I'm sorry, but I'm not too great at the whole past tense, present tense and future tense thing. If I make a mistake, I'm sorry, but English isn't my strong suit. Anyway, here's the next chapter, most of it's in Destiny's POV. There's a lot of arguing between Tala, Kate and Destiny in this chappie. It was fun to write. You even get to see a different side of Cassidy!!
Chapter 7- Fear of Falling
Destiny's POV
Beep. Beep. Beep. I groaned as I heard the unmistakable sound of my alarm clock going off. I rolled over to get a look at the time and almost rolled out of my bed. The clock read 1:30 am, I slammed off the alarm. I groaned again. Sooooo early.
I tried to lift myself up to get out of bed, but my arms gave way and I dropped back onto the sheets. I snuggled up with my teddy and in my nice warm bed. A few more minutes of sleep wouldn't hurt.
"DESTINY GET UP!" I jumped ten feet in the air as my mom hollered at me from my doorway.
"I'm sleeping," I mumbled, rolling over so my back was facing her.
I heard her sigh, "If you don't get up you're going to miss the plane"
I looked at the clock again. 2:30 am. Oh my god! I was supposed to be there for 3am! I threw my sheets back, shivered from the cold air and then ran towards my shower. I finished in five minutes and then looked hastily through my closet for something to wear.
Wait. I looked over at my desk. I'd set out my clothes for today last night. That would save me some time. Thank god I packed last night too.
I quickly put on the dark blue jeans, white and red long-sleeve shirt and red sweater and rushed downstairs for breakfast.
"Destiny, your going to choke on that if you don't slow down" my mother warned me as I shoveled down the pancakes she made me.
Swallowing my orange juice to wash it down, I took a big breath before running back upstairs to get my luggage.
Shoving both suitcases down the stairs, I quickly ran down after them and managed to get them both in the trunk without breaking anything or killing myself. A job well done, If I do say so myself.
"Destiny, I have 15 minutes to get you to the airport and it's a 20 minute drive. Move it" Mom yelled, "I'll be waiting in the car."
I looked at myself in the mirror, my hair was still half wet and I just realized I put my shirt on backwards.
I turned it around so the red maple leaf faced the front. I was very proud of my shirt. It looked like a Canadian flag! You couldn't see the red sleeves under my sweater though.
I wasn't quite ready, but I didn't have time to waste so I ran downstairs calling a pointless good-bye to my sleeping brother and slamming the door shut behind me as I hopped into my mom's green voltswagon.
The plane didn't leave until four am. FOUR AM. Man, I was pissed to hear that. I rushed for absolutely nothing. I glared at the principal as he took my bags to be stored in the plane.
On the bright side my hair was now dry from running from the parking lot to the terminal.
I finally got sight of my last two classmates coming towards us. Tala...and Kai. I'd been thinking about him a lot since Friday. So I liked him, it would go away wouldn't it? There was no possible way that we would happen. The more I thought about it, the more hopeless it seemed. Trust me to like the most unattainable guy.
But I sat there admiring him anyway. I loved the way he held himself, strong and proud and the way his bangs always fell into his eyes. He was drop dead gorgeous. God, I need to get out more.
I was grateful when Mark and Cassidy showed up.
"Hey Destiny!" Cassidy said cheerfully as she took a seat next to me on the bench.
"Aren't you chipper this morning," I said gloomily. She laughed.
"You are definitely not a morning person"
I stuck my tongue out at her, "No, I'm just not a wake up at 2 am kind of person"
"Yea, me either" Mark yawned.
We all sat there quietly, and I started to drift to sleep.
Mark shook my shoulders gently, "Destiny, wake up, come on, it's time to go"
I quickly snapped back into reality, "Oh right" I said, stifling a yawn.
I slowly pulled myself up from the bench and stood at the end of the line to wait to get on the plane.
The plane ride would have been exciting if it wasn't so early in the morning. I tried desperately to listen to Cassidy talk about the trip, but I was just so tired that I ended up falling asleep.
"Destiny, wake up" Cassidy said loudly in my ear.
I opened by eyes to see fog filling the windows. We were in a cloud. Turning my head, I faced my friend.
"I'm awake" I smiled.
She grinned back, "we're going to land in 10 minutes, and you'll be able to see Canada as soon as we're out of these clouds"
Sure enough, as soon as the haze cleared you could see land below us.
"Wow, I think we're close to the east coast," I stated in amazement.
Cassidy nodded, her face only inches from the window.
"Hey Cass?" I said.
"Yea?" she responded, still gaping out the window.
"You're kinda sitting on me," I told her.
She giggled, "Sorry"
"Here, you can have the window seat" I said, moving to her seat after she got off of me.
