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Heartlessly Heartfelt
Chapter Five

Venus, Robecca and Rochelle were now residing happily in their own cabin. All the ghouls had received cabins in and around one another, so it was almost like one big complex of cabins. They could easily go to the next cabin over and visit Cleo and Frankie, or the cabin adjacent to visit with Clawdeen and Draculaura. All the ghouls were in perfect two minute walking distance from one each other.

They'd heard that the boys all had to cram into one cabin, but none of the three ghouls figured that'd be much of a problem for them. They were boys, they only needed a maximum of half the preparation time ghouls needed to do anything and everything. So the fact that they were sharing a cabin wasn't a big deal.

The cabin was very cute, had a chic nature and rustic charm to it. Venus felt so much at home here, she was just relishing in the joy it brought her.

"You're too good at this!" Robecca whined from the other end of the room.

Right now, both her and Rochelle were fighting for the bottom bunk; because, apparently, the additional twin size bed would sink in on them both; due to their weight and the same issue with the top bunk.

"Mon ami, I am not sleeping in..." Rochelle wrinkled her nose. "That." she pointed to the twin bed across the room.

"Neither am I!"

"Can't you two just flip a coin?" Venus laughed.

"We tried that." Rochelle sighed. "Robecca thinks I am cheating."

"You are!" the robotic ghoul accused.

"Alright, who weighs more?" Venus questioned.

"I believe I do." Robecca said. "I'm really just a hunk of metal."

"And I am nothing but a boulder!" Rochelle said, throwing her hands up.

"Exactly. You'd break the bottom bunk before I did."

"Ooh, you're good." Rochelle muttered, picking up her sheets and throwing them onto the twin size bed. "A bit too good, might I add."

Venus chuckled as she glanced from one friend to the other, "You two are definitely something alright. But let's chit-chat about something else... are you excited for open mic tonight?"

Silence took place for a few moments while the other two ghouls thought about it.

"Not really." Robecca admitted.

"I second that." Rochelle added as she sat down on her bed, soon letting out a light shriek as it nearly gave out on her and she sank down; nearly flattening the mattress.

Venus gave a roll of her pretty eyes after a giggle or two, "Oh c'mon you guys... it doesn't sound that bad. Well, I don't really know what it'll sound like; we're not there yet... but y'know what I mean. I think it'll be fun and... interesting. I didn't even know half our peers knew what music was. Don't you find it the slightest bit intriguing as to what some of them might sing or play?" She asked them, hoping for a better turn of enthusiasm this time.

"I can't sing in anything but French; and most of the songs I know are not even popular here." Rochelle said, brushing a lock of hair from her face.

"I don't want to be laughed at." Robecca added. "I've barely sang. Never have, really. I just came here to brush up on my piano skills..."

"You play piano?" her friends said in unison.

"Ha, yes, I wasn't programmed to do it."

Venus sighed, "Rochelle... make it popular here ghoul. Get up and sing your pretty little face off. I mean, who knows... you could impress some certain guys too." She hinted subtly but then shrugged it off. If she wanted to sing, it was up to her. With the attitude she displayed, it didn't seem like there would be much singing to be heard from this group.

"Are you encouraging her?" Robecca playfully threw a pillow at Venus.

"What?"

Rochelle put her face in her hands. "Can we not bring up the subject?"

"Ah, ah, Venus brought it up, not me."

"What exactly did I 'bring up'?" Venus said, eyebrows knit as she picked the pillow up off the floor and threw it back at Robecca; who caught it with ease.

"Boys." she looked to Rochelle. "And the only boy here at this camp you're into is...?"

"Ohhh, right." Venus murmured. "Forgot."

"I do not love or like Deuce in that way." Rochelle snapped.

"You like him just for his looks then?" Robecca countered. "That's quite pathetic; considering you already have a boyfriend back home."

Rochelle growled and threw both of her pillows at Robecca's face. "Garrott hasn't written to me in five months, if you must know. I suppose he is giving me the hint to move on."

"You know, if I had actual skin, that would have hurt." the robotic ghoul commented.

Rolling her eyes, Rochelle just stood up and stormed out of the cabin; slamming the door behind her.

"Aaand there she goes again with the temper." Venus muttered. She looked over to Robecca who shrugged her shoulders. "She'll be back and if not, we'll just go to open mic without her."

Operetta let out a sigh as she looked around her lonely cabin. It was pretty big and seemed awfully lonely. Other than her beloved spider of course, there didn't seem to be any company around for her to socialize with face to face. She'd been told earlier that it was mandatory for everyone to have at least one other roommate for protection in buddy systems, so she supposed it was time to go out there and find herself a roommate.

But apparently, it seemed as if everyone already had a roommate... except her...

Then, suddenly, a knock on her door startled her.

"Oh, um... sorry, Operetta, I just..." There was Jackson, standing in the already open doorway; holding a clipboard and looking a bit shy, like he always did. "I'm assigned to get all the early sign-ups for open mic. That's all."

Looking around her, she gave the normie a generous sweet smile. "C'mon in! Don't be shy now. I don't mind a 'lil' company." She took the clipboard from him casually and signed her name with a heart and treble clef trailing off at the end.

He adjusted his glasses somewhat nervously and thought about what to say that hopefully wouldn't sound so dumb as it became spoken. "Thanks... uh, do you not have a roommate? It's against camp regulations to be in a cabin by yourself y'know." he informed her seriously, he didn't want the musical diva to get thrown out of a music camp for not following rooming expectations.

