Opening her eyes to the Sunday breeze, Kori looked at her desk, and noticed her book was still there. Ugh. She would have to keep going. How in the world was she supposed to work the title into her book?
Kori stretched, and got dressed. Her long red hair flowed to the ground as she pulled her favorite skirt over her pale legs. No one had ever helped her. Her sister had always been waited on by maids and servants, as was her father. But she didn't care; in fact, she was the one who had convinced her father into dismissing the servants that were entitled to her. So she lived an ordinary lifestyle.
She walked over to her desk and picked up where she began:
When he would ask me if I was doing anything tomorrow, I would try to hide my blushing cheeks as I said yes. I would be embarrassed to stay with him... alone... at the movies or somewhere else. I would fall over. And what would happen if he tried to KISS me? Horrifying thoughts.
Not that I wouldn't mind being alone with him. If he asked to leave the classroom with me or anything like that, the worst I could do would be to smile. And then he would leave with me and be alone in the halls...
But he would never ask me out! If he did, I don't KNOW what I would do! No one ever cared about me, and if they did, then I wouldn't have an ugly face. And my father would treat me with respect.
Here, again she stopped. But this time, Kori wasn't suffering from Writer's Block. It was from the truth. Her father didn't treat her badly, but her sister did. And no one did anything about it. Her father didn't know, and the maids and servants were on Kori's sister's orders not to tell. But whenever Kori made herself look helpless and weak, she was sure that she saw one maid in particular slip from the room.
This maid was from a planet other than Tameran. Her name was Raven, and she had sleek black hair that was shoulder length and beautiful. The only thing that Raven did was say 'Yes, ma'am' or 'Of course, sir' and do what she was asked. She had a medium, gravely voice, and was one of the maids dismissed from Kori's leadership. Kori thought that it would seem selfish to ask for her back, but Kori's sister owned her and treated her like a slave. Raven was too thin for someone her age, and was still young. She was about Kori's age. But Kori didn't talk to her at all, but was happy for having someone slip out and tell someone of her fate in the hands of her sister.
In Kori's life, Raven was the closest thing to a true friend.
