Revenge, Pain and Regret
Italics- Are for ethereal voice or voices that don't sound orand feel like they're coming from a human even though the voice takes on a human voice and language.
Chapter 7: Payback and a Wrong Move
(10 Minutes Later at Ballet Class)
"I'm beat," Patrice Lawrence said as she exited the ballet class first and headed for the showers, "I'm going to take a bath," she declared, "I'm so sweaty it's disgusting," she whispered, "but at least I got the part!" she cried excitedly and skipped the rest of the way to the showers.
Patrice loved reaching the showers before the other girls. It gave her a chance to look over her body quickly in one of the ten full-length mirrors in the changing area as well as some noiseless alone time in the showers. She quickly slipped out of her leotard and removed all other clothing from her tired and overworked lithe body. Then she quickly went to one of the full-length mirrors and slowly started to look herself over.
She knew that some people thought that she was snobbish and self-absorbed. They were only half right (she wasn't that snobbish). Patrice did have an overly high liking of herself and her physical beauty. Also being the daughter of a mother who now lived with scars after being burnt alive nearly eight years ago made Patrice take a lot of care in physical beauty maintenance. She was nearly eleven and stood five feet and one inch with milky white unblemished skin. But what she adored most was her slightly below waist length flowing red hair which she had loosened from a French bun as she ran to the showers. 'A hair's a woman's beauty' the saying always went. Well to Patrice her hair was her god. She made sure that it was perfect everyday and in every way and paid it even more attention than her body and that said something.
After checking her body for any blemishes and finding none besides the usual that came with hard ballet training, she checked her hair thoroughly, removing anything that got in it and sighed with relief when she found no slit ends or any other problem with her hair.
Then she proceeded to the shower. Glad that no one else had yet arrived to disturb the peace and tranquillity of the area. Rag and Soap in hand she started to bathe herself the moment that she turned on the shower. The water was cold against her skin and she hummed to herself in pleasure. She never knew why she liked cold water. She just did.
Enjoying your shower?
Patrice quickly dropped the soap and clutched her rag to her chest (not bosom) with a frightened fist as she turned around in the direction of the voice.
"Who's there?" Patrice demanded frightened, "I'm not playing here!" she cried angrily but was still frightened.
Neither am I.
"What do you want?" Patrice asked as she gulped, "I know that you're not normal," she declared, "what do you want from me!" she demanded and looked around for the source of the voice but still found none.
Step out the shower.
"No way!" Patrice shrieked but soon realized that she moving forward without feeling it and for some reason she didn't feel scared, just slightly bewildered.
Go to Michelle's locker.
Patrice noticed that she did so as soon as she stepped out of the shower. She felt herself fall deeper and deeper into a heavy daze. But she still didn't feel any fear. No fear at all.
Open it.
Patrice did so and soon started digging for something, despite not knowing herself what it was she was digging for.
Soon her hand came out holding a shining long scissors. She gasped momentarily frightened but somehow still not feeling fear. Then everything went black to her.
Do you feel bad about what you did to me today Patrice?
Patrice nodded still standing before the open locker with scissors in hand. Her eyes staring forward without blinking.
Do you regret how you acted towards me today at ballet class Patrice?
Patrice nodded.
Say it.
"I regret what I did to you in ballet class," Patrice said in an emotionless voice.
The regretful must be punished. Those who regret what they've done must receive their just or unjust punishment. Don't you agree Patrice?
"Yes I agree," Patrice responded.
Then cut it off. Cut off what means most to you. Cut it ALL off.
Patrice moved her hand with the scissors automatically towards her beautiful red hair.
(5 Minutes before in Mandy's neighbourhood)
Janet kept walking along the block across from Mandy's house.
Why can't I just go in? I'm a Goddess for Christ Sakes! They should be honoured that I knock on the door to see them! Sigh. I just can't do this high and mighty Goddess thing right. Just because I'm above them by birthright doesn't mean that I should be rude to them as well as invade their right to in house privacy. I'm going to BILLY'S! (Janet's thoughts)
Janet disappears and reappeared at Billy's front door.
"Hello," Janet said after she had changed her eyes to the colour purple, her hair to a chocolate brown and her voice to one with a French accent, "is anyone there?" she asked as she knocked lightly on the door and made a light violet folder with clouds on it appear in her free hand.
