Once again, didn't turn out as expected, and had to chop this in half to put the rest in another chapter. SO this concludes the two part 'Girl's Day' chapters, but the next chapter is gonna be a short one on what I cut off from this chapter since it felt like it didn't belong, nor did it fit the chapter title to me...
Read and review please! Sorry for the delay, and I hope this doesn't suck too much... felt like it was sucking a lot every time I reread it, but I can't fix it anymore than it is without ruining what I had planned even more lol. Anyways, thanks to my fans!
Chapter Seven: Girls Day Out…
"How about we see how it's going? Just the two of us?"
Brunette suggested with a small smile. She noticed that ever since they got to the well, Coraline looked out of it, and she wanted to try and make her think of other things, good things, which was why she had yet to inform her that they were apparently being stalked.
Coraline looked at Brunette, and she nodded "Alright, let's go." With that, Coraline pulled out the silver button key from her pocket. Brunette was surprised that she had it on her this whole time, before the two of them walked over to Brunette's house. Strange enough, the walk to Brunette's was a little awkward and quiet, no one spoke about much of anything, and they both just walked. Coraline simply was wondering what was happening between the two of them, and by them, she meant her and Wybourne.
They made it to Brunette's house, the walk was from around one o'clock to one fifteen-ish, and Brunette took out her house key and unlocked the door, letting Coraline in first before closing the door behind them.
Coraline once again looked around the nicely decorated home, soon realizing that the inside of Brunette's house kind of looked like hers, except with way better chosen color schemes.
Coraline scratched her arms, then looked at them and noticed little bumps. Were they goose bumps? If they were, they were soooooo itchy!
"Coraline?"
Coraline zoned back into reality, realizing that Brunette was calling her into the family room to unlock the little door. She nodded fast and hurried after, getting down and sliding the key into the keyhole. She looked towards Brunette, who smiled and nodded, before she opened the door and peeked inside. The breeze soon released and blew their hair back, as well as the colors and the magical gateway appearing before them.
Brunette was so excited that she ended up moving Coraline out the way to crawl in front of her to the other side, grabbing the key from the lock on the little door as she went. Coraline thought nothing of it and followed right behind, closing the door behind her just in case Brunette's mom were to suddenly appear, not that she ever saw the girl's mom.
Coraline was still crawling by the time Brunette was already out on the other side, and only the girl's legs could be seen.
Coraline finally escaped the pathway of color, before making it to the other side, and getting to her feet. She looked around, and she realized why Brunette was standing there, because Coraline's home was finished.
Coraline thought this was a good thing, before she realized that they barely had anything here the last time they visited, and she looked to Brunette "How'd this place suddenly make my whole house in like, two days?"
"I don't know… it's really freaky…" Brunette said in a worried tone.
The two of them did exactly as Brunette had when she found her home. They explored Coraline's Other Home, seeing if everything was truly there. And it was. Coraline searched for the Other Father, even the Other Mother just in case, but no one was there…
"Who made all of this?" Coraline stomped her foot, and her fists formed at the sides of her waist in anger. She was getting upset from the fact that some mystery person was sneaking behind their backs and making everything, without even spying on them with dolls. It was Coraline's defense mechanism. If she got scared or confused, she would get mad. She was starting to think someone was behind all of this, but who?
"Actually…" Brunette said nervously, turning towards Coraline, whose face was still flushed from the blood that had rushed to her cheeks out of anger.
Brunette gulped a little, furrowing her brows "W-Well… Maxwell…"
Coraline was already suffering a mental rage, anything else could set her off "Maxwell?"
Coraline froze, Maxwell was the guy that did nothing but act weird, suspicious, and as creepy as the Beldam. She wondered if Max was up to any of this.
Brunette decided to swallow her pride, and she kept her mouth shut, shaking her head.
Coraline huffed gently, before they headed outside of the Other Home, and wandered around the world. To Brunette's neighborhood, to her own, and, scary enough, they even had the town and the local schools there. And soon, Coraline stood right in front of Wybourne's house.
Brunette blinked, and noticed Coraline's reaction; she wasn't even sure whose house it was, which made her seem slightly jealous "Um, what's this about?"
Coraline blinked in return, before looking at Brunette, then looking back at the house "Oh, um, I dunno, let's check it out." And Coraline rushed ahead of Brunette, approaching the door and knocking on it. No one answered, but when she opened it, she saw nothing but white. The house was empty, and unfinished.
Coraline's frown was obviously visible on her face, and she closed the door before sighing "Not much here, we might as well head back home, still no sign of people, but some creep is still building this place up."
Brunette only nodded as she followed Coraline out of the Other World and back to her own house.
"I'm seriously starting to wonder about Maxwell, Brunette."
