Kimi's POV
I woke up to hear a knocking. what the hell was that? Sitting up, i realized it was the front door. Finding my black and purple shirt and tripp pants and slipping them on, i walked to the door. Peaking thru the peak hole. My heart stopped. Zarek was standing there. Why was he here? How did he know where i lived?
Opening the door cautoiusly, i saw him smile. "You are very good lair my friend" he said with a smile. What was he talking about? "Yesterday you told me you were going to see your mother and then come home. I followed you and you came straight home. Why lie to me?" he asked with a smile. Okay? I couldnt tell whether he was mad or not.
"I dont want people seeing me talking to you" i said opening the door alittle bit more. "Why? Am i that offending?" he asked with a raised brow. "No, Elle has dips on you and the more your around me, the more shes mean to me" i said then froze. Oh shit! why did i say that? Damn it!
I saw he looked surpirsed. "You mean shes been beating you just because i talk to you?" he asked. Sighing i nodded. "Any time you talk, any time you look, any time we just bump into one another, she gets me for it. Because she says your hers" i said leaning on the door frame.
He snorted. "Well i sure as hell aint hers, she annoys the piss out of me" he said, i noticed he was peeking into my apartment. Oh duh!
"Would you like to come in?" i asked when it dawned on me. He smiled. "Only if i dont offend you?" he said with a cocky smile. "No you dont" i said and let him by. He walked in but had to duck down to miss the beams. Closing the door i turned to see him crouched down, he was my height when he crouched. God, he was a tall guy!
"Uh, you can sit anywhere" i said, i didnt want him to be uncomfortable. He looked around. "You dont have much furniture" he said and looked back to me. "I have very little money, sometimes i dont get to even pay my room and board" i said watching him.
"Your parents dont help you?" he asked surprised. I looked down to the floor. i hated telling people about my family.
"My mom has never cared for me and my siblings. My real father, well i dont know him. My grandparents are mad at me for even coming to college, and then theres no one else" i said slowly.
"I'm sorry" i heard him say. i looked up and smiled. "Its not your fault, its from the messed up family i have" i said with a laugh. Ohh how people didnt know how messed up they were.
"How many siblings do you have?' he asked sitting down on the floor indian style, his eyes never left me.
"I have a twin sister and a year younger brother" i said smiling. I missed them both.
"Nice to be a twin aint it?" he said. I caught what he said. "You have a twin?" i asked walking over to where he sat. I sat across from him, but not too close, two arms length away from him.
He smiled. "yea, annoying ass named Darek" he said with a smile. "Whats with twins ans rythming names?" he asked looking at me.
I laughed. "I dont know, mine is Kimi and my sister is Mandy" i said laughing. "Whats your brothers name?" he asked. "Christopher Ray Cox" i said saying my brothers full name.
"So his a year younger than you?" Zarek asked. "Yea, but you wouldnt think that if the three of us stood next to each other" i said smiling. "Why not?" he asked with a frown. "Bcause me and my sister are premies babies, and my brother is almost your height and like 200 something pounds. Me and mandy are only 100 pounds" i said laughing even harder. Oh how i missed my brother and sister.
"I bet you miss them alot" Zarek said looking around the room. "I do, i havent seen brother in almost a year and my sister in a few months" i said really beginning to miss them. "Why have you seen your brother in so long?" Zarek asked suspoiculy. "He moved to a different town for awhile but moved back when his roommates abandon him with a 600 apartment payment, he parties all the time and smokes pot, so i cant be around him too much" i said watching Zarek.
Zarek laughed. "He smokes pot? Damn that cant be good" he said with laugh.
Suddenly a thought came through my mind. "Arent you supposed to be with Elle?" i asked watching Zarek. He grinned at me. "I would rather come to see how your doing. Yesterday you walked like you were hit by a bus, so i followed you incase you were to passout or something. You were extremely pale so i thought i'd be kind enough to watch over you til you got home" he said watching me.
Yes, yesterday i had felt the color drainging from me. Getting beaten up and bleeding didnt help my anemia any.
"I just fell" i said with a shrug. He gave me a duh look. "Even i can tell when someone beat someone up, Kimi, who did it?" he asked.
I looked to the ground. If he knew and said anything to Elle she would find me sometime and do it all over again.
"Kimi, who did it?" i heard him ask, but he was closer. Looking up, i saw right there, staring at me. I felt my face turn red. I didnt like when people got that close.
"why does it matter?" i asked. Yea, i know. Im being bullheaded.
