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I collapsed on the couch completely out of breath. I grumbled as a piece of batter fell from my hair and into my face. So basically I just spent about five million hours chasing Hiwitari around the house seeking my revenge, but unfortunately at the moment I was way too exausted to think, so my revenge will have to wait.
" I hate you" I muttered.
" I love you too. Now that that's settled, what the hell are we gonna do about the kitchen?" he asked.
I sighed, " and the living room, and the bathroom too". Mom was gonna be home soon and she was gonna flip is she knew that I had helped practically trash the Hiwitari's house.
" I suppose we could just get the maids to do it... it is their job after all" he suggested. I frowned, right I'd forgotten that they had maids. I yawned and stood up, " I'm getting a shower... again" I said making sure to make the word 'again; very clear and loud.
" Not before me" he warned as he stood up as well. " Oh no you dont!" I snapped, there was no way he was getting a shower before me!
" What? Your the one who caused this mess" he said motioning to himself. I smirked, "Nah that was the fault of the guy who fucked your mom" He narrowed his eyes at me,
"I meant my clothes" he snapped. I rolled my eyes. " I'll only be quick, you can just go after me." I tried reasoning, I didnt want another stupid fight starting.
" Or I could go first because this is my house" he said calmly. I glared at him, this guy was so annoying, why couldnt he just let me go first.. it's not like I'd use up the hot water of anything. He was just so stubborn, it was rotting me.
"Don't forget that I live here too now! This is my house too" I said. He sighed in defeat,
"Fine, you can go first but you have 10 minutes, and if your not out by then I bust the door down and make you come out" he growled.
" You know that would be an invasion of privacy?" I said. He looked me up and down,
" And I care because?" he asked. I sighed, " I'll be out don't worry". I quickly exited the room and headed for the washroom. Once inside the bathroom I locked the door behind me just incase I was a little longer than 10 minutes. I stripped off my clothes and stepped into the shower for the second time this morning. I quickly washed any sort of batter of my body and then began washing my hair. The shampoo ran down my face and I squeezed my eyes shut hoping none would get into my eyes. But unfortunatly I did not succeed and a painful stinging ran through my body. I grabbed for the closest cloth and attempted to get the soap out but only managed to make it worse. I let out a yelp of pain as the stinging got worse. I then heard a knock on the door and someone yell.
" Ten minutes is up what the hell are you doing in there?" came kai's annoying voice. I growled
"When did you start counting?" I yelled back at him, " The minute you closed the door" he replied. I mentaly rolled my eyes, figures.
"Thats not fair!" I screamed as I was still trying to get the soap out of my eye.
"Fair or not, I'm counting to 10 and if your not out by then, I'm coming in" he yelled. I growled, he wouldnt actually come in... would he? The suddenly I heard loud banging on the door, I guess that answers my question. I quickly turned off the shower and rubbed my still stinging eye. I stepped out of the shower and rapped a towel around my body and my hair, and not a moment too soon because the door flew open about a second later. I glared at him, how dare he? I could have not had anything on, ugh stupid pervert. I walked right past him not making any note of his prescence. Following the hallway, I dashed into the room and closed the door behind me. I began searching through my closet for clothes and finally decided on a pair of beige cargo capri pants and a black t-shirt that read "Story Of The Year" on the front. I settled with just leaving my hair down and a bit of eyeliner for makeup. I sighed, another day in this hell hole.
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"Serena honey do you want to go run a few errands with me?" pleaded my mom as she continued to try and convince me that sitting on the couch wasn't a good way to spend the day.
"Errands? What kind of errands do you have to run?" I asked, not showing too much enthusiasm about the subject.
"Grocery shopping, I've also got to the bank, and I thought maybe we'd check out the town?" she suggested
I raised an eyebrow, " Check out the town? It's not like you havn't been here before mom... besides there isn't much to ' check out ' anyways" I muttered.
"Oh come on Serena, don't you want to meet some new people? Make some friends maybe?" She asked. I sighed couldn't she just give up. She just had to keep going on and on until she got her way, well I might as well go anyways otherwise she'd be here all day, honestly this woman doesn't give up.
" Fine, but I'm not getting out of the car or waiting for you as you socialize with every single person we meet" I declared, there was no way I was going to stand around and listen to her ramble on to about a thousand people, half of which she wouldn't even know. She smiled and then nodded. I pulled myself off the couch and followed her out the door. I shaded my eyes as the sun beamed down, the only thing that I liked about this place was the weather. It always seemed to be nice out, the sun was always out and there was a small breeze, not like a huge gust of wind, just a small refreshing wind that mixed nicely with the warmth of the sun. And even when it rained the rain was warm, and even though I loved the rain somethimes it was nice to have some sun. I slipped into the passenger seat of our car and mom started down the street. My mind wandered off to where Kai had gone, I'd heard him exit the bathroom about 10 minutes after I'd finished getting dressed and then he just seemed to have disappeared. But then again he probably had friends, unlike me.
