AN
So…. this story will go very fast after this because I have no more inspiration, my ex-best friend and I aren't speaking anymore and she was Lexi's creator, so I'm going to speed through this.
Lexi's POV
It was December 13th, also known as Mara's birthday. I woke up early so I could spoil her plans of disappearing, but she beat me and was already gone. I then, dejectedly walked to class. I slumped into my desk in art and Petey gave me a funny look.
"Are you ok, Lexi?" he asked me.
"It's Mara's birthday but she disappeared and I want to celebrate with her." I admitted. Petey shrugged.
"I don't really know what to do about that." he replied.
"It's Mara's birthday?" Petey and I turned to find a disgruntled Peanut behind us. We gave him strange looks.
"I was caught by a prefect, but bigger news, Mara's birthday's today?" Peanut responded. I nodded and sighed.
"Mara never once told me her birthday; we always celebrated my birthday, but never hers. I only found out yesterday by reading her diary." I informed them.
"Where d'you think she could be?" asked Peanut.
"I don't know, that's the problem." I snapped. Peanut, not deterred by my snapping just gave me a look.
"You're her best friend, so you'd be the best guess ta where she's hidin." Peanut said coolly. Petey, after a moment of silence, nodded and agreed with Peanut. I sighed and thought about Mara.
"Mara's never been very social, so she's not somewhere with people. She likes peace, and rustic things, so there's a chance she's hiding around New Coventry but she might not go there for fear of getting caught by the cops. Then she also may have gone to the carnival, because Mara, despite only going a few times, likes carnivals almost as much as she likes snow." I explained; Peanut and Petey both nodded.
"Also, Mara may also be working on her bike, but I don't have a key and she may have locked herself in there. And all my guesses could be wrong because Mara changes mood and throws curveballs at everyone, you never know what she's going to do. It's impossible to analyze her. You can get her paranoid and angry, but then, she gets even more unpredictable." I added. Peanut made a thoughtful face while Petey made his thinking face, his eye brows scrunched together slightly and he made a slight pout. I found this face adorable.
"I think our best bet is the auto shop." Peanut finally decided as the bell rang. Petey and I turned around as Peanut added, "After this class we should check it out."
Mara's POV
I was at the beach. No one would expect me to come here, but I was here to think. To reflect. I always did something like this on my birthday, unlike everyone else my birthday wasn't a happy day. It was a day I remembered all the things I had done wrong.
I sighed deeply and took a rock that I had collected on my way here and I threw it out. It skipped along the waves until it stopped and was swallowed by the dark waves of the water.
"What're you doin 'ere?" I didn't say anything as they sat next to me.
"Reflecting on my life." I replied after a few moments. I looked out of the corner of my good eye to see Johnny looking out at the water.
"This is a good spot for doin that." he commented. I nodded.
"Its tranquil here." I agreed.
"So what're ya reflecting on?" he questioned. I shrugged.
"Mm, life, the bad things. It's that time of year where I think of all the bad things." I informed him.
"That time of year?" asked Johnny. I nodded.
"If you must know, and don't flip out, December 13th, today, is my birthday, I'm seventeen." I felt Johnny's stare on me.
"Happy birthday." he calmly replied before he looked out at the water, "I suppose it isn't a happy day?" I shook my head. He nodded.
"When's your birthday?" I questioned.
"Passed already." he answered dismissively. I nodded.
"Mm, well I think this is the nicest talk we've ever had. We haven't argued, and I haven't had the thought of you being an asshole yet." I informed him. Johnny just sighed and shook his head.
"You're the weirdest chick I've ever met." he muttered. I grinned at him.
"But that's what makes me so likeable. My insanity." Johnny snorted at my comment.
"Sure, you keep thinking that and when you're in Happy Voltz I'll laugh." Johnny teased. I snorted.
"Bitch please; you'll be in there first." Johnny shook his head at me and we lapsed into silence, both of us just watching the water. After some time I heard Johnny get up and was slightly surprised when he told me to get up.
"Why?" I asked stupidly. Johnny, instead of telling me why, just pulled me up by my upper arm and started pulling me. He pulled me to the road where his bike was. He got on and looked at me expectantly.
"What?" I asked, once again stupidly. He sighed.
"Get on the handle bars or somethin." he ordered. I blinked. Rather than saying no like I usually would, I climbed onto the handlebars without complaint. We rode through the town and finally we stopped at a small run down restaurant. Johnny led me in and a friendly waitress led us to a table.
"So why are you bringing me here?" I questioned. Johnny shrugged.
