All Hail The Online Queen: Game start

Sorry I Was Gone

I groaned as I opened my eyes to a white ceiling with bright lights shining down on me. I sat up slowly and looked around seeing as i was in a hospital room, Mrs. Garcia sitting in the chair next to me, asleep. I lightly shook her awake, being careful not to disturb her too much.

"Umm, wh-where's my mom?"

"Oh, Hun, you know where she is don't you?"

Tears formed in my eyes as I remembered what had happened yesterday. Mrs. Garcia lightly patted my back as I started crying.

"Um, where is my game stuff, I need to get on.... please, I want to get my mind off of this..."

"Eh? You sure? If you need to cry just let it out right now..."

"I'm sure, and its okay. I'll be alright... maybe not right now... but I'll be fine eventually... right?"

I wiped away my tears and looked at Mrs. Garcia, who was staring at me worried. She turned away from me and sighed, then hugged me tightly.

"Your gaming stuff is still in your room at your house, lets get you home. I'm going to be staying at your house until I know you're okay, mentally and physically. Okay?"

"Alrighty, well let's go, yeah?"

She stood up and grabbed my cheeks. Looking in my eyes, looking for some sort of sign of depression, suspiciously. She turned towards the door, opening it.

"You have clothes in the bag on the chair, get dressed then meet me in the lobby. I'll call a taxi around."

She sighed and shut the door, leaving me alone in the room to get dressed. I slowly stood up and got dressed. I walked over to the balcony and looked outside at the sunset ahead of me, the wind blowing through my hair. I felt a small wetness on my cheek and realized i was crying, I wiped my tears then walked out of the hospital room. I made my way down to the lobby where Mrs. Garcia was waiting for me with a taxi.

"Ready to go?"

"As ready as before..."

I sighed and climbed into the taxi, followed by Mrs. Garcia. As we drove out of the hospital and on the freeway I stared longingly at the moon and stars, slowly drifting back to sleep. As I dreamed I saw a teen boy, smiling kindly at me. He had brown hair, hazel eyes, olive skin, somewhat pink lips, he looked about six feet and four inches tall. Then he opened his mouth and started speaking with the most handsome, deep, alluring voice.

"Hello, Selin, are you really okay? Tell me what the problem is, I know you had problems before your mom died."

"I'm okay."

"No, you're not."

"Yes, I am..."

"No, you're not, I know you're not. Neither am I though."

"Whatever, just let me wake up... I wanna play my games... I don't want to remember any of this."

"Alright, I'm always here if you need me. Just call me in here if you need someone to talk to."

Everything started to fade into a blur and I felt myself starting to wake up.

"Wait! I don't even know your name! Who are you?!"

I shot up in the taxi as we pulled up into the drive way of my house.  Mrs. Garcia looked at me shocked.

"Are you okay? What's wrong?"

I looked down and rubbed my eyes, noticing i had started crying, and sighed.

"Nothing, I'm fine. I promise."

I stepped out of the taxi and went straight to my room, after walking into the house. I immediately started setting up my head gear to play Realm of the Lords. Mrs. Garcia walked in my room looking concerned.

"Is there anything you'd like to eat? You were asleep for three days after all..."

"No, I'm not really hungry.... did you just say... three days? Shit! I'm late, really late. I hope they aren't angry..."

"Eh? who? Why would someone be angry?"

"It's nothing, just some people I teamed up with last time I played. I gotta meet up with them.. I'll be back in a few hours."

I quickly put on my gear and started playing the game after laying down on my bed. The sounds from the game played as I loaded into the game. I opened my eyes on my bed in the inn, and immediately put my armor on and checked my stats making sure everything was the same as before. Everything was the same so i went out of the room and knocked on Brandon's door, he didn't answer so I decided to run over to Ryan's house, I knocked on Ryan's door and the door creaked open. I decided to walk in and walked over to the training area where i heard voices, calling for him.

"Ryan! You here?"

I walked into the training center to see Ryan and Brandon training with each other, Brandon was really good, almost as good as Charlie and Thia combined. I stood there watching them practice, in silent awe as they sparred each other. The sound of metal clanking against metal, sharp breaths and quick footsteps resonated throughout the training area and into my ears.

"Amazing, aren't they?"

I jumped and turned towards the person who'd spoken to me. She was a pale skinned girl, with bleached hair that was cut in a cute pixie cut, she had bright green eyes and bright pink lips. She was wearing lightweight jade armor that had gold lotus flowers carved into it. 

"Y-Yes, they are... but now I have to explain to them why I'm three days late to us meeting somewhere..."

"Ahhh, good luck with that. Also, um, what's your name?"

She smiled and laughed, leaning her weight onto one of her legs. I giggled and smiled, scratching the back of my head.

"My name is Queen, what about you?"

"Nice, mine is Ray. How are you doing?"

"Nice, and I'm okay I guess. What about you?"

"Ehh, I'm okay. I just wish Ryan would take a break from swords every now and then."

She grinned and sat down on a bench to watch them as we spoke. I sat down next to her, being sure not to sit too close for comfort. She chuckled and watched, looking somewhat sad as her eyes followed Ryan who was running still sparring with Brandon.

"So, I take it you and Ryan are a thing? At least thats the vibe I'm getting front he way you look at him."

"Eh? Oh, um, in a way... it's kind of complicated honestly... what about you and Brandon, him and Ryan wouldn't stop talking about your sword talents and stuff."

"Oh, no, we're not together. He's way too old for me anyway, and it seems like he already has someone special to him."

"Oh, hmm, makes sense. Do you have someone you like?"

"Not really..."

I blushed and looked away because the as soon as she asked that the face of one of my friends popped into my head. It kind of confused me, I hadn't thought of him that way because I mean, he was dating an old friend of mine; and dating a friends boyfriend is just something you don't do.

"Hmmm? What was that blush about? So there is someone?"

She looked at me suspiciously and smirked. I just looked down and twiddled my thumbs.

"Yeah, but he's off-limits... he's dating my friend... and he's one of my friends, so we end up being near each other and talking to each other all the time."

"Oh.... Sorry about that, hun. But remember there's always exceptions when it comes to dating and friendship."

"Yeah right. We'll see...  I guess... whatever happens happens, right?"

I stood up as the boys finished practicing, and walked over to them. 

"Hi.... sorry I was gone..."