Friends. I missed mine so much, I felt so lonely now that I didn't have anyone. I sighed, there was no point in wishing I could go back because I probably never would. I turned my gaze to window, everyone seemed so peaceful in this town, like everyone was friends. It was kinda creepy in a way, but still I guess it was a good thing. My mom sighed, "Isn't this town so beautiful? I think it must be the perfect place to raise your children dont you?"
"Ya sure" I mumbled. My mom smiled as she pulled into the grocery store parking lot.
"Now, I'm going into the grocery store, you can either come with me, wait in the car, or wander around for about and hour " she said as she listed out my choices. " I think I'll wait in the car" I said
"Suit yourself" she said and then slammed the car door behind her. I sighed as I watched her leave, why was it that I couldn't be like mom, she seemd to adapt to things so easily and she fit in so well with the people here. While I felt like the odd one out. How could she just leave all her old friends and suddenly forget about them all just like that? I yawned, I was getting bored already. My eyes swept across the line of other shops that were lined along the parking lot. They looked interesting enough, so I pulled on my sneakers and got out of the car.
I began towards the first store which appeared to be a music store, I opened the door and walked inside I smiled inwardly, glad to see that there were other people in there besides myself, I couldnt stand it when you were the only person in the store other than the salesperson. Otherwise it was so awkward. I immediatly began searching for the latest Story Of The Year cd, but as my eyes traveled along the name of the artists I couldn't seem to find it. I sighed in disapointment. This place didn't even have good taste in music.
"If yer lookin fer the newest Story Of The Year cd, the last one jus' got sold" came a female voice from behind me. I turned around to come face to face with a girl who appeared to be about my age. She had dark red hair that barely brushed her shoulders and smokey grey eyes. Her lip was pierced along with her nose and her bangs hung slightly in front of her eyes. Her skin was a pale color and she had a nicely framed face. She was wearing a red t-shirt that matched her hair and a black skirt with knee high boots. And although her appearance was slightly on the goth side she smiled at me as if we'd been friends for the longest time. I blinked in stupor as I began to think of how she had known the cd I was looking for. She chuckled as if reading my mind.
"No I'm not phsycic, jus' figured 'cuz of yer shirt" she explained. I laughed lightly, but was also relieved that she wasn't a scary stalker or anything.
"The name's Kennedy, Kennedy Volkov" she said as she pointed to her name tag, "You must be new round here, can't say I've ever seen ya before"
"Ya unfortunately. I'm Serena by the way, but call me Reena" I said, hoping that I didnt offend her of anything, but I really wasnt getting a good vibe from this town. She only smiled though, "Don't sound like yer the biggest fan of our little town" she laughed.
I sighed and nodded, " It's so perfect, kinda creeps me out". She must have gotten a kick out of this because she started to crack up laughing. I raised an eyebrow. Had it been that funny?
"Yer sure were talkin bout the same town? Bakuten? Perfect? My 'ave you got a lot t' learn" she said as her laughter ceased a little.
"Well its not that it's perfect, I dont know everyone is almost too friendly I guess I'm just not used to it" I sighed. She smiled, "Course' yer not, after livin wit' a bunch of city slickers yer entire life. Can't be too pretty over there" she said.
" Your right about that. Everyone in the city minded their own buisness and didnt care for anyone elses. Here it's like everyone knows everthing about everyone else" I said.
"Ya well you do kinda get dat vibe, but it's kinda like were all family here, dere aren't too many of us so ya tend to know jus bout everthing about everyone, my moms somehow convinced erself that were all secretly related" she chuckled. I smiled, I liked this girl, she seemed to be alot like me. Not really preppy and loving life 24/7 but she definatly enjoyed living. Maybe, just maybe I'd be alright here.
" But hey I've gotta go, one ting bout working at dis place is dat they slackers, but I'll probably see you around alright?" she said
I laughed, "Alright". She then turned and left to help another customer. I smiled slightly, it was nice to see that maybe I wasn't alone. I headed out of the store and began walking along the side walk, debating in my mind as to were I should go next. It was then that I noticed the small diner called "The Third Cup"on the opposite side of the road. I paused for a second and then shrugged, I was in the mood for a cappucino anyways. I crossed the street easily since there weren't very many cars anyways, and made my way into the diner. I was again glad that the place wasn't deserted. In fact there seemed to be a lot of people sitting in the small booths or at the stools by the counter. I decided on a stool since sitting on a booth would probably make me look like a complete lonar so I pulled up a stool a little ways away from two guys who were talking. One had dark rusty red coloured hair that was shaped in sort of a flame while the other had bright and I mean bright red hair that was covered by a grey hat.
I could easily make out what they were saying and for some reason they were talking in strangely horrible english accents, " You know, many people have told me that my hat looks sort of like a resevoir hat" the bright haired red head said. The darker haired boy raised and eyebrow, " A what hat?"
"Oh you know, a resevoir hat" the other spoke back. "Oooh, a resevoir hat. Now I get it, you look like a giant condom" said the darker haired one with a laugh. I blinked, was this what all the people here spoke about?