"It's your birthday, and ya looked depressed." he answered. I grinned at him.
"Awww, does someone care about me?" Johnny looked down.
"I do consider ya as one of my friends, actually." I blinked in surprise and looked down, lost in thought. By the time our food came, Johnny ordering for me, I had finally looked up.
"Thanks Johnny-boy," I thanked as I took a bite of my food, "Not just for caring, but for being my friend." Johnny gave me one of his rare smiles and we ate in peace.
This was a rare occasion.
Lexi's POV
Peanut, Petey and I looked for Mara the entire day. We didn't take any breaks, and then, as we're walking back to the dorms, we see Mara and Johnny walk onto the school grounds just talking to each other. The three of us shared looks and then we watched as they stopped and talked. Then, Mara surprised me. And probably everyone else. She leaned forward, threw her arms around Johnny and hugged him. Then she walked away and went into the girls dorm.
"Did Mara just….hug Johnny, or am I goin crazy?" asked Peanut.
"If it wasn't real, we're both going crazy." Petey replied.
"I've never seen Mara hug someone before, she's hugged me a few times before, but she actually isn't much of a contact person unless its fighting of her being weird. This was a first." I commented.
"Wonder what happened…." trailed Petey. Peanut grinned.
"Then let's ask Johnny." Peanut jogged over to where Joey was standing, looking slightly dumbstruck.
"Did Mara just hug you?" I called as we got to him. Johnny shook his head, and then gave us a look.
"Mara, is unpredictable." he informed us before he just walked away. I shared a look with Peanut and Petey before I sighed.
"I give up." I threw my arms in the air and made my way to the dorm after bidding the two guys goodnight.
"I give up too." sighed Petey, heading to his dorm after me. Peanut also sighed and pulled out a cigarette, and that was the last I saw because I ducked inside.
I looked inside Mara's room to find her asleep, on her bed.
"Night Mara, sleep well." I whispered, closing her door.
TIME SKIP
Mara's POV
"Mara, please come with me? I already feel bad about missing your birthday!" Lexi pleaded with me, I shook my head.
"No, we've already discussed this; your foster parents don't like me. Besides, I want to fix up my bike and with the free time this break is going to leave us I'll have the time." I denied. Lexi pouted at me, I just gave her a blank stare. When she realized her pouting wouldn't work, she sighed and instead pulled a present from her bag and handed it to me.
"It's your Christmas and Birthday present." she informed me. I chuckled and I sank to my knees to pull a box from under my bed.
"For you." I said, handing the box to her. Her eyes glittered with excitement as she carefully opened the wrapping paper. Then, she smiled a large toothy smile.
"Thanks Mara, you're the best!" I had saved up for the things I got for everyone, Lexi's present had been a package of expensive coloring pencils she had wanted but hadn't been able to afford.
"Open yours!" she ordered, plopping herself down on my bed. I sat down next to her and tore the wrapping paper off, Lexi laughed as she watched me. I opened the box and smiled.
"Thank you, Lexi. It's awesome." Inside the box was a frame with a picture inside. In the picture was a picture that Lexi had sketched herself. It was very realistic, like a photograph. The picture was obviously from imagination, because there was not a time when me, Johnny, Peanut, the rest of the greasers, Petey, and Lexi were all in a perfect pose for a picture that had me and Johnny grinning at each other, Peanut smirking at us, Lexi and Petey looking ready to face palm, and the rest of the greasers watching with amused faces.
"I knew you'd like it!" beamed Lexi before she looked at the clock, "Ah I have to gooooo!" she bid her goodbye, apologized for not spending Christmas with me, and then she flew out of the dorm. I watched her until she disappeared, then I shook my head and left to find either Johnny or Peanut.
I found all the greasers sitting around the auto shop looking bored. Although a few grinned when I walked.
"Ey Mara!" called Peanut upon seeing me.
"Hey." I replied, sitting down between Johnny and Peanut.
"Ya working on your bike?" asked Norton.
"Nah, I'm just going to hang for now, annoy you all." I decided, giving Johnny a grin to the flat stare he was giving me.
"What're ya doing for Christmas, Mara?" questioned Peanut. I shrugged.
"I'll probably hang around the girl's dorm or maybe the auto shop since I wouldn't want to spoil anyone's good spirit." I shrugged again, not really knowing what I was going to do.
"You should go with Johnny, like Thanksgiving." Ricky suggested. This suggestion received him two deadly glares from me and Johnny.
"I don't want to intrude." I said sternly, sharing a look with Johnny who I could tell didn't want me to come.