Coraline said as she crawled out and stormed to the doorway of the family room. She wondered about Maxwell, and asked Brunette "Hey, you seriously need to talk to him, sometime soon, please?"
Brunette was finally out the door, biting down on her lip and nodding slowly "Y-yeah, definitely, I guess I should have done it sooner, cuz I'm starting to get a little scared too. Sorry about everything, Coraline." She sighed and looked down, disappointed "I really hope he's not the problem though."
Coraline turned and glared at her "He better not be, he's your best friend, and I'll be really ticked if I find out he is."
Brunette's silver eyes seemed to have darkened to a gray from that moment, Coraline noticed it immediately, and she frowned "I-I'm sorry, I guess I'm a little worked up… let's head back to my place, time flies when you're in the Other World."
Brunette nodded quietly, as the two of them headed back to Coraline's house. The blue haired girl was right though, the light was gone, and it was slowly getting dark out. Coraline wasn't even sure if her parents would be home by now or not.
When they had finally made it to her house, they went through the already unlocked front door, and the two of them wandered to the family room, where Coraline turned on the small television. While the TV was on and they were both looking at it, they were actually starting to talk about their favorite things. The conversation almost ended when Brunette said her favorite food was broccoli, which Coraline found terrible, but then Brunette decided to bring up another topic.
"So, what stuff do you like about the Other World?" Brunette asked curiously, pulling a random candy bar out of her pocket and starting to unwrap it. Coraline blinked, lowering her head to her socks and wiggling her toes "Hm, my favorite things?"
"I like EVERYTHING there…" Brunette admitted aloud, sighing as if in some happy trance that she didn't want to escape from, before biting into her chocolate bar "Actually, I can't wait to meet the Other Father, get to visit him every day, if he's still there at least… and Other People, I wonder since there are neighborhoods everywhere, if there will be people for those houses and stuff, you know?"
Coraline smirked, before she looked back at her toes and continued to wiggle them "Hm… Um… actually, there was someone I was missing for a long time." She blushed slightly, scratching her arms, and soon scratching her pant leg.
Brunette lifted and fixed herself on the couch, her smile widening "Hm? Who is this person?"
Coraline bit her lip.
Brunette nudged her.
Coraline groaned "Ugh, this… Other Wybie."
So the beans were spilled, Pandora's box opened, God was freaking out up there and probably laughing his but off, and Coraline was feeling squeamish, and itchy.
"H-He… He saved my life." Coraline admitted in defeat, a sad expression on her face, though the blush remained on her face for all within a one-million feet diameter could see. Brunette was silent, as if expecting more, and Coraline gave her more "The Beldam threw me into this mirror, with the Ghost Children, and Other Wybie helped me out, but sacrificed himself to do save me and help me escape… when I had to go back to the Other World to save my parents, Other Wybie's clothes were hanging on a pole…"
Brunette frowned, and she scooted closer to Coraline, as a sign of comfort "What was he like, Coraline?"
Coraline immediately chuckled, it was a tired and sad laugh though "Well, obviously not like Wybie. Other Wybie wasn't into bugs, but he always made me happy somehow. He took me to amazing places. He wasn't much of a chatter box either like Wybourne is. He was actually made without a voice so he couldn't talk, but he didn't have to… I felt like I understood him, and he understood me…" Coraline touched her chest "When we were at the Other Ms. Spink and Ms. Forcible's apartment, I performed with them on stage, and he threw me a rose… I still have it in my room too."
Brunette's eyes seemed to shimmer from the thought of such a forbidden romance, a romance that sounded impossible to ever fulfill, but one that was happening within Coraline "Aw, Coraline… I bet when we find the Other Father, we'll find the Other Wybie too."
With that said, the girls hugged. And that was that.
Except…
"So, you have a crush on Wybie?" Brunette asked, while still embracing the girl. Coraline immediately shoved Brunette "What? No way!" She huffed, crossing her arms across her chest, even though she had no idea how she truly felt about Wybourne. Brunette smirked and rolled her head "Mhm~"
"I mean, I know I like Other Wybie, but Wybie himself, I'm not even sure… I'm just too confused.."
And finally, that was that.
Brunette had gone home around six, and she was gone right when her parent's pulled out front. Coraline's arms had been itchy all day, and when her dad came into the kitchen with two grocery bags, she searched through them for something cool, like ointment, or medicine, or—
"Mayo!" Coraline cheered and pulled it out. Mr. Jones smiled and gave a questioning look, before he watched his daughter open the lid, peel off the safety foil, and dip her whole hand into the mayonnaise jar.
Mr. Jones' jaw dropped.
"C-Coraline!" He pulled the jar away from her, and the girl used what she had in her hand to rub up and down her arms "What? I needed something cool!"