"Thanks a bunch!" she beamed, returning her emerald eyes to the beautiful scene below.
I turned to Mark. He was still asleep. Oh sure, wake me up, but not him.
An idea suddenly formed in my mind.
"Excuse me!" I summoned the flight attendant over.
"What would you like miss?" she asked politely.
"A glass of ice water, make sure there's lots of ice please" I smiled. She nodded and returned within the minute with my water.
"Thank you very much" I smiled sweetly at her.
I looked down at my drink, good, lots of ice cubes. Poor Mark, he even had his shirt tucked in, the idiot wore his uniform today.
I scooped up some of the frozen cubes and carefully dropped them down the back of his shirt.
"Hey Cassidy, watch this!" I pointed to my victim.
"AHHHH" he jumped up trying to get the ice out of his shirt. We laughed hysterically as he danced around in the aisle.
"You should have seen you face!" I exclaimed between giggles.
"Very funny" he grumbled, dropping down in a huff.
I smiled apologetically at him, "Hey, it was just a joke"
I didn't even see it coming as he dumped the rest of my water over my head. I screamed as my hair once again became soaked as well as my sweater.
I glared daggers at him.
It was his turn to laugh, "Hey, it was just a joke"
Cassidy continued to laugh hysterically and we both turned to give her evil smiles.
"Uh, Hey guys..." she said nervously, giving us a small wave.
But before we could get Cassidy, the pilot's voice came through the intercom.
Would everyone please fasten their seat belts, we will be landing very soonI obeyed quickly. We looked out the window silently as we hit the ground.
"Hey, it's the CN tower!" I heard someone shout. I smiled; it was great to be back.
Kai's POVIt was a pretty good hotel. Chandeliers, leather furniture and everything had a decorative touch. The walls were painted a traditional red and the floor was an interesting and expensive wooden design.
My room wasn't too bad either. There were two bunk beds. The bottom bed was bigger then the top. Hotels never compared to my house, so I always expected glitches.
"I get the bottom," I said to Tala as I threw my duffle bad on the bottom bed closest to the balcony.
I watched as Michael and Mark came inside. The smaller boy looked extremely uncomfortable.
"You can have the top, just don't fall on me at night" Michael ordered. He wasn't very talkative either. I used to be able to tolerate him, but now he just disgusts me.
As soon as he came in, Mark was gone. He'd left the direction of the elevators.
"Hey boys" I heard a voice from the doorway. Great, the redheaded slut. (That's rose in case you didn't know)
"Wanna come over to our room? There's lots of room," she said sweetly, winking at Tala.
"We'd love to, wouldn't we Kai? Michael?" he asked hopefully.
I nodded reluctantly and Michael did the same. He definitely wasn't unwilling to go though.
I followed Tala out of the room and across the hall. The first thing I noticed was that Destiny wasn't there. Her friend was sitting on the top bunk closest to the balcony reading a rather thick book.
"Hey Kai honey" Kate gushed when she saw me.
"It's just Kai" I told her sullenly. She frowned slightly, but quickly put her smile back on. Could she be any more fake?
"Come sit over here with me" she said, patting the bed beside her.
"No" I said bluntly and took a seat on the small couch instead.
She pouted at me and even tried puppy dog eyes. But it was useless, I knew she was phony and nothing could change that.
"Hey Cassidy, could you pass me—oh!" I turned my head to see Destiny standing in the bathroom door wearing only a fluffy white towel.
Her cheeks instantly turned bright pink, ".... that bag" she finished.
"Stop looking at her you perverts" Cassidy scolded us. I stared at her instead. And I thought she was a quiet girl.
She handed the bag to the embarrassed blonde. Destiny quickly shut the door and I heard the lock click.
Cassidy went back to her reading.
"Man, I hate the man who invented towels" Michael smirked. Tala laughed.
"And I hate the man who did your mom" Cassidy growled. (A/N: hehe, I love that)
"Burn!" Tala laughed again. I stared shocked at the black-haired girl. She was definitely not as quiet as I thought she was. It seemed like a lot of people weren't who I thought they were. I looked back at the closed door.
When Destiny saw me, I saw something in her eyes. Confusion, hurt and... something else. But I couldn't figure out what that something else was. She looked pretty upset when Tala told her that I hated her on Friday. The truth was though, I almost went after her. I really don't hate her; she's never given me a reason to. Actually she caught my interest the first day I saw her, there was just something about her I found intriguing.
Michael scowled, but didn't reply. He was definitely outmatched.
The click of the door caught my attention and a fully clothed Destiny walked through it.
She was dressed in a white shirt that had a big pink heart on the front and a pair of black lounge pants. She was one of those girls that could have looked great in sweats and a hoodie, but then again, so was Kate.
