Heeeeeres Chapter 14! Thank you so much to my reviewers Square Root of Three, As-The-Fire-Blazes, Sinnel, PurpleMousefurGomez, and Fishpuppy! You guys are definately the cool type! Anyway, Enjoy!
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Ouran High Host Club. I do, however, claim ownership of my OC(s) and plot.
"Eyr-chan! We came to play!"
Hunny bounded into the kitchen and threw his arms around Eyrie's waist. She reached her good arm behind her to ruffle his hair. After Jeremy, Eyrie, and Bear had come in from outside she had started helping clean up the mess Grey had made. She didn't know the details yet but somehow he had managed to spill an entire pitcher of orange juice over the surface of the kitchen table. Hunny finally let go of her and she turned to see Kyoya's sleeping body draped over Mori's shoulder.
"I got more towels for-" Grey and the others walked in, arms laden with towel, and took in the hosts. After seeing Mori they all started laughing hysterically, clutching their stomachs.
"Why do I get the feeling this is a normal thing?" Eyrie asked the hosts as they stared at her friends in confusion. Tamaki looked over at her with a sheepish expression. Suddenly everyone sweat dropped when a dark aura formed around Kyoya.
"Put. Me. Down."
Mori quickly complied and Kyoya stalked over to Eyrie with a murderous look.
"What is the meaning of this? Calling us over here at this ridiculous hour just to 'play'. You're just as bad as those idiots."
The host's jaws went slack when Eyrie smirked instead of coward in terror.
"'Good morning Eyrie. So nice of you to call. I'm so excited to spend the day with you.'...'Thanks so much Kyoya! I'm thrilled as well!' That is how you lie in the morning, no matter how tired you are." Eyrie turned her back on a stunned host club and finished cleaning the table. Kyoya blinked at her back with an unreadable expression before going to stand with the other hosts.
"I've never seen anyone stand up to Kyoya like that." Haruhi whispered to Tamaki. Before he could comment the Americans swarmed them, chattering about various things. The hosts were stunned at their opened attitudes. They had been under the impression that this type of behavior was reserved for Eyrie and amongst themselves.
"Its because you're family now."
The hosts turned to Eyrie who was tossing a soiled towel into Marie's waiting arms. They looked at the Americans again to see that they were all grinning at them and nodding; all except Grey who was standing to the side, looking bored.
"We didn't talked to you much yesterday because we didn't think we could trust you, so you weren't worth getting to know." Jeremy pushed up his glasses. The hosts stared at him with gaping expressions. Blake sighed and threw an arm around him.
"What Jeremy is trying to say in his own, extremely rude, way is that now we can be friends!"
The hosts looked at each other. Eyrie pinched the bridge of her nose as she leaned on the edge of the table. Finally she walked up to Clarice.
"What do you want to do today?"
Clarice looked at her with big eyes and then she and Beth started chattering. Everyone else in the room squinted at the three as they tried to distinguish what the overlapping voices were saying. Eyrie started nodding.
"Then that's what we'll do."
"How does she do that?" Grey asked Blake. The three American boys shook their heads. "So what are we doing today?"
"Shopping!" Beth and Clarice squealed at once. They both went over to the boys and clung to them, grinning widely. The boys started dragging their feet towards the door. Eyrie shook her head as she watched Jeremy manage to slip away and walk back to to stand with her.
"I hope you guys don't mind. At the pace they go it really shouldn't take that long." Eyrie said to the hosts with a one shouldered shrug. The twins suddenly gave her a mischevious look and circled her.
"Shopping huh? So that means...we can get you out of those boring clothes?" the twins said together. Eyrie raised an eyebrow and put a finger to her lip.
"You know a mall nearby have a cute little dress shop. I saw one that Haruhi would look adorable in..."
Suddenly the twins, Tamaki, and Hunny were dragging Haruhi out the door while Eyrie smirked. Jeremy placed his left elbow on her good shoulder and stared at Haruhi struggling against the hosts.
"This seems like a lively environment. These guys look like...happy people."
Kyoya scoffed, still trying to stay awake. "That's just a polite way of saying they're idiots."
Eyrie tilted her head and Jeremy grinned. Eyrie sighed after a moment. "Yes but they're our idiots so for now we can control what they're idiots about."
