Tears of the Moon: Chapter 5 ~ Initiation
Maryn begins to realize that her life's about to change. . . . . . forever. .
Maryn's P.O.V
"Marrrr!!!! WAKE UP!!!! You're gonna be late for school!!" Allina just yelled right into my ear.
But I was having too good of dream to care " Hmmmm" and lifted my hand and I tried to swap her away. It was quiet for while then, I thought she'd given up. I was just sighing with satisfaction and curling to get back to my sweet slumber, when there was something very cold and wet on my face, " honey, you get exactly 10 mins to change and get down if you want to catch the bus or I'm leavin widout ya!.". The cold water worked, I was fully awake now. "okay okay miss queen of the universe I'll be down in 10." Giving me a victory grin, she danced as she went out. Smiling at her light-heartedness, I stepped into the bathroom for a quick shower and that's when I looked at the cereus again and it felt like I was forgetting something very important. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't remember.
"Mar!!" Allina yelled up the stairs. "3 minutes to go. I hope you're strapping your shoes by now!"
'3 minutes!! Holy hell! I am gonna be super late today!'. I pulled on the first thing I found on the neatly folded pile of clothes Donna had kept in my wardrobe and to my luck it happened to be a sleeveless light blue cotton dress! But I was able pull it over my head in 10 seconds whiles fitting my feet into my sliver ballet flats, having absolutely no time to deal with the laces of my high-tops, so it seemed like a good choice regardless of the fact that I didn't wanna get so dressy. I didn't even bother trying to manage my hair into a pony , I could have broken a brush trying to get the curls out and untangled so I just pulled my bangs into a barrette. I whizzed out of the room in the last minute managing to grab my bag and a gray sweater.
"Okay! I'm here! In exactly 10 minutes, let's go!" I yelled as I hurried down the stairs. Allina just looked up to smile and her eyes widened, 'oh boy!' was all that went on in my head! "What? Why are you looking at me like that? Is there something on my dress?". But she just kept looking at me "either way we got to move it if we want to make it to the bus stop in time!" I pulled her by the hand and yanked her out of the door. She laughed, " honey, I swear I gotta wake you up late all the time, you look a lot like your old self again" but her eyes were sad, reflecting what I was feeling inside, all those things. Things of the past. Now wasn't the time to start grieving over everything I had lost. I managed to put on a smile "Jesus! Allina, will you stop laughing like some psychopath and just move already, you know you aren't that skinny either and trust me dragging you all the way to the bus stop isn't a piece of cake!" "Okay okay! Stop being so grumpy! You know you're going to start getting worry lines soon if you don't stop acting like miss ol' grumpy all the way." She stuck her tongue at me. "Oh no you don't get away with that" she began to run towards the bus stop. "I'm getting you, run aaalll you want!"I yelled. I ran after her. For the first time in a long time I felt happy. Really happy. And I wasn't faking it.
After homeroom, I was walking towards English and waving goodbye at Allina totally not paying attention to where I was walking when I bumped into someone.
My stupid books scattered all over the floor. After that everything happened in one fast moment. I looked up and realized it was Eben, who else could I possibly and clumsily bump into But when our eyes met for the briefest second, everything came back.. Rushing. For a second I was just stuck.. When I looked at him again. My eyes widened.. I opened my mouth but the words just wouldn't come out.. he looked at me like he wanted to say something, but he just went " sorry" and walked off. I stared at him in disbelief. Why was he acting like he felt nothing? My head was spinning. Didn't last night happen at all?
The teacher stood at doorway "Maryn, are you okay? You look shocked." I looked at her dumbfound. Then I saw my scattered books. And the empty hallway. What was wrong with me?
Miss Bloom looked genuinely worried like if she tried getting near me I would scream and runaway. I tried to smile at her reassuringly "I'll be just 2 minutes, I just tripped." She looked at me suspiciously "you know, Maryn, you can go to the nurse's office, if you aren't feeling well." I smiled this at her "no, thank you, I'm fine."
"Alright". I picked up my books and followed her into class. Everybody was chattering away happily at the unexpected few free minutes they got. I made my way to my usual place. Eben wasn't sitting next to me. He was sitting behind Melissa. Melissa is beautiful and she's always been one of the popular girls. And she's never been nice to me or all the other girls she thinks are not good enough to be part of her posse. Well, she tried, but I knew what she was after, our characters didn't match. She was turning back in her seat, laughing flirtatiously at something Eben was saying. I bent my head, hoping my bangs would hide the hot tears that were forming at my eyes. I didn't even know why I was crying. It's so stupid. Over Eben? I hadn't even known him that long? And that dream! That stupid dream made me believe and want.