"So.... Kai" Kate began. I could see Destiny watching me out of the corner of my eye.
"What" I replied, making sure my voice was filled with annoyance.
"I heard somewhere," she said, and I noticed her eyes dart to Tala for a second, "that you absolutely hate Destiny. It's amazing how much we have in common"
I glared up at Tala and he shrugged. I was about to reply when someone else did instead.
"Shut up" came the barely audible voice. I looked over to see Destiny staring at Kate, only she didn't look angry, she looked...hurt?
"You going to make me?" Kate challenged.
"I told you to shut up Kate" Destiny said, and I could the faintest traces of anger appear in her ocean blue eyes.
Kate rolled her eyes, "you think I'm going to listen to you Dessy? You're stupider then I thought"
"Look, I'm sick of your attitude, I'm sick of your insolence and I'm sick of you. So just get the hell out of my face and keep your big mouth shut," Destiny warned.
I looked back over to Kate. I could tell she was struggling to think of a comeback.
Kate started to smile deviously. I couldn't wait to hear her pathetic comeback.
"At least I can get any guy I want"
"Actually Kate, I don't think you can" Destiny replied coolly, "Not every guy wants to date a slut"
Destiny's POVI waited at the foot of the CN Tower with my two friends. It was a chilly day so I'd worn my jean jacket over my orange top. I looked up at the huge building. It was as tall as I remembered it, and as frightening.
I hated to admit it, but I was terrified of heights. But even though they scared the shit out of me, I still got this excitement rush when I was up high.
Mr. Dickenson let me Cassidy, Mark, Kai and Tala onto the elevator. I could feel my heart beat faster the higher we traveled.
"Wow, this view is amazing" Cassidy's wonder-filled voice echoed in the small chamber.
Mark gawked out the window next to her. Carefully, making sure my back was against the wall, I stretched my neck forward to see out. I couldn't see anything from behind Mark and Cassidy but the tips of large office buildings. Imagine falling from this high. I swallowed hard as I realized we were only half way up. I didn't remember it being so, so high.
"Scared of heights?" Tala teased.
"No" I lied.
"Then why are you so pale?" he asked knowingly.
"I'm not pale," I grumbled in return. He shrugged and leant back against the wall.
"Just relax" Kai told me and I stared at him blankly. If I could relax, I would. He rolled his eyes, but grabbed my arm and gently pulled me over to the big glass window.
My eyes shut tightly and I instantly tried to go back to my safe wall, but he held me in place.
"You won't fall. I got you," he whispered and I nodded slowly. I trusted him. Taking a deep breath I reopened my eyes. I gasped at the sight.
"Incredible" I murmured. I could see forever. The lake glistened in the sunshine and birds flew so close I could almost reach out and touch them.
When we reached the top I blushed when I realized just how close I'd been standing to Kai. He dropped his hands from the top of my arms and walked into the building with his friend. I stared longingly after him. Man, I'm seriously turning into a lovesick puppy.
"Destiny, come on we have to get off" Mark told me. I was still standing in the elevator. I smiled sheepishly and then quickly followed them out.
"No way" I told my two best friends as they tried to force me onto the glass floor.
"Come on Des, please?" Cassidy begged. She'd been calling me Des lately and so had Mark. Although he still called me Tiny.
"No" I said firmly. There was no way I was going to stand on an invisible floor a zillion metres above the ground. It just wasn't going to happen.
"You're going, even if we have to drag you out there" Mark warned sending her a devious smile.
"I said no," I repeated.
Cassidy and Mark looked at each other before nodding. I backed away from them slowly. They each grabbed one of my arms and dragged me onto the floor.
"Hey guys, no, please no" I begged, but I was already standing in the centre of it. If it broke I was going to fall to my death. What a way to die.
"Hey Tiny, open your eyes" Mark laughed. I shook my head blindly.
Suddenly someone grabbed my shoulders and my eyes flew open to see my red-haired nemesis smirking down at me.
"You liar, you're totally afraid of heights," Tala taunted, letting go of me.
"So? It's not that big a de---oh my god" my eyes went wide as soon as I saw the sight below me.
He laughed, "sorry, I meant downright terrified"
If I hadn't been frozen to the spot then I would have glared at him.
"Oh no, it's cracking" Tala said. I started running back to the landing.
Tala roared with laughter. I didn't care though; I just wanted to get off. I was almost there when I ran into something and fell. I guess that's guaranteed to happen when you run with your eyes shut though.
I looked up to see a bemused Kai. I felt the heat rise in my face, great I was blushing. He offered me a hand and I took it gladly.
"Look down" he ordered. I stared at him as if he were crazy.
"Just do it. It'll be fine," he said and I slowly did. It was pretty incredible. It looked like the city was a child's toy. Everything was so tiny, even the skydome looked like a dollhouse.
