- A Beautiful Tomorrow - An Ambient Generation
. . . Weightless . . .
I'm so contented how most of you like how this is going. I hope this makes up, a little bit, for the last harsh chapter. It's obvious who helps out Alice. -coughs- Oh, and prepare for some Karin screaming sessions. Enjoy!
Yuri drew the cigarette from his mouth slowly, releasing the puff before inhaling it in again.
This was so fucking screwed. He had spent half the night just smoking.
Yuri ran a hand through his dark hair before leaning against the walls of the school. Oh well, at least he was having SOME fun. His mind wandered away, his thoughts stays on school however. Which made him blink.
That was weird. Usually his thoughts were concentrated on chicks and other shit. But no, right now they were focused on Miss Iasant's class.
He scowled when he remembered how she was going to test them on Friday. Of course he knew the real reason. It was just to see if he had benefited from the lame tutoring. If he did, he didn't need to see the freak anymore. And if he DIDN'T pass… hell, he'd be stuck with her until the next test.
Yuri sighed before once again releasing the puff of smoke from his mouth.
Jesus, this was getting old.
He dropped his cigarette butt and crushed it underneath his shoe. Yuri stuck his fingers into one of his pockets and pulled out a breath-mint. He smirked and popped it into his mouth before pushing himself away from the wall. He walked towards the parking lot.
He was going home.
Yuri didn't give a shit if Karin wasn't there. She could find a ride with someone else.
He jammed through the cars silently, sucking on his breath-mint. Where did he park his car again? He stopped to search the lot.
Oh yeah.
His eyes landed about 20 feet away from him. Yuri started towards it, humming cheerfully. When he was about 10 feet away from his car, he heard something. Something weird but it sounded familiar.
He stopped to listen. It sounded like… like someone crying.
Yuri glowered. Why the hell would someone be crying?
He searched more carefully this time and he saw them. A guy and a girl. He didn't know what they were doing BUT, a guy COULD guess. Yuri rolled his eyes as usual and kept walking.
Wait a minute… wasn't the girl crying or something? Why the HELL was she crying? Yuri went backwards a few steps and looked more closely. He saw the plain white shirt and cargo pants. Then he saw the light haired girl over the guys' shoulder.
Oh my God, it was Conrad and his escort.
Yuri looked on in disbelief. Holy shit, he was RAPING the escort. He was about to take a step towards them when he stopped.
Why did he care? It wasn't any of his business. Yuri turned and kept walking. When he reached his car, he was about to climb in when he heard the girl cry sharply.
He sighed. He knew if he just left, he'd feel guilty for the rest of his life.
Swallow your pride, He told himself, She needs help.
So, the nice little boy went back to help that damned damsel in distress.
"Hey, that is NO way to get laid." Yuri said, coming up from behind Nicholai.
Nicholai was startled, Yuri could tell. He whirled around and spat, "Fuck off."
"Leave the lady alone." Yuri replied, "Just cuz a girl won't give you any doesn't mean you rape her."
"You do it all the time." Nicholai turned his back to him again and continued.
The girl raised her head. Her eyes met his. They were silently pleading for him to help her. They BEGGED him to help her. Her eyes were red from the crying, but a bright shade of blue sat in the center.
A jolt went through Yuri's body as he realized something.
It WAS Alice.
Her haunting eyes pierced through him and he snapped.
Yuri lunged towards Nicholai, knocking him over.
"What the fu-" Nicholai started before wildly kicking. He caught Yuri in the stomach.
And it goes on. They rolled around, punching, swearing, kicking, choking, etc. (AN: and whatever else guys do when they fight. XD)
Finally Yuri had had enough. He lifted Nicholai's shoulder and slammed him against the ground.
Nicholai went limp and Yuri just stood there, breathing hard.
What a fucking asshole. Trying to get some from a freak.
He then remembered Alice and turned around slowly.
Okay, this is the part where he left her. But before he did, he'd tell her; 'This never happened. I never saved your ass. You never almost got raped.'
Yeah right.
If he told her that, she'd probably slap him.
He gradually turned to look at her. She had sunk to her feet, eyes still wide from shock. Her chin was quivering but the tears had stopped. Then he abruptly went over to her.
"You okay?" He asked softly, kneeling beside her.
She opened her mouth to answer but her lips trembled and her chin started quivering even more.
"You don't have to talk." He said hastily, "Just nod or shake your head."
She slowly nodded, avoiding his eyes.
"He didn't do it, did he…?"
