Chapter 5 Band camp, part 1!
Sitting in front of the school... oh how much more fun can you get? THEY'RE HALF AN HOUR LATE! AHHH! I'm sitting there, my luggage next to me, in between Yusuke's legs as his arms are wrapped around me, as my head lay against his chest. I felt his chest go up and down as he took soft breaths. I looked up at him, as he was dazed off, staring at the sky. The sun has already risen, as the clouds were picking on each other through the sky. The sun shone, as I felt it's heat hit my body.
You know, I guess it's not a completely bad thing the bus is late. I like this... just sitting here in Yusuke's arms.
I wish I could stay like this forever.
"What are you thinking about?" I said, as I broke his gaze.
"Just thinking about how great this is."
I smiled. "Yea... it is great, isn't it?" I felt him take a piece of my hair, twirling it through his finger.
"I thought this would be so stupid... I thought I was going to feel stupid and be around a bunch of losers with no lives."
"Losers, huh?" I said, in an aggravated tone.
"Hey, I said that's what I thought."
"What? You mean that just because we're in band that we're stereotyped as losers? So I'm a loser?"
"THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING! MY GOD! YOU'RE SO STUBBORN!"
"Haha I know I am." I said, as I felt his grip loosen a bit. "What?"
"Nothing." He said, shrugging it off.
"Whatever." I said. I got up and started walking a little bit. Hopefully I'll run into someone to talk to. I found Kristine talking to matt, and I walked over to them.
"STOP LOOKING AT ME!" the lanky boy said. I stared at him, grinning. I turned around, about to walk away, and then turned back around.
"STOP LOOKING AT ME!" I screamed.
"Sorry! Can't help it!" he said. I laughed, and pushed him. Kristine was standing there laughing, as well.
"Can I steal kristine for a second?" I asked, as he nodded. We walked away from him, as he stood there, waiting for her return. "WHAT'S THIS!?!" I said, excited.
"He asked me out." She said, excitedly. "And naturally I said yes!"
"Nice." I said, as we walked back to him. "You guys... keep talking." I said, smirking, as I put his hand in hers, as I turned around and walked away.
I walked over to a big group of people, that had some of my closest friends in it. My best friend, colleen was there. She's a very thin girl with short hair which is a redish brownish color. Next to her is my good friend Genesis. With genesis was George and Mike Casey, along with chris monti and chris clinco. Clinco is a very tall kid... and when I say tall, I mean like 6'5". It's insane, and the kid isn't even done growing yet!
"Hey jess!" Genesis said, walking over to me, giving me a hug. "How's everything with you and Yusuke?" I don't know how to say this... it is great... but what was that just about? Ah, it was nothing. I looked over at him, sitting alone, gazing at the sky again. "Hello, Jess? You there?" She said. I shook my head, getting back into reality.
"Yea, I'm fine... we're fine! Everything is fine!" I said, with a corny smile and a weak laugh. Everyone kinda stared at me, they knew I was being sarcastic, but let it slide.
"So colleen, how's Mr. Perfect danny?" She said, turning to colleen. They started talking, as I couldn't stop looking over at Yusuke. I felt an arm on my shoulder, as I turned around.
"Everything alright?" Said the voice. I looked at george and shrugged a little bit.
"Yea, it's just he's acting a little weird today... like he's afraid of something."
"He's probably nervous about the week. It's going to be a long week, Jess. You know that, you've been here before."
"Yea, I guess so." I smiled, and gave george a hug. "Thanks george."
"Anytime. You owe me!" He said, as I walked towards Yusuke.
He was still looking at the sky. I sat down in front of him. His legs were still spread apart, as I faced him, crouching. "So... what were you going to finish saying?" He looked at me, as he moved a piece of hair from my face.
"I never thought I was going to find someone that brought out a side of me I never knew I had." He stopped for a second, as he started to stand up. "My whole life I've been on my own... yes, I do have my mother who is always drinking and never there for me, and my best friend Keiko, who I think has more than friend feelings for me, but I don't want that to happen. But Jess, when I'm with you, I'm able to talk, and I'm able to feel. For the first time in my life, I'm not betrayed, and I'm able to open up to you." He smiled at me. "I've never done anything like this in my life before, and I'm just glad I'm experiencing it with someone like you." I smiled, as my eyes had tears in them. He laughed at me. "Why are you crying?" he said to me, as he brushed a few tears away. I smirked, and he laughed harder.
"Stop laughing at me! I've never had anyone like you before, so please pinch me before I think I'm dreaming."
"I'll do worse!" He said, as he jumped on me and started tickling me.
"STOP!" I said, laughing. He kept tickling me, and everyone would pass, laughing.
Suddenly, a bus pulled up, as one followed it. I grabbed my bags, as Yusuke picked up his duffle bag, and headed for our bus.
