Disclaimer
I LIKE PIE! Erm. . . I mean. . . ahem I do not own Beyblade or anything included in the series. I STILL LIKE PIE WHOOOOOO! Em. . . .yeah. . . . . . to the story?
To My Reviewers
-Nariko:
STEPHY YOU'RE SUCH A LAZY BUTT! XP lol. Well, I know what I'm looking for in an OC, but i really have no idea on what she should look like. I know its sad.
-skarmory:
Rei? CHIBI? KYAAAAA!1 -/major glompage of the chibiness/-
-TalaValkov1:
Hey, glad you like it! My stories are made to please those who read it )
-safaia-kurome:
Well, here's your update! Hope you like it! And Rei is a very cool character in this story. Very sweet and stuff. Or at least, he is until I say so! >:) Aww and thank you so much for wanting to help me Maxie! Public statement from me: MAX IS THE CUTEST ANIME CHARACTER THAT HAS EVER BEEN CREATED! X3
-DemonicStormFox:
Thanks for your OC! Selwyn's a pretty cool name :) do you think you could post her appearance or something to give me more of an idea of who she is as a character?
-Omnia:
ok! Here it is!
-weaselranger:
Yeah, Rei's a sweetheart in my story, don't we just all want to go glomp him? 3
-BloodyShadows:
Thanks for sending in your OC! I'm not too sure it's what I'm looking for now, but I'll keep it in mind if I need an OC for another one of my fics! Do you think you could send me a second OC if you have any? This one was pretty good :)
-Torri-Chiobi:
Thanks for your OC! I don't think I'll be able to use her in this particular story, but I have an idea of where to put her if you don't mind having her in a different story! (this story I'm talking about hasn't been uploaded yet, it was missing its main character until now :D )
-K'onix:
I know what you mean. I'm definetly going to try and shorten that damned chapter XP But who knows? que sera, sera! And about the 'Stone' 'Stones' thing; I'm not too sure ANYone got it, but I thought I'd change it because there are people out there who find links that even the author didn't mean to put XP
-Bri:
Thank you, thank you! -/bows/-
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last time-
And I hung up. I turned to Rei and told him that my mom said yes.
We turned and headed home, talking and laughing the entire way.
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Watch Me Fall
Chapter 3New Company
I went into my house, ran up the stairs and into my room. This place is where I spend most of my time when I'm not at school or eating in the kitchen downstairs so I decorated it the way I wanted. I had posters plastered all over the walls, most of which were of bands, none of which my parents liked. I guess that's stereotypical teen huh? Anyway, I threw my sweatshirt on my bed and went to take my shower.
After that, I went back into my room, a towel wrapped around me. I looked around in my closet and took out a pair of baggy cargo pants and an oversized black tee-shirt. My hair was still wet, but I still had two hours more until I had to be at Rei's. I just quickly towel-dried it and decided to let the temperature do the rest. I put the clothes on a chair, put on an oversized tee-shirt and curled up on my bed to take a short nap after setting my alarm clock.
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I was awoken later by that annoying ring coming from my alarm clock. A hand snaked from under my blankets and slapped the clock silent. I yawned, stretched and muttered something about five more minutes then my eyes snapped open as I remembered about Rei's. I looked at the clock; 6:45. I combed through my hair and got dressed. I've never really been into the whole makeup thing, so I just didn't put any. I went to the bathroom to wash up then ran downstairs and out the door, yelling a "Bye mom, by Dad, I don't know when I'll be back so I'll call you later!" over my shoulder. I shut the door and headed out to Rei's.
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"Hey Riley!" said Rei with a smile as he opened the door.
"Hi. Is anyone else here yet?"
"Well, they said they'd be getting here soon but they aren't here yet." As soon as he said that last word, a big pink blob jumped on Rei.
"Rei it's so good to see you!" said the blob, who Riley was now able to distinguish as a girl her age with very pink hair and eyes like Rei's. Her hair was in a messy ponytail, held by a large pink bow. She wore a pink sleeveless top that had the words "Think Pink" written on it in giant white cursive letters with a pink panther on the bottom. She had put on a white skirt that reached just bellow her knees and on her feet were a pair of pink flip-flops.
"Hey Mariah. Is Bryan with you?"
"No, he couldn't come. We brought a someone else instead."
"Really? Who?" asked Rei, just to be interrupted by more "Hi Rei!"'s coming from two people stepping out of the car; a girl and a boy.
"Sure! It's just I wasn't expecting so many people. I only thought you'd come, and maybe Bryan." Rei could have said that again. If I had known there was going to be so many people, I wouldn't have come.
The boy had grey hair with a single red streak down the center and the most stunning emerald-colored eyes Riley had ever seen. A single earring that had the shape of a Japanese kunai knife hung on his left ear. He wore a pair of baggy jean shorts that finished at his knees and he had on a red tee-shirt under a black leather jacket. A necklace of three wolf's teeth hung around his neck. The girl next to him had her long navy hair tied in a loose ponytail and she had the same stunning eyes as the boy next to her. She wore a grey long-sleeved shirt under a black tee-shirt on which the words "Nothing to wear" written in bold white lettering across the chest. Her nails were painted black and a thousand bracelets hung on her wrists. A pair of black jeans rested on her hips, held in place a leather stud belt. She wore a pair of black converse shoes to top off her outfit.
The girl known as Mariah started to stare at me, not saying a word. I felt like she was trying to burn holes in me with her eyes, to see deep into my soul or something and I didn't like it, so I stared back. Why was she staring at me like that? Did I do something wrong?
Rei saw the girl known as Mariah staring at me and remembered I was there, so he started doing introductions.