"But Johnny, Mara wouldn't be intrudin, and ya said your ma liked Mara." protested Peanut.
"No." Johnny gave Peanut a cold look.
"Mara, say somethin!" cried Peanut, throwing his arms up in exasperation.
"Somethin." I said with a smirk, Peanut just gave me a look.
"Not helping!" he shouted, turning back to Johnny.
"Come'on, do ya really want Mara to be stuck here on Christmas? It's a time for family, ain't no one who deserves to be alone on Christmas!" Peanut explained.
"I feel like that explanation is one you would hear in one of those Christmas movies." I sighed.
"If Mara wants to come, she can come." Johnny gave in. He looked at me. Peanut gave me a look.
"If I'm welcome." I said, shaking my head with an amused smirk on my face.
"Great, now your Christmas won't suck!" cheered Peanut, the rest of the greasers laughed at the face Johnny was making. Then, I laughed too.
Ah these guys cracked me up.
0o0o0o0o0oTime skip0o0o0o0o0
For Christmas Johnny had taken one look at my attire, my shredded jeans, light sweatshirt, my hat, and the bag I had that had his present, and one I picked up for his ma. Anyway Johnny looked at me and told me that I looked like I was freezing and that he would lose his head if I showed up to his ma's looking like that.
"Fine!" I huffed, leading him into the girl's dorm where Ms Peabody just gave us a look but didn't chase after us seeing as how since it was vacation time boys were allowed in the girl's dorm and vice versa.
"What would be deemed appropriate?" I asked, opening my drawer and going through it.
"Non ripped pants, a heavier sweatshirt." Johnny replied. I pulled out a pair of white jeans that had black, red, and purple paint splatters on them. Johnny nodded his approval so I dropped them next to me and I opened my next drawer. I pulled out a few sweatshirts that had swearing and violent sayings on them until I found one black sweatshirt that just said "Bite Me" across the chest in red letters. I pulled my original red sweatshirt off and tossed it on the floor. I heard Johnny sigh behind me.
"Do you have any decency?" he questioned and I turned around.
"What? I'm wearing a tank top." I defended, throwing my arms out. However I quickly remembered the shred of decency I did have and quickly pulled my arms behind my back. Johnny, noticing this stood. He walked over to me and we stood face to face, me looking up at him.
"What are you hidin?" he asked.
"Nothing." I told him with a glare. Johnny pulled at my arm and I refused to budge.
"It's obvious that's a load of bull." he said, pulling my arm harder. When he got fed up with me refusing to move, he simply picked me up. A passing thought of 'Whoa, strong!' went through my mind before I was dropped on my bed. I used my hands to brace my face and before I could hide them again, Johnny had grabbed them.
"The hell?" The shred of decency I had made me turn my head away as he exclaimed that.
"Mara…. what the hell is this?" I refused to look at Johnny so he turned my head to face him.
"Mara, what's going on with you?" he interrogated, taking a seat next to me. I sighed.
"They aren't new….. old ones. Scars that won't go away." I held up my arms and glared. Scars crisscrossed up and down my arms. Self harm was the cause of some of them, but a few weren't from me. A few burn scars were from an accident, and a few were from other things. I had gotten a large black and red dragon tattoo up my left arm to try and hide the scars, but they were sadly still visible. Johnny looked me over and pushed my hair away from my back so he could see my back.
"What the fuck?" I stood and pulled my sweatshirt on wordlessly. On my back were more burn scars, a few lines that looked like whip scars, and one particular scar on my shoulder was pretty nasty. It looked like someone had stabbed me and twisted the blade around, tearing a chunk from my shoulder. I had gotten a large tattoo on my back to cover them, black and dark red angels wings that took up my entire back, but you could still see the scars.
"Some are from my motorcycle accident." I informed him, it was the truth. Some are from the accident. The others, they were from other things.
"And the others?" questioned Johnny.
"I'm going to change." I replied, avoiding that question. I left the room and changed my pants in the bathroom and then came out. We left in silence after I grabbed something from my nightstand and threw it in my pocket; the trip to his ma's house was also in silence. When we arrived though, his ma made sure we were welcome.
"Johnny, you brought Mara again!" his mother cried, first hugging Johnny and then she pulled me into a hug that left me shocked to the core. When she let go she ushered us inside, "And don't forget that you can call me Momma, Mara!"
We were pushed into the living room where she sat the three of us down on the couch, me in the middle.
"Here, I got you these." I announced, from my bag I pulled out a box that I handed to Johnny and I handed Momma a pot with a winter plant in it.