Jeremy linked an arm with Eyrie's as they went to catch up with everyone else. "Oh god this is great. Mama would have loved messing with them. Can you imagine what kinds of things she would have been able to talk them into?"
Kyoya stared at the Eyrie as a brief look of pain flooded her features. As fast as it came it was gone, replaced by a smirk. Mori and Kyoya looked at one another. They had both noticed.
"Guys! Hurry up! We wanna shop!"
The weather outside was windy and Eyrie could see the clouds approaching.
We have awhile; they might just pass over.
Everybody had managed to squeeze into the back of the car and, after a ride filled with random questions directed at the hosts, they made it to a 'commoners' mall. They spent the next two or so hours walking around, occasionally getting snacks and listening to Tamaki trying to convince Haruhi to try on a dress. The twins continually pestered Eyrie as well, trying to get her to change out of her monotone way of dressing. When they tried to suggest a mini skirt and a jacket like Camille's, Grey appeared behind them with a dark aura. Eyrie had to lead him away, distracting him with the thought of a sports store. Clarice and Beth mooned over anything neon, avoiding darker colors like black and gray. The hosts started noticing that, when they weren't supposed to be looking, Eyrie would snatch the two sister's wallets every time they would get to the cash register and pay for them. The Americans were all trying to scold her but she just walked away, brushing off their complaints. At some point they were in a goth store and Clarice was buying the last bright pink swimsuit. Everyone was just wandering around but Kyoya was lingering at a stack next to the register.
"Ire! Give it back! I don't need your charity!" Clarice was hissing at her. Eyrie suddenly got in her face and stared at her intensly then straightened, ruffling her hair.
"I haven't seen you in a year. Aren't I allowed to get you enough gifts to make up for it? Besides it isn't charity. I can't believe you would think I'd do that. Can you imagine what Mama would say if I didn't pay for you?"
Kyoya turned away when Clarice's eyes filled with tears and she nodded. When they all met back up at the entrance, Clarice's eyes were red and Eyrie was holding her close.
"We should get back." Jeremy suddenly said. "We have something to show you."
"Move!"
"Where did you put it?!"
"It's with Jeremy!"
"Then why isn't Jeremy looking for it!?"
The hosts all sat on one of the couches in Eyrie's living room. There were various plush sitting places in front of the flat screen TV. They watched as the Americans rushed around the room. All of them had gotten back to Eyrie's house awhile ago and their hostess was in the kitchen making them food. They could here the wind outside and the sky was now mostly cloudy.
"Are you all terribly bored?" Eyrie asked, suddenly appearing in the doorway. She had taken off her sling and was wiping flour off her hands onto a towel, trying not to move her left arm much. Haruhi, Tamaki, and the twins rushed over to her.
"You shouldn't do that!"
"You might re-open the wound!"
Eyrie watched as Tamaki ordered the twins to go find her sling. "I'm fine. Don't worry about it. Anyway are you all alright? We've been dragging you around with us all day. On top of that you have all been put through the third-degree by those guys."
"Oh we don't mind Eyr-chan!" Hunny went up and smiled up at her. "It has been fun getting to know your friends. They are fun people! They must think a lot of you to want to know everything about the ones around you."
Eyrie ruffled his hair. "You should bring Chika and Satoshi to their performance tomorrow. I think they would really like that."
Hunny grinned at her and Eyrie looked up to see Mori giving her a soft smile.
"Found it!" Grey came in, holding a DVD triumphantly. The rest of the Americans filed in with big smiles. "Jeremy pieced together a bunch of clips he's taken over the years and made it a movie. We were going to mail it to you but then we found out we were coming here and yea. So we are going to force you to watch it and you have to promise that you will not try to stop it and/or take it out before we finish watching it."
Eyrie looked them each in the eye. They all stared her down with excited looks on their faces. Hunny suddenly tugged on her shirt. She looked down to see him giving her a wide-eyed, pleading look.
"I'm really looking forward to watching it Eyr-chan."
Eyrie pinched the bridge of her nose then threw up her hands. "Fine! Just put the thing in already!"