Suddenly I felt hysteric. I got up pushing my chair away. Everybody looked at me. Miss bloom raised her eyebrows questioningly. "Miss Bloom, I want to be excused, I'm not feeling that well." She looked at me, "would you like somebody to take you." I was gripping the edge of my table so hard; my knuckles had turned white "you look sort of unsteady" "no, I can make it" I made my way out of class. Some were throwing me sympathetic looks, while some thought I was just doing all this to get attention. But not once did Eben even look up as walked past him or even when I went to the door, he seemed to find something very interesting on page 137 of our English textbook.
As soon as I got out, I began run. Not turning back. Not caring. I went to the local bus stand. I bought a ticket to the farthest place it went to. The bus was empty except for an old lady with a walking stick and a vegetable bag and a man reading a newspaper. I sat next to the window, looking out. Totally not knowing where I was going. I just knew I needed to get away. The bus conductor came to see my ticket, he got a good look at me "aren't you supposed to be in school now?" well what was the point in lying, I nodded "I need some time away". Somehow, he just understood and he walked away like as if it's everyday you see an out of control teenager boarding the bus at school hours and saying they need some time away. I just shrugged and went back to looking out of the window. I finally looked at my ticket. It said Luna Playa.
It turned out to be the beach. I must be really far away from the home. It was exactly what I wanted, far away from everything and everyone. I walked down to the shore. I sat down on the warm sand. The sea was so beautiful, it broke my heart. I took out sketch book and I began to draw. Last night's events swirling in my head. When I was done, I could only gasp. Modesty apart, sure I could draw pretty well and liked doing it once in a while to get my mind off things. But what lay in front of me on the page I just drew on was unbelievable, it looked other worldly, I could I have never done something like this beauty with my own hands. There were 2 angels, locked in embrace, the female's long dark hair spilling down her back and the male's fingers entwined around her waist, their beauty unconquerable. The female's wings spread out in a blindingly beautiful aura of sparkling white as the males magnificent black wings hovered over protectively.
Something tingled at the back of my mind, but before I could ponder over that, I caught a slight movement at my right. When I turned, I saw that old lady who was in the bus with me sitting a little away, her face covered by a huge pair of dark sun glasses. But even beneath her big dark glasses I could see that she was gazing at me. Suddenly the air felt cold, and a shiver ran down my spine. She didn't even try to turn away when she saw me looking. Something was very wrong. I hadn't noticed her getting off at the bus stop with me. She then got up and started walking towards me.
"Marrrr!!!! WAKE UP!!!! You're gonna be late for school!!" Allina just yelled right into my ear.
But I was having too good of dream to care " Hmmmm" and lifted my hand and I tried to swap her away. It was quiet for while then, I thought she'd given up. I was just sighing with satisfaction and curling to get back to my sweet slumber, when there was something very cold and wet on my face, " honey, you get exactly 10 mins to change and get down if you want to catch the bus or I'm leavin widout ya!.". The cold water worked, I was fully awake now. "okay okay miss queen of the universe I'll be down in 10." Giving me a victory grin, she danced as she went out. Smiling at her light-heartedness, I stepped into the bathroom for a quick shower and that's when I looked at the cereus again and it felt like I was forgetting something very important. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't remember.
"Mar!!" Allina yelled up the stairs. "3 minutes to go. I hope you're strapping your shoes by now!"
'3 minutes!! Holy hell! I am gonna be super late today!'. I pulled on the first thing I found on the neatly folded pile of clothes Donna had kept in my wardrobe and to my luck it happened to be a sleeveless light blue cotton dress! But I was able pull it over my head in 10 seconds whiles fitting my feet into my sliver ballet flats, having absolutely no time to deal with the laces of my high-tops, so it seemed like a good choice regardless of the fact that I didn't wanna get so dressy. I didn't even bother trying to manage my hair into a pony , I could have broken a brush trying to get the curls out and untangled so I just pulled my bangs into a barrette. I whizzed out of the room in the last minute managing to grab my bag and a gray sweater.
"Okay! I'm here! In exactly 10 minutes, let's go!" I yelled as I hurried down the stairs. Allina just looked up to smile and her eyes widened, 'oh boy!' was all that went on in my head! "What? Why are you looking at me like that? Is there something on my dress?". But she just kept looking at me "either way we got to move it if we want to make it to the bus stop in time!" I pulled her by the hand and yanked her out of the door. She laughed, " honey, I swear I gotta wake you up late all the time, you look a lot like your old self again" but her eyes were sad, reflecting what I was feeling inside, all those things. Things of the past. Now wasn't the time to start grieving over everything I had lost. I managed to put on a smile "Jesus! Allina, will you stop laughing like some psychopath and just move already, you know you aren't that skinny either and trust me dragging you all the way to the bus stop isn't a piece of cake!" "Okay okay! Stop being so grumpy! You know you're going to start getting worry lines soon if you don't stop acting like miss ol' grumpy all the way." She stuck her tongue at me. "Oh no you don't get away with that" she began to run towards the bus stop. "I'm getting you, run aaalll you want!"I yelled. I ran after her. For the first time in a long time I felt happy. Really happy. And I wasn't faking it.