"Like water? Run your arms under water?" Mr. Jones glared and shook his head at her "What has gotten into you tonight?" He continued putting the rest of the groceries away. Coraline stood there, wondering what she did wrong, before Mrs. Jones came into the room, her coat in one of her arms. She sniffed the air, before glancing at Coraline "Coraline? What on Earth?"
Coraline pouted "M-My arms itched…"
Her mother placed a hand on her hip, glaring at her daughter, before putting her coat down on one of the kitchen chairs and grasping Coraline's shoulder. She pulled the twelve-year-old after her to the kitchen sink, helping to wash away the mayonnaise. When she finished, she noticed the bumps as well, and Coraline grunted "See? No one EVER believes me!"
"Coraline…" Mrs. Jones said with a faint smile "Those are hair bumps."
Mr. Jones dropped what he was holding, causing the two females to turn their heads. Mr. Jones shook his head fast, before pointing "You'll be talking to her, not me." He hurried to put everything else away, before dashing out the kitchen.
Coraline blinked, then blinked at her mother "Huh? What's he talking about?"
When she thought things couldn't get worse…
She thought she'd be best friends with her 'trolls' form Michigan forever…
She thought she'd be best friends with Wybourne forever…
She thought she made new friends in Oregon.
It was all going down hill.
"Y-You can't be serious. That's… that's… gross!"
"Coraline, I'm serious, everyone goes through it, and now it's your turn."
Mrs. Jones and Coraline were sitting in the younger girl's bedroom, on her bed, and Mrs. Jones was holding Coraline's arm gently, smoothing her hand over it "Puberty hits everyone once, the good thing is that it's only once."
Coraline wanted to cry "Is that why my brain has turned to mush and I have no idea what the heck to think about anymore?"
Mrs. Jones smirked "Probably."
Coraline groaned, scratching her arm a bit before her mother swatted it away.
Coraline sighed "Well life was good while it lasted."
Mrs. Jones chuckled, then kissed her daughters cheek "Have a good night dear, don't get so worked up about it. Come to me whenever you need me." With that said, Coraline's mom left her alone, left her alone to die.
Coraline let her back fall onto her bed, not sure about what to think anymore as she stared at the ceiling. No wonder she was paranoid about Max, no wonder she started getting giggly and girly with Brunette, no wonder Wybourne was starting to make her feel awkward.
Because Coraline was a mutant…mutating. A blue haired girl soon to be growing blue hair in the places that weren't meant to have blue hair… soon to grow things that weren't meant to grow.
With that thought in mind, she peeked into her pajama top and stared down at her chest.
It felt even more awkward now. Even though no one was noticing anything different about Coraline, it felt like everyone was staring. Either the little arm hairs were freaking people out, or she just looked good today, which she doubted highly.
She wanted to talk to someone about it, her closest friend Wybourne, would he understand though? They still weren't talking, both of them sat in their seat during class, and Coraline was actually looking at the board and the teacher this time.
Wybourne was leaning over on his desk, and if Coraline didn't know any better, she'd think that he had gotten a heart attack and died.
She wanted to start talking again, wanted to make things better. She wasn't used to being the wrong one, she was used to Wybourne always apologizing and making pouting faces, and making her mad about something else so that they could move on with their lives… but Wybourne wasn't saying a word, meaning, it probably was Coraline's fault.
"Wybie…" Coraline whispered.
The boy didn't respond.
"Wybie! Psst!" Coraline whispered a little louder, trying to get his attention.
The boy turned around slowly, looking a bit at Coraline, before turning back around.
"No one denies Coraline Jones!" Coraline mumbled as she kicked the back of Wybourne's seat, hard.
Wybourne yelped, before covering his mouth with his dark hands, and staring at a small glance from the teacher. He held in his breath until Ms. Caroline was writing on the board again, then he turned "What is it?"
"I wanted to apologize…" Coraline frowned at Wybourne, making the boy lift his head slightly in curiosity "Huh?"
"For everything." Coraline continued "I'm going through some things, and I found out why, and I just wanted to apologize for acting like a weirdo."
Wybourne chuckled "I bet I'm weirder."
Coraline smiled. That meant he forgave her "You sure are."
She immediately lifted and hunched over her desk to reach Wybourne, hugging him tightly. Wybourne was a little shocked from this, but hugged back. When Coraline let go and sat back down, there was a surprisingly noticeable blush on the brown boys face.
Wybourne joined Coraline in the grass with a smile. He noted that Coraline was happy, but he wondered why, though he knew he had no courage to ask… but he did want to know something.
"So what weird things were going on with you, Coraline?"
Coraline's happy smile turned into a frown, and Wybourne shut his eyes tightly and braced himself for an impact, only to open his eyes slightly and see Coraline remain still. He calmed down.