The Americans looked at each other for a moment then went to get comfortable and start the movie. The twins and Tamaki jostled for a seat next to Haruhi. Eyrie quickly settled the dispute by pulling her down in the only empty space on the love seat she was sitting on. Haruhi looked at her in surprise then turned her head to see Jeremy grinning at her.
"Relax Haruhi. We wont eat you." Eyrie whispered into her ear. Haruhi jumped away from her, landing partially in Jeremy's lap. He leaned down to her ear like Eyrie had done.
"Though we might be tempted to."
Eyrie whipped out a blanket and covered all three of them. The Americans started laughing as Tamaki went crazy, yelling something about his 'daughter's innocence'. Suddenly a loud laugh burst from the speaker. Everyone turned to the TV and was met with the image of a younger Eyrie laughing straight into the lens. It had to have been at least four or five years ago.
"Is this even working? No wait I see the red light. Ok lets go."
Eyrie turned away from the camera and started twirling down the middle of a street with a smile with a boy about her age. He wasn't among the group sitting in front of the TV. He had wide brown eyes, a delicate face, and shaggy blond hair. His right cheek was bruised. The sky was overcast and the street was deserted. Grey came running out of one of the houses that ran along the borders. He was younger, like Eyrie, and his right eye was swollen and black. Eyrie grabbed his hands and started twirling him with her and the other boy. The camera jogged up and down as the holder ran towards them. There was a distant sound of a car door slamming behind the camera and then it was plucked from the hands of the holder. The camera refocused on a young Jeremy whose lip was split and swollen.
"Mama! We thought you were gonna be awhile! Wait don't do that! We want a video with you too!"
Suddenly a soft, silky voice floated out.
"But you're all too cute! We'll make a video together later. I want a video of all my kids first."
Clarice and Beth sniffled. Haruhi saw Jeremy's eyes fill with tears as he stared at the screen with a grin. She looked back at Eyrie to see how she was taking it but was met with the usual nothing expression.
There is no way this isn't affecting her...
She turned back to the screen to see that the scene had changed. The camera was facing a stage in a restaurant, random people milling about in front of the lens. The camera was focused on two women standing on the stage. One was holding a guitar and had the same face as Jeremy, but instead of his sun-highlighted, pencil-straight hair, hers was dull brown and curly. . The other woman was an older version of Eyrie, with a few differences. This woman had on black shorts, a T-shirt, and multiple leather bracelets. Her eye makeup was dark and smoky, and her nose and eyebrow were pierced. Her hair was a wild mass around her ivory face and she was singing passionately into a microphone. Though her ensemble was usually meant for a younger person she pulled it off very well.
"Is that your mother?" Tamaki whispered, eyes riveted to the screen as a haunted melody floated through the room. Everyone was silent as the song swam through the speakers and squeezed their hearts. It was a song of a soldier who wouldn't make it home. Eyrie didn't bother answering. Jeremy stretched his arm behind Haruhi and held his hand out to Eyrie. She took it and gave it a light squeeze before letting it go.
"And now I would like to introduce a new band. This is their first performance so be kind. Without further ado, Boarding School Riot!"
The twins started laughing and clutching their stomachs. Clarice rubbed Grey's arm as he turned his head to the screen.
The twins abruptly stopped when they saw the people that walked out on stage. They were all wearing masks and were more intimidating than the name might imply. The kid that walked up to the microphone had a tight fitting Mascarade mask on. The dress shirt he had on had the sleeves torn off and instead of dress pants he was wearing dark jeans. The guy that was twirling drum sticks around his fingers was in a tragedy mask that was often called one of the theater masks. His dress shirt still had sleeves though they were rolled up to his elbow. The front was unbuttoned to reveal a lean chest. He had on dress pants and dress shoes. Another boy was walking up to the bass guitar. His mask was embroidered black cloth that covered the top half of his face and the top of his head. Blonde hair flipped out from the bottom. His dress shirt was buttoned all the way up and his neck held several necklaces of multiple design. The cuffs of his shirt were unbuttoned to reveal multiple bracelets and his dress pants had been tailored into skinny jeans. Knee high combat boots covered them. The last person had a ponytail that was a riot of curls. Her mask was oval-shaped and stark white; the lips were a pale blue and were drawn thinly, stretching from one corner of the eyes to another. There were tears at the outside corner of each eye. The girl had wrapped the top half of her chest and her ribs in bandages. Her dress shirt had only one button done up; the middle one. She was wearing dress pants and black stilettos.
