...Beep... ...Beep...
''Shut up.''
...Beep... ...Beep...
''SHUT UP! What's wrong with you?!''
...Beep... ...Beep...
After a few minutes I was awake enough to realise I was actually talking to an alarm clock.
I opened my eyes for a bit and groaned.
'Why does my head hurt like this?'
I lifted up my head and tried to sit, but all of a sudden the pain in my head became worse causing me to fall on my back again.
''ouch!''
Nice, now my back hurt too.
I tried to sit again, but more slowly this time.
I put my legs out of bed, and wondered why I couldn't remember anything that had happened last night.
'...Um... Oh, yeah! We went to a club!'
I tried to remember more, but I couldn't.
I groaned again, looking around in my room. That was when I noticed the note on my bedroom door.
I slowly got up from my bed and walked towards the door, frantically trying not to lose balance.
When I was close enough to the note, I tried to read it.
I frowned. Reading was more difficult than it was normally.
After a few minutes I had finally succeeded in reading it.
''Hey Blue,
You're probably wondering why you can't remember anything from last night.
I can tell you, just come to my house whenever you like.
Green.''
I didn't have a choice.
I couldn't think very clearly because of the bad headache I had, so I just put on the first sweater I found.
That was when I noticed I was still wearing the black dress I had put on before going to the club.
I raised my eyebrow, but told myself that Green would tell me.
''-What do you think, Blue?''
I blinked. ''Eh?'' I asked stupidly.
''Which one of these plants can cure a stomach ache?'' Mrs Erika repeated.
I looked at the names of plants that were written on the black chalk board.
'Lavender', 'mint' and 'jasmine' I read.
''Err...'' Was all I could say while I flipped through the pages of my Biology notebook.
I nervously looked at Mrs. Erika's face. She slowly raised an eyebrow at me.
''It's in your notes, Blue. Didn't you pay attention?''
''Well, I was a bit distracted.'' I told her. I refused to give in to my embarrassment. I was stronger than this.
''Yes, I am sure it was more important than my lessons.'' She said, still smiling at me.
The sound of her heel tapping on the floor repeatedly gave away the fact that she was getting impatient, though.
All at once a small folded note fell on my notebook. I peeked at the teacher through my bangs, pretending to think very hard.
I quickly unfolded the note, reading the word 'mint'.
I brushed the bangs out of my face, raised my head and smiled.
''Mint.'' I answered.
''Well done.'' Mrs Erika said, and she continued explaining the health benefits of plants.
I turned my head into the direction of the person that was sitting next to me.
The blonde girl looked at me.
Worriedly, like always.
''Thanks, Yellow.'' I said, smiling at the small girl.
She nodded. But then asked, ''Why weren't you paying attention, Blue? You like Biology normally, don't you?''
Yes, that was true. My attention had just mainly been focused on this weekend eversince I entered the school building.
What Green told me was that I had gotten drunk after a few guys offered me drinks and that he had quickly took me home.
It was strange though, that while those were his exact words, I felt like he had not told me something. Something quite important.
For example, I swore I could faintly remember that I had cried a few times that night.
When I asked him though, he quickly answered that I had just walked home with him, though I did fell down a few times.
That was really everything he had told me, aside from the speech he had given me about never accept drinks from strangers and that I could have been in a coma or worse.
''Blue?!'' Yellow waved her hand in front of my face. ''Look, now you're spacing out again! Didn't you sleep well last night?''
''Not really.'' I told her.
It was true, I had barely slept this weekend. I yawned.
Before she could ask me anything else, the bell rang, announcing lunch break.
We all picked up our bags and left the classroom.
''Ah! You guys, look!'' A red haired girl called out to her friends while pointing her finger to a huge poster that was now pinned onto the big notice board in the hallway. The poster was decorated with pictures of dancing people, and big, colourful fonts that formed the words 'School Dance.'
The girl's friends all cheered.
''Ah! It's the school dance!'' One of the redhead's friends, a raven haired girl, sighed. The girls all walked to the poster, chattering like crazy.
I looked at my friends and noticed that Red and Green were already walking into the direction of the canteen.
Yellow was still standing next to me, though. She was also looking at the huge poster.
Ruby and Sapphire just walked out of the classroom.
They were arguing about whether it was going to rain or not.
...Wait, they were arguing about the weather?
I couldn't believe how hopeless they were.
''-The weather forecast said it would be sunny all day!''
''So?! I told ya' I can sense whether it's going to rain or not, and I say it's going to rain today.''
''And I told you I don't believe you.''
''Hmpf, ya'll see la-''
'Thud!'
I quickly turned my head to the cause of the loud noise, and then noticed that Yellow was lying on the floor.
''Yellow!'' I cried out.
She opened her eyes and blinked.
Then she seemed to notice almost every person in the hallway was looking at her, panicked and tried to get up while waving her arms like crazy and randomly shouting out things like: ''Don't worry! I'm ok! Nothing happened! Please don't look at me! I am sorry to waste your time like this!''
