- A Beautiful Tomorrow - An Ambient Generation
. . . Beyond The Invisible . . .
Finally the moment you've all been waiting for! The dance! It is here! And also, Karin finally appears out of the dark, she is a bit out of character but I couldn't help it, it had to be done! Sorry to all the Karin fans. I really hope you people won't get mad at me for what happens in here not just Karin but… there is quite a shocker to this chapter. Read on, enjoy, cry, laugh or whatever ya do!
"How do I look?" Karin Koenig asked Yuri Hyuga in spite of herself.
Yuri glimpsed at her. "Beautiful, sophisticated and… charming."
Karin smiled, "And sexy?" she pressed.
"Yup, that too."
She sat back, satisfied.
Yuri rolled his eyes and made gagging sounds when she wasn't looking.
Her dress was anything BUT sexy. Sure it was very revealing but…
It was slutty. 100 slutty.
To him anyways. It made Karin look as if she didn't have any… any dignity for herself or something. Yuri sat back as the light flashed red.
Karin turned to face him. "So Yuri," she said with her voice low, "You doing anything after the dance?"
He frowned. Wait a minute, wasn't HE supposed to be the one asking chicks to bed? Since when did chicks make the first move?
"Nope." He said, impatiently wishing the light would change. "Gonna go home and sleep."
Karin placed a hand on her mouth and giggled. "By yourself?" she asked innocently.
Yuri shrugged. "Sure." He said nonchalantly.
She leaned closer to him.
God, her perfume was so heavy.
He coughed.
She didn't seem to notice. "Maybe we should change that--" She had started softly.
The light switched to green and Yuri released the gas pedal. The car shot forward, and Karin was thrown back. Yuri glanced at her for a quick second. "Oh sorry Karin, that didn't hurt did it?"
Karin looked sort of pissed off but she quickly shook her head. "No, of course not." She began smoothing her dark red hair back into place.
Yuri sighed. Why did he ask her to the dance in the first place?
Nemeton High came into view. There were lots of kids swarming around the front of the school.
"Oh look! There's Margarete! And Chris and Halley! And Lucia!" Karin kept going on and on, squealing like a little pig.
He gritted his teeth. One more word from Karin and he was going to--
"And there's Nicholai and—" She gasped, "His date isn't a cheerleader!" she cried with her mouth agape.
"So?"
"So! He's supposed to!" She stated, furiously staring out the window.
"Who is she?"
"I don't know! She's wearing BLUE!" Karin said, making a face.
"So?"
"SO!" He could tell her was annoyed now, "You don't wear BLUE to the dance!"
"It was blue?"
"Sort of… light blue… I mean, I don't know!" she said impatiently. "Baby blue!"
"What's wrong with that?"
"What's WRONG?! Us cheerleaders only wear red or black!"
"Why?" Yuri found a parking space and quickly parked.
"Because! Those are our cheerleading colors AND those colors have a… sensual touch." She gave him a meaningful look which he ignored.
They both climbed out his car and Karin immediately entwined her hands with his. They walked side by side into the building where they were greeted by their other fellow friends, cheerleaders and popular kids.
"Hey Yuri."
"Hi Yuri! Hi Karin!"
"Ohmagod Karin, where did you get that dress from?"
"Karin… Looking good."
"Whoa, nice dress Kar."
Yuri rolled his eyes carelessly. With Karin's skimpy dress he'd be sure to get overlooked.
"Ohmigod! You two look SO cute together!" A cheerleader giggled enviously. "'Cept, Yuri's not really showing skin."
Yuri glanced down at his clothes. Simple black t-shirt, simple black slacks. He wasn't about to go to a dance looking like some male stripper. More cheerleaders swarmed in, all chatting excitedly with Karin.
Yuri just grunted and followed them in.
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"Alice, he's here." Mrs. Elliot called up the stairs to her busy daughter.
Alice nervously took one last look at herself before slowly going downstairs. Her hair was out normally, but her mother did something and made it look tame. It now felt a bit soft and silky instead of tangled and disheveled. She didn't wear any makeup except for light eyeliner and lip balm. She knew it was pathetic; Alice hated the sticky feeling of lip gloss and the thick feeling of lipstick.
