Pearla—

Your eyes sparkled before they turned white from death. Then mine turned red from sorrow.

—Ira.

The former Iridesa Timbers you knew is gone. The one my moms and dads sent me away for; she's wild, fun, scary, and a complete mess. I call her Jenny, she's kinda cool. When I'm Jenny I feel so powerful and carefree, like all my troubles had gone, and for a moment they had as my body was numb to everything possibly intelligible.

The only thing Jenny was slightly aware of was that she really had to pee. We were at some recreational center that a lot of people in the hinterlands go to have balls and parties. Jenny had never been, so she tried to make my way around as other students danced and jostled. As Jen was trying to get around she'd caught a glimpse of all of my friends in different locations. Jenny said a quick "Hey" to Duncan and Violet near the refreshments, Klaus and Isadora were somewhere in the crowd as Issy tried to reach him how to dance a bit, and surprisingly Quigley had Carmelita in a corner, talking to her very closely. Her nose was twitching and her lips puckered as if she was trying to hold her tongue. Something he rarely did.

Jenny was distracted when she stalked into the bathroom, it had two stalls, and my bladder told me to go the first stall that was near me. Jen tried to open the door but it seemed to have someone in it. My natural response was to look under the stall to see if there were feet or if I was pushing a pull door. Jenny looked at the feet of the person in there and was going to just pass onto the other stall, but I noticed a familiar tattoo that gave Jenny a personality awakening and Iridesa was back.

The Quagmires have those, or at least I think they do, I only saw Quigley's vaguely when he had stayed the night. When I saw the door about to open up I also saw I note with the same symbol fall to the ground, the person picked it up right before I stood up straight. A boy opened the door and then gave a yell in fright, "Wah!"

"Wah!" I mimicked the noise he made subconsciously. It was an odd name to make when one is startled but it was there's. This boy had brown skin that matched mine and short hair. He put his hands up, "woah!"

The thought of heading two people screaming in a public restroom crosse my mind and if someone outside heard it would sound pretty bad, "what the hell?" I tried to quiet him.

"You startled me," he started, I rolled my eyes and remembered my stretching bladder, I rushed passed him and towards the toilet, practically kicking the door closed. I don't think I've ever pulled my pants down so fast. I hovered over the toilet as he kept talking, "I can't help that some weirdo girl is out and about creeping in the bathrooms." This must happen frequently, it's a unisex bathroom and the only bathroom. There's no way I'm the only one.

I scrunched my brows and y thighs burned. I simply don't sit on public toilets, "well I can't help that some pretty-boy, wannabe edgy, e-boy poser, who is probably gonna go out and creep on some girls is taking so long in the toilet. What were you doing taking a pic of you-"

"Woah, slow down there girl." I finished up and walked out, stalking over the sink, "Who are you?" He asked me as he looked at my face in the mirror, I looked at his and rolled my eyes as he smirked slyly. I rolled my eyes as my mind sobered, he had the same tattoo as my friends, did that mean he knew whatever it was they knew?

"What's it to you?" I asked to him as I dried my hands on exactly four paper towels and leaned against the sink. He looked me up and down whilst
I raised my brow up at him before he spoke again, "I'm Rider Stims, and you are?" He asked me.

He had stuck his hand out for me to shake, but all I did was turn back around to the sink and check my face in it.

"I'm just an alien girl who is bored out of her mind." I crossed my eyes at my reflection, when I uncrossed him he was still looking at me in my reflection. He stalked towards me and tested his hands on my shoulders, "yeah? Well I can take you somewhere fun."

I looked at his knuckles, he wore a skull ring. I looked at him once again and noticed a chain on his neck but the end of it was tucked into his shirt. I assume he had something on the end of it.

"You want me to ditch a party to go somewhere with a stranger? That's like finding yourself in the belly of the beast or putting myself with the unknown." He licked his lips and sighed.

He chuckled at my ridiculousness for a second, "Let me be a secret ambassador for the Earth. I'm speaking on behalf of all human beings, some of us aren't so bad." It was my turn to look him up and down before smiling at him, "alright, I'll go with you, but if you do ever try anything I will kill you dead. I mean bury you up to your neck and then smash your head with a cinderblock," I walked closer to him, "understand me?"

"Ma'am yes, ma'am." He saluted.

I laughed at how lightly he took my threat. I took his hand and lead him out of the bathroom. On my way out I caught another glimpse of every one of my friends. They all looked at me worriedly. I'd be back another day.

Finished: Saturday, February 16, 2019. 1:42 am.

Published: Sunday, April 28, 2019. 10:22 pm.