"Hey Jess, I need to tell you something." A girl with blonde hair said to me. It was kristen, my guard captain. She was sitting next to Erin, as Hiei and Jin sat behind them. I was sitting next to Yusuke, he sat by the window. I leaned in closer to them.
"Yea?"
"Well, you know that I've been feeling something for Hiei right?"
"Yea..."
"And you know how I've wanted to kiss him sooo badly right?"
"Yea.... what are you getting at kristen! You have a boyfriend, remember?"
"Yea..." She said. "Well, I kissed Hiei..."
"WHAT!" I screamed. Suddenly the bus got silent, as everyone looked at me. I ducked myself down, as I saw Yusuke turn around.
"THERE'S NOTHING TO SEE! TURN AROUND!" Yusuke screamed, as suddenly, everyone listened to him.
"Thanks hon." I said, as I gave him a quick peck on the cheek. He smiled, and turned back to the window. "Kristen, what are you going to do?"
"Ha, you should hear what joe said!" Erin said, laughing.
"Joe found out?" I said. "Oh, honey, are you ok?"
"Why wouldn't I be? He's the one who told me to do it!"
"What...tapatapadapadoopadooo.." I said, saying random syllables. I had no idea what to say... Her and Joe had been going out for a year and a half about.
"Jess, relax. Joe told me to."
"ohtakatakudabudabuda?" I said... more random syllables.
"I told him that I liked Hiei... and he told me that he'd be happier if I was happy, as long as it only goes to kissing, nothing else." I stared at her... stared coldly... I was in shock. I couldn't believe it... sorry!
"... hold on a tick." I said. I looked around me, and grabbed my water bottle. I started drinking... and drinking... and drinking.
"JESS! TAKE A BREATH!" I kept drinking, bottle's half way done. I don't get it! What is wrong with them! "JESS! STOP!" She said, laughing.
Bottle's almost done, one more sip... done.
Yusuke looked over at me, as I put the bottle down, coughing. "You're crazy." He said, with a smirk on his face.
I coughed a few more times, as I felt his hand on my back. I nodded, as I felt him wrap his arms around me. I relaxed back onto him, as I grabbed my sketchbook and started to draw a picture.
First came a girl. A beautiful girl with flowing brown She was a human, with a beautiful dress which flowed to her knees, a v-neck dress that was blue. A light blue. She was me in my story. My element is rain, and I control the rain. It's a thing with me, kristen, & Erin. There are other people involved with it, but those 2 are most with it.
I love the name I picked for her... Reiu.
It's so beautiful.
So graceful.
"She's really pretty." Yusuke said, as he studied my drawing.
"Yea, I should make it more realistic though." I said, as I went to take my eraser to erase her when Yusuke grabbed my hand and stopped me.
"Why would you want to erase her? And what do you mean realistic?"
I sighed. "Well, I'm making a story and she's the character that's supposed to represent me."
He laughed. "Erase it... I don't think there's a picture that can match your beauty." He said, pecking me on the cheek. I looked at him. Usually, being me, I would resist a comment like that... but Yusuke was different. Yusuke didn't say anything like 'hot' or 'cute.' It's like, he picked his words a lot more carefully, incase he said something to offend me. I liked that... beauty. Not sexy... beauty. I don't think I've really ever heard a guy call me beautiful... except for a few of my guy friends. But when they say it, I feel awkward. This feels... amazing.
"Actually, I think this picture is just perfect." I said. Then, I started to sketch a drawing of a man behind her. He had broad shoulders, and a very muscular body. He wore A light blue shirt with a pair of dark blue pants. It was a very loose shirt, but no sleeves. On his cheek, he had a tattoo of a rain cloud. "Wait... now it's perfect." I said, as he smiled.
"Who's that?" He said, as I felt him hold a grip tighter on me.
"You, silly. Hisame is your name in my story." I smiled, as I outlined my sketch darker.
"And, what happens between Hisame and Reiu?"
I smiled. "You'll have to wait until the end of the story to see that."
We reached the campus, as we pulled in front of our dorm. We went to our rooms and unpacked our stuff. This year I was rooming with Kristine. We unpacked our stuff, as there was a knock on the door. I opened the door and saw Genesis there. "Hey you two. Ready to go to the cafeteria yet?"
"Almost!" I said, as I finished putting up some pictures. I brought a few... cough... hundred pictures with me. I need my shrine! I have like my frank sinatra, ewan mcgregor, everything I like, along with pictures of my friends. On my desk I had three important pictures. The first was a picture of my wacky California family. Oh how I miss them. I want to see them sometime soon. I feel so at home whenever I'm with them, it's like natural to me.
Then there was a picture of me and my grandpa. That's a very important picture to me. This was a picture of me and him on the last memorial day he experienced, me with my sax and him with his veteran jacket. I was in 8th grade when he died, he died on thanksgiving. He was the one person in New York I really connected with. My family never understood me, except him. When I lost him, it was tragic for me.