Mrs. Elliot let her borrow a blue-green pendant but she doubted if it made a difference. Her palms were starting to sweat. What if Nicholai was so disgusted in the way she looked and have just left without taking her?
Gosh, why didn't I ask him what color to wear? She regretted.
Mrs. Elliot smiled at her but when Alice reached the landing, no one but her mother was there.
"Where is he?" she asked, puzzled.
"He's outside." Her mom shrugged, "I just kept hearing someone honking like crazy and when I looking outside, I saw a—Oh honey don't forget your coat!"
"What time would you like me to be home?"
"11--11:30. Have fun dear."
She walked out the front door and silently closed it behind her. The minute she walked off the porch, she saw a taxi van.
Alice froze.
Was that him?
Nicholai drove a TAXI?
The back door opened. "C'mon Al, my driver is going to take us there." Nicholai called to her.
Her face relaxed into a timid smile. Climbing aboard, she saw that the taxi was very spacious. The minute she got in, the driver leaned forward to a small computer with glaring red numbers and hit a few buttons making the numbers increased.
Alice forced her attention back to Nicholai. "You didn't have to get a cab to drop us off to the dance. I wouldn't have minded if your mother or father took us." She said sincerely.
The cab driver snorted.
Nicholai waved it off. "Don't worry about it. The moneys' on me." He flashed her a big grin.
Through out the ride, he was telling her each and every dance which she would be dancing with him.
As if she HAD to or something.
"We'll do the first song, then skip the next, then the next song, then we skip again and then the one after and so on."
She nodded mutely.
Finally they reached the school. Alice waited for Nicholai to pay so they could get out together but he said, "You go on and wait outside. I'll be with you in a sec."
She nodded again and climbed down. Alice waited for 5 minutes when all of a sudden, the cab behind her went;
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONK!
She heard angry yelling immediately after.
"GIVE ME MY MONEY!" the cab driver yelled.
"B-but you're my DAD!"
"I DON'T CARE!"
"Dad please, why do I have to pay the fare? I'm your son!"
"GIVE ME 30 DOLLARS RIGHT NOW!"
"DAD--"
"NOW!"
The door she came out from banged open and Nicholai quickly climbed out, with the cab driver yelling angrily after him.
"--YOU JUST WAIT, NICHOLAI! YOUR MOTHER AND I WILL DEDUCT 30 DOLLARS FROM YOUR WEEKLY ALLOWANCE! DID YOU HEAR THAT?!! NO MONEY FOR SIX WEEKS!"
Nicholai slammed the door shut and the cab drove away speedily. She stared at him, quite surprised.
He grinned back nervously. "Ah, cab drivers are so rude. They always want more money. I paid the fare but that idiot insisted I uh, pay more." He nodded honestly.
Alice highly doubted this but she didn't say anything. He grabbed her hand and they both started walking towards the school.
"Did I ever tell you that you look so nice?" He purred.
"Umm… thank you." She looked at his plain white button up shirt and cargo pants. "You look nice, too."
He tugged her arm and directed them to the gym.
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"Wow!" Alice breathed. "It's so amazing in here."
Nicholai gave her a funny look but didn't say anything. "Come on!"
She followed him as he made his way through the packed gym. His grip on her arm was like steel and Alice was sure there was a bruise.
Endure the pain, she told herself. Endure it.
"Ow!" she cried out, when a boy slammed into her hip, almost completely throwing her off balance.
The boy didn't even apologize and kept moving on. Nicholai tightened his grip on her arm somehow and jerked her forward impatiently. Alice winced in pain but obediently followed, afraid that he might get angry at her for holding it back.
Finally, he stopped.
"This is our table. Come on, sit down."
He sat down and waited for her to take her seat.
In books, Alice thought a bit sourly. You're supposed to pull my chair out for me.
Anyway, she didn't complain. He just probably just had forgotten. Alice took her seat and folded her hands in her lap.