"Because you dont deserve to be beaten up" he said in a as a matter of fact tone.
"It happens all the time to people, i just happen to be one of them" i said watching him.
"If you tell me, i can stop it" he said with a kindness in his eyes.
No he couldnt, Elle would just wait til he wasnt around.
"They would just wait til you werent around, Zarek" i said not really wanting to tell him.
"Then i can tell the teachers, and let them know about it so they watch you" he said still watching me. It was starting to bother me. People staring at me. It made me feel like a hamster in a cage.
Finally he looked away. "Okay, since you wont tell me, i will out on your front porch all day and night til you do" he said looking at me with a smirk.
"Your not seroius?" i asked surprised. It got cold outside at night.
"Only til you tell me who it is thats hurting you" he said with a evil grin. That jerk! He knew i wouldnt let him do that.
"Its Elle and her friends" i finally said as he stood up to leave. He froze and turned back to me. "Elle and her friends are doing this to you?" he asked surprised. "She has some of her friends boyfriends help" i said wanting to disappear into the ground.
"She really is a bitch" he said suddenly. "Huh?" i said surpsied. "Lots of guys in my writing class tell me what a bitch she is to girls when a new guy comes" he said watching me.
"Know i now who it is, im going to let the teachers now and i need you to come with me when i tell them" Zarek said walking over ot me. I tensed where i stood.
"No" i gasped. I didnt want anyone to know about it.
"Why are you so afraid of people helping you?" Zarek asked looking at me in the eyes. "People dont realize when they try to help, they can make it worse. I dont want to get beaten anymore, im tired of being peoples punching bag" i said, i wanted to cry.
My own mother used to always hit me in the head. Either that or she would pinch sensitive areas with her long sharp nails. Some may not call tha abuse, but i did. If you even asked a question sometimes, i was slapped across the face.
Zarek's face held no expression. "Then let me try to end it" he said watching me. Finally i nodded. "Let me see what all she did?" he said suddenly. I tensed. Slowly i raised my shirt up enough for him to see two large bruises on my stomach and side. Then i put my shirt down. I didnt want to show alot of people.
"Where else?" he asked looking back at me. Moving my hair out of my face, i turned my head so he could have a clear view of the bruises on my jaw. My hair curled around my face enough so no one could see them at first glance.
"Tomorrow, we're going to the adminstrators office and ask if all the teachers could see us, and we're gonna let them know, who and who all is doing this to you. I will be there with you so you dont have to go alone" he said watching me.
I felt relieved. When i had thought of going myself. i always chickened out.
"Now, lets go get you a well stockful of groceries" he said with a laugh.
"I have groceries" i said in defence.
"which is why your stomach sounds like dying demon, okay" he said with a laugh. I blushed. I didnt know it was that obvouis.
"Come on" he said smiling and we walked out of my apartment. I stopped when i saw a black truck sitting on the curb. It had red flames all down the side. I had to smile.
"you really like black and red alot" i said watching him as we walked over to the truck. "Yup, all time favorite colors, kinda like you with black and violet" he said laughing.
He got in easy. I had to jump up and crawl into the truck. He had to help pull me up into it was a monster truck.
I was nervous about spending someone elses money, but he asured me it was alright. Giving the type of vehicle he drove, im sure it was okay.
Zarek let me buy twice the size of everything i wanted. He laughed at me when i bought alot of chimichangas and panini sandwhichs. He said he figured i would nothing but candy and junk food. I merely told him i wasnt done yet. He laughed and told me to spend away cause i needed it.
I got a variety of fruit and vegetables, although, the vegetables i would rather do without. I only liked carrot, potatoes, green beans, and corn. Well sometime brocclie but it had to have a mountain of cheese on it first.
Zarek followed me and helped me get eveything i wanted. I was thrilled. I had never been able to buy so much and not worry about if i was over spending.
After two cart fulls, i finally decided that was enough. Zarek had to help me push them, i could barely get them to move. In line, i looked at the magazines that said stupid stuff. I felt someone come up behind me and turned. A tall man about 20 something smiled at me. He was dressed in a crimson button down shirt and black dress pants. He wore a wire pair of black glasses. "Oh hey dad" i heard Zarek say. "So i find you helping a young lady with her groceries" the man said with a smile.
"Dad, this is Kimi, the one i told you about, from my classes that sits there and blushes when someone talks to her" Zarek said with a laugh. Just to prove his point i felt my face turn red. Gahh, why did he have to say that?