Suddenly the electric guitar in her hands let out a wail. They started playing Riot by Three Days Grace. The girls hands flew over the guitar strings, seeming to dance and caress the guitar. The other, boy, guitar player only started playing when it was necessary for the song, or so it seemed to the hosts. The song ended and people clamored, yelling for more. The mask revealed the singer's big smile. They played three more songs, each one seeming to showcase the girl's dancing fingers. She rotated from electric to acoustic, playing both with grace, despite the coarseness of the first and last song they played.
When the scene started to change Grey paused it and glared at the twins.
"Still wanna make fun of our band name?"
The twins gaped at him. "That...was you guys?"
"Amazing!" Tamaki cried. Grey's face turned red.
"You're all...idiots! I don't get it! How did you not know?!"
The hosts ignored him as Clarice soothed him.
"So the guitar..." Hikaru started, staring at Eyrie. She didn't meet anyone's eyes.
"That was you Eyr-chan?" Hunny asked with a big grin. "That was amazing! You were so fast!"
Eyrie suddenly stood up. "I...have to check on the food."
She started walking out then doubled back. "You. Come on."
She grabbed Haruhi and dragged her from the room.
"What are you doing?" Haruhi asked as she tried to keep up. "Eyrie-sempai!"
"Sorry. I need help carrying things." Eyrie said abruptly and let her go. When they got to the kitchen Eyrie pulled two big pizzas out of the oven. One had large amounts of pepperoni on top and the other had thin slices of salami and basil. Eyrie placed them both on the counter to cool as she prepared plates. Haruhi sat on a bar stool.
"Eyrie-sempia...why did it bother you so much when Hunny-sempai commented on your guitar playing?"
Eyrie stared at Haruhi for a moment then sighed. "The reason is not really a story. I have been playing the guitar my whole life. Anyone who has played their whole life would be good. I don't see the point in compliments."
Haruhi stared at her for a moment then searched for something to say. "Your mom...Your mom was very talented!"
A brief look of pain crossed Eyrie's features but was quickly replaced with a smirk. "She was the best. Every song she sang became beautiful. That was the power of her voice. You know Haruhi, I'm rather ashamed at the truth of it, but this is the longest conversation we've had. I hardly know anything about you."
Eyrie was giving her a gentle look as she leaned and tilted her head. Haruhi stared at her with wide eyes, as Eyrie seemed to sparkle in the same way Tamaki did when he was dazzling customers. Haruhi felt flustered for a moment.
"For example. I don't know what your parents do. What kind of people are they?" Eyrie propped her elbow on the counter and place her chin on her fist, giving Haruhi her full attention. Haruhi suddenly felt as if Eyrie was truly interested. That she wanted to know everything, in detail.
"Well my dad...he's a cross dresser. He works in a bar. My mom, well, she passed away ten years ago. She was a lawyer."
"I'm sorry about your mother. If she was as dedicated to her work as you are, I'm sure she was a wonderful lawyer."
Haruhi smiled. "Oh she was! Dad says I look a lot like her."
"I would like to meet your father. If that is alright with you. I would understand if you didn't feel comfortable with it though."
Haruhi shook her head thoughtfully. "No I think it would be fine. Those guys are complete idiots, so when they met my dad they sort of made fools of themselves...but you aren't like that."
Eyrie stood and bowed slightly. "Thank you for the compliment Haruhi. I appreciate having your approval. We should get back in there though. Any longer and the pizza will be cold."
*Right after Haruhi and Eyrie left*
"Who was the other boy in the frames? I don't believe we have met him, though he looks familiar." Kyoya asked the Americans.
"That was Zero. Well no, his name is Clarence but we call him Zero." Jeremy said with a smile. "He doesn't live in America anymore. You probably know him from some social event or something. His father is a big time investor or something. His mom designs jewelry."
"What was a rich kid..." Hikaru started.
