03/08/2007
Dear Grim Reaper,
Why won't you tell me why I'm getting those dreams with the star man in them? He's breaking my stuff and he's appearing everywhere. Even though it's scaring me he hasn't hurt me. But I still haven't slept in three days, please can you help me? Didn't you say once that you'd protect me from bad guys? Didn't you say you'd be my superhero in a cloak? It's okay if you're busy and you can't help me....
There's this girl at school who is really sick and teacher says she might die. If she dies can you help her? You can tell her you're a friend of mine. I'll talk to you next month, I have to go. There's a noise in my room. goodnight and thank you Grim.
Lots of life
Hailey
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*Hailey's POV
I struggled to keep all the stuff balanced in my hands and knocked on the door of my dorm. There was no answer and I knocked again, quickly grabbing a bag with my teeth as it started sliding off the top of the pile. The door opened slowly to reveal a shirtless (again) Tyler "oh hey Hail" he smiled, not paying attention to the fact that my arms were falling off with the amount of stuff I was carrying.
I stared at him for about 7 seconds before he finally realized that he was blocking the door, stopping me from coming inside. He stepped to the side and I ran in, dropping all the bags on the living room floor. I heard the front door shut and I finally let myself collapse and relax.
Face planting into the couch I let out a loud groan, too lazy to get up again "If you don't move your fat ass, I'm sitting on you" Tyler laughed. I shoved my middle finger in his face without looking up and dropped my arm back down onto the couch, hoping to catch a few minutes of sleep.
I grumbled when Tyler sat on the edge of the couch and slid backwards so my side was squished between him and the couch "that's what you get for being a bitch" Tyler said. I could practically hear him grin "fuck you" I replied, head still buried in the couch. I adjusted myself so I'd be a little more comfortable and silently begged that he wouldn't move as I started dozing off slowly.
I've been living here for 4 days now and holy hell there is not one day of peace. Day 2 I met Kaily (which is pronounced Ka-ee-lee. Unlike my name which is pronounced Hey-lee) and I think Tyler is trying to set us up. Day 3 he forced us to go out and do "girl" stuff like shopping and doing our hair and nails. I didn't want to get anything done but Kaily promised me food so ya know, my nails are black with nice purple swirly designs, my head was shaved again and my hair highlighted blue.
This morning I was woken up really early by Kaily who wanted to go shopping since we didn't really get a chance to yesterday. That's all the bags that are currently scattered all over the floor. I had been holding 7 bags of clothes. The ones she bought for me is literally only one bag (the smallest one).
"So. How was it?" I heard Darren ask from behind the couch "I hate shopping" I grumbled into the cushion "sorry, I don't speak couch" Darren laughed. I flipped him the bird as well and tried to fall asleep. Come on!! I was almost there, until Darren spoke and snapped me off the sleep train.
I barely noticed when my t-shirt started being lifted up until something cold was placed against my lower back. I screamed and turned around quickly, pushing Tyler off the couch and grabbing whatever had been placed on my back. Tyler was laughing on the floor and Darren was leaning on the back of the couch, holding a beer in his hand.
I looked at the cold thing I had snatched out of his second hand and glared at the beer bottle currently freezing my fingers off. Adjusting myself into a sitting position I stuck my tongue out at both of them, twisted the beer bottle open and drank some, still glaring but at the guys now instead of the beer.
Tyler got off the floor and scowled "hey. You didn't get me one?" he asked. Darren shook his head "nah. Getcha own. You've been lazing around the place since this morning, walking to the fridge won't kill you" Darren jumped over the couch and almost landed on my legs. I moved them luckily so they weren't turned into pancakes yet "Hey, watch the legs, keeping them this sexy is hard enough, I don't need you crushing them with your weight" I scoffed, taking another swig of my beer.
Darren made a face while laughing dryly "sexy? Yeah right" he muttered. I shrugged and stood up "talking about legs, It's too hot for pants" I said with a grin. Darren almost spat out his beer and quickly swallowed it, staring at me with wide eyes. I winked as I walked passed him, walking towards my room "w-what?" I heard him stutter before I entered my room.
I placed my shitty cheap beer on my bedside table, swapped my pants for my shorts and walked back out, taking my still barely touched beer with me. When I entered the living room, the first thing I saw was Darren peering over the back of the couch, staring at me with a glare. He grumbled something and turned around to sit properly.