"Other then dance… what else does everybody do here?"
"Oh you know… eat… Hang out… Make out." He looked at her suggestively but she didn't seem to notice.
"Oh." She replied indifferently.
"So tell me about yourself." He said, "Any previous boyfriends?"
Alice shook her head lightly. "No, of course not!"
Nicholai grinned. "So I'm going to be your first?"
"My first?" she repeated, confused.
He laughed to himself, muttering something which she didn't catch.
Nicholai cleared his throat. "So anyways, the music is—"
Suddenly everybody near the gym doors started cheering for some reason. Whistling and catcalling. They both watched as two people entered gloriously. Alice took one look at the guy and turned away disgustedly.
It was just Yuri and the captain of the cheerleading squad. Nothing new.
"Ahh! You guys look so CUTE!" A girl screamed.
"Mmmmm, Yuri… you look SOOOO hot!!"
"Hey! Back off!" Yuri's date snapped, clutching onto his arm. "I'm his date."
"Chill out, Karin. I'm just saying!"
Someone whistled, "Where'd you get that dress from, Kar?"
"Oh this? It was designed especially for me. You like it?"
"You look hot babe."
Alice wondered why their voices were growing loud and turned around before going white. Yuri, Karin, and their 50 admirers were passing their way. She turned quickly back to Nicholai.
His eyes were trained on… Karin.
No not Karin, Karin's body. She felt a little sick but didn't say anything.
"Nicholai?" she said softly, waving her hand lightly in his face.
"Huh? What?" he shifted his gaze back on her soft face, "What!?"
Alice opened her mouth to answer when Yuri passed by them.
Please keep going.
Please.
Yuri looked down; of course, just make Alice's life a living hell. His lips curled into a sneer.
"Hey Conrad."
Nicholai looked up coolly. "You stopped?"
Alice had her head sort of down but was watching through the slightly parted strands of her hair. Why couldn't he just leave them alone?
"What are YOU doing here!?" Yuri demanded scornfully.
"The same reason why you're here." Nicholai said nonchalantly.
Yuri laughed. "Yeah right--One, you don't even know how to dance and that's really the main reason why everyone is here, and Two, I know you're not THAT pathetic to come here only to eat. I might be wrong, but—"
"Who is your date?" Karin cut in while Alice clenched her teeth.
Oh no.
The green eyed young man glanced at the small blonde. "Her?" She continued to stare straight ahead at Nicholai's face.
"Hey bitch, we're talking to you!" She heard Yuri's impatient voice.
Unexpectedly, Karin put her face close to Alice who shrank back in surprise.
"Who are you?" she demanded persistently, "You aren't a cheerleader."
She doesn't recognize me? Alice wondered.
Karin was on the cheerleader team and was probably the second person she hated most… Yuri was first. She loved making fun of her. She knew Alice from a distance…. So why didn't she know her now?
Karin turned to Nicholai edgily. "Who is she, Nikky? Tell me!"
"Alice."
He didn't even have to mention her last name, Karin drew back from her.
"OH, EW!!"
Yuri took a look at her and smirked widely. "You are such a loser, Conrad. Tsk, tsk. Taking out a freak."
Their crowd departed, making fun of Nicholai and Alice. For a minute, the two of them sat in silence. Only then did Alice realize the music had already started.
"Let's go dance." Nicholai said abruptly, not even apologizing to her. Alice stood up numbly, brushing down her blue dress and followed him.
Once they were on the dance floor, he turned to her. "Okay, put your arms around my neck."
"But--"
"Look, do you want to learn how to dance or not!?" he asked with annoyance.
Alice didn't want to argue and obediently put her arms around his neck.
"Tighter." He instructed strongly. She stared at him before looking around eagerly.
"But no one else is dancing like this!" Alice protested, immediately withdrawing her arms from around his neck.
"That's because everybody is finished with this part." He said quickly.
"This… part." She repeated.
Nicholai nodded. "Yeah. You ALWAYS start off like this." He grabbed her and wrapped his arms around her waist.
