A day to remember (Tori)

[masterred999]

Alicia Reyes:

Alicia was walking down the sidewalk in the city. District 1 was always beautiful, unlike the other districts. She heard about the worst district, District 12, from her teacher, Mrs. Pine. She didn't care about the other districts, she cared about District 1. Anyway.... Alicia walked down the street and saw two kids walking by. Alicia saw her chance to use her new smoke bombs and gooey gum that she bought from the prank store nearby her house. She hid down the alley and waited for them to come by. As they came closer, she heard a crack behind her. "Who's there"?! Alicia cried out.....

[Tori]

Derek:


Stupid cat. I swear it picks the darkest, creepest alley to run into. "Here kitty, kitty," I whisper,"Kitty..." I sighed and lean against the wall. I'm not going to find Gabe in here. Mom will be mad that I let him out, but hopefully he will come back. I feel the urge to write. I have my notepad and pen in my backpack, but I can't see in here.

I slowly get up and find my way around the corner. There's light up ahead but it's extremely bright considering my eyes just adjusted to the dark. I close my eyes and walk toward the light with my hands on the walls leading my way. It seems like I walk forever because each step is cautious and precise. I step on something and it makes a loud crack. "Who's there!?" a girl's voice is raised. I freeze and open my eyes.

There's the shadow of a person up ahead. "Oh..it's uh.. me, sorry." Me? She doesn't know who I am, that was stupid. I come to the opening, and she's stepping out of the alleyway. I follow her out smiling. "Sorry, didn't mean to startle you. Why were you standing there?"

[masterred999]

Alicia Reyes:

Oh..it's uh.. me, sorry", says the person. Who says me when i don't know who the person is? I look at the person again and see that he's a boy, probably almost the same age as I am. I see he looks like he's happy to see me, but I'm not happy to see him. Then the boy says, "Sorry, didn't mean to startle you. Why were you standing there?" I anwser back to him,"Doing a prank, what about you"? "looking for my cat", he says. I look at him and then somehow my name comes out of my mouth. "Name's Alicia Reyes, you"?

[Tori]

"Doing a prank, what about you?" She was pulling a prank on someone? I'm suddenly very happy I as in the alley, and not walking by on the sidewalk. "I was looking for my cat." My cat? Well, that sounds like a lame excuse. I should have made up I was chasing a burglar or something."Name's Alicia Reyes,you?" she asks.

I'm a little taken aback by her straight forwardness, but reply all the same. "Derek. Derek Ramb." and just to impress her I add,"I'm in college." Okay, that's a lie. I'm still a senior in high school. I worry she might have seen me around if she is a senior too. I try to cover up my lie quickly, pulling my hand through my hair. "Well, I will be soon." Hopefully, she'll just think I'm excited about college coming up. I slip my hands into my pockets, and stroll down the sidewalk. She follows hesitantly. "Am I that interesting?" I close my eyes and smile. And then I look away quickly so I can't see her reaction. Most likely she unfortunately has to walk in the same direction as me.

[masterred999]

Alicia Reyes:

His name is Derek Ramb. He says he's in college, but now i feel like he's just trying to impress me... I seen him at school and he's one of those cool kids. "Your going to college?" I say. He says Yes and then I say,"Well, after school, I'm going to start my own designer store for jewelry or maybe I'll go college. He smiles and then starts walking away, but he knocks into the two kids I was trying to prank and shove him. I pick him up and and he thanks me and starts walking down the street towards a cafe. I don't know why, but I start following him and then I hear a meowing sound. I look behind me to see a cat meowing at my legs. I pick him up and start petting him and forget about the smoke bombs and gooey gum. Derek turns around and sees the car and says,"Thats my cat"!....

[Tori]

Curse me for looking away from her. Just as I did, I ran into two guys. I think I upset set them because one of them pushed me and I lost my balance. What can I say, I'm not that buff? Alicia helps me up, and I don't look at her because I'm embarassed. I start walking quickly toward the cafe. I think about how she told me wanted to design jewelry. I don't even know what I want to do with my life. All I like doing is writing, and it's not something I express openly.

I hear a meow behind me and turn to find Gabe in Alicia's arms. He is purring up a storm. "That's my cat!" I say shocked. I try to take him from Alicia, but he hisses and tries to scratch me. Great. I look at Alicia akwardly and ask,"Um..would you mind following me home? He obviously won't let me touch him and I need to get him home before my mom gets home." She raises her eyebrows and gives me a strange look, but agrees.

When we get home, I have to have Alicia bring Gabe inside because he won't go anywhere near me. Once inside, I chase him into my mom's room and shut the door. "Stupid cat." I mutter as I come back into the living room. "Thanks for doing that, Alicia." I say nicely.

[masterred999]

Alicia:

I follow Derek to his house, it was beautiful. All the designs and the decor were great. I just thought of marrying him, but that was still on my mind. But, I still wanted to prank someone today, but then I heard a voice in my head. "Alicia, can you put Gabe down"? said Derek. Alicia shook her head and put Gabe down and Derek then chased him all the way to the stairs. I laughed and then sat down on the couch. I felt comfortable and I somehow fell asleep.....