"Doing hanging out with you?" Kaoru finished. Grey whipped his head around to glare at them and started to say some thing but was cut off by Clarice.
"Don't. It isn't worth the fight."
Jeremy pretended not to hear her. "He hung out with us because we were good company. We were smart, interesting, and we had something he wanted."
"Well now it makes sense." The twins said looking at each other.
"What did he want?" Tamaki asked, tilting his head.
"Eyrie." they all said at once. The hosts glanced at each other.
"Whaddya mean he wanted Eyr-chan?" Hunny said with a curious expression.
"Well I suppose it is time to have that talk with him..." the twins each placed an arm around Hunny's shoulders. All the Americans except Grey started laughing.
"He didn't want her like that idiots!" Grey cried. "He liked her so he chased her! He wanted to be around her as much as possible. He stopped being an arrogant jerk for her. You people wouldn't try anything like that."
Jeremy started to get up as Eyrie and Haruhi walked in the door. The stunned hosts slowly went to get food while Grey stayed sitting. Eyrie and Jeremy looked at each other. Eyrie grabbed a plate and walked over to Grey, standing in front of him. He looked up at her with an angry expression. Kyoya, who had also stayed sitting, watch in surprise as she grabbed a handful of the front of his shirt and yanked him forward until their noses were practically touching.
"I heard that last part." she hissed. "If you can't act like anything more than a child, leave. They are family now. You have only known them for a day. Think before you make assumptions."
She let go of his shirt and placed the pizza plate in his lap. Grey stared at it for a minute. Blake went up to the hosts and gave them a smile.
"Sorry ya'll. That was rude'a Grey to say that to ya. Don't go thinkin' it was you either. All ya'll have been real nice since we got here. Grey just...I don't think he likes to be unaware of any changes that happen in Ire's life. He wants to be right there with her when it happens. Get it?"
The boys looked at him then at the other Americans who were nodding. Grey and Eyrie pretended not to hear and bit into their food. Haruhi looked around in confusion. She had no idea what they were apologizing for. The hosts nodded and smiled. After a moment they started the DVD again.
The first person they saw was the Americans, and Zero, sitting at a table. They were in the same restaurant that they had performed in and were at least a year or two older. They were laughing an throwing things, everyone of them sporting fading bruises except for Eyrie. A series of loud noises started outside of the camera's rang and it swung around to see a girl that was about their age in a waitress uniform. A big, gruff man had an arm wrapped around her waist. The camera swung around to show Eyrie wearing an icy expression. She got up and sauntered over to the big man, the cold expression never leaving her face. She stuck her left hand in the pocket of her jeans and used the other to tap him on the shoulder.
"Wha' do you want?" the man asked with a sneer.
"Sir I think it would be in your best interest to let go of the girl." Eyrie said with an icy smile.
"The hell? There ain't no way Imma take orders from a half pint like you! I don't give one lick about what the rumors say 'bout you! Get back over there and eat yer chicken soup."
"Its minestrone." Eyrie took a small step closer.
"Does it look like I care what yer eatin'?" the man asked sarcastically.
"Oh but you should." Eyrie gave him a small smile.
"Why's that?" the man glared at her. Suddenly her arm shot out and her right hand wrapped around his throat.
"Because I'll shove it down your damn throat if you don't let go of the girl." she snarled as she pulled him close to her face. The man let go of the waitress and grabbed Eyrie's arm. "Good boy. Now get out. Don't come back."
She tossed him onto the floor. His head made a loud thunking sound and when he lifted it up a trickle of blood ran down into his eye. He rushed out of the door. The waitress started wiping away her tears and talking to Eyrie, thanking her. The scene started changing and the hosts all looked at Eyrie. She gave them a one shoulder shrug.
"Perverts make me angry."
That doesn't explain how you managed to throw a grown man hard enough to break skin. Kyoya placed a knuckle on his lip and studied Eyrie.
"Pause it." she demanded, jumping out of her seat. Everyone looked surprised for a moment but quickly complied. They watched as she shut all the curtains and started pulling a wire out of a cabinet in the entertainment center. She walked back to her seat and put a pair of head phones over Haruhi's head and brought the blanket up to her chin.
"Wha-what are you do-?"
