Time of My Life
Chapter 2
AN: Is anyone even reading this? o-o; Hellooo out there?
It was that very morning as I woke up feeling the most wonderful feeling: freedom.
Though it was almost noon when my eyes peeked at my watch and I had a throbbing headache from my head telling me that it was still 2 in the morning.
I tried to ignore the feeling as I had another taxi drop me off at a place called Z-Homes.
And let me tell you now, it had the greatest furniture a girl could want.
I bought my bed, my sparkling new bed, queen sized mind you and a red coloured couch.
Heh heh, this place was so modern; I wanted my home to look just like it.
I also got a couple of those scoop stool chairs and a nice coffee table along with a book and cabinet set for various reasons of course.
To be delivered exactly three days from now.
…I seriously didn't think I could wait that long. I will not survive spending another night in that bed.
Oh yes … I almost forgot.
… Yeah right I call my own bluff. I wish I could forget this figure. But I can't seem to shake the bill.
It came out to exactly, three thousand six hundred thirty four dollars and sixty two cents.
Ouch.
But thankfully the little credit card that rode with me all the way to paradise held more than that.
But not much more I'm afraid.
If I was going to keep living here, I knew I had to get a job.
And fast.
But as I took another taxi to get home to my humble abode, I realized I wasn't particularly qualified for any high paying, office working job.
Great. Just great.
How am I going to get myself out of this one?
Perhaps I could get the Clan to fix up some quick papers for me?
Yeah right, I'm probably dreaming if I think the Clan would lie like that.
Truth and honesty Meiling…!
Whoa.
I must have dozed off as I wondered about my future on that stinky old couch, 'cause the next thing I knew, the sky was dark, the walls were shaking and there was loud whooping coming from next door.
... Oh god, oh god.
I really hoped that this wouldn't happen every weekend because … I would just die of sleep deprivation. I could see it now.
The throbbing head ache was still there in the front lobe of my brain, but the bass pumping through the walls had made it that much worse.
A growl left my throat instinctively, I was so going to kick whoever's ass was throwing that damned party.
And as I slammed my door to knock on my neighbors, my neighbor's door flew open and I almost tripped into the girl that had opened it.
Okay to be frank with you, I ended up sprawled on the ground, half of me in the hallway and the other half in the gloomy apartment.
Even from my unfortunate position on the floor, I could see into the apartment around the girl's feet. Needless to say, my home would probably be jealous of this one's furnishings.
"Ugh…" This was so not the way to meet people.
"Oh! I'm so sorry!"
"It's okay …" I tried to stand up taller, to look over her shoulder, but I was short. Way shorter than she was.
The brunette before me, shot me the friendliest smile I've ever seen, "Are you Dean's friend?"
"Uh…no." I pursed my lips then, replying flatly, "I'm the neighbor."
"Oh!" Her blue eyes looked as if it were about to pop out of her sockets, but then quickly turned around and looked a bit apologetic, "Sorry 'bout the noise, but I don't think it's going to go down until morning ... "
My glare must have looked pretty menacing because she bared her teeth at me again, this time in a wide grin, "You must be the new neighbor huh?"
I was suspicious, how did she know? "Yeeeah…" I strung out.
Her eyes were shining. "The lady you rented it from probably only asked for five hundred didn't she?"
"How did you know?"
"Because we do this all the time and she must've gotten fed up," she replied knowingly a smirk beginning to form on her sparkling pink lips.
I silently fumed in my spot. And people were going to tell me this when? That lady only gave it to me 'cause she knew the noise was too much? Wonderful and I had thought people here were honest. My mistake. "Doesn't the manager get mad?"
She laughed as she pulled me into the apartment when more people arrived, "He doesn't care, not like he can hear us. He lives on the 8th floor."
Flipping her brunette hair over her shoulder, she seemed to think for a moment before she invited me to stay. "Dean won't mind," seemed to be her only reason.
I sighed and nodded, knowing that if I made my way back to the apartment I'd still have to deal with the noise. And though the headache was blaringly obvious now as I came closer to the source, I was actually craving some human interaction.
With people my age of course; though it might have been contrary to popular belief.
"I'm Mai," she told me as she dragged me over to get a drink from the kitchen.
"Meiling," I said as I let my eyes roam around the room, "Hey…how come this place is-"
"Larger?" Mai asked with that smile again, "Because there are different types of apartments on each floor. A couple are larger than others."
She laughed as the realization dawned on my face. I just asked the stupidest question ever …
"Hey c'mon I'll introduce you to some friends of mine."
I let her lead me over to where a bunch of people seemed to be talking and laughing. Immediately I felt left out as she jumped right into the conversation. I wanted to slink back into my apartment and curl up on the old couch.
It only took her a moment to remember I was standing right next to her when I glanced at the door. She looked stern, though her cheerful voice betrayed the effect she was going for, "Ooh, you're not going anywhere."
Oh god. Her friends were all staring at me like I was fresh meat in a lion's den. And the reassuring smile she shot my way did little to calm my nerves.
Mai started with the girl to her left, a tall blonde that went by the name of Chris.
Next came a red headed male that went by the name of Adam. And I must say he wasn't that bad looking. For a guy with the look of a well known womanizer that is.
And that's how it went as she named off all six that was standing in the circle.
Kaipo was a tanned youth with black hair and shining brown eyes. He seemed friendly enough as he gave me a nod of his head.
Beside him was an Asian looking female that went by the name of Tawny. Her blue streaked hair and outrageous outfit made me wonder if she was an eccentric artist.
Johnny lounged beside her in a bright yellow shirt and bleached out blonde hair. His laid back attitude and easy smile caused me to raise an eyebrow at him which only made his grin widen.
As I glanced at the last two standing in the circle, two pairs of identical green eyes twinkled back at me from right beside me.
One boy and one girl, though the boy was steadily taller than the girl. The girl waved, her smile identical to the boy's as she swept some brown hair from her face. "And these are the twins. That's Alveire and that's Justice," Mai had said while first pointing to the girl and then the boy; though her tone on the boy's name was a bit more teasing.
The boy glanced sharply at her with a glare and reintroduced himself, "Jay."
My attention wasn't on him however it was on the male that had carefully slipped himself between the twins.
He had bright blue eyes which were wise beyond his years and sharp angled features. Looking like a mix between eastern and western descent, his hair was the color of midnight. But as the light bounced off of the silky strands, it became clear that his hair was not of the ravenous color but rather of the darkening midnight sky. A deep, deep cobalt colour. His smirk was not lost upon me as his attention lingered on me, the new comer.
But then something clicked behind those cerulean blues of his."And this is-"
"Eriol?" I whispered the same time as Mai did, eyes a bit wider than normal.