"Oh, you didn't have to get me anything Mara!" Momma exclaimed, although I could tell that she really liked the plant by the way she kept looking at it from its position on the coffee table. Meanwhile, Johnny opened his box and pulled out a book.
"How to get a girlfriend." he read the cover out loud, I laughed at the next expression he gave me.
"Very funny, Mara." he deadpanned and he passed the book to Momma who joined me in laughing. When we both calmed down Johnny surprisingly passed me a box.
"You got me something?" I questioned in surprise. Instead of answering, Johnny waited for me to open it. When I did, I pulled out a necklace. It was simple with a chain and a simple charm on the end.
"Thanks Johnny, it's really nice. I kind of feel bad now about getting you that joking gift." I commented as I pulled the charm down over my head and fixed it so that it rested on my chest.
"Eh, I was expecting you to do somethin, like that. The charm is somethin for safe driving, for when ya bike is fixed so ya don't get in no accident again." replied Johnny with a smirk. I pouted, but I was touched by it. I felt all warm and fuzzy inside.
"That's not good, I'm losing my touch, I should be unpredictable and an amazing driver." I laughed.
"Are, you're both so sweet, now, I've already got dinner ready for later so why don't we just relax?" suggested Momma. I grinned at her and she just pat my head, "I would pat Johnny's head but he has too much hair grease." I laughed too much to look at Johnny's expression, although I would most likely have died from laughing if I had.
"You're so much fun, Mara, much better than that slut Lola, you broke up right Johnny?" Momma prodded.
"Yeah." Johnny grumbled, still upset over the comment on his hair.
"It's ok Johnny-boy; your hair is still perfect." I teased. Johnny opened his mouth to respond, but the doorbell rang and interrupted him.
"You expecting anyone else?" inquired Johnny, Momma shook her head and the three of us stood and walked to the door. We opened it and standing outside was a tall man with olive skin and dark eyes that would strike fear in the hearts of many.
"Leon…?" Momma honestly sounded scared. Johnny pushed me slightly behind him and I knew exactly what was going on. This man resembled Johnny greatly; it was obvious he was his father. And with their reactions, he wasn't a good guy.
"Maria." the man's calm face soon had an evil smirk on it. I scowled from behind Johnny; this man was actually familiar to me. He had been one of my father's employees. I think.
"Mara, stay quiet and behind me." Johnny ordered me. Had he not sounded so serious, I'd have done the opposite.
"I don't get an invitation to your little Christmas get together? I thought that it was a family event, no one deserves to be alone on Christmas, eh?" Then, in a second he was up in Johnny and Momma's faces. When I saw him go to actually hit them, I spoke up.
"Looks like you're scum then, after all, that's worse than a no one." The man instantly looked at me. His eyes looked me over and Johnny moved to hide me, but it was too late for the man's face was pulled back into a twisted grin.
"If it ain't Ilari's kid." I scowled upon hearing my father's name. His name was ironic, he was a cruel spiteful man, his name however meant joyful and happy.
"Move Johnny." And when Johnny didn't move, I pushed him out of the way.
"What, you gonna show your heritage?" he taunted. 'Be the bigger person, don't fight him' was going through my head like a mantra. But, it helped nothing for his next comment set me off.
"Or maybe you're like your mother, a whore."
"Go to hell!" I snarled and within moments I had launched myself from my place next to Johnny and I had thrown my weight forward and managed to knock the brute man over. I was thrown back in a moment however and my pill bottle I had brought in case of an emergency flew out. I didn't notice though, I was too busy getting up to continue my fight.
"Your fighting skills are obviously from her." he continued to taunt me. Johnny moved to help me, but I held up my hand to Johnny and locked eyes with him.
"Damn you." I growled and I launched myself again this time. Only I faked it and instead flipped in mid air. I brought my heavy steel tipped boot down onto his face and I heard something crack. He grabbed his face but I was already on him.
Our fight continued to get worse and worse and I could hear Momma holding back Johnny while she cried. Eventually, the man got tired of getting his ass kicked in hand to hand combat, so he pulled out a knife. I grabbed for my own, only to find my pocket empty. I reached into my boot, once again to find it empty. Johnny had distracted me back in my room and I hadn't replaced my things once I had changed except for my pills in my other pocket that I had grabbed from my nightstand.
"Mara, stop fighting him!" I heard Johnny yelling at me, but when the knife slashed me just above my blind eye, I saw red and that was all.
