The One That's Ice Cold

Chapter 5

Finally they went over the intercom and told us that it was time for us to head back to our rooms. Two of the girls were already in the room asleep and two more came in. A blonde haired girl and a dark headed girl. From what I've overhead I think the blonde one is Kendall and the dark haired girl is Cass. I've seen them come in and out of the room throughout the day and I could hear them talking at dinner. I didn't really know them, but I had observed their behavior. Kendall was more on the quiet side, she'd sigh a lot and would only join a conversation when Cass brought her up or asked her a question. Cass talked a lot and laughed a little too loud, but it didn't really bother me. 

Cass already had pajamas on and went straight to bed, but Kendall grabbed her bag and went straight to the bathroom. I realized that I hadn't showered and I currently had my leg bandaged. I got an outfit together with some other things and went to the bathroom. I hadn't came in the bathroom all day and it was more than just some toilets and sinks. There were three showers, a few closets, and soap. I'm not just talking hand soap, I'm talking body wash, shampoo, and conditioner. After I got excited over the bathroom being nice I caught Kendall while she was washing her makeup off before her shower. "Kendall, right?" she looked up like I had startled her, I don't think she heard me come in. "Yes and I'm sorry that I don't have any idea what your name is." she proceeded to wipe her face with a towel. "Thats okay, I just got here today. I wouldn't expect anyone to know who I am. Anyway, I'm Liz."she looked up at me. "I haven't been here that long, but its felt like a long time with Cass following me like a puppy."she just sighed and I gave her a confused look. "Don't take that the wrong way, shes really sweet, she just likes to talk a lot." I nodded because I knew what she meant by that. I had only seen Cass a few times today, but those few times that I saw her she was talking. A lot.

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It was hard to fall asleep because I was thinking of all the things that had went on throughout the day. I wondered about my sister, but I didn't try to text her because I'm sure that they didn't let her keep her phone after her little breakdown. You know it didn't really make sense how different her and I were. She was so sensitive and when she was sad, she got really sad. When she was happy, she was super happy. Its hard for me to show my feelings, it was like Im just ice cold. You see what I did there? Im also confused on how Ice came from fire and nature, but Im not going to ask anyone because after this confusing day full of me asking questions, i'll just take a break from that and try to figure things out on my own. I've kinda done that, I guess. I knew Cass and Kendalls name without asking anyone.

This all felt so unreal, as if I was dreaming almost. Unlike summer camps kids my age were sent to this one has nice bathrooms, air conditioning, and oh could I forget, kids with special abilities. 

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The next morning I woke to the sound of girls laughing. I had no clue what time it was, but all I knew was that there was quite a bit of noise coming from the cafeteria room so I got up and went out there. I didn't think about it before going, but I was still in my pajamas, luckily everyone else was too. Everyone was eating breakfast and talking. I saw James sitting at the end of the table reading a book. "Good morning" he said before I could even speak. I hadn't even sat all the way down yet. "Good morning James. Did you sleep well?" He put his bookmark in between the pages and shut the book and looked up at me. "Considering the boys in the room with me stayed up till 2am playing video games, I'd have to say I did not." I could see the bags under his eyes from the lack of sleep. "I'm sorry about that." I said looking at the title of the book he was reading. It was a poetry book. James was attractive for sure. He was smart, kind, and he was actually nice to me. I'm not one to have crushes a lot but boy oh boy I already knew this one would be bad. He wouldn't like me. There's like 4 other girls here and there much prettier than I am.