A Girl Called Tempest

Rule One: Don't Let Them Call You Beautiful

"Hey, beautiful." A deep, kind, but definently male voice in my ear. I whimper and squirm trying to escape. I open my eyelides to the morning dew on my eyelashes. I blink and I'm in the same park as I was last night. Did I...Did I sleep here all night? I turn and there's Jay, smiling and looking completely egsausted.

"Did you sleep at all?" 

"A little bit I didn't want to wake you up so I just gave you my jacket and...made sure you didn't get cold."

I notice he's holding me, head pressed to his heartbeat, body cradled in his arms and legs. I place my hand gently on his chest and feel his heart beat, he shivers and looks away. 

"Sorry." I withdraw my hand.

"It's fine." His voice is flat and void of emotion. 

"I'm gonna go." I stand up and he stands with me.

"So, look I know that we just met and everything but can you like, not talk to me ?"

I stare at him and his cold voice. Anger and shame pour through my system and my cheeks go red and my eyes are dripping.

"Oh no please don't cry it's just. I don't really-" SMACK, his head snaps to the left as I back hand him as hard as I can.

"What...the fuck is wrong with you!" I scream, "Don't say shit like you did last night if you were planning to treat me like this!"

"Temp, look-"

"Shut up." I hiss, my fist trembling, "Fine I'll leave you alone but I want you to stick to that promise too."

"Tempest! Don't do this!"

"Why not? This is what you wanted isn't it?"

I storm away from him, his cheek red and starting to bruise. This is what I get. This is what happens when I let a boy call me beautiful. My hand is bruising. I whip away tears, I make them stop. He's not worth it, no man is. When I walk into the hotel room I knocked across the room by a small blonde streak. 

"I WAS SO WORRIED!!" 

"Ley it's fine, I'm fine."

A boy stands up from the edge of the bed, I stiffen as a tall, wirery boy with aqua eyes and black shaggie hair. 

"Hey, I'm Spark." 

"Tempest." 

We shake hands and after a long, drawn out, silence he says he needs to leave. Ley hugs him and he smiles over her head.

After he left I'm put throught the wrangler by Ley.

"You're not lying? I hope you're not."

"Why would I make it up?"

"True, true. Did you really slap him?"

"Yeah..." I bury my face in my hands and groan.

"Go take a shower and get changed, we are going out today."

"Yes boss."

"Dress nice today."

"Fine." My voice complete mono-toned.

After a shower, I'm back to my usual sassy, confusing self. It's going to be windy today so I slip into thick, ankle length leggings and DC's. A deadmau5 t-shirt and a black sweeter will do. My stamina is low today so I add eyeliner and my percings to my appearence. I grin at myself and braid my hair into two pigtails. The last thing is my black irish cap and I fix it on without difficulty.

"I'm ready!" I shout into the bedroom.

"Wow! I've forgotten how loud you can be."

"Is that because it turns you on?" I stare at her face and realise what I just said, "I mean uh um-"

She cracks up rolling on the floor in a fit of giggles.

"Shut up!"

Fifteen minutes later we walk out of the hotel and into the cloudy day. 

"Where are we going?" 

"Comicon of course!" 

"ugh fine."

I step inside and I'm already completely lost! This place is huge! So what do I do? I wander.

"Hey are these doctore who shirts on sale?"

"Yeah." replide the acne stained teenager in a monotone.

"Are you dead?"

"Excuse me?"

A bout of laughter from behind me made me jump five feet in the air.

I glance behind me to see Jay, a girl wrapped around his arm, her perfect face smiling up at him. I rolled my eyes and turned away.

"Thanks." I paid for the t-shirts and gave the kid my sassiest grin, I laughed when he went blood red. I have rules for men, play and be done but never let your heart get in the picture.

"Tempest!" I look to see Fay smiling and waving at me with one hand while holding hands with Spark.

"Disgusting." One of the girl practicly shouts to anouther, "Who the hell is she?" 

"I don't know." Says the other, "but she's bad news for Spark. I bet she has daddy problems dressing like that."

I whip around and see the girl stuck to Jay laugh with others, Jay was aughing too. I began to giggle at them.

THey stopped and stared at me as my fit continued tears coming to my eyes.

"Find something funny?"

"I was just wondering," I glare at them and they shrink away, "if you were finished yet." SLAP.

The closest girl slaps me and my head snaps to the left. A little blood trickles out of the corner of my mouth,  I whip it away. Dam this girl is strong.

"Is that all you've got?" I look her straight in the eyes. SMACK. Wow, I never knew how much being backhanded hurt. More blood but I whip it away.

"You hit like my fucking grandma." I spit back.

She raises her clentched fist to hit me again.

"Amelia stop it." Barks Jay.

"Oh no please don't egsaust yourself there's no need. YOu certainly didn't give a shit when they talked shit about my best friend." I glare at him before turning around, "see yah around bitches."

Five minutes later I hear someone call my name.

"Temp! Wait up!" I turn around and face Jay.

"Look I'm sorry but-"

"But what? They were just kidding? I wasn't bud. You told me to leave you alone and I did. I didn't come after you and I stepped in because I don't let people talk shit about Ley. I want you to hold up your end of the promise." 

"Temp please let me look at your mouth, you were bleeding." He reaches out for me and I smack his hand away.

"Don't touch me!" I dogde away from him as a grown man steps in.

"Everything okay here?"

"I want him to leave me alone and he followed me." 

"Tempest!" He calls after me as I storm away.

"Hey kid just let her go, she doesn't want you." 

"Temp! Temp please!" I leave him in my dust. I'm doing exactly what I promised, leaving him alone. 

Forty-five minutes laters I'm back to normal. 

"Hey can I buy this?" I pointed to the starwars lightsaber.

"Tempest!" I turn to see Fay running towards me.

"Whats wrong."

"Huge storm coming we need to get back to the hotel now!"

"Okay hang on let me just buy this!"

Five minutes later we're running through the thunder and lightning to the hotel. Oh god I hate storms! 

That night I have nightmare after nightmare, I feel myself slipping away to that dark place.