Everybody sweat dropped, and then went on with what they were originally doing.
''Ah, I'm such a klutz! You ok?'' Sapphire asked.
''Of course!'' Yellow smiled.
''Why were you standing still in the doorpost, anyway?'' Sapphire asked.
I pointed at the huge poster on the notice board.
''Ah... A school dance?'' Sapphire asked uncertainly.
The four of us walked to the canteen, and Ruby and Sapphire sat down on the same table we did for a change.
''I've got some great clothing for the dance.'' Ruby said happily.
He looked at Sapphire, ''I can make something for you to wear, too. In case you don't have anything.''
''Hn.'' She answered absentmindedly.
I was now sitting with Ruby and Sapphire.
The rest of our friends were standing in line for the canteen food. Red, Green and Yellow were standing in the middle of the line, and it looked like Red was telling the other to some wild story, shouting and gesturing like crazy. I smiled at them. They looked funny.
The reason I wasn't with them was that my parents weren't exactly the richest people in the world. Ruby and Sapphire had their own reasons, Ruby's parents thought the canteen food wasn't healthy and Sapphire just didn't like it. I searched my bag for my lunch.
''Ruby, did you just say that you can make clothes yourself?'' I asked bluntly, while seizing the brown paper bag from my bag and putting it down on the table.
''Yes, and I'm not that bad either!'' Ruby told me proudly. ''When Sapphire and I first came to school here, she was actually walking around in clothes like Tarzan's, so I made her clothes. I still do now, actually... Either she likes my clothing, or she still doesn't know how to dress properly.'' Ruby grinned at me and then turned his head to Sapphire, probably expecting a nudge in the ribs. Sapphire didn't move though, she was staring at the wall on the opposite side of the canteen blankly.
Ruby blinked. He looked quite confused.
Then he continued where he left off.
''But I like sewing as a hobby too, I'm taking sewing cla-...''
I looked up from my sandwich, not understanding why he had stopped talking without finishing the sentence first.
Then I remembered I wasn't supposed to know that he took sewing class.
''...Sewing what?'' I asked, trying to look as dumb as I could.
Luckily I was a good actress, which came in handy during my time with the mask of ice too.
''Nothing, forget it.'' He said.
Right when I was thinking about nagging some more to make my act more believable, Red, Green and Yellow sat down on the cheep plastic benches.
Yellow and Green sat in silence, eating their food, while I was talking with Red.
Sapphire seemed to have woken up from her 'trance' too, she was now energetically talking to Ruby.
''No way, Red. You know the Yankees own the Giants badly. They won last time, too.''
Red snorted. ''Yeah right. That was because half of the team was injured.''
''...Which was their own fault.''
Love for baseball was one of the things Red and I had in common. Neither Green or Yellow was interested in it, so we ended up talking about it and going to matches together. The only flaw was that I was a big fan of the New York Yankees, and he supported the Giants.
''Wait! I forgot to tell you...'' Red started, searching his pockets, ''...I've got tickets for the game Friday!'' He told me happily, with a stupid grin only Red was capable of.
''Wha-'' I started, gaping at him like an idiot. ''No you didn't!''
''Yes I did.'' Red answered.
''Argh! Red, you have to take me with you!'' I practically shouted.
''Er... I dunno, I could make Green come with me.''
''You wish.'' I could hear Green mutter under his breath. I wasn't taking any chances though.
''I'll buy you a Giants scarf.''
''A-and a hat!''
''...and a hotdog?''
''You're in.'' He smiled triumphantly and gave me one of the tickets.
I couldn't stop looking at Red smiling. I didn't really notice how stupid I must've been looking until Green snapped, ''What, want him to pet you?''
''Ah, sorry.'' I muttered. I wondered why he was so annoyed all of a sudden.
''So, Yellow. Did you think of a date for the prom yet?'' I asked Yellow, since Red was now focussing on his lunch.
She looked quite flabbergasted at that question, but luckily for her someone interfered.
''Did I hear the word date there?''
I sighed, that voice could only belong to one person.
Yep, I was right. Gold sat down next to me, Silver and Crystal following behind.
He started talking to Silver though. Something about him probably getting to go to the prom with every girl he wanted.
The conversation bored me quite quickly, so I started talking to Yellow again. This time not about dates, though... She didn't seem to like that subject. That often didn't stop me, but Yellow was different. She looked so fragile that everybody always felt the need to protect her.
After I took a bite from my sandwich I frowned.
I felt like someone was invading my personal space.
Nope, I wasn't mistaken, Gold was moving to me more closely with every second.
''Don't move so close to Blue, you freak!'' Silver yelled, trying to drag Gold away.
''Aw, Why do you guys always think so bad of me?'' Gold asked.
''Because that's what you are.'' Silver and Crystal said simultaneously.
Gold snorted and took a bite from his sandwich.
''Blue doesn't seem to mind, though. Do you, Blue?'' Gold asked with his mouth full of bread.