Right as I sat down and Tyler walked out of the kitchen with his own beer the front door burst open, making all three of us jump. Tyler jumped so strongly that he actually spilled some of his beer on his shirtless self and turned to glare at the front door. In walked two boys with for some reason, more beer "Are we trying to get drunk?" I asked Darren silently, pointing out the beer "IT'S GAME NIGHT!!!!!" The one who wasn't holding the beer shouted.
Three more guys walked in after them and that's the moment I regretted not shaving my legs. They all paused when they saw me and the whole place went silent. They stared for an uncomfortably long time and finally broke the eye contact after I took a sip of my beer, my eyes darting between each of the 5, very tall and sexy, guys.
Just kidding, they look like dorks. Not like dorks can't be sexy, but these guys just didn't look very....date worthy????? I donnu know, don't ask, I'm tired. They slowly backed up at the same time and turned to stare at Tyler who was wiping his beer covered chest with the shirt on the back of the couch "why is there a girl in your dorm?" the guy holding the box of 'Magic the Gathering' asked "why don't you ask her. She can hear you perfectly and as far as I know, her speech is still good" Tyler grumbled.
Tyler was trying to wipe the beer off his white shorts but it just wasn't working. The five guys turned to look at me, then looked at Darren, who was staring at his phone. He must have noticed the silence that had settled again so he looked up "Why is there a girl in your dorm?" the smallest guy, the one holding the bag full of junk food and frozen pizza, asked.
Darren placed his beer on the coffee table, turned to look at me and jumped back with a scream "OH MY GOD!!!! Walter...You're a girl!?!?!" He screeched, making me chuckle with a shrug. I took another swig of my beer and stared off into the distance "Ah yes. The unfortunate curse that my father placed upon me. I am to walk this earth for the rest of my life in the body, of a female" I said dramatically "Badum tss" Darren pretended to bang drums, looking completely serious.
The five guys who were still standing in our living room actually looked so done "the fuck?" the guy at the back muttered, holding a monopoly box with a pack of cards on top. The fifth guy wasn't holding anything except for his jacket and a pack of gum. I stood up and stretched, extending my hand towards them for a hand shake.
They all jumped back as if they were scared I was gonna magically make them die just by extending my hand "Waddup, I'm Hailey Walter. I live here with these two nerds. Nice to meet you" I said, keeping my hand extended.
None of the five moved, sort of staring at me as if this was the first time they had seen a girl in their life, until the guy at the very back (who wasn't carrying anything) pushed the others out of the way, standing at the front "I like this chick. 'Sup, I'm Richie" he shook my hand and we grinned at each other.
I looked behind at him when one of the guys whispered to another "Richie's fraternizing with the enemy". I pushed past him and stood in front of all of them "you guys got a problem?" I asked them. They all went quiet until finally "Yeah. We're not meant to have girls in our dorms. We swore on it" The guy holding the snacks said, glaring at Darren and Tyler.
I stood in front of him so he would take his eyes away from Ty and Darren "do you guys play poker?" I asked. They all looked at each other "yeah...why?" the monopoly guy asked "If I beat you, you never bring this up again" I bet. They all grinned at each other "ooh, you shouldn't have done that" Richie muttered.
I grinned "too late. Done" I cracked my knuckles against my jaw and took another swig of my beer. We all sat around the coffee table, Ty and Darren sitting out since they wanted to spectate. This is going to be fun.
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"AGAIN" Joan shouted, slamming his fist on the coffee table, making the chips jump, some scattering over the floor. Joan was the guy who had been holding the snacks and he angry. His face was turning red and so was his fist from the amount of times he had hit the coffee table in anger "come on man. 7 defeats. Learn to give up" Darren muttered, already on his third beer.
I picked up my can of monster and threw my head back, finishing the thing. I had already drank half of the can during the game, I was just finishing it cause I wanted something alcoholic again. I still had my poker face on, just waiting for him to start another game so I could beat his ass again.
This guy was persistent. All the others had already given up but he just kept going, hoping to win. Unfortunately, his eyes would widen each time he had a good deck and would squint when he had a bad one. I'm a suit, I don't loose to anyone but my team and I'm gonna make sure that doesn't change for the rest of my living time.