[Tori]

"Alicia?" I whisper when I notice she's laying on the couch, "Alicia?" I shake her a little but she doesn't rise. Well, this will be weird to explain. Hi, mom, sorry there's a girl asleep on the couch. I shrug my shoulders at no one in particualar and walk into the kitchen. It's only the middle of the day, so I have still stuff to do. I go into the kitchen and take a bunch of stuff out of the cabinets. Spagetti seems to be one of the only things I can make well, and luckily we still have the ingredients.

I realized my backpack is still on so I run into the living room and fling it on the couch. After about 30 minutes of cooking, I notice Alicia starts to wake up. It's probably the smell of the food. She's still have asleep when I call over. "Lunch is almost ready. I hope you like spagetti." I smile and make her a plate. When I return with mine, I move my backpack to the floor and sit next to her on the couch. "You passed out there for a little." I say sweetly,"Have a nice nap?" I chuckle a little. Alicia still looks tired, but I try to make light conversation.

[masterred999]

Alicia:

I smell.... a wonder scent in the air. I open one of my sleepy eyes and see Derek is making dinner. He brings me a plate and wake up a bit. I notice its spaghetti, yum! I start eating a bit when he comes back with his plate. He starts talking and I start talking as well. I then ask for a soda and he leaves. I rest on the couch, but just then... the doorbell rings. I wake up and see the door open and see an adult, maybe Derek's mother come in with food. She looks at me and I look at her. She looks shocked yes, but just then Derek comes into the living room and looks shocked as well. "Um.... Hi there", I manage to say.....

[Tori]

Alicia asks for a soda and I figure the caffine might be good for her waking back up. I get up and set my plate on the counter, I'm mostly done by now anyways. The fridge isn't as full as it normally is and I make a mental note to remind my mother to go shopping. I hope she likes Root Beer, because it's the first thing I grab. The doorbell rings, but I ignore it, asuming it's one of my annoying neighbors. I get out a glass and fill it with ice. There is noise coming from the living room while I'm pouring the soda into the glass.

I throw the can in the trash on my way to Alicia with the glass. I stop when I hit the living room. "Um.. hi there." Alicia is saying to my mom. My mom! She is carrying a bunch of groceries, and I hand the glass to Alicia before I come help her. "I got them, mom." I say taking some of the bags from her hands. She raises her eyebrows and follows me into the kitchen. I put the bags and the counter and start putting the food away. She follows my lead and asks,"And who is that I just found on my couch?"

I blush and mumble,"Just a girl. Well, a friend. A friend who's a girl." Smooth talking, Ace. "She found Gabe, he got out this morning." My mother rolls her eyes, but knows I'm not lying because my hand stays motionless and my hair stays neat. "Well, alright. I need to head back out. Don't keep her over too long today." She shakes her head and disappears. I finish putting away the food, and Alicia comes into the kitchen, her glass now empty. "All done?" I ask, taking the glass and plopping it in the sink.

[masterred999]

Alicia:

I stood there in the Kitchen and saw Derek take the cup from me saying,"All done yet?" I reply,"Your mom looks like she isn't happy". He plopped the cup into the sink and grabbed the plate that was on the table and cleaned it as well. He's nervous, maybe I should cheer him up... I run to the living room and look everywhere to hide and find a spot near the drawers nearby the TV. I make myself small and fit perfectly in the small spot. "Lets see if Derek can find me", I said quietly...

[Tori]

"Your mom looks like she isn't happy." Alicia said. I smile at her reasurringly. "Oh no, she's fine. Just suprised is all."

I walk into the living room and grab her plate that'son the table. Now I'm getting a little worried. Was she mad? Did Alicia catch something I missed. What if I wasn't paying attention?

Alicia watched me as I went into the kitchen. I put the plate in the sink and grabbed the sponge next to the faucet. The water was cold at first until I adjusted it to a warm temperature. The plate wasn't hard to clean either, I just put it on the towel next to the sink to dry off because I didn't fell like drying it myself.

"Hey, Alicia?" I asked turning around. She wasn't there. I could have sworn she was there a few seconds ago. "Alicia?" I whispered.

Where did she go? I jogged slowly into the living looking around. She wasn't there either. I checked the rest of the house, but she was no where to be found. Bummed out that she had left, I went back to the living room and sat on the couch.

I tried to find a reason for her absence. Maybe she had something important to and realized she'd forgotten. I got a little mad, she could have at least said bye. There was a sound by the endtable next to the tv,but I was to distracted to go see what had fallen.

[masterred999]

Alicia Reyes:

I hope he didn't find my hiding place, because then it wouldn't be fun anymore. I then hit something and knocked something over, but good thing it wasn't glass. Then I heard footsteps come my way and I crawled backer and backer into the tiny crack till I started feeling super, super crowded like 500 people were in one elevator car.