"The course of true love never did run smooth." ~ William Shakespeare
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Kailani Hummel, an innocent small-town genderfluid teenager, gets sucked into a world that seems like only they can navigate in an attempt to save everyone they love. Will Qu...
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September 1st, 2007
The mattress dipped to Kailani's right as they stared up at the glow and the dark stars on their ceiling. Besides a few larger yellow stars, most glowed purple. The purple was old from her father sticking them up to the ceiling before she started middle school, and now, Kailani was attempting to make it through her last year before high school.
"Your brain's moving a lot again." Santana whispered, turning her head and watching her friend stare blankly at the ceiling. "Thinking about your Mom?"
"Not this time." Kailani offered Santana a grateful smile, always depending on her to understand in class when others hadn't. "Just...Just thinking about everything. School. Family. People. Stuff."
"Right." Santana hummed, unconvinced. She laid there for another moment of two before rolling her eyes and sitting up on the bed. "Kaia, you can't just sit in the dark."
"The stars glow."
"You know what I mean." Santana reached up and flicked on the light. She narrowed her eyes when Kailani leaned up only for that purpose, pulling the string and falling back down. "You suck."
"I still think that's highly unsanitary." Kailani huffed.
The Latina stared at her friend for a short moment before she couldn't fight the twitching of her lip. She laughed, tugging Kailani back down on the bed with her.
"You're so weird." Santana giggled.
Kailani settled on the pillow and turned over to face Santana better, tucking their hands under their cheek. "Do you think I'm a bad weird though?"
"No." Santana shook her head. "I think you're a funny weird. Most of the time."
"Oh." Kailani blinked.
Santana snorted. "Besides when you drink that sparkling water instead of regular. That's weird."
"I like the bubbles." Kailani's nose wrinkled. "Still water doesn't have bubbles."
"Blow some with your straw then." Santana poked Kailani's cheek and giggled at the smile that emerged. "And don't even think of explaining why that's not the same."
"Well!"
Kailani rolled away from Santana and laughed when the Latina groaned. They darted away from their friend off the bed and soared across the room with a proud smile.