"How'd ya know?" she questioned, her eyebrows knit.

"I, uh, I didn't..." Jackson murmured, looking back down at his clipboard.

"Oh..." Operetta smirked. "well, yeah. It's just me in this big 'ole cabin. Gotta find me somebody; but it seems everyone's taken, y'know? How 'bout yourself? Who you bunking with?"

"Uh, no one, really... just me and a bunch of the guys, but you know, the cabin's real cramped for now, but we'll make it work.. I think." Jackson scribbled on the edge of the sign up sheet, nervous to be around the ghoul that he had admired for so long.

She giggled and took his hand inviting him to sit down upon the bed that still seemed vacant, except for her 'ready to explode' suitcase. "Well now, don't'cha just stay all cooped up in that stuffy cabin ov'r there. Why don't ya stay here with me?"

His heart began to pound crazily. "Me? Stay with you?"

She nodded, "Oh please? Y'heard the regulations and what not, pretty lil' me can't be in a cabin all by m'self now can I?" She persuaded, capturing his gaze in hers.

Jackson almost blushed as his blue eyes met her amethyst ones. "But... I'm a guy... you're a ghoul... y'know... they might get the wrong idea."

Her eyes sparkled and she crossed one leg over the other, dangling it to the rhythm of a song on her mind. "Ooh please! What's wrong with a couple of good friends rooming together? Besides, they don't really gotta know it's us bunkin' together right?" She persuaded, caressing his cheek gently and leaning in as she pressed her warm lips to his cheek.

This time, Jackson really did blush as he gave a bashful chuckle. "Well... you're sure you're okay with it?"

Operetta nodded. "'Course I am! It'll be just fine!"

Still blushing, he stood up from where he was sitting. He had other things to be doing. "Well, I'll think about it for sure. I'll see you at the open mic!" He then left quickly and nervously. Even though it was scary-cute and all, Operetta didn't get to tell him about her not being able to sing live. She let out a sigh, 'Guess he's just gon' have to find out himself.'

"Is that really necessary?" Spectra questioned as she watched Toralei take out a can of orange spray paint and spray a line along the middle of the room.

"You bet." Toralei replied just as she finished with the paint. "Stay on your side and I'll stay on mine."

"But the bathroom is on your side."

"Use an outhouse." Toralei shrugged as she flopped onto her bed and plug into her iCoffin, already in the trance of catnap stage.

Spectra let out a deep sigh. The only reason she had chose the werecat as her roommate was because going without a roommate was against camp rules and apparently, Toralei was the only one available.

"So who gets the bed?" a familiar voice said.

Spectra whipped around to see... no one.

"Got you again." And there appeared the boy. From the airport.

"What are you doing here?" she whispered.

"I don't think your friend's going to wake up." He pointed to Toralei, who was snoring really, really loud.

Spectra rolled her eyes. "Not the point, this... this is my cabin."

"Yeah, well, apparently I got here first. You two trespassed." the boy countered with a mischievous smile.

"If you showed yourself, we wouldn't have got settled in the first place." Spectra hissed.

"You know, I never took you as the harsh type."

"What do you mean? I've seen lots of odd things in my years, but you must the oddest." Spectra blinked slowly.

"I'm from Monster High too." the boy muttered. "It's no big deal if you didn't..."

"Wait." Spectra took a deep breath. "Why don't you go to the boys' cabin and we can forget this ever happened? I never dropped my bags on you. I never invaded your cabin. You can stay invisible if you like."

"That's just it." the boy replied. "I don't want to stay invisible."

"You want to be noticed?" Spectra's eyebrows knit. "You're also confusing, you know that?"

"I like to be noticed through my jokes."

A moment of silence passed between the two invisible beings before Spectra gasped. "You're the guy who filled my locker with flour!" she snapped.

The boy laughed. "Yup."

"I can't believe you."

"And to think, you thought I was..." the boy held up his iCoffin and one of Spectra's old Ghostly Gossip posts was shown. "Drop dead dreamy!"

If she could have, Spectra would've blushed. "It was just press. I heard about a new boy at Monster High, figured I should have gotten all the ghouls excited."

"It's typical that you didn't recognize me." the boy smirked.

Spectra let out a huff. Despite that incident with her locker and the flour, she had to admit... this boy was awfully nice.

"I heard the dudes' cabin was full. That's why I came here." he continued. "Then you two came in here."

She sighed, "Alright, listen. Stay in here. But if you spy on us or my roommate finds out..."

"I don't spy on ghouls. Trust me."

"Doesn't matter, you're still sleeping in the bathtub."

"Works for me."

Spectra held back a shy smile. "If my roommate finds out, she'll wail to the counselors and we'll both get thrown out of this camp. Now hide your things before I change my mind."

The boy dropped the camouflage bag from his shoulder. "Thanks Spectra."

She wasn't surprised he knew her name. Practically every student at Monster High did. "No problem... I, um, didn't quite catch your name?"

"I'm better known as Invisi-Billy."

"Hmm, maybe I'll stick with Billy, we'll see." Spectra smirked. "Now hurry up. Toralei's catnaps do not last long." Said werecat suddenly stirred in her sleep.

"I'll stay invisible while I'm chilling here. Don't worry." And with that, 'Invisi-Billy' disappeared, his light footsteps soon heading to the other side of the cabin.

Though, one thought stuck in the back of Spectra's mind. 'So far this summer I have one horrible roommate, my friends by my side and one, dare I say it, scary-cute boy hidden in my cabin.' She grabbed her laptop. It was time for a new blog entry.

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