Alice shook her head again.
Yuri sighed, "Come on." He took hold of her arm and was about to pull her up when she winced and pulled away.
"What?" He asked defensively, before looking down. Yuri then let out a low whistle. Her arms were scratched and a few of the scratches were bleeding.
Talk about desperate, He thought, as he surveyed the rest of her body.
There were bruises around her wrist and…He raised his eyes to her face. There was a welt on her cheek. Yuri didn't really know what to do.
"You want me to drop you home or should I call your mom?"
At the sound of 'mom' Alice jumped and went pale.
"No," She whispered, speaking for the first time, "Not my mom."
"Why not?" He asked suspiciously.
"Can you drop me off?" She pleaded, not answering his question.
Yuri shrugged, "Yeah." He said shortly after.
"Thank you." She looked relieved, "I just need to go to the bathroom."
"Uh, why…?"
"To clean up."
"Why?"
She looked at him in disbelief. "So my mother won't see."
He narrowed his eyes at her. "You're not to going to tell her?"
Alice unsteadily got to her feet, "Nothing happened. She doesn't need to know."
Yuri rolled his eyes. "Whatever. Go. Hurry. I'll be waiting… outside the school."
She nodded slowly and staggered to get up. He watched as her eyes drifted to Conrad's unconscious form. "Is he…?"
"No." Yuri urged. He was done being nice to her, "He's not dead." He saw her nod again before walking away from her. He could FEEL her watching him leave.
Once Yuri was sure she turned to leave herself, in turn he spun around and watched her retreating back.
-
When Alice was finally sitting beside him in his car, Yuri looked closely at her face. Well, not that close. He didn't exactly need to. She had a huge bandage on her cheek.
"I'll just tell my mom I accidentally cut myself or something. She won't ask." Alice explained timidly.
"How are you supposed to cut yourself on your cheek?"
She shrugged lightly.
The ride was really quiet and tensed. The only reason why he didn't say anything was because he didn't want her to think they were friends. They were anything BUT friends. Yuri glanced at her every now and then to see what she was doing, but all she did was stare out the window.
BO-ring.
Then again, what else was she supposed to do?
By the time they reached her house, it was 11:22 P.M.
Tonight was a total waste, He pondered, Well… besides my act of super heroism that is.
He smirked to himself before turning to Alice. "Your hom-" His jaw suddenly dropped.
Oh FUCK no.
Alice was slumped in the passenger seat, eyes closed.
ARRGHH!
Yuri groaned silently. Maybe she was faking. But what the hell would she be faking for? It wasn't as if she was one of those whores he usually dated. Damn those bitches. Always pretending to fall asleep in his car so he'd take them home. But Alice was different.
He knew she'd rather DIE then sleep with him.
Yuri banged his head on the steering wheel. What the fuck was he going to do? He turned to her again.
ONE, I am NOT going to carry you. TWO, I am not going to come CLOSE to touching you. And THREE… GODDAMNIT WAKE UP!
"Elliot." Yuri said loudly.
He wasn't going to risk the chance by calling her by her first name.
"ELLIOT!"
She opened her eyes slowly and lazily. He leaned forward and said even louder; "You're home."
Alice jumped a mile, "Oh-th-thanks." She stuttered, before getting out.
She was about to shut the door before he once again said, "Elliot."
She looked at him curiously.
Yuri hesitated. "At school… Nicholai might do stuff."
"Stuff?" Alice repeated.
"Yeah… ya know, to get back at you."
"What kind of stuff…?"
Damn, she didn't have to freak out on him.
"I dunno." He looked straight ahead but he knew she nodded.
"Thanks." She shut the door and walked up the driveway.
"Later, Freak." Yuri muttered.
-
Alice pushed open the door and stepped into the noisy house. Closing the door behind her, she silently climbed the stairs to her room. Her head was filled with mixed emotions. She felt confused, scared, angry and embarrassed all at the same time.
How could Nicholai just do what… he did? She thought he respected her.
Cared for her, maybe.
Pigs, she griped. They're all pigs.
Tears blurred her vision before she roughly wiped her eyes.
It's over.
Past is past.
It never happened.
Alice locked her bedroom door and went over to her mirror, slowly peeling off the bandage. Her left cheekbone was blue. He had slapped her just so hard. Just thinking of the pain made her wince. Gently, Alice fingered her cheek, but even at the lightest touch it hurt.
Nicholai actually had the nerves to hit her. To actually TOUCH-
Stop, She told herself, Don't think about him. It never happened.