I picked up my phone when it started ringing, keeping my eyes on Joan, who was glaring at me, almost like he was trying to figure out what I was currently thinking "Hello Clubs" I said, having recognized the ringtone "Spade. Heart got hit" Felix said, sounding serious. I stood up quickly "Where's Diamond?" I frowned, putting my finger up so the others would give me a minute "right here" Jared's voice said joining the call.
I walked around the couch and leaned against the back of it "What happened?" I asked "Adam happened. Remember that guy Freddie met at the bar? We don't really know the details but something's happened and now Heart disappeared and we don't know where he is" Jared said. He sounded worried.
"Disappeared? When? Would you have any idea where he might have gone?" I turned to the other people currently in the living room since they had started talking and brought my finger to my lips, hoping they would shut up "well we don't know. That's why we're asking you. He always goes to you when he has a problem" Felix said. I could hear his footsteps in the background, as if he was walking on gravel.
"I'm coming out of your house right now. We thought maybe he might have gone to your room for comfort or something but your parents say they haven't seen him. Apparently they would know since your mom spends her spare time in there. Your parents are weird" Felix muttered the last part "Felix. We all know that. Back to the point. When did he disappear" I asked.
I smacked my hand over Darren's mouth as he started asking me who 'Felix' was. He was sitting on the couch so it's not like I had to reach far "He left at like 2 this morning or something and we haven't heard from him since. You think he might be looking for you?" Jared asked, probably hoping that I would tell them he was walking through the front door right now.
I shook my head before realizing they can't see me "two seconds" I pulled the phone away from me and placed my hand over the mic "shut up. I will smack every single one of you hard enough for your grandmothers to feel it in their graves even if they're not dead yet. I beat you at poker, you shut the fuck up" I growled. They immediately shut their mouths and leaned back a little, probably scared I could reach over from the other end of the room to hit them.
I gave them one last glare then brought the phone back to my ear "sorry about that. And I honestly don't know, I haven't had any news from him. No calls, no texts. If he's looking for me, he's really taking his time at showing up. What the hell happened?" I walked over to the front door, pulling my shoes on and walked out the dorm door not caring that I was in shorts.
My friend is missing, it isn't the time to be feeling self conscious.
"I told you. We don't know the details. We've been trying to track down Adam but we don't really know anything about him. Look what happens when you're not around" Jared sounded sort of annoyed when he said the last part and I stopped walking when I heard someone call my name behind me.
Tyler had put a shirt on and ran after me. He walked next to me without saying a word as I walked down the 3 flights of stairs, out building B and onto the school campus "I'm gonna hang up, I'll try to call him" I said. The guys were probably nodding as they hung up without giving me the time to do it.
I quickly clicked Freddie's contact, called him and waited. The phone went to voicemail so I tried again. And again. And again.
On the fourth try he finally picked up, his voice croaky "Spade?" he asked "Freddie. Where are you. We're worried out of our decks. Tell me right now" I growled. The line was silent for a moment but I knew he hadn't hung up since I could hear his heavy, sometimes asthmatic, breathing "I'm in my car" I heard him mutter, as if that was the loudest he could talk.
"Where? Where's your car? Where the fuck are you Frederic" I growled. He seemed shocked that I had called him by his full name since he didn't answer immediately "In front of your college" he said, sounding ashamed. I felt my shoulders relax and I quickly started walking towards the college gates. The closer I got the faster I went "Get out of your car right now. Walk over to the gate" I ordered "okay" he mumbled through the phone, quietly enough that I almost didn't hear him.
I got to the gate and noticed him walking over, his head lowered and one hand stuffed inside his pockets, the other one dangling at his side with his phone in it. I hung up, stuffed my phone inside my pocket and ran over, wrapping my arms around his torso and burying my head into his chest.
I quickly pulled away "What the hell Freddie. You have us worried sick. You can't just disappear like that. You- Why-" I gasped and brought my hands to my mouth, eyes wide "oh my god" I heard myself whisper. He was completely beat up. There was a scar over his bruised up right eye, his lip was busted, there was a hand print around his throat, I noticed his knuckles were busted, and there was blood in his hair. What the hell happened?
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