Project Cryogen

Chapter 6: Tara Freakin Hazel

Chapter 6: Tara Freakin Hazel

"RAFAEL, WILL YOU PLEASE SHUT THAT DAMN THING OFF!!" I screamed at him after his alarm went off for what seemed like the fiftieth time. Why does this kid even need to wake up at five thirty in the morning any way, the meeting thing isn't even till like seven thirty? "I MEAN IT! IF YOU DON'T SHUT THAT DAMN THING OFF I. AM. GOING. TO. KILL. YOU!" I yelled again, shoving the pillow over my head trying to block out that wretched sound.

Oh, finally some peace and quiet, "I'm so sorry Fin, I'm a heavy sleeper," Rafael guiltily told me.

"Boy so help me, if you don't let me get back to sleep I will shave off both of your eyebrows and cut off all the hair atop your head!" I replied.

"Ok, ok, I'm out," he said as he walked out the door with his clothes, ready for a shower, "princess needs some more beauty sleep, damn," he mumbled under his breath, I am so going to get him back, but first sleep, oh glorious sleep.

After waking back up at seven, when my alarm went off, I felt very refreshed, Rafael just looked at me with a questioning look as if to say, 'Are you going to rip my head off if I speak to you?'

"No Rafael I am no longer harboring threats against you," I answered with a sugary sweet smile, "But, if you wake me up before seven EVER again I might have to go through with some of those threats," I said with a wink, "Oh, and make sure the door is all the way closed when you are muttering things about people, princess."

He just looked at me slack jawed, "Sorry Fin, I will be quieter in the future."

"I'm sure you will," I replied as I began to get ready. I decided to put my hair in a side braid and tied it off with a scrunchie, and picked out, yep you guessed it, another black tank top and some athletic shorts. "I'm going to go get dressed and then I will be back, so we can go to breakfast, yeah?" I asked.

"Yeah sure," He answered, "Because I don't mind waitin' on a woman," he sang in a lousy faux country singing voice.

I walked down to the bathroom and ran into the wicked witch of the west, none other than Tara Hazel, "Oh, Tara, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to run in to you, I didn't see you," I said as I reached down to grab all the things we dropped.

"Whatever," she replied in a snarky tone. I wonder what crawled up her butt this morning. I finished picking up all my stuff and went into a stall to change for the day.

After I changed and brushed my teeth I headed back to my room. As I walked back in through the door Rafael was doing another one of his famous singing performances, while in the process of gelling his hair. He was singing into my brush and dancing in front of the mirror singing 'It's Raining Men', he must have been playing music from his watch because I don't see a radio or anything.

"Boy do I wish that I had my camera right about now, because this would have won us first place on Americas Funniest Home Videos," I all but laughed, scaring Rafael