Alice pushed him back. "But that's not what they show on television!" she said indignantly, now getting a little bit aggravated.
"T.V., Alice." Nicholai scoffed, "Come ON! You PROMISED you'd dance with me!"
She slowly backed away. "I--I will… just--just after I use the bathroom."
Nicholai's face wincingly turned away, "Fine. I'll get the drinks. Meet me back at our table."
He left before she could even reply.
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Yuri watched his perfect date with narrowed eyes.
Just because he had taken a short trip to the bathroom didn't mean Karin could throw herself to every guy while he was gone.
God. What a… Whore.
He turned away from watching her dirty dance with some dude and looked across the room, his eyes landed on Nicholai at the refreshments table. A smile tugged at the corner of his lips. Conrad could lie all he wanted about how his date was Alice Elliot, but he wasn't about to believe that shit.
For all he knew, the girl was some model or some--AN ESCORT!
Yuri burst into laughter and a few people looked at him. He didn't give a fuck. They could stare at him all night for all he cared. Yes, of course. Nicholai found himself an escort because no girl agreed to go with him. How fucking pathetic.
Yuri could just picture Conrad, hunched over a phone book, calling every escort service and asking for girls with light blonde hair and blue eyes.
Dork.
He watched as Nicholai left the food table and sat back down to where he originally found him.He kept glancing at his watch in an impatient way before taking a sip from his drink. To Yuri's delight, Nicholai's date came after five minutes and sat with him,
He studied her from a distance.
Yep, he was right.
No way could that be Alice. Alice was way uglier then that. Yuri only smirked, got up and exited the gym.
He needed to smoke something.
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Alice sighed and slumped against the stall door. Now what was she going to do? She wondered why she ever came...
The minute I come out, he's going to force me to do his nasty groping dance with him, she thought glumly.
Didn't Nicholai see that they were the only ones dancing like… a married couple? Freaks?
You ARE a freak, she reminded herself with distaste. Just get out there and do whatever he says. Please him. Then this horrible thing will be over.
Alice unlatched the stall door and stepped out before freezing. Two girls turned around to the noise. Specifically, two cheerleaders. One was dressed in red and the other in black.
"Hi." The girl in the red said.
Alice blinked.
They were cheerleaders. Cheerleaders hated her.
"Um, hi." She said nervously.
The other girl looked at her carefully. "You new here or something? I've never seen you."
Alice looked back at her in disbelief. She didn't know whether to laugh or not.
The red dress girl looked her up and down. "You ever think of cheerleading?"
Oh my gosh...
"Um, no." Alice went over to the sink and began washing her hands, trying to appear normal.
"Why?" She asked cautiously while drying her hand.
"I dunno." The red dress girl shrugged. "You might be good at it. What's your name?"
"Ali--" She stopped. "Al… Alikim!"
"ALIKIM?!" They looked at her incredulously.
"No! I mean Alicia!" she said quickly, "Alicia, Alicia Will--William."
The black dress girl nodded. "Cool. I'm Lucia and that's Margarete."
Alice already knew this of course but nodded politely. "Well, I have to go… nice meeting you."
"Yeah, bye Alicia. See ya around." They both answered.
Alice guiltily left. They were pretty nice… if you got on their good side.
Once outside, she took a small mirror out of her purse and surveyed her face and hair. She wasn't able to do that in the bathroom because of Lucia and Margarete.
Her blonde hair was still tame, hanging off of her shoulders, but her eyeliner was smudged and she didn't really know what to do. For some reason, Alice grew nervous. Maybe she should just wash it off. But an idea struck her and she went back into the bathroom, trying to use her most believable valley girl talk,
"Hey guys, like, is my eyeliner messed up!?"
Margarete turned and looked closely at her. "Ohmagod! It so IS!" she exclaimed wildly.
Alice wondered if she should scream with panic when Lucia leaned over and with her index finger and wiped both eyes.
"Here, let me do your eyes for you." She offered.
Alice tried to protest because she knew Nicholai was probably getting impatient from waiting.
