A/N: Hey guys and gals! Here is the second chapter! Hope you like it! :)
Disclaimer: I do not own The Lunar Chronicles, that series belongs to Marissa Meyer. (I forgot this on my last chapter ;))
Chapter 2
SELENE'S POV
Selene hated her roommate. Hated her. And Selene liked everybody. Everybody. Her roommate was cranky, rude, full of it, and obviously hated Selene's guts. Selene nearly threw up when she found out she and her roommate shared a last name.
Blackburn. Levana Blackburn.
It also didn't help that she was Miss Channery's niece. And the most popular girl at the dance academy.
"So don't mess with me," she warned.
Selene was more than happy to avoid her outside of the confines of their bedroom. She stayed on her side of the room, Levana stayed on hers. If the other didn't do anything to annoy the other one, the nights were great.
Oh, and Levana said not to go for her crush.
Jacin Clay.
Arguably the hottest guy at the academy. Selene didn't care though. He wasn't that hot.
And she secretly already had a crush.
Kaito was the cutest and realist guy she had ever met. He was just sooooooo cute!
Of course she'd never tell anyone that.
She was afraid she'd make a move too quickly - her bubbly personality sometimes got away with her. Which wasn't always a good thing. Her last crush was a good example of that.
She flopped down on her bed, smiling happily.
"Will you be quiet - I'm trying to sleep?" Levana snapped. Selene rolled her eyes. "Sorry, I'll try better in the future."
"You'll do better in the future." Levana corrected her.
"Brat," Selene breathed as she went to brush her teeth. "What?" Levana demanded. "Nothing! I was just reminding myself that I needed to tell the housekeeper that I saw a bat!" Selene called from the bathroom. "WHAT?!" Levana screeched, leaping from her bed. "WHERE?!"
"Oh, out in the hallway, don't worry about it. I made sure it didn't follow me." Selene called, mouth full of toothpaste. She heard Levana hesitantly getting back into bed. "Although," Selene added, "I did want to ask them why my bed was scratchy last night." She heard Levana storm towards the bathroom. "That is IT! Stop it! I don't want you making up stories anymore, just to give me the creepy-crawlies!" Selene gave her a serious look, taking her toothbrush out of her mouth. "Who said they were stories?" Levana half screamed half growled in anger, and stomped back to her bed. "I'm going to sleep, and I'm going to ignore you. Good NIGHT."
"Night Levana! Don't let the bedbugs bite!"
Her roommate only screamed at her.
Selene took her position in the middle of the middle barre. There were three barres set up in the room - they could see themselves in front and to the right with mirrors.
After a few minutes that Selene used to warm up, Kai came in.
Her heart skip a few beats. Then it stopped altogether.
His dark hair was messy, and threatening to hang in his eyes. His bright copper eyes shone. He set his bag down, and took his place behind her. "Hey Selene," he said, beginning his stretches. "Hi Kai," she said, stretching her arches. "Um, so, Levana invited me to this 'rooftop dance' that they do. Have you ever heard of it?"
"Yeah, they do them all the time. Most of the time only the really popular kids go. She probably just wants you to go so she can have someone to humiliate."
"Oh." Selene's face feel. Kai nudged her, and when she looked at him, he was grinning. "I'm just teasing. I went to one a few weeks ago. They're okay. More for kids who are dating, ya know?" Selene nodded. "I guess. I just love how everyone here seems to have a life outside of dance. In Italy, all we did was dance. Twelve hours a day, seven days a week." She stretched her side. "It's actually hard not dancing so much. I'm trying to come in to practice the same amount I did then. Twelve hours, seven days." She stretched the other side. "That's why I look so hot, right?" She grinned wickedly at him and laughed. "I'm just kidding." Kai grinned at her - one of his grins that said there was a secret behind it. She stopped her stretches. "You know, they worked us a lot harder in Italy."
"Is that a bad thing?" Kai asked, doing the same stretches. Selene shook her head, continuing. "No, I don't think so. But I think it's what has put me ahead - having that stamina, and being worked so hard."
Kai nodded.
"Good morning, class!" Miss Channery said as she entered, "I think after plie warm ups today, we'll do frappes, arabesques, chaines turns, fondues, pique tours and pique fondues, combinations of my choosing steps, pas de bourrees, bourrees, and pas de basques. Ready? Let us begin."
Selene knew this was going to be a long class.
After class though, she changed into her pointe shoes and practiced for another two hours. Then she took a break for dinner.
"Man, I'm starving!" Selene said as she joined Kai and some of his friends for dinner. Kai laughed. "Selene, I swear you're always hungry."