The door opened to reveal an annoyed Mandy.
"Hello," Mandy said formally, "Billy's parents are out so…."
"I didn't come to see Billy's parents," Janet responded formally, "I came to see Grim," she said and squeezed the folder against her chest.
"Why?" Mandy asked and she sounded suspicious.
"No particular reason," Janet said brightly as she tried to keep calm.
"Are you one of his friends from the underworld?" Mandy asked suddenly, "because if you are, you oughta know that Grim is…."
"Right here," Grim said coldly as he came to stand beside Mandy, "what do you want?" he asked emotionlessly, "Janet," he added as he now glared at her.
"Janet?" Mandy asked and looked at Janet who looked away, "you really have the audacity to come here?" she demanded.
"Who's at the door?" Billy asked from inside the house, "is it the Pizza Man?" he asked suddenly filled with excitement.
"We didn't order any Pizza Billy," Mandy responded, "so no Pizza Man would be coming to your house," she told him, "Janet's here," she added emotionlessly.
"WHAT!" Billy screamed, "that FREAK'S come HERE!" he cried.
"I am not a freak," I whispered with a snarl.
"Why are you here?" Grim asked me formally but his eyeless sockets projected anger and hate, "in a teenage guise no less," he added, "think I need more punishment?" he asked darkly, "if I didn't know better I'd say that you were a reincarnated Dementia coming back to haunt me for acts caused by your own stupidity," he added.
Janet looked at Grim. He was understandably angry and Mandy was understandably cold and suspicious. But she couldn't dismiss what he had said about her mother as just a slip of the tongue as a result of a flared temper. She knew the truth. She knew that he meant every single word of it.
I made a mistake. I shouldn't have come here. (Janet's thoughts)
"I'll just go," Janet said in (her real voice) defeat and turned to leave.
But she found the path blocked by Billy.
"How did he get out here?" Mandy asked Grim from the corner of her lips as Janet looked at him in surprise.
"I don't know," Grim responded with a shrug.
"What are you doing here?" Billy demanded angrily, "and why do you look like a teenager?" he asked suddenly and looked at her curiously.
"I'm going to go home Billy," Janet responded formally, "Goodbye," she said simply.
"Wait," Mandy said suddenly, "why did you come?" she asked Janet.
"I actually came to apologize," Janet told her, "but now I realize that it's not right to go tell the Grim Reaper that you're sorry," she said her voice starting to turn icy, "the Grim Reaper is incapable of forgiveness or regret," she hissed as her hands started to clench then she disappeared.
The rest of them stood in silence but after a while Mandy noticed that Billy was simply staring at where Janet had stood just a while ago.
"What is it Billy?" Mandy asked formally.
"I think Grim made a mistake," Billy said in a small voice.
"What mistake?" Grim demanded.
"When Mandy asked her why she came," Billy started to explain, "she actually looked sad for a second (remember readers she never turned around after she saw Billy) when she said that she came 'to apologize'," he continued, "but as she continued her became ice cold and her face twisted in anger and I saw it," he said.
"Saw what?" Mandy asked Billy.
"Hatred," Billy responded and he sounded scared, "nothing but hatred in her face and eyes," he said as if he was seeing it right now, "then she disappeared," he said with a shrug and them suddenly had a grin on his face, "when is the pizza man coming?" he asked and Mandy groaned as Grim shook his head.
"We told you that there's …." Grim started, "I'll order Pepperoni and the Pizza Man should arrive in less than an hour," he said suddenly and Billy cheered and ran back inside the house.
"Why did you do that?" Mandy asked him with a raised eyebrow and a tone of unhidden surprise, "I feel giving right now," he said and started to go inside the house.
"Too bad you didn't feel giving enough to give Janet a chance to apologize," Mandy muttered as she started to close the door.
"What did you say Mandy?" Grim asked curiously and turned around.
"Just that the Pizza Man better arrive in under an hour," Mandy lied and locked the door behind her.
Done.
Death's Soulmate: Please Review and tell me what you think of what happened to Patrice and also of Janet's opinion of Grim now and what Mandy muttered towards the end of the chapter.