His father laughed. "Well, its nice to meet you Kimi" he said holding out his hand. I shook it. "You have quit a grip for a small young lady" he said laughing lightly. "Its only cause im skin and bones" i said watching him.
"That might be it, Zarek, i just wanted to let you know whenever i found you, that i'll be teaching your Art class for a while"" his father said. I gasped. What happened to mrs. andrews? His father got my reaction.
"Mrs. Andrews fell yesterday and broke a hip and leg, their saying she wont be able to walk for quit some time. She'll be gone for a while" he said watching me. I felt sorry for her, she was a nice woman.
"i hope she'll be okay tho" i said looking back at him. He smiled. "She will be, she already is ordering the nurses around like crazy when i went to see her to ask about her assignments for the class" he said smiling.
Then he saw all the groceries. His eyes widened a little. "I take it your helping her stock up some?" he asked looking at Zarek. "She needed it" Zarek said and helped me push them back to his truck. His father helping. "Well, i would stay to help, but your brother got himself kicked out of North Academy" his father said with a sigh. Zarek stopped. "he got kicked out? for what?" Zarel asked watching his father.
"Fighting" was all his father said and got into a red truck idenitcal to Zarek's. Afte we got all the groceries in his truck he took me back to my apartment. It took a while to put them away, but we finally got it all done.
It was around 5 pm.
"i hope that'll help keep you stocked up for while" he said with a laugh. I gave a small laugh. Yes it would.
"So your father and brother will be at our school now?" i asked watching him. He nodded. "yea, you'll like my father teaching art, he loves it. as for my brother, his a surprise all the time" Zarek said looking thoughtfully.
"Your not gonna chicken out on me are you?" he asked suddenly. I shook my head no.
"Okay, so i'll see you tomorrow at school?" he asked watching me. I laughed. "yes, you will" i said laughing.
"Friends?" he asked with a grin.
"Friends" i said smiling.
"Well then i'll see you tomorrow at the main Gates" he said smiling and turn to leave.I watched him walk over to his truck and drive off.
After he left, i went and took a shower, thankfully the water was hot again.
After that, i made my dinner. It was nice not to have to combine weird stuff to eat. I had porkchops and mashed potaoes.
Although i was kinda lonely, i ate my dinner and watched Interview with a vampire. I loved Brad Pitt as Louis, or Louie.
After finshing the movie and dinner, i went and finshed homework then it was off to bed.
I dreamt of a guy pulling me out of a river, it has these strange looking merpeople in it. Their skin was a dark violet, their nails were long and black, their eyes were a dark voilet with black pupils and they had long dark blue hair. They kept trying to pull me back intp the water. But the guy wouldnt let them. Finally he pulled me free from them and we fell onto the river bank. He picked me up and ran into the woods, me on his back. We kept running until i saw wolves running beside us. We were coming up to a small house. It was in shades of blue, like the rest of my dream. The guy set me down and walked over to the house, opening it, spirits came flying out at me. He protected me. When i looked up, i was surrpsied to see Zarek. Then a spirt flew at me and i awoke with a start.
Bad dream. Bad dream.
The next day i got up and ran to the campus as fast as possible. Today was my first time wearing a combo of a skirt and pants. The black spikey skirt was longer in the back than the front. The front went to me just above my knees and the back practically dragged the ground. It was connected to the tripp pants. They were a tighter pair i didnt wear often. Whiel tight around the waist, butt, and thighs, they flared out at the shirt matched the pants, it had a purple fairy on it. Plus i was wearing my favorite combat boots in the world.
They had red crosses on the toe and heels. And had a 5 inch flat sole and buckled all the way up to my knees.
Getting inside the gates, i leaned on the outer wall to catch my breathe.
Seeing a shadow over me, i looked up to see my newest friend standing there with a smile. Zarerk, he was 6'8, long black hair (that was as long as mine), dark brown eyes, and almost perfect tanned skin. He was dressed in his usually atire. Red and black tripp pants and matching shirt and armbands.
"Gee Kimster, you made it this time" he said with a laugh. I laughed too. I was surprised i did too. "Yup, now i get to join you in the counselors office" i said smiling. Zarek was the only one that was nice to me. Plus the only one who looked out for me. I was only 5'3, so i wasnt a threat to people. Him on the other hand, that was a different story.
He laughed. "Okay good" he said ruffing up my hair. "You still want to do this?" he asked leaning on the wall beside me.