Sorry I haven't uploaded in like forever! But I realized I had a better idea for this story so I erased what I originally had. It took me a while to plan it all out but now that I got it, it should move much faster. Oh and by the way this is a Bering and Wells fic but I just want to get a few things into play before that happens! Enjoy(:
When Juliet woke up the next morning it took her a few moments to remember where she was. She sat up slowly in her bed, rubbing her sore neck.
She grabbed her phone from the bed side table. 6:28 a.m.
"What ya know, I slept a whole four hours." She said to herself. She never got much sleep, her nightmares always woke her up. She couldn't remember the last time she actually had a regular dream.
She figured that nobody would be up this early yet, so she decided to just stay in her room for a couple hours.
She went on her laptop and checked her email, after she did that she opened up Spotify and played her 'Drawing' playlist as it was labeled and took out her notebook and began to sketch.
Drawing and music were escape from the outside world, she would just get lost and it made her feel good about herself. Sometimes she would skip school and go down to Sunset Boulevard and just sit on the corner, her headphones blaring and draw everything that she could see.
She had only been in South Dakota for less than a day and she already missed LA. It was the only place she knew, the streets were like her friends, it was her home and now it felt like she was on the other side of the world.
She acted like being there didn't bother her too much but in truth it did. She didn't know any of these people. Sure she had been in the foster system for practically her entire life so she changed homes very frequently but this was different, she was under evaluation.
'What does that even mean?' she thought to herself. 'It's like I'm some kind of science experiment.'
But none the less she was there so she would have to make the best of it.
When she looked at the clock again it read 8:13, she figured that she should take a shower and then get ready and by the time she was finished somebody ought be up by then.
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"Ew Pete could you please not chew with your mouth open?!" Juliet heard Claudia exclaim as she walked into the dining room.
"What are you talking about my mouth was closed!" He said back raising his hands defensively.
"No it wasn't! I saw a piece of cereal fly out of your-"
"Juliet!" Abigail interrupted. "Uh, Myka will be down in a minute, she wants to take you out for breakfast before you two go get your supplies for school."
"Oh okay." Juliet sat in the chair next to Claudia.
"Do did you sleep well?" The red head asked.
"Yeah." Juliet lied.
She looked across the table and saw Steve staring at her.
Suddenly she heard some footsteps coming down from the stairs.
Myka emerged a few moments later from behind the double doors.
"Hey." She looked at Juliet. "Are you-uh ready to go?"
"Yeah." Juliet got up from her seat and walked over to where green eyed woman was.
"Alright let's go." Myka led her to the front door.
The car ride into town was pretty quiet on both sides.
Myka didn't really know what to talk about but Juliet was just surveying the scenery.
It was a whole lot of nothing.
Soon enough the young girl got tired of looking at the same old thing and she just sighed, put in her headphones and relaxed her head against the seat.
None of this going unnoticed by Myka.
They ate at the local diner called Al's and sat in a small booth by a window
"What can I get you girls?" The waitress asked.
Juliet looked at Myka.
"Get anything you want." Myka said.
"Okay..uh..can I have the chocolate chip waffles and a coffee please?" Juliet ordered.
"And may I have the oatmeal with a side of fruit and a coffee as well?" Myka handed the waitress their menus.
"Alright coming right up." The woman said as she took their menus and wrote down the last of the order.
Juliet sighed again and looked around uncomfortably.
"So how was your first night?" Myka asked, trying to make conversation.
"It was good." Juliet smiled softly.
"Good." Myka trailed off. " Look," She began nervously. "I know it's hard, being in a new place and all, especially one so different from home."
"Yeah." Juliet nodded her head.
"But you'll get used to it, I promise." Myka assured.
"I'm sure I will. I guess I just need some time."
"Exactly. And if you need anything, you can come to me or anybody else at the B&B."
"Thanks." Juliet said gratefully. "Although I think I'll stay clear of Artie for a while."
Myka couldn't help but laugh at the young girl's seriousness.
"Artie is harmless." Myka chuckled. "He's just grumpy a lot but it's about other things it's never really about you. He's means well. He's taught me a lot the last couple of years."
"Here you ladies are." The waitress, who's name was Susan, said as she set down their drinks in front of them.
"Thank you." The two girls said in unison.
The flow of the conversation for the rest of breakfast went a lot freer then before.
Juliet came to trust Myka immensely, maybe it was the honesty her eyes or the kindness in her smile but none the less she felt safe with agent. Safer than she had in years.
And Myka was surprised to say the least at how complex Juliet was. She was incredibly intelligent for a sixteen year old. But the way Juliet looked at her, with her big innocent, brown eyes that were filled with wonderment and a hint of maturity was, to Myka, the most adorable thing she had ever seen.
Juliet was so young and had so much left to learn..and Myka loved to teach, so she figured that maybe having the young girl around wouldn't be as much of a burden as she originally thought.
After breakfast they went to a local store that held the school supplies.
"Do you need a notebook?" Myka asked as she and Juliet walked down the isle.
"Uh I think so." Juliet answered. "Oh!" She ran to the aisle and grabbed something off the one the shelves and tossed it in the basket.
"Post-its?" Myka looked confused.
"It's not for school, it's for when I plan out..well my stories. Don't ask." She waved off.
"I like post-its too." Myka smiled.
"I feel like there's story to that but I'm not gonna ask." Juliet chuckled. "Every time I think of post-its it reminds me of Romy and Michelles's High School Reunion."
Myka just gave her a blank look.
"You know the movie with Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow when they pretend that they invented post-it's at their High School Reunion to sound more successful….nevermind." The teenager sighed. "Oh by the way do we have a library around here?"
"Uh yeah I think it's about two blocks away from your school actually. Pretty convenient for the students, even though you guys don't even use it because everything's done on the internet these days." Myka rolled her eyes.
"Okay not all teenagers are the same you know? Some of us still go to the library." Juliet defended. "…not really me but..you know, other kids." She threw a box of pencils in the basket.
"So why do you wanna know where it is?" Myka questioned.
"It's just nice to know." Juliet shrugged.
Suddenly she felt an abrupt chill run through her body. She knew that feeling all too well. But the burning in the middle of her back was completely new. And so was the blurry vision.
She held onto one of the shelves, trying not to lose her ballance.
"Juliet are you okay?" Myka was at her side.
"Yeah I just uh..moved too fast." She remained some composure. "Come on lets finish shopping. I think the binders are this way." She started walked down the aisle again.
I know it's short but I wanted to give you guys SOMETHING.