Chapter 8 What Are You Waiting For?

As Zoë regained her room, she sat on her bed, got comfortable and opened her nearly-finished Stephen King novel. She then grabbed her stereo remote and turned it on to hear the sounds of her favorite rock anthems. "Ah Nirvana, you're so good to me" she thought.

Elise Riggs, staying in the room just below Zoë, didn't agree however. "Not that crap again, Dammit!" she thought angrily as she flipped through one of her magazines from her insanely vast collection. She laid her eye upon a centerfold depicting many gorgeous supermodels showing off a designer's latest creations and, with her body overflowing with jealousy, she immediately closed the magazine and threw it on the floor.
"I'm just as good as those sluts… not even… I'm better! Why don't they see that? Am I the only one who realizes who great I am?" She thought, getting up to look at herself in the bathroom mirror.
She looked at herself for a long time, noticing every imperfection she needed to correct.
"I'm a friggin' athlete for god sakes, they can't find anyone in better shape, why the hell was I rejected" she thought. "Oh, no Miss Riggs, Miss Marisol Diaz Delgado is sooooo much more attractive then you are... , and smarter... , and sexier... annnnndddd she looks better half-naked on the front of a damn car!" She commented furiously to herself as she looked in the mirror, not satisfied to see that her body wasn't perfect.
"Oh, no, no, no! Miss Riggs busts her ass on the slopes every day but she's still a fat cow! Yep that's right, she's not right for us, we'd rather the Latina slut! She's what we want!" ... "GO TO HELL!" she thought, almost seeming possessed.

"I need to be thinner…"

Elise was truly obsessed; no one had ever seen this side of her. Her insane struggle to be perfect at any cost had pushed her to near-depression. With the mini Woodstock upstairs now over, She exited the bathroom to then collapse on her bed. The pressure this girl imposed onto herself was unbearable. She was weak, mentally and physically. This had to stop… she decided, but that was easier said then done.

That night Elise cried herself to sleep. Silently, as not to wake up Allegra.

The next morning was representative of Elise's spirits as she awoke: Dark, grey, rainy, cloudy and basically crap. "Nice out, eh?" She let out sarcastically to her roommate who had awoken at almost exactly the same time as Elise. Allegra said nothing as she lazily rolled around in bed. Elise took her shower and got dressed only to find the other girl in exactly the same position she had left her in.

"Hey! Woohoo! Mrs. Logan! Time to get up! If we don't get breakfast now, the caff's not gonna serve us, it's already friggin' late and I'm starving!"

Allegra got up and, without even thinking, decided to go eat in her Tweety Bird PJs. The pair wobbled down the hall, still very sleepy, to find an empty caffs since everyone had eaten already and where off doing whatever.
Tanya Lee, the cafeteria cook noticed the two late arrivals:
"Hey girls, we didn't know if you were comin' or not, but we kept you some stuff anyhow, hope you like beans, wieners and quiche that's all we have... CLEETUS, WARM UP THE QUICHE!" She hacked, rendering the girls half deaf.

The two girls sat down at the nearest table, not particularly overjoyed to see what was on their plate. As they ate, Kaori arrived, who made it clear that she had looked all over the whole lodge for them.
"So what do you two have planned for today?" Kaori asked.
"I dunno,… whatever…" Elise stated very dully.
"Wow, your enthusiastic today." Said Kaori
Elise gave her a "Die!" look.
"Well, I plan to spend my day with the very wonderful and very handsome Nate Logan." Allegra pointed out.
"Again!" Kaori let out with a snicker.
"Why does that not surprise me" Elise let out on a very dull tone
"And then of course that awesome party tonight!" Allegra stated with a very playful smile
"Oh that's true! I almost forgot! Oh, it's going to be so much fun! I bought a new outfit and everything, and I have to say, Ka-waii!" Said the Japanese girl.
"Moby has been planning it for months." Allegra explained.
"What was it for again?" Elise inquired.
The three girls looked at each other, completely stumped…
"Oh, yeah… Zoë's birthday" Elise said in a very bored voice
"That's true… I saw him last night with Psymon and they were going to the mall; He was so busy planning the whole party he forgot to get her a gift." Kaori let out.
"Well anyway I'm sure you two will have a great time, being matched up and all" Elise said in a "pity-me" voice.
"Elise, come on! You're hot! You'll have no problem hooking up with a guy tonight. There's gonna be lots to choose from, I even heard some of Psymon's friend are coming from Saskatchewan and are gonna stay a while to see him compete." Allegra said to the Canadian girl with a smirk.
"Saskatchewan, pffff. The only thing there is in Saskatchewan is wheat!" Elise thought

As they brought their treys to dishwashing headquarters, Elise said: "Anyway, I'll be right back… Bathroom break"
"Ok" Kaori smilled
…
A little while after Elise was gone Allegra looked at kaori with a strange look on her face.
"What?..." Kaori asked
"Don't you find that weird?"
"What?"
"Every meal I have with that girl is followed by a trip to the bathroom; she does it with you too right?"
"I havn't noticed." Kaori admitted.
"Oh, come on! Jeeze, I'm almost worried." Allegra said
"What do you think is going on?"
"I don't know" Allegra answered. She noticed Elise was coming back. "But next time one of us is going to follow her."

With that the three girls continued their day, preparing for the greatly anticipated party. One of which Zoë knew nothing about.

end of chapter 8