"What?" She asked defensively. "Am not!" She paused, sitting down. "Oh wait . . . yeah, I think I am too. But hey," she added quickly as Kai chuckled, "I'm constantly burning all the calories off." He nodded. "True."
"Oh, by the way," he added quickly, "these are my friends - Kohn Torin, Winter Hayle-Blackburn, Iko Roberts, and Peony Linh. Guys, this is Selene Blackburn."
"Blackburn?" Iko asked, her blue hair falling about her face. Selene could feel her cheeks heat up as she looked around the group. "Um, yeah. Blackburn." She turned to Winter. "Are you related to Levana?"
"Half sister," Winter explained. Selene nodded in understanding. "Got it."
"What about you? Are you related to Levana?" Iko asked. "Oh, um, not that I know of." Selene said quickly. "I wouldn't want to be related to her anyway." She shivered. "No offense," she said to Winter. The girl waved her off. "None taken. I can't stand her either."
They finished their food in good time, and Selene suggested they hit the rec room. The others had never been there, although Iko claimed she'd been there before, but couldn't remember it.
Kohn and Winter hit the ping pong table, and Iko and Peony squealed as they ran to the air hockey.
"That leaves us with pool, or being lazy bms on the couches." Selene said, turning to Kai. He smirked. "Or making out in the corner." He gestured behind them, and Selene turned. "Eeewww. I swear I'm going to have to give Thorne a really long talk about PDA."
"Who's Thorne?" Kai asked. Selene pointed. "The guy over there. I don't know who the girl is. Thorne and I were in Italy together."
"I see." Kai said shortly.
Selene tried to ignore the jealousy that churned in her stomach. She and Thorne had dated for a few months a few years back - he'd never made out like that with her before. He actually didn't even acknowledge her that much. Everyone said he only dated her because she worshiped him.
Selene could feel herself blushing, so she looked away. She had to forget she'd ever crushed on that guy.
He wasn't a bad kisser though.
"So, um, anyway, what . . . what do you wanna do?" She stammered. Why was she getting so shaky? Kai shrugged, his attention falling to his friends. "Wanna watch a game?" Selene shrugged, "I guess." She glanced at the clock on the wall. "I have to go practice again in thirty minutes." Kai glanced at her. She couldn't miss the slight hurt that passed through his eyes. "Oh, okay. That's fine."
"I'm sorry Kai, I just-"
"No no Selene, I totally understand. I mean that's what we're here for, right? Dance."
Selene nodded. "Yeah. Dance."
Things just felt awkward after that.
Selene put her pointe shoes on, and began to warm up. After warm ups, she did one of her favorite dance combinations across the floor. She clicked the music on (Fireflies) and got into her position. As soon as he started singing, she began her combination;
Bourree forward, tombe pas de bourree, glissade, pas de bourree, passe pirouette, glissade, brise, saute arabesque, bourree back, chaines, chaines, glissade, cabriole, arabesque, double pirouette, developpe, tombe pas de bourree forward, double pirouette, pique tours, pique tours, lame duck, chaines, chaines, arabesque, bourree back, developpe, close sous sous, arms in fifth. Fondue, passe, chaines, chaines, chasse, cabriole, arabesque, assemble, glissade jete, balancé, battement, pas de chat, fouette, fouette, fouette, fouette, tendue, pique tours, developpe, fondue, close sous sous, arms in fifth.
She breathed heavily, but grinned. It didn't use all of the song, but that was fine. She just needed something upbeat to dance too.
She turned the music off and got a drink of water. Now it was time to practice balancés and traveling balancés.
She entered the living room, but Kai and his friends weren't there. She checked the rec room. They weren't there either.
With a frown, she walked up the stairs to her room. She didn't see any of them along the way, so she went in and set her bag down. Levana was on her bed, legs out, stretching her arches while she texted. "Don't make any noise, and you'll give me no reason to call the dean of students." She looked at Selene pointedly. Selene's eyes widened, but she nodded. "Okay."
She put her regular leather ballet shoes on, and did more ballet steps and practices at the barre on her side of the room.
"I still don't see why you have a barre instead of a desk over there." Levana said curtly. Selene continued with her frappes. "I've always had a barre in my room. Don't you practice every second you can? Don't you want to be the best?" Selene asked, switching sides. Levena glared at her. "Correction: I am the best. And the best don't need to practice all the time."
"They do if they want to stay the best."
Levena put earbuds in and ignored her. Selene smirked and switched to grande battements.
This roommate was going to be fun to torture.
A/N: I hope you liked it! Please review! Love you all!
-Angel Princess 31