Eyrie placed a finger on her lips and lifted one side of the headphones slightly. "Just trust me."
Everyone looked at her in confusion.
"Um...why did you do that?" Tamaki asked. Eyrie looked at him.
"Haruhi is scared of thunder or lightning right? Well now she can't see it or hear it."
"What are you-" Suddenly they heard a distant crash of thunder. Tamaki, the twins, and Hunny all looked at Eyrie with stars in their eyes.
"You're psychic!" They said together. Eyrie and Kyoya rolled their eyes as the Americans joined the staring.
"No I looked out the window and saw it in the distance. We couldn't hear it because of the TV. By the way are there anymore like that?" Eyrie turned to her American friends and pointed to the screen. They all smiled at each other.
"Actually there is only one more. It doesn't have you fightin' in it." Blake said with an innocent smile. She eyed him suspiciously before sitting down again. Haruhi remained unaware of the reason she was the only one wearing headphones. When the scene started they were in the restaurant again only this time, instead of eating they were on stage, practicing.
"I think its cute that ya'll still practice even though you obviously don't have the talent for this sort of thing; on top of the Clarence will be leavin' soon. What'll you do without your backup guitarist?"
The hosts were surprised to see Blake walked into the camera's vision. He was sneering while looking them all over. They turned to the boy in question. He gave them a sheepish look when he met their gaze.
"We weren't always the best o' friends."
On the screen Blake and the boy he walked in with were practically coming to blows with Eyrie. They could her the person holding the camera laughing when Eyrie raised her fist and both of the boys flinched away. She closed her eyes and lowered it then gave them a death stare.
"I swear, talk about my family like that again and I'll forget my manners." she growled between clenched teeth.
"How's about we settle this with a bet." The boy Blake brought in grinned into her face. "If you win we wont ever bother you or your fake family again. If we win...you have to pierce whatever we tell you to pierce."
Eyrie raised her eyebrows and let out a surprised laugh. She looked towards the camera and the person behind it spoke. It was her mother. "That's cool with me."
"You're on. What's the bet?"
"It's simple really. Blake'll play something on his guitar and you have to play it back, making it sound exactly the same, or you lose."
Eyrie smirked. Blake climbed onto the stage and hooked an electric guitar around his neck. He positioned his hands as if to play then stopped, feeling around his pockets. Eyrie's eyes widened in surprise when he pulled out a metal cylinder and placed it on the middle finger of the hand that was on the neck of the guitar.
"You freaking cheats." she hissed and turned to his friend. "You know I don't have a slide."
The boy grinned at her as Blake started playing. "Then I guess you lose."
The guitar produced various vibrations and pitches in no real order, not sounding like a usual guitar. The screen jumped to show Eyrie scowling as she walked down a street with her friends and the other two. Instead of Jeremy by her side though, it was her mother. She was laughing and talking with the rest.
"Did you see Bunny's face when he pulled out that slide? I thought she'd strangle you!" she giggled. The two boys glared at her, one of them mumbling something about 'old lady'. "That's right sonny I am old. Now lets get this over with so that you're mamas can change your soiled pants; they're polluting the air. Or is that your attitudes?"
The two boys got red with anger but didn't say anything. They walking into a shop where they were greeted by a hugely muscled man with multiple tattoos and piercings. He gave Eyrie's mother a hug and gently tugged Eyrie's ponytail.
"What'll you ladies be needing today? Are you getting another one Willow?" the man touched the diamond stud sticking out of her nose.
"Nah. Bunny here lost a bet. So lets see that paper work Thor."
The big man belly laughed and quickly complied. "So you're finally getting those piercings you were wanting? Nice!"
"Actually these guys will be telling you what to pierce." Eyrie glared at the boys in question. They quickly went over and whispered in Thor's ears. His eyes widened for a moment, looking like he was trying very hard not to laugh.
"Alrighty then. Lets do that one first and the other one second."
There was a flurry of movement as her friends went over to the display cases after receiving instructions from Thor and Eyrie's mom lead her to another room before she could see what they were up to. Jeremy followed them with the camera. After a few minutes Thor entered.
"Alright Bunny. First one if the belly button."
"...What do you mean first one?" Eyrie narrowed her eyes at the boys that had just walked in. They gave her devilish smiles.