"Oh, come on." Lucia insisted, "Your eyeliner is on so light. Who wears it on light nowadays?"
"But it looks nice on Alicia." Margarete said, while applying mascara.
"If it looks nice light, it'll look much nicer darker." Lucia said before quickly lining Alice's eyes.
"Lucia, did you see that HORRIFIC dress Karin had on?" Margarete asked.
"Horrific? You acted as if you loved it." Lucia snorted, continuing to rub the eyeliner stick painfully under Alice's eyes.
Margarete rolled her eyes. "Yeah, duh! We have to act as if it was nice. I mean, I'm not about to get kicked off the squad!"
Alice listened in amazement as the two cheerleaders' began criticizing Karin's dress.
"I was like, SLUT! When she came in." Margarete continued.
Lucia made a silly face. "No, you were like: KARIN! That dress is SO awesome! Where'd you get it?'"
Lucia's friend laughed. "So were you, Lucia."
The dark skinned girl stepped back. "Done." She said triumphantly. Margarete came over and gave Alice a small smile.
"Looks nice."
Her eyes lingered onto Alice's lips. "What are you wearing on your lips?"
The smaller girl smiled weakly. "Lip balm?"
The two girls looked at each other. "Ugh." They said exactly at the same time.
Margarete began rummaging through her purse but Alice headed for the door. "It's fine." She said sincerely. "I REALLY have to go--"
"Got it!" The other, taller blonde grinned. "Just one swipe, I promise." She gave her a wicked smile, "How are you supposed to make out with only LIP BALM on?"
She and Lucia laughed giddily.
Alice surrendered and Margarete smoothed the lip gloss evenly on her lips. After that however, she thanked them and left. They found it weird that she was telling them thank you. Alice quickly headed towards her table and cringed when she saw he was already there.
He scowled upon seeing her. "It takes that long to use the bathroom?" he studied her face. "Oh… never mind."
Alice bit her lip, but when the nasty, sticky taste of the lip gloss met her tongue, she stopped. Nicholai pushed her drink towards her and cleared his throat.
"I decided that we don't have to dance. We're gonna go for a walk instead."
Alice mentally sighed with relief. "Okay, sure." She drank the rest of her punch before Nicholai stood up.
"C'mon." he actually held out his hand which she took. Nicholai guided her to the door before pausing. "You want to take your coat?"
"Is it cold?"
"Nah, not really."
"It's fine, then."
He nodded and they both walked out the building. The nights' air was a bit frost but Alice didn't say anything. It was her fault she didn't need her coat.
They began walking down the sidewalk and she shivered. It was getting colder.
Nicholai smiled at her pleasantly. "Cold?"
"A bit." She admitted. She was about to tell him that she would get her coat when Nicholai put his arm around her shoulders and began rubbing her bare arm.
Alice found this uncomfortable, but didn't complain. Just like she always had done.
"So um…. Why'd you want to go for a walk?" she asked inquisitively.
"Oh… not much people out here…. And it's quieter."
Alice silently agreed, but she liked it better when they were inside. She didn't like being outside alone.
"Let's walk in the parking lot." He suggested.
Alice stared at him. The lot was crammed with cars. Why would he want to walk there?
"Okay..." She agreed quietly.
He tugged her arm and she stumbled after him. "Slow down, Nicholai. I can't run in a dress."
He slowed down only a bit. Finally they headed to the center of the parking lot and Alice started walking again. Nicholai however, did not follow.
She turned around slowly. "…Nicholai?"
He stood there, arms folded, watching her.
"Nicholai?" she tried again.
He smiled at her. "Did I ever tell you how beautiful you look?" he asked softly.
Alice stared, perplexed. He was acting so weird. "Yes. Thank you." She whispered, uncertainly.
He held out a hand. "Come here."
She hesitated before walking back towards him. "Are you okay?" she questioned.
He just stood in front of her. Staring at her. Alice was about to take a step back when she felt his cold fingertips brush her cheek. For some reason, she jerked back from his touch.
