I've made up my mind. When the time comes for me to make my exit, I will go. If anything, my leaving won't be hard on him, but easier, because he won't go through the pain of having to choose. Maybe he'll hate me, and it will be easier for him to forget me.
If only I was not destined to be defeated, then I'd stay and fight my best so I could win, and everyone would be happy. Todd sees the sadness inside of me. He's noticed how my eyes are always gray with sorrow. He doesn't know that they used to be blue.
The easiest part of this mission of mine will be the first part. He likes me already, I can tell. And I like him very much. He's so cute, the way he talks, the way he says "yo" all the time. He has really great hair. It's so long! I just want to run my fingers through it sometimes. It's such an unusual color. It's actually tumbleweed, like the crayon. It's brown, but very, very pale. The holes on the knees of his jeans are so cute. He dresses so punkish, but he talks like all.ghetto.
He helped me move in. I'm in the room next to Mystiques. It was so funny when I brought Midori here. He was carrying in a box from Lance's jeep when he saw me with her on my shoulder while I was organizing my bookshelf. He freaked out and dropped the box on his foot. Thankfully, it was only my stuffed animals so it was light. I guess he thought I was joking when I told him I had a tarantula.
The other guys, Lance and Freddie, are both really nice. Freddie is a really great cook, well, from what Todd tells me. I've seen the dishes he makes and they look really good. I would have some when I eat but there's never any left over. Guys sure do eat a lot.
Lance is really nice too. He helps me with my science homework sometimes. Geophysical science was his favorite subject as a freshman and I have trouble with it, so he helps me. Todd doesn't do his homework most of the time, but I think that's starting to change. Lance told me that Todd used to shower only once a month. He sounds honest, but he might be lying. He says that ever since I came along, he's been showering a lot more often, about every other night. Lance is always telling me I should make a move on Todd. I would, but I think Todd has to be the one to come around. I can't force myself on him, or he might push me away.
Living with four boys is really tough. There's always yelling and always messes. I hear a lot of crude talk and find a lot of crude magazines, usually Pietro's or Lance's. Freddie's not that kind of guy and Todd is actually quite inhibited when it comes to that sort of thing, especially when I'm around.
Right now, I'm in my room. Its Saturday night. My door is locked. If anybody ever knocks I just extend my arm and unlock it, of course, I ask who it is first. I can hear Lance's stereo blaring from his room. It's the Guns'n'Roses CD he borrowed from me. Somebody's baking brownies, I can smell them. It's probably Freddie. Todd's door just slammed.and Pietro is yelling in the hallway. Oh crap.
Pietro stopped yelling. Now his door slammed. I have to go diary. I'm going to go talk to Todd and see what's up. I promise to write in you more often from now on. Now that I'm done moving in, I shouldn't be so busy anymore. I'll talk to you tomorrow.
- Simone
P.S. I have an alias now. It's Arachnid. Midori likes it a lot.
Authors note: Readers, please read this it's very important. I use perfect paragraphing and dialogue when I write, but sadly, today I saw my story on the site for the first time. Fanfiction.com did something to the whole stracture of my story, especially chapter three, so I have gone through and hit enter between every paragraph in hopes that this will fix the problem. I hope it does. Also, thoughts in my original piece are in ittalics. Obviousely, italics don't show up on the sight so I have put all thoughts between four asterisks. Two are at the beginning of a thought and two at an end. Please forgive me for inconveniences, and thank you Storm-Pietro for allerting me of the problem. ^^ I was so mad at fanfiction.com when I saw what they did to my story. I hope they don't kick me out for saying that. On to chapter five.