After homeroom, I was walking towards English and waving goodbye at Allina totally not paying attention to where I was walking when I bumped into someone.
My stupid books scattered all over the floor. After that everything happened in one fast moment. I looked up and realized it was Eben, who else could I possibly and clumsily bump into But when our eyes met for the briefest second, everything came back.. Rushing. For a second I was just stuck.. When I looked at him again. My eyes widened.. I opened my mouth but the words just wouldn't come out.. he looked at me like he wanted to say something, but he just went " sorry" and walked off. I stared at him in disbelief. Why was he acting like he felt nothing? My head was spinning. Didn't last night happen at all?
The teacher stood at doorway "Maryn, are you okay? You look shocked." I looked at her dumbfound. Then I saw my scattered books. And the empty hallway. What was wrong with me?
Miss Bloom looked genuinely worried like if she tried getting near me I would scream and runaway. I tried to smile at her reassuringly "I'll be just 2 minutes, I just tripped." She looked at me suspiciously "you know, Maryn, you can go to the nurse's office, if you aren't feeling well." I smiled this at her "no, thank you, I'm fine."
"Alright". I picked up my books and followed her into class. Everybody was chattering away happily at the unexpected few free minutes they got. I made my way to my usual place. Eben wasn't sitting next to me. He was sitting behind Melissa. Melissa is beautiful and she's always been one of the popular girls. And she's never been nice to me or all the other girls she thinks are not good enough to be part of her posse. Well, she tried, but I knew what she was after, our characters didn't match. She was turning back in her seat, laughing flirtatiously at something Eben was saying. I bent my head, hoping my bangs would hide the hot tears that were forming at my eyes. I didn't even know why I was crying. It's so stupid. Over Eben? I hadn't even known him that long? And that dream! That stupid dream made me believe and want.
Suddenly I felt hysteric. I got up pushing my chair away. Everybody looked at me. Miss bloom raised her eyebrows questioningly. "Miss Bloom, I want to be excused, I'm not feeling that well." She looked at me, "would you like somebody to take you." I was gripping the edge of my table so hard; my knuckles had turned white "you look sort of unsteady" "no, I can make it" I made my way out of class. Some were throwing me sympathetic looks, while some thought I was just doing all this to get attention. But not once did Eben even look up as walked past him or even when I went to the door, he seemed to find something very interesting on page 137 of our English textbook.
As soon as I got out, I began run. Not turning back. Not caring. I went to the local bus stand. I bought a ticket to the farthest place it went to. The bus was empty except for an old lady with a walking stick and a vegetable bag and a man reading a newspaper. I sat next to the window, looking out. Totally not knowing where I was going. I just knew I needed to get away. The bus conductor came to see my ticket, he got a good look at me "aren't you supposed to be in school now?" well what was the point in lying, I nodded "I need some time away". Somehow, he just understood and he walked away like as if it's everyday you see an out of control teenager boarding the bus at school hours and saying they need some time away. I just shrugged and went back to looking out of the window. I finally looked at my ticket. It said Luna Playa.
It turned out to be the beach. I must be really far away from the home. It was exactly what I wanted, far away from everything and everyone. I walked down to the shore. I sat down on the warm sand. The sea was so beautiful, it broke my heart. I took out sketch book and I began to draw. Last night's events swirling in my head. When I was done, I could only gasp. Modesty apart, sure I could draw pretty well and liked doing it once in a while to get my mind off things. But what lay in front of me on the page I just drew on was unbelievable, it looked other worldly, I could I have never done something like this beauty with my own hands. There were 2 angels, locked in embrace, the female's long dark hair spilling down her back and the male's fingers entwined around her waist, their beauty unconquerable. The female's wings spread out in a blindingly beautiful aura of sparkling white as the males magnificent black wings hovered over protectively.
Something tingled at the back of my mind, but before I could ponder over that, I caught a slight movement at my right. When I turned, I saw that old lady who was in the bus with me sitting a little away, her face covered by a huge pair of dark sun glasses. But even beneath her big dark glasses I could see that she was gazing at me. Suddenly the air felt cold, and a shiver ran down my spine. She didn't even try to turn away when she saw me looking. Something was very wrong. I hadn't noticed her getting off at the bus stop with me. She then got up and started walking towards me.
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