3RD PERSON
After she had been thrown back from the force of the knife on her face, Mara hadn't gotten up right away. Johnny was about to go and help her, but Leon moved towards him and Maria. Johnny chose to protect his mom rather than help his friend. And it was a good choice, because Mara didn't need help.
Behind Leon, Mara rose. But she didn't look right, her head was tilted and her face was scrunched in a face Johnny had never seen on a person before. She didn't look human. By now her hat had fallen off and her hair was wild. The deep cup above her blind eye was pouring blood and strands of hair were in her face making her look creepy. Mara looked down slightly and a shadow covered her eyes, then she moved.
Mara was like a monster. Her fist had knocked into Leon's head, and her foot into his back. He fell over and she went after him. It was like watching someone get attacked by a wolf, she didn't speak and all she did was attack. It was no longer a fair fight; even against the knife Leon had Mara felt nothing. If he restrained her limbs, she bit and thrashed. She clawed at him like an animal. When he did get a hit in, she didn't even notice.
Eventually, Maria let go of Johnny and he ran forward. He grabbed Mara's shoulders and held her back. His father stood, blood pouring from various wounds inflicted by Mara.
"Get out of here!" Johnny snarled to his father, "And never come back!" Leon, bruised and bleeding, gave him a smirk.
"You got a hell of a demon spawn there." his father turned and got into a car and the car drove away. Mara refused to stop though; she kept thrashing in Johnny's grip. He somehow managed to pull her inside and Maria grabbed the pills that flew from Mara's pocket.
"Johnny, I think we should give her these." Maria held up the bottle and Johnny grabbed it while he held Mara with one arm. Mara's prescription had been covered by sharpie, but it was obvious that she had them on her for a reason. Johnny popped the cap off and used his weight to knock Mara over. He quickly grabbed the pills and dropped three into her mouth. He put a hand over her mouth and refused to move until she had eventually calmed down.
"Ughhhhh." Mara moaned about ten minutes later, then when she noticed Johnny was on top of her she asked, "What the hell are you doing on top of me?" Johnny stood and helped Mara up while she held a hand to the cut on her forehead. Maria came flying in with a first aid kit which she quickly used to fix the cut on Mara's forehead. Then, she washed the blood off her face and out of her eye.
"Here, you dropped these." Johnny passed Mara her prescription. She looked down at them and pulled two more pills out. She popped them in her mouth and swallowed them before she pocketed her bottle.
"I guess I had a blackout." Mara mumbled, shaking her head.
"Blackout?" Maria and Johnny questioned together. Mara nodded.
"Yeah…. sometimes when I get real pissed off, I just see red and attack. I call them blackouts since afterwards; I don't remember what went down. I'm guessing I kicked that guy's ass and Johnny managed to get some pills down my throat." Mara surmised.
"Yeah….. um…." Maria stood there awkwardly while Johnny stayed silent.
"Sorry for ruining Christmas, I usually don't celebrate holidays so I don't fuck them up like that." Mara mumbled.
"That's what you were talking about on your birthday," Mara looked to Johnny, "When you said that you were thinking of bad things, you were thinking of those."
"That's one of the things, anyway, I think I'm going to go back to the school and leave you guys to have your peace. Sorry…" Mara waved and left, leaving Maria and Johnny. They shared a look.
"Johnny, keep her close, she'll need her friends." Maria ordered and Johnny nodded.
Lexi's POV
The first thing I did when I got back was read Mara's diary. She had been avoiding people like the plague according to Peanut, and she had fled from Johnny the entire time. Even when I got back I witnessed this. Mara had been having a conversation with Peanut, when Johnny saw them and ran to them. Mara had seen him coming and took off faster than I had ever seen her run. Johnny chased her and I went over to Peanut only for Johnny to come back and tell us she got away again.
And everyone refused to tell me what was going on. That probably annoyed me the most. So I was going to check Mara's journal.
December 25th
Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.
That's the best word to describe my life. Fuck my life.
I had a blackout at Johnny's on Christmas, not only do I feel like a bitch queen for doing that, but I just can't face him about it now! And then Johnny saw me without my sweatshirt because I was being a dumbass! He saw them! The tattoos don't hide them well. I'm screwed too, because Johnny's dad knows my father. SCREWED! I'm so screwed! I'm so dead. Dead. Dead. Dead. Dead. Dead.
Hello hell, ready for this bitch? Hope so, because I'm going to be coming real soon!
FML
I hate my life.
AN
So yeah, no inspiration so it's going to be just the main plot that I had originally. I'm trying to finish up either this story or my Ib story during spring break. Both would be nice, but it's probably not happening.
Bye.