Three Times is Enemy Action (NaNoWriMo 2013)

Ch 7: Self-Five!

Ch 7: Self-Five!

I wake up the next morning feeling blissfully happy. I roll around in my warm bed, with its fluffy pillows, warm sheets, and general awesomeness as my only company. I turn from facing my window to facing my desktop, to see what time my alarm says. All of a sudden, I am jolted awake by the sight that greets me. On my computer chair, leaning dangerously over my bed is a figure. I am horrified by this figures close presence, and the fact that the figure got into my room without waking me up. Then, this figure opens it’s mouth and says horrible dreaded words. “Spill girl! Tell Lana dearest all the dirty details. Was he as awesome as I believed? with a body like that, mmm mmm, how could he not be skilled. Was it romantic? Did you get there alright? Did he offer you his jacket when it got really cold? How did the kiss happen, you said it was perfect but I want details honey...oh, and how did he react to your news about Baseball Cap Guy?” I think she literally just asked me every question possible, and I think she somehow did it in one breath. “First of all, his villain name is Scarface, not Baseball Cap Guy, I mean, really. And second of all, Sebastian was … perfect and sweet and talented and he took the news… as well as could be expected.” She nodded her head in understanding, and I could tell that she cared about this fact, but I knew Lana, and I knew that her mind was focused elsewhere, namely on my love life. After a few seconds of casual silence, Lana raises her eyebrow as if to say, go on, I want the details. And I just spilled everything. It was disgusting, really, how all the details just spilled out of my mouth.

I told her about my challenge in getting out of the house and to the park, I told her how cold it was outside, I told her about how I had made a fool of myself when I first got there, and I told her about Sebastian. I told her about how we sat on the swings and how he held my hand. I told her about his reaction to my accusation and my reaction to his thoughts. I told her about how I felt safer knowing that we were in this together and I told her about how we kissed. I told her about the magic that I felt in the air, and how the stars had never seemed brighter. I told her about how his lips on mine felt perfect and I told her about how I initiated the second kiss. Then, I told her about our date.

She squealed so loud, I wondered at how my windows didn't break, or how my dad hadn't rushed into the room, guns blazing, to see about what had happened to his baby girl. “OH MY GOD! Bash Henry just asked you out on a date! Do you know how spectacular this is, according to my sources, he never dates anyone, not that the female population hasn't tried. I just can’t believe it. You were so bold, you’re never that courageous. And can you believe, this is the first time that we have both been dating people at the same time. We can go on double dates. It’s perfect because we’re both best friends…” I cut her off here. She hadn't told me about this development. “Lana, wait, when did Duke as you out. I thought you were still in your predator phase.” She answers my question with a graceful flip of her golden hair. “Well, I was all for stalking him, and normally, guys take a couple days to catch on to my attention, but Duke picked up on it right away. He called me last night, after I got home, to ask me what I was doing tomorrow, and my day was conveniently free, so…” She trailed off, leaving me to fill in the blanks. I was so happy for her, I knew that Duke was going to be good for her, I had called it from the beginning. I expressed my sentiments to her, and she responded with a grateful smile.

Being one of so many children, Lana had always felt unimportant, like she was just part of a matching set; nothing she did ever stood out, and that manifested itself in two parts. One part is that she finds it hard to make close relationships( like me), but her reasons are vastly different. Lana fears being second best in people’s eyes, so instead, she just stays out of everyone’s line of sight when it comes to the “closeness” scale. The second manifestation is her need for attention. Lana tries to compensate for her lack of recognition at home by being notorious to everyone else, especially boys. She goes through so many boys because they make her feel wanted and important, and I don’t judge her for her choices. We all have our problems, and to be in a relationship with someone, no matter what kind of relationship it is, means that you accept all the baggage that a person comes with. Lana accepted my baggage as readily as I accepted hers, but we both, up until lately, have been unable or unwilling to share that baggage with others. Now that she has Duke, someone who is just as notorious as she is, as well as being able to deal with her eccentricities, made him a prime candidate as someone that Lana can open herself up to. When Lana started her challenge in the hospital, Duke accepted and has basically won--not that I would tell Lana that-- and it is because of that that Lana feels she can open herself up to him.