Lost Tempest Queen

She’s a Psychopath

I was about to fall off my bed to a knock at the door. Ugh, who could that be I groan, as I walk to the door. Opening the door I see Va-Lara with a scrunched up nose. She’s quick to hide it plastering a warm smile on her face, handing me a bag of food and another bag of clothes. I give her a questioning look, confused as to why she’s handing me clothes. She starts giggling a musical sound stating how I forgot to grab my new uniform from work after class.

Crap I am so sorry, I forgot to try to grab my groceries. We sit on my bed eating the biggest burger I have ever seen. Holy crow! I can’t believe you finished that whole thing! I am floored by Va-Lara’s ability to hoover down not only that big ass burger but her fries and the large milkshake too. She’s half my size I mean I can outeat most people but watching her has me contemplating if I could beat her in an eating contest.

She giggles like she heard my inner thoughts but I’m sure I didn’t say it out loud. While I finished my food we talked about how my classes went and I ended up telling her about Dorthy and her b***h squad. She looks upset and states that Dorthy is one of the students here at school I should try and avoid, if possible. Her recommendation is to seek guidance from the staff. We talk a minute about Alexander and how I bumped into him.

She makes a weird face but before she can respond Dorthy and her goons barge in the room. She stops dead in her tracks, looks at Va-Lara then at me and I think she’s going to act like a normal person for once. Wrong, Big. Wrong! Her face morphs into the most hideous face I have ever seen on a decent-looking girl’s face. She explodes screaming like she’s being murdered. Va-Lara looks at me like she is scared and I don’t understand what this girl’s problem is.

Dorthy gets as close as she can to me screaming about me bringing my filthy freaks into her room. I’m astonished she’s behaving like this in front of everyone. I am so mad I jump off the bed ready to give her that punch to her nasty face she’s been asking for. If she thinks I will bow down to her, boy oh boy is she ever so wrong. My fist almost landed when Va-Lara quickly grabbed my wrist pulling me out of the room. I was angry she stopped me.

Once we were out of the room, she released my wrist. We should take a walk and have a little chat. I don’t want to talk, I want to turn around and beat her ass. I understand how you feel but I also have the distinct feeling you don’t understand what are who you are dealing with. Va-Lara sounds almost pleading with me and even goes as far as to tug my wrist lightly. I take a few deep breaths and nod my head in silent agreement.

Va-Lara explained if I am here on a scholarship and get into a fight on school grounds I could have my scholarship taken. She said Dorthy probably was just trying to provoke me so that I would get into trouble. This made me more angry but I was more rational. I needed to get out of that girl’s room and quick. If it wasn’t for Va-Lara I would be kicked out and she would get away scot-free. She then tells me that I should be careful around Alexander because they have been dating.

Weirdly, he’s a great guy, everyone loves him. The strange part is that he didn’t date a single person before Dorthy. He didn’t even like Dorthy or her typical type of person for that matter. Then suddenly they come back to school and they are dating. He could not stand how she treated people last year and he does not seem to be an active party in the relationship. I stand there with my mouth gaping open stunned at her suggestion.

I had noticed that today in class, almost like he tolerated her behavior but he was not truly into her. He looked confused when she touched him like he didn’t understand why she was touching him but then his face would turn blank and he would just tolerate the affection. I just shook my head because suddenly I felt like crying. I didn’t understand why I was so upset over the situation like I was taking it personally. I only ran into him one time I don’t even know him.

Va-Lara stares at me for a minute and then asks, when is your birthday Rylie? My birthday is Sunday and matter of fact you should come to my birthday party. It’s at my parent’s house in Wilmington. My moms forced me to come home to celebrate so the party was at five pm. She gives me a look, are you sure that’s a good idea? Stunned I stammer over my words and tell her if she didn’t want to I understand.

She laughs shakes her head and deadpans, I only said that because the 18th birthday is a big deal and most want their special day to be with close friends and family, no outsiders. Now I am really confused and her face turns pale as if she’s shocked by something, Oh my, oh my goodness you don’t know! My phone starts ringing and I look down at it to see it’s my mother. I sigh asking Va-Lara, can we pick this up tomorrow so that I can tell my mother about my day?

She has composed herself from her shocked expression and nods. She starts back in the direction of her dorm and I start telling my mother about my first day of classes. Not leaving out the psycho Dorthy. My mom just starts to downplay Dorthy’s actions like they are acceptable. I’m a bit hurt till my mom says well if you had gone to the local university like I had suggested then you wouldn’t have to be in that situation.

I’m angry and soon get off the phone. My mom works as a big CEO of a corporation called The Blue Moon. She had always gone on some business trip and that’s why me and dad were so much closer. I wish I could see the less tycoon mom and the loving mom she was before last year. I asked her about why she’s always so uptight now and she blames work. If only she was a writer like dad she could have been home more.

Walking back to my room, I walk into a mess. Dorthy and her gang tossed all of my stuff all over the room. I walked out of the room straight to the security room and made a report about them trashing my room as well as the other harassment over the past two days. He takes the report but tells me to try harder to get along and how the first few weeks are always hard. Thanks a lot, I mumble and stalk off to clean up the mess. An hour later the rooms clean and so am I. Climbing into bed the exhaustion hit me and I am slung straight into the dream.