"We never said it would just be one." Blake sneered. Thor proceeded to sterilize then clamp her belly button. He quickly poked through with a needle and Eyrie sighed. Her friends came in and handed Thor something. Leaving the needle in he held out a belly button ring for her to see. The bottom was shaped like hands making the rock star sign and dangling from that were stars whose chains varied in length. Thor quickly replaced the needle with the ring.
"That didn't hurt. The clamps sort of pinched." Eyrie grinned at everyone in the room. Thor started laughing an led her over to a chair. Her other friends left the room again while her mother kept asking to see her belly button ring again. "What's next?"
The two boys could be heard laughing off screen. "Tongue piercing."
Eyrie's eyes widened and she snarled at them. The camera swung around in time to see them back away. When Thor put the clamps on her tongue Eyrie gripped the arms of the seat.
"Ut eh heh ihh hong hih hoo?!" Her mother started laughing hysterically as her daughter tried to rant at the boys. Thor quickly calmed her and stuck the needle in. Her friends came in with a tongue ring that was the same style as her belly button ring. He quickly replaced the needle and stood back.
"I feel luk I bih ma tung a hundwed timeth." she said to her mother with a dry look. Her mother continued to laugh.
"Well I guess we'll just have to go for ice cream. But I'm proud. Not only that you handled your first piercings so well but also that you took the bet for your family. You set aside your pride to receive the punishment when you lost too. That was admirable. I guess you're like your mom like that." She sighed dramatically. Eyrie poked her in the ribs and grinned. The scene ended.
The host whipped around to stare at Eyrie with wide eyes. She was turning red and glaring at her American friends who were trying not to laugh and failing.
"You guys..." Eyrie started.
"Aw Ire come on! That wasn't so bad was it?" Jeremy asked, grinning from ear to ear. Eyrie got up but before she could move the twins were in her face.
"Do you still have those piercings?"
"Can we see?"
Eyrie looked away and the red leaked out of her face. "I don't...have the tongue piercing anymore."
The twins suddenly bent to become eye level with her stomach. She pushed their heads away and sat.
"Your mother was very beautiful." Tamaki said suddenly. Eyrie looked at him. He was still staring at the TV. She hadn't noticed that the main menu was a background of her mother.
"Yea Mama was the best." Blake beamed.
"Most beautiful person we had ever met. Before we met Ire that is." Clarice said with a soft smile, snuggling into Grey's side. Even he wore a smile.
"She was definitely something." he whispered. He looked up at Eyrie who was staring at him. "I think she would be very proud of that shoulder you got there. So...I'm going to try and be friendly with them from now on."
Eyrie nodded and gave him a gentle look. Her other friends were to caught up in reminiscing to comment.
"Remember the first thing Ire said when we first got here?"
"Yea! She sounded like Mama. It made my heart squeeze."
The hosts and Jeremy watched as Eyrie slipped on her nothing mask.
"She gets more and more like her everyday I think."
"They have the same personality."
"Stop..."
"Same kindness. They can't do anything without thinking of others."
"Yet they always stand up for themselves. They never let anyone make decisions for them..."
"Stop."
Everyone turned to look at Eyrie. Her right fist was pressed to her face and her injured arm over her heart.
"Stop saying we're alike! Mama never would have waited this long! She wouldn't have been selfish and kept something so important from you! If it was her, she wouldn't even be in this position! She wouldn't have let herself be forced into this corner! She would have thought of a way out! She wouldn't have given in!"
Eyrie squeezed her eyes shut and brought her knees to her chest. The Americans sat in stunned silence. Jeremy looked down, tears threatening to spill.
"Wh-what are you talking about?" Grey stood up at took a step towards her. He looked over at the shame filled eyes of the hosts then back at his cousin.
"Stop saying I'm anything like her." Eyrie whispered opening her eyes to stare at him. "She was so much better than me."
Grey's face turned frightened. He reached for her but she just swatted his hand away.
"Grey I...guys...I'm getting married."
I can practically feel the rage of all the people that hate cliffhangers...*shivers* Sorry for not posting for a few days! I will definitely post the next chapter quicker than this! Anyway, Thanks for reading!