The last picture is me with a group of my friends. It was Erin, Kristen, me, Dana, Steph, and Lisa. It was the girls I went to Junior prom with. That was a fun night. Dana... man I miss Dana, I wish she didn't graduate last year. "I wish that Dana could visit us here." I said, as I picked up the picture. "I miss her. It's so different in guard without her here."
"Well, you don't have to worry about that!" A voice said from the doorway. I turned around, and saw Dana.
"DANA!!!" I screamed, as I jumped on her and gave her a huge hug. "DANA! YOU'RE HERE!" I said. Then I calmed down. "Why?" I said, as she laughed.
"Wyman said that he could use some help around, so I'm going to be a band parent in training!" She smiled, as we all walked out the door. We met up with Kristen, Erin, & Laura. Laura is a funny person. She's the only female trumpet player in the band this year. We all met outside, and walked to the field for our first block.
"My first block of my last band camp is done!" Kristen said, on the verge of tears. Erin and Kristen hugged each other. "I can't believe we're seniors!"
"Yea, and I can't believe you're all ditching me next year!" I said to them, as they all laughed at me. We all walked down to the cafeteria, and we had to wait for the doors to open. We were standing in line, waiting for them to open the doors.
There were a bunch of people from my school there too, like Colleen, Marianna, Jackie, Genesis, Mike Casey, George, Matt, Mark, and then all the yu yu hakusho gang was down there.
"Jess, you ok?" Kristen said to me.
"Yes, why wouldn't I be? I have a great boyfriend..." I said, as I looked over at Yusuke. He was standing next to Kuwabara, staring at the sky, as they talked to each other. "Who am I trying to kid... I think he's going to break up with me." I said, about to cry.
"Why would you think that?" Kristen said.
"He's acting... distant..." I said. "And the last time a guy started getting distant from me, he broke up with me."
"Jess... Yusuke isn't like those bastards you dated... especially not like the last one you dated." Kristen said. "Yes, I mean the last one was great until the end, but he broke your heart none the less. Yusuke wouldn't do that. Yusuke would at least have a reason. He doesn't seem the type to just break up with you." I smiled, and looked at him again. I saw him turn in my direction, and I smiled. He smiled back, and waved. I giggled, and turned back to kristen.
"You're right. He's amazing. Nothing bad is going to happen." I smiled, as I held my sketchbook up to my chest. "This line is never going to stop. I'm going to sit down and wait. Save my spot online?" I asked, as she nodded her head. I turned around, as I bumped into someone, my sketchbook falling to the ground.
"I'm sorry!" I said, as I bent down to pick up my sketchbook.
"Yea, whatever." He said, as he bent down to pick up my sketchbook as well, as I felt his hand touch mine. I looked up, as I saw a pair of piercing golden eyes looking at me. We locked contact for a second, as I studied him. He was wearing a loose white t-shirt, with a pair of baggy red shorts. They looked like they had been ripped, made from baggy pants into shorts, as the shirt looked like the sleeves had been ripped off. He had a chain around his neck, that had black beads with a white pointed bead every 10 beads or so. We both blushed a little bit, as he picked up my sketchbook. We both stood up, as I noticed he had a very lean upper body, and long silver hair that was put back in a pony tail holder. He had... were those dog ears on the top of his head? They're so cute!
"Sorry, about that." I said, as I smiled. He handed me my sketchbook.
"Don't mention it." he said, as he smirked softly. I walked away, and turned back around, to see him still looking at me. I sat down on a table, and started sketching a picture. It was going to be the figure for kristen in my story, and her name was Aori. It meant gust of wind, which is her power. She has a flowing dress, that reaches down to the floor, with long, flowing blonde hair. Her dress was white, with a purple accent to it, with a hole in the middle of it, which revealed her belly. She had clouds on her feet, as her orbs in her hand looked as if they were clouds.
Finally, the doors opened, as I walked into the cafeteria with my friends, as they all grabbed a big booth. We all got our food, and sat down together. The Yu Yu Hakusho gang went to go sit alone. "Hey, what are you guys doing?" I said. They all turned around and looked at us. "There's more than enough room here for you guys!" I said, as they all walked over to sit with us, except for Hiei. Hiei walked away and sat by himself.
We're all sitting together, talking, eating, having a great time.
"Hey Jess..." Erin said, who was sitting on Jin's lap right now.
"Yea?" I said "Where'd kristen go?" She asked me.
"Hm... I'm not sure." I said, as I looked to where Hiei was sitting alone. Wait a sec! Hiei's not there anymore. "Oh that bad girl." I said to myself.
"What?" Erin asked.
"Hiei ain't here anymore... either is kristen." I whispered in her ear.
"Oh..." Erin said. "That bad girl."