Alice took off her coat and saw the angry red marks and dried blood on her arms. The bruises on her wrist were light purple, but it would eventually darken. She walked over to her bathroom to clean up.
Alice didn't want a single trace of what had happened on her body.
-
Alice's mother didn't suspect a thing. Partly because she was never home anymore.
They just had a brief; "Did you have fun dear?"
"Yes."
"That's good."
Mrs. Elliot always left at 7:00 in the morning and returned home at 10:00 P.M nowadays. Alice didn't complain. She was glad. Monday morning, she stood once again in front of her mirror.
But this time, she was busy applying foundation to her skin. She had stolen her mothers' foundation and concealer and had been using it the past two days to cover the welt.The only problem was that the foundation made her look a little darker. But that didn't really matter.
Alice twisted the concealer top closed, and stepped back. Her cheek looked normal.
She sighed before straightening her sweatshirt and tying her hair up in a tight ponytail. She then left the room and headed downstairs.
Her mother wasn't home and everyone else was still asleep. Alice went into the kitchen to get something to eat. In the fridge she found some muffins. Taking them out, she set them on the table, not bothering to heat the muffins up. Her mind was focused on school.
What the heck did Yuri mean by Nicholai wanting to get revenge? Was he going to do what he did again, or was he just going to beat the hell out of her? Either way, Alice was prepared. She had a can of pepper spray in her backpack.
Alice sat at the table by herself, debating whether or not to go to school. She had never missed out on school on purpose, but this was a matter of life and death! But if she did miss school…
No way, She told herself, You are NOT missing school.
And that was that.
-
Yuri was attacked by an angry mob of cheerleaders the minute he stepped into the school building. Well actually, there was only one angry cheerleader. The others were there just to… back her up?
"I can't BELIEVE you left without me!" Karin yelled.
He leaned against the lockers, unable to move since they had him cornered. Already a crowd was gathering behind them.
"I mean, first off you were too RUDE to actually ask me to dance, leaving me by myself-"
"Listen Karin," He cut her off, "I saw you dancing your ass off with some other guys."
"Only because YOU didn't ask me to!" She shouted with her face deep red, "YOU ARE THE RUDEST PERSON I HAVE EVER BEEN TAKEN TO THE DANCE BY! HOW DARE YOU JUST GO HOME WITHOUT ME? DID YOU EXPECT ME TO WALK HOME OR SOMETHING? I COULD'VE BEEN THERE
ALL NIGHT! I COULD'VE BEEN AMBUSHED IF I HAD WALKED BY MYSELF HOME-I COULD'VE BEEN SEEN WALKING HOME! AND YOU AREN'T EVEN APOLOGIZING TO ME!"
Yuri just sighed as everyone eagerly pressed in. What, were they waiting for Karin to hit him or something? It seemed as if it was the most likely thing she would do. Her hands were balled into fists, and those fists were shaking. Yuri could just picture her long nails digging into the palm of her hand.
Ouch.
He suddenly saw a familiar person watching silently in the back. Alice's forehead was ceased to a frown.
Yuri turned his attention back to Karin. "So? Did you walk home?"
She went into a splintering rage. "DID I WALK HOME! YOU BASTARD!"
The cheerleaders behind her were surprisingly, giggling quietly.
"No I did NOT walk home! I was the only one standing there in the empty lot, and then the NICEST gentleman asked me if I needed a ride! And you know what that gentleman did? He called a cab for me! He actually called a cab for me! And do you know who that gentleman is? Nicholai Conrad!"
Yuri's attention was fully focused on her now. "WHAT?" He suddenly spat.
Karin glared at him. "He's much better than you. Ten times better! Ten times better than YOU'LL ever be."
"Screw that." Yuri sneered, "You keep hanging out with assholes like him, you'll get yourself raped."
"What is THAT supposed to mean?" Karin screamed shrilly, "YOU'RE JUST JEALOUS! You're jealous because I think Nikky is better than YOU are! You're jealous because you want me to think that YOU are better than him. But sorry, you're not."
"You think I give a fuck what you think?" Yuri scornfully asked.
"You-you-"
SLAP
Karin's hand smacked his cheek. Hard. He would've stumbled back from the force, but he was already leaning against lockers. Yuri winced, gingerly rubbing his cheek as she turned her heel and walked past the crowd.
"Come on, girls." The cheerleaders obediently followed, after shooting Yuri looks of sympathy.
He merely scowled at them.