"Amazing isn't it?" Kai said.
"Yea" I whispered, I still hadn't let go of his hand.
"Come on" he led me back to the opaque floor and I sighed in relief, but when I turned to thank him he wasn't there. I stared down at my now empty hand. I wished he was still here with me, I felt so safe when he was holding me. Great, so much for going away. I just liked him more.
I walked around with Cassidy and Mark for a while, and bought a t-shirt that had a picture of the tower and a few postcards with pictures of the inside painted on them.
"We have to go up to the restaurant for dinner, we were supposed to be there five minutes ago" Mark said looking at his watch.
The restaurant was amazing. The view was spectacular and the lights and fancy decorations made it even more incredible.
"Ah, there you are. Come with me" Mr. Dickenson said when he found us.
We came over to the reserved table. There were three empty seats next to each other. Mark and Cassidy sat down and I was left to sit next to Kate. Just wonderful. She'd hated me even more since I burned her last night.
"You know, you're afraid of a lot of things," Tala said thoughtfully after I sat down, but I knew he was just trying to annoy me.
"Really" I answered uninterestedly and then I ordered a Caesar salad and chocolate milkshake for dinner. I wasn't particularly hungry tonight.
"Horror movies, heights...boys" he smirked when I sent him a death glare.
Kate's extremely high-pitched laughter echoed through the room. I was surprised everyone didn't go deaf. At least she was pretty, without that she'd be totally screwed.
"I'm not afraid of boys," I informed him, "One of my best friends happens to be a boy"
He gave me a look of disbelief, "that's different, you're afraid to let a guy touch you Destiny, just admit it"
"There's nothing to admit," I told him coldly.
He shrugged, "I think Michael here could argue that"
I saw Kai send Michael a warning look and that made me feel a little better.
"Leave her alone" Mark spoke up for the first time.
"Do you always need your friends to stand up for you?" he asked me.
I glared at him; "No, but little miss whore over there does, or else she can't win"
"Look, I've got guys throwing themselves at me, it's not my fault you're jealous" Kate said smugly.
"Jealous of what? You're charming personality? Get real," I said in annoyance.
"Why you little---"
"Shut up" Kai said and she shut her big mouth. I smiled triumphantly at her.
The only people I talked to after that were Cassidy and Mark. They though a chocolate milkshake and a Caesar salad were an odd combination but I assured them it was good.
I spent most of my time staring at my latest attraction. He hadn't eaten much either and every time his hair flew in his face I had to fight the urge to brush it away. God, I wished there was some way I could get him. But I had to face it; the chances of that happening were extremely slim. Once he caught me staring and to my surprise he smiled at me. You didn't get to see him smile very often, I felt very special.
It was dark by the time we headed for the elevators. The restaurant had been slowly rotating so the view had changed often throughout the meal.
Yawning I stepped into the elevator, but oddly the only other person in it was Kai.
"Where did everyone else go?" I asked.
"Different elevator" he answered.
"Oh" I replied. He was leaning against the side, his arms crossed and head turned to watch the city becoming bigger as we went lower.
"Kai, why does he hate me so much?" I asked, my voice almost pleading. He knew I was talking about Tala.
He shrugged. "I don't know," he said honestly.
"You know, it hurts every time. I try to blow it off, but it always hurts." I whispered, focusing my quickly moistening eyes to the ground. God, I'm such a baby.
The elevator stopped.
"I don't hate you" was the last thing he said before walking out toward the group.
I couldn't believe how happy it made me when he said that. I walked out, feeling much lighter.
"You like him" Cassidy accused me when we entered our room. Kate and Rose were across the hall hitting on the guys again.
"Like who?" I asked innocently.
She saw right through me, "Don't play stupid with me Des, you know who I mean"
"No I don't," I said with the same innocent expression.
She shook her head at me, "Why Kai? You know how impossible that's going to be"
Damn, she was too smart. "Fine, so I like him. But it's just a crush, nothing big"
"So what are you going to do about it?" she asked me excitedly.
I stared astounded at her, "nothing, its Kai. There's nothing I can do"
"I think he likes you too" she grinned cleverly at me.
I was shocked, "There's no way"
"You never know," she said before wishing me goodnight and going up to bed.
Cassidy had a thing for over exaggerating things. There was no possible way she could be right. Just because he didn't hate me, that didn't mean he actually cared about me. This was Kai Hiwatari. Kai Hiwatari. He never fell for anyone. Especially not me.
Ok, another chapter done, sorry this one's not as long as usual, but I was trying to get Destiny to work out her feelings. Its not as focused around that as I wanted, but it's ok I guess. The next one will have Kai/Destiny stuff. Hehehe.
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