Heh heh, being grounded sucks, doesn't it? Yeah, that's my best excuse for not updating in forever (only two weeks but in FF time I know that that's reeeeeeeeally long). Happy Holidays!
Doctor Who you've taught me so well. But apparently not well enough because I ended up doing a stupid thing anyways.
There was a book on Nico's side table that was called Coral. The thing looked interesting enough and since my phone wasn't getting any signal here (I suppose that even with my great plan, T-Mobile didn't cover alternate dimensions. Damn.) I picked it up and started reading. A wave of nausea rushed over me and struck my head as a spearing headache the moment I touched it. That should've been my first sign.
But Dani Diamond just doesn't give up, does she? Sometimes I hate being a stubborn bitch.
My fingers pulled open the resisting book, touching the first fragile page with the gentleness that all books deserve, even the ones that cause me terrible pain. My headache grew worse, but my eyes met the first word and that was it. I was hooked.
The first chapter was about a drama class. I could relate to that, I was in one. A drama class with a girl named Dani in it. And a girl named Catherine called Roger. One of my best friends' name is Catherine called Roger. I could explain why, but it's a very-
It's a long story. The text before my eyes danced with the words that I hadn't yet spoken. My brain was ready to beat it's way out of my skull, my stomach trying to shrink itself into nothing. And I kept reading.
Reading.
Reading.
Reading.
I wanted to cry out in pain, to go down to Hell, but the narrator seemed to be thinking the same thing because she had a headache too. This book was giving me vertigo and yet it was addicting. I was glad that I had never taken street drugs before because this story was giving me a sense of what they felt like.
The next thing I knew, I was laying down in a hospital bed with scorched clothes on and the acrid smell of smoke burning my nostrils. Something bad had happened and it was my fault.
It was only my first day on board with a new boyfriend (I was pretty sure he knew we were dating...) and I had screwed something up already.
Dammit!