"Just ignore them if their scaring you. I'm Enrique by the way, and who might you be?" came a boys voice. I whipped my head around to see the boy at the counter was now in front of me. "Serena and um I think I will ignore them" I whispered as I stared at the guy. I was slightly taken aback, was this a breeding ground for good looking guys or something? Because this guy was hot. He looked so well kept, his bright blonde hair was combed and styled to suit him well and his blue eyes smiled out at me. His face was of perfect perportion and his skin seemed to glow in radiance.
"Oy, Tala, Johnny shut up your scaring away all the customers" he yelled at the guys.
The guy wearing the hat took his hat off to reveal his gorgeous bright hair that was spiked slightly and had two pieces framing his face. Now that he was facing me I was not surprised to see that him and his friend were also extremely good looking. Along with his bright hair, he had bright sky blue eyes and a pale complexion, but it contrasted perfectly with his bright hair and eyes. He was nicely built, strong broad shoulders and was probably about 5'8 maybe taller. His friend was also good looking, with his rust coloured hair and sharp green eyes he was definatly a looker. His skin was more tanned that the other boys and he was also built with the body of a god.
"Come on Enni, we know every person in here so it's not like they've never heard us say stuff like that before" he said , but then his eyes landed on me and he grinned. "Oh? Who do we have here?" he asked.
"This here is Serena, and I'm sure she didnt come here to hear you guys talk about how Tala resembles a condom right Serena?" he said.
I sighed," No, actually thats exactly what I came here for" I said, my voice dripping with sarcasm. Tala laughed, " Serena is it? You new here?"
I growled in frustration. "Why does everyone keep asking me that? Clearly if you've never seen me before, then I'm new" I said. Johnny grinned, "It's not that it's just we dont get new people here often. So why'd you move here" he asked.
"Mom got a job, dad already lives here" I said.
"Oh? What did you say your last name was?" asked Tala.
"I didnt" I snapped.
"Woah, no need to bite my head off" Tala said raising his hands in defense. I suppose I was being a little harsh.. okay really harsh. I mean they were only trying to be nice right?
I sighed, " Sorry" I muttered, Tala smiled "No problem, it's hard being new in a town where everyone is super friendly and are willing to be friends with you" he said, his voice filled with amusement. I rolled my eyes and punched him playfully. " Besides, not everyone here is nice you know!" I defended
"Who have you met that hasn't welcomed you with open arms?" he asked. " Thats easy, Hiwatari isnt exactly Mr. Loving-life-and-everyone-in-it" I muttered.
"Hiwatari?" asked Enrique.
"She means Kai you dumbass" said Johnny.
"You mean you've met Kai?" asked Tala, with a little too much interest in his voice. I nodded, "I only live with him"
"Live with him! Woah back up, what are you guys married?" asked Johnny. I rolled my eyes at his stupid question, " No, me and my mom moved into the attatchement to his house" I explained.
"Oh right" said Johnny sheepishly. I laughed slightly.
"So assuming you dont like him, can I ask why?" asked Tala
"He's cocky, arrogant and bossy what is there to like?" I said. Tala laughed, "You'll get used to him dont worry"
"So Reny, what is your last name anyways?" asked Enrique. I raised an eybrow, wow these guys got close to poeple quick didnt they. Enrique seemed to have already picked out a nickname for me.
" Morningstar" I answered. God I hated my last name, it was so light and fluffy, why couldnt I just have a normal last name like Parker or Adams.
"You know that kind of reminds me of one of those little bears. You know the ones that care" pondered Enrique. I blinked , " You mean CareBears?" I asked. Enrique snapped his fingers, "Ya those are the ones" he exclaimed.
"Carebear.. hmm cute" said Tala with a smile that I wasnt really sure was good or not.
"Well this is Johnny McGrego, Enrique Giancarlo and I'm Tala Volkov" said Tala with a smile. I blinked wait.. Volkov, I'd heard that somewhere else today. Kennedy!
"You wouldnt by any chance be related to Kennedy Volkov?" I asked.
"She's my sister, why have you met her?" he asked. I nodded, "At the music store. But why does she have that accent and you dont?" I said.
"Well shes not my real sister, mom and dad adopted her when I was 8, we hit it off though right away thank god" he said with a chuckle. I nodded, well that made sense, because they really looked nothing a like. Besides the fact that they were both red heads, but her hair was a lot darker than his.
Johnny then stood up, stretched out and looked at his watch, "Ah shit man we gotta go" he said to Tala. Tala nodded and then turned to me, " Well were gone, but we'll see you around alright Carebear?" he said. I blinked. Carebear? What, oh no there was no way he was going to be calling me that, " No you dont Tala Volkov, you did not just call me that" I snapped.
He laughed and made his way out the door but not without yelling, " Later Carebear" he said with a laugh. I glared at him but then sighed and turned to Enrique.
"That guy is going to be the death of me isnt he?" I asked. Enrique just looked at me for a second and then laughed,
"You can guarantee that" he chuckled.
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