The blue haired girl lifted the sleeves of her uniform, and revealed her arms covered in bumps. Some of the bumps had actual little blue hairs. Wybourne's eyes widened, and Coraline nodded "I know, it's terrible! The world is going to end!" She dramatically fell back into the grass, and Wybourne joined her. They both stared at the sky, before Wybourne spoke up.
"Ah… so what is it?"
"Puberty." Coraline groaned as she continued looking at the clouds "It's supposed to be something everyone gets when they're growing up, or getting all… mature and stuff."
Wybourne nodded "Oh… okay." With no other comment.
Soon the two were approached by Brunette, and the girl flipped her hair over her shoulder, and fluttered her eyes "What are you two up to?" She asked with a giggle, causing Coraline to glare at her. Now that they had talked and admitted stuff to each other, she was worried she'd tell Wybourne something she didn't want him to know.
Wybourne lifted up a little and shrugged, leaning back on his arms "Nothing much, we just came outside and started waiting for you and Max." He paused "Where is he anyway, he wasn't in class was he?"
"Oh, he'll be here soon." Brunette said and smiled "I talked to him yesterday, Coraline." She glanced at Coraline, and the blue haired girl nodded. Brunette continued, her silver eyes shimmered with happiness "Hopefully I knocked enough sense into him, he said he was just nervous since he didn't know the two of you too well. He doesn't open up as good as me." She took her own compliment as a signal to flip her brown hair again.
Wybourne laughed a little, and Coraline the same, before the three of them watched as the buses started to leave the parking lot, leaving the three alone.
Brunette cleared her throat "Hopefully he shows up, at least…"
Suddenly, they saw someone in the distance.
The sun seemed to stand directly behind the form, causing nothing but a dark long shadow to stretch to the three, as well as to hide the strangers face from them, leaving them in the dark.
As the person came into view, Brunette immediately jumped from shock, while the other two only saw a wide, white grin… an abnormally freaky and large grin.
Suddenly the figure stood by them, and it was Maxwell.
The boy smiled from ear to ear, not literally, but from the way he was forcing his muscles, Coraline was thinking he was trying his best to. Wybourne jumped to his feet, from mostly fear than anything else "Um, so…" He fiddled his fingers, and started to play with his shirt to distract himself from the boys face "What took—"
"Hi everyone!" Maxwell interrupted. His loud obnoxious voice startled the three, and Maxwell only glanced around at each person, ignoring how crazy he seemed "What are we going to do today? I hope something fun!"
"Okay…Brunette, Wybie, come here. Now." Coraline quickly grabbed Wybourne and Brunette's hands, and pulled them away from, what she now knew him as, the psycho.
Maxwell took a step closer, directly behind Brunette, letting out a loud "WOOHOO! Let's have fun in the OTHER WORLD!" and she booty-bumped him away, causing the boy to stumble back, but his smile remained stuck on his face.
"What the HECK is up with him?" Coraline almost screamed, before Wybourne shushed her and patted her shoulder. Brunette shook her head, as if she were having a mental breakdown, she couldn't help but keep shaking her head "I-I dunno… s-something's wrong with him."
Coraline snapped "You think? He's DEFINITELY working for someone in the Other World, we can't risk being stalked!"
Brunette then let out a heavy sigh "It's true! He stalked us when I was at your house, Coraline! I saw him but didn't wanna scare you or say—"
Coraline almost screamed again, but Wybourne covered her mouth, causing the girl to only mumble and groan loudly into his hand, before she started to struggle to take his hand off. When her strength finally pulled through, she shoved Wybourne away from her and pounded a finger on Brunette's chest "Get. Rid. Of. HIM! BRUNETTE!"
Brunette nodded fast, before swiftly turning around. With a small squeal, as if she had seen a spider that was terribly icky, she grasped the scary grinning male's wrist "We gotta talk at your place!" She pulled him after her, both running off, and soon vanishing.
Coraline's face was beet red; her head was throbbing, her throat sore, and now her mouth tasted like dirt from Wybourne's dirty hands. Maybe he wasn't even black, she wondered, maybe he was just dirty.
Wybourne wrapped an arm around her shoulders, trying to comfort her, but she shook her head "This is what happens when we include others on our secret… I wish I never had said anything…" Coraline looked at Wybourne with a frown, and the boy returned it all the same, but more calmly "Cheer up, Jonesy…excitement is what you wanted, remember?"
Coraline punched his arm, and Wybourne winced, before placing his hand over the new bruise forming, but he laughed. Coraline smirked and soon laughed with him. Coraline linked their arms together as they walked towards Coraline's house, in hopes that maybe her punishment was lifted.
She was starting to think she needed Wybourne, more than she knew herself, and more than he knew himself.