Karin passed by Alice on the way. "What are you looking at?" She screeched, "This is none of your business, freak!"
Alice simply stared at her, motionless.
"You don't have to be so nosy! This is a cheerleader's case! Lay off!" Karin continued to scream.
The petite girl took a step back.
"Actually, Karin." One of the cheerleaders behind the red head said suddenly, "We, cheerleaders—" she briefly nodded to the nervous girls surrounding her. "Have decided that… well, we took a poll."
Karin glared at them angrily. "So? What does it have to do with me?"
"It has everything to do with you." Another girl said, Yuri recognized her as Margarete, Karin's faithful sidekick. "It's a poll about you."
Karin reddened with contentment. "Really?" she said casually, glad people were watching this. "Why would you do such a thing like that?" Her smile was sickingly sweet.
"We took a poll. And everyone has agreed to," Margarete glanced around her. "to kick you off the team."
Yuri stared on in disbelief.
"WHAT!" Karin shrieked.
"Sorry." Another named Lucia said unconvincingly, "We're just tired of your bullcrap." And the rest of the cheerleaders walked away, down the hall.
Margarete paused. "By the way, we already dropped off the poll poster in the coaches' office." She shrugged.
They were passing by Alice and Lucia and Margarete stopped.
"And Alicia," Lucia said, "Next time, please don't lie to us."
Alice gave her a small smile.
"Sure thing." She murmured.
You know how stories are, all the good stuff happens AFTER Alice got tormented. Now she has two cheerleader friends and a somewhat nicer Yuri uh… for the most part. But there's still Karin and Nicholai she has to worry about. I'm so cruel.
Anyways, this is just a little vote I have set up I'm torn between showing more Lucia or more Margarete in later chapters, I can't tell you the reason but who would you like to see more Lucia, or Margarete? I can die happy just knowing!
Bella – Yuri saves the day! Yay, but he's still a jerk. So stubborn, tsk tsk. And I know you are gonna vote for Lucia. – puts down tally- Heehee. Go visit my Xanga site on my info page. There's a pic of me looking horny, as my friends put it. I swear I didn't mean it! XD
Pyaara Wala – Yuri doesn't like Alice yet. Ha I fooled you, again! You'll never know when! Mwhaha
fireinu – I only have one author's note in the whle story and it's the one when they're fighting. lol Anyways, you couldn't wait to see what happens when he sees Alice and your answer is, he goes crazy. Ha
Asnee – I haven't seen that on the demo but I have on the game. It was kind of strange… talk about obsession. It reminds me of those psycho movies.
JacobAlvarez - ….. O.o Are they gonna have sex? Who knows, only I know… and I am not telling! Yuri smoking is hot- drools all over keyboard – I think men in general smoking is hot, back in Japan that's all I saw. All these pretty boyz smokin'. Land of Gods, I say. Okay enough storytelling.
Bill - It'll be a long while till they even become "friends" :p
bitterSWEET-love – Yes of course Yuri comes to the rescue, silly! He-he-he. And yes Nicholai tried to rape Alice. The whole nice thing was an act to trap her. Intimate moments, hm? They will come! Just sit tight.
Angelic Kamaria – Does this make up for it, Sugar?
Roxsheena – Vacation? Awww lucky! Well this chapter is waiting for you! He-he-he I'm starting to like Karin a little, but I had to make her mean in the story. Sigh, the sacrifices I make! I know you'll like the Yuri scene, and have fun at your vacation!
KallenKoenig - Escort. XD A Karin fan hated Karin? Look what I did! I hope I didn't ruin your love for her;.;
MikoNoNyte – He was out of character? Well I guess so but it was vital to future chapters! He-he. Whoo, Yuri beats the junk outta Nicholai. Dang it Istill need to review yours! – writes on hand –
Tiger5913 – Thanks for updating! I loved part 4. And look, I updating this ASAP for you! So you won't have to worry about Alice. I bet you'll be jumping with joy. And no, Yuri won't be a complete A-hole for the rest of the story. He'll have his moments, just can't get rid of the attitude. – socks him - I'll IM you as soon as I see you on!
kendra – Did you ever get my email? I emailed ya cuz I thought it would be nice. He-he. Anyways, Nicholai was planning to sexually abuse her from the very beginning, he's a cunning little bastard, ain't he? Thanks for the long review, I love reading them.
aegis - Glad ya think so, hun. XD I hope you liked this chapter too, even though Yuri is mulish. – slap -
/ A Lifeless Beauty /