"You okay?" Nicholai said, smiling.
"I'm fine." She protectively wrapped her arms around herself. "Can we go inside please? It's getting really cold."
"I'll make you warm." He said, stepping even closer towards her. And without warning, grabbed her and kissed her roughly on the lips.
Alice's instincts had been right.
She struggled vainly in his arms, but she couldn't break free. He jabbed his tongue viciously down her throat, fingernails digging into her arm. Alice whimpered silently and tried to twist free.
"Stop it!" Nicholai said furiously, after finally breaking the kiss.
"Let go of me!" she cried shrilly. "Ow! You're hurting me--stop!"
Once again, he kissed her hard, smothering her pleas. Nicholai's lips left hers and trailed down her neck. It gave her enough time to shriek. Her cry seemed to make him angrier and he shoved her hard.
Alice stumbled back and before she could regain her balance, he slapped her violently. A hot, searing, burning pain erupted and tears of pain blurred her vision.
"Shut up." He hissed, once again grabbing her before pushing her up against a truck. "Scream and I'll do it again."
Alice quietly cried as she made no effort to stop him from doing what he was doing.
All she could do was pray that it would soon be over.
Prepares to get beat up by the Nicholai fans - Ha-ha-ha! I fooled all of you! Nicholai wasn't as nice as he seemed, he was setting the whole thing up! I love shocking people, ha-ha-ha I wish I could see your faces! Okay okay, that was childish of me. XD
Anyway I bet some of you are upset maybe... Well anyway the next chapter will make up for this cruel one. I bet you guys know what happens. Oh, and I actually regret for making Karin like that, as I said before she has to or else the story will flop.
A word for my friendly lovely reviewers,
Simplicity Gurl – No, thank YOU for reading it! Ahaha.
Angelic Kamaria - Expects more strangles
JacobAlvarez – Looks like someone really enjoys Kurando. And hey ,hey, hey, did you call me a jerk!? What did I do? - pouts and wipes off tears –
Roxsheena – Hope you liked this one too, even though it's not on the light side.
KallenKoenig - Here's your answers to Nicholai. Eeek!
Vi3t Girl MOMO – Not soon… later!
aegis - Ahem… well that's your answer, babe. – gets a million smacks for keeping Yuri discourteous -
fireinu – Yay! All I can say, yay!
.Starlight, Starbright. – I can't tell you if they kiss or not. Surprises, child, surprises.
Pyaara Wala – Yeah Pierre is fruity but you know how some stereo type gay guys are, when they see girls dressed up they be like "Aww cute!" in that gay voice. Yeah… lol
Asnee – Oh my gawd! I just noticed Nicholai's lips when you wrote that and I spit out my pepsi. Haha! That's so freaky!
Bella - Awww! Bella hunny, don't cry! I can't believe my story has that effect on people. - wipes away tears - Yuri will change it just takes some time for an arrogant dick like him to shape up. . ; And Pierre says the same thing in the English version. Hehe you just gotta love that fruit basket! Oh, and that's the coolest idea about the Lucia fan club! We'd be the only fans and act like losers in a tree house. XD – blows kiss –
MikoNoNyte – You're just a gallon of giggles when you read this, huh!? I'm actually quite glad that it can make your day when you read my silly little high school story.
Tiger5913 – Girl, I just freakin' LOVE your reviews. So full of life! XD Okay you may hate me forever for making Nicholai…. Yeah… - prepares for Tiger to set off her rocket launcher in Lifeless' direction. - Ahem, um uh... – twaddles thumb – any… ways, I can't wait for the new part of Honeymoon and um… Gotta go! - makes a mad dash –
Kendra – Thanks for such a nice review I really enjoyed reading it. I liked the long babble, really! And so, now you know how creepy Nicholai is in the story. Mwhaha
Halena – Oh uh. You cried too, seriously?? Shit this sucks. I hope I didn't ruin your life!!! Hehe, and I liked your Nicholai idea but I don't think that'd work as of late. Cackle, cackle.
/ A Lifeless Beauty /