He was now smirking at me.
''Touch me and you'll lose a finger.'' I said coolly.
There were a few seconds of silence, until suddenly everyone burst out laughing.
Everyone except Gold of course, he inched away slightly and sat in silence for the rest of lunch break.
Behind him Silver and Crystal were smiling at me broadly.
Ok, being mean to Gold seemed to be a good thing, according to everyone's reactions.
''Yeah right, Ruby. Like anyone'd like to go to the prom with a sissy like you.'' I heard a voice shout.
'Oh crap, Sapphire... Don't say things you're going to regret later...' I thought, but there would be no use in telling her that here. I wasn't friends with her for a very long time, but I did know that trying to talk her out of things was always a lost case.
''what do you mean?'' Ruby asked her.
''Tsk. I mean that most girls like to go to the prom with a boy.''
I turned my head in their direction.
''Why do you say that?'' Ruby asked. Though Sapphire always teased Ruby with his obsession with clothes, he didn't like to show when he was in pain or sad or something, which was why the hurt tone in his voice surprised me.
''Because it's true.'' Sapphire snorted.
''Well, I don't think any of the guys would like to go to the prom with a girl who is able to bite his head of.'' Ruby snapped.
''Want to bet on it?'' Sapphire asked.
I didn't like where this conversation was going.
''Sure.'' Ruby answered through gritted teeth.
''The first one to get a date for the prom is the winner. The loser has to admit they're hopeless losers.'' Sapphire said.
''Fine.'' Ruby hissed. He then stood up, picked up his back and walked away without eating his lunch first.
I looked at Sapphire, but couldn't see her face. After a few minutes of silence she just picked up her bag, and walked out of the canteen.
In the days that followed Ruby and Sapphire didn't talk to each other or sit next to each other in class like usually. Ruby now sat in the seat behind Red, while Sapphire was still sitting in her old seat. Now with a Ruby-less table on her left. When it was finally Friday, the day of the big game between the Yankees and the Giants, I had to stay on school for yelling at our History teacher, professor Rowan. I couldn't help it, really! Just because Yellow forgot to do her homework -for like the first time since she came to our school - He started making fun out of her. You can call me whatever you want, but I am not a coward. So yeah, then I stood up and told him that at least she didn't smell like a dead cow. Ok, maybe I shouldn't have told him that... Anyway. Now I was in detention, while all my friends were home already. The stupid thing was that I had to stay in detention until five o'clock, while the game started at six.
When professor Rowan finally let me go I frantically ran to my locker. Everybody was home already anyway. After putting on my jacket and favourite blue scarf -that Green had got me for Christmas- I walked out of the big school doors.
I was greeted by a cold breeze and a few brown leaves flying along with it. Every time it seemed like they would touch the ground and lay down, the wind blew underneath it, causing it to fly towards the cloudy sky again.
I liked the fall. It was my favourite season.
I noticed it was dusk already when I walked into the direction where I thought I had left my bicycle this morning.
Because the sky was grey I couldn't see the setting sun like usually, but through a few holes in the thick blanket of clouds, a light shade of orange was visible. The only thing I didn't like from the fall was how you couldn't see the sunset that often. The school was on top of a hill, so the sunset was truly beautiful from here. At times I went to detention intentionally, just to see that. But yeah, that was summer. Yep, the clouds were the thing I hated the most from the fall. Or maybe the rain.
Before I could even think the whole sentence, I heard the thunder and felt a few cold drops land on my cold cheeks.
...Definitely the rain.
I resisted the urge to laugh maniacally because of the crazy thing that had taken place a few seconds before. It had almost been funny. Almost.
...It would've been funnier if this happened to someone else.
I searched for my bike for almost fifteen minutes. It wasn't that easy with my bangs blowing into my face all the time, my scarf almost choking me, my vision blurred by the rain, which seemed to pour even worse with every second, and the biting cold, which started to get really annoying.
When I finally found my bicycle I was soaking wet and shivering uncontrollably. Groaning I climbed on my bike and cycled to the big gate.
When I cycled on the main road, I noticed there weren't many cars about today. Not that I didn't agree with them, of course... I just cycled on the empty road, coughing heavier with every minute.
I noticed a few headlights that were dimly shining in the distance. I narrowed my eyes.
Though the rain was blurring my vision, I noticed they weren't moving like they were supposed to. They were swivelling to and from, but still getting closer. They were coming closer a bit too fast, too. In a few seconds I could make out a man sitting in the front chair, obviously singing aloud and having the time of his life. He was steering the driving-wheel with his feet and held a bottle in his hand. My eyes widened. Was he drunk?
I thought over the options I had. I could either jump of my bicycle, run to the side of the road and wait for the car to pass by, or keep cycling so I would be home as fast as possible.
Before I even had the time to think everything over carefully, the car swivelled into my direction.
All I felt was a pain in my legs and the bicycle shoving underneath me before I collided with the ground and everything went black.
Well, hope y'all like drama. ;D
~Lion3queen