I had always wondered about the ski hill. It was the most picturesque ski resort in the world. Perfect snow, perfect lodge, and perfect lifts. But most of all, and probably the weirdest, perfect employees. The employees had a sort of ethereal beauty about them. A cruel beauty. I hadnt much noticed the ailenness of them until someone i knew...became beautiful. the same cruel beauty as the ski hill employees. It was just a normal day...at first. I got out of bed and got dressed. You know. The whole morning thing. Once i got on the school bus i noticed something about one of the older kids. He was pretty average and usually chummy with everyone but today he was quiet and seemed almost alien. Big bags had formulated under his eyes and a sick-like aura radiated off of him.
"woah whats with him?" i asked a friend of mine.
"No idea. He just showed up on the bus looking like this." she replied. "Wierd huh? how everybody kinda just leaves him alone? its just...strange" she carried on.
"hmm."
I dismissed the topic, there was nothing more to learn if she didnt know anything.
Then we got to school and things took another sickening turn in the wrong direction.
"Hey, look! Its Jake." my friend exclaimed as we clambered off the bus.
"HEY JAKE!" I boomed...well boomed for a girl's voice. fine lets say I ...yelled.
Jake turned around in one lithe movement and waved. This graceful movement was ... strange lets say, for Jake.
"Hey guys." he waved and started walking, very gracefully, to meet us at the bus stop. It wasnt until he was up close that i noticed a change. Not like a pimple but like...a bone shift or something. His face had contorted into a new face, loosely based on Jakes face only...more godlike. An evil god. I was genuinely surprised. I didnt know that our town had a face-reconstructionist-clinic-thing.
"'Sup?" I tried to sound casual as if i hadnt noticed the change. Maybe he had always been like that i thought.
"Do you guys know what class is first?" He asked. K his voice was still the same, thank god for that.
"No and we're not guys."I scolded"how many times to i have to tell you?"
"Sorr-E " he half heartedly apologized."Anyways, you didnt answer my question."
"Its Home-Ec first!" someone said from behind us. I turned around and almost threw up. Behind us was the biggest social mayhem monster. You know, the kind of person that thinks theyre the queen bee or something and have to have the spotlight.
"Thanks Shelly." Jake said. Since when was Jake nice to HER? I was definetly missing something. As we walked up the staircase and went down the opposite hall than shelly i hissed " Since when are you nice to Her?" I almost spat, venom dripping in my tone.
"Come on Cam. Shes not thhaaattt bad." he tried to console me.
"Oh right. Cuz you know, It wasnt her that flushed your Ipod down the toilet. Oh wait...That was her...go figure. Right when you think someones a nice person. Who knew?" sarcasm tinted my joke.
"So what? One measely ipod." he said offhandedly.
"Yeah, just one measely $350 Ipod VIDEO. its nothing." i quipped. he sighed and stopped at his locker.
"See you in Home-Ec." he said almost annoyed that i was still talking to him.
"What ever." I said. Wow. I get mad easy, i thought. But why was he acting this way? What had happened over the long weekend? I think something was up...something that wasnt supposed to. Something i would have to investigate.
 Hoshino No Kami · Sat Dec 29, 2007 @ 04:50am · 4 Comments |