"I'm sorry you guys, this is my friend Riley. We go to the same school. Riley, these guys are Mariah, Mariam and Ozuma. Old friends." He said as he pointed to the pink girl, the other one and the boy as he said their names.
"Pleased to meet you." I said in a soft voice, looking down. I could feel them all stare at me, wondering why I was here. I knew these people could see I didn't belong with friends and I knew so too. Why are they looking at me like this? Why was I even here? I can't believe how stupid it was of me to come. Why didn't I just stay home? Something bad is going to happen now, I just know it. as soon as I'm gone, they'll start talking about me behind my back. . .
There was a slight awkward silence following Rei's introductions. All of his friends stared at me and I stared at the ground, a light blush creeping up my face at the tension that had settled. I knew Rei didn't like it either, I saw it in his expression. The girl I now know as Mariah saw my discomfort and cleared her throat.
"Um, Rei. . . how about you show us around your new house?" she said, trying to divert the eyes from me.
"Sure! Follow me and I'll give you guys the grand tour." He said, as he walked into his house, motioning to us to follow. Ozuma and Mariah followed closely behind Rei while I stayed behind. I was walking alone, or so I thought.
"Hey, so you're Riley huh?" said a voice from next to me. I raised my eyes in surprise only to be met by a pair of emerald ones that belonged to Mariam.
"Huh? Oh, yeah, that's me. And thanks."
"For what?" she asked.
"Well, for breaking the silence I guess. I know that you guys don't seem to like me. I never should have come tonight" What? Wait, why am I telling her this? She doesn't care. I'm just bothering her with my stupid problems.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, this is a night for Rei to hang out with his friends, not play babysitter. But never mind, it doesn't matter anyway." I said with a forced smile, waving my hand in a way as if to dismiss what I had said before.
"Well you know what Riley? I think it does matter. I don't know much about you, but you seem like a really insecure type of person. You shouldn't be! With what Rei told me over an email, you seem like a really cool person and I think that the only person that has to realize that now is you!" she said. I gave her a weak smile to try and show her that it made me feel better. Why does she care so much? I don't understand. . .
Mariam looked at me as I stared back, confused. Me? They think I'm cool? But why? I'm just some stupid girl, nothing special. What could they be seeing in me?
"Is . . . something wrong?" she asked, a concerned look on her face.
"Huh oh, nothing I'm fine!" I said with a smile, then added "Let's go follow Rei an the others for the 'Grand Tour'."
I started to walk into the house, soon followed by Mariam. The group and I walked from room to room, guided by Rei, until we ended up finishing in the back.
"And this is the backyard." Rei said, his arms opening to show it off. it was a nice yard, actually; it had a garden to one side where someone was going to grow tomatoes and carrots since there was a little sign where they were each to be. A large pool was there too. I got off the porch and walked up to the pool. I knelt by its side and stared deep into the water, remembering the last time I went swimming, years ago.
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"Kai! We graduated!" a young girl with dark eyes and black hair held up in a ponytail said gleefully to a boy her age as she hopped on his back. "Give me a piggyback!"
The young boy gave an amused groan and headed off to where there was a large group of people. A young boy their age that had icy blue eyes and red hair ran up to them.
"Hi Tala!" chorused the younger Riley and Kai.
"Hey you guys! Wanna play marco polo?"
"Sure!" the girl hopped off Kai's back and ran to a table where she took off her oversized tee-shirt to be able to swim in the bathing suit she had on underneath. The three of them jumped into the water.
As soon as Kai, Tala and Riley started playing, a large group of kids from their year jumped in the water to play too. It was the biggest, funniest game of marco polo anyone had ever seen. It was their graduation party and that meant they were free from school and their childish habits. This was going to be a summer to remember, thought Riley to herself.
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And what a summer that had been, I thought bitterly to herself. That was the summer Kai and Tala had stopped talking to me.
I was awoken from my daydream when two strong hands gripped my shoulders. I was too surprised to do or say anything and the person behind me pushed me in the water! As I fell, I grabbed the closest thing to me for support. It stopped me from falling for a second, but gravity kicked in and we both fell into the pool.
I came to the surface sputtering and spitting out water.
"Hey! Who pushed me in!" I said. I noticed that only Rei, Ozuma and Mariam were there. Mariam was laughing really hard, Rei was unsuccessfully trying not to laugh and Ozuma was in stitches. But where was Mariah?
That question was soon answered as something pink erupted to the surface, spitting out water like it had swallowed the entire pool.
"That. Is. Not. Funny!" she shouted. That made the three dry people stop laughing for a moment. Then they just restarted all over again because of the pouty look she had on her very wet face. Rei came to help Mariah out of the pool as did Mariam for me. Mariah looked at me as I looked in her direction. I saw a glint of malice in her eyes. I instantly got it so I gave a discrete nod to show her I understood. At the same time, we grabbed the hand that was extended to us and pulled hard to make them fall in, which they did!
Since Ozuma was the only dry one, he was laughing really hard at what happened.
"What are you laughing at?" Mariah demanded to know.
"Well, the same thing that will happen to him!" Rei shouted as he started splashing Ozuma. Us girls were soon on it too and in no time, Ozuma was just as soaked as us. Let's just say his laughter was. . . washed away?
The look on his face was priceless. Everyone started laughing as we got out of the pool and soon Ozuma's laugh was found again as he too started laughing.
I sat on a rock, trying to catch my breath. This felt really nice. I don't remember the last time I laughed this hard or had this much fun. Is this what it's like to have friends? People you can trust like Mariam and joke around with like Rei?
Is this real?
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Alright people, so that was the 3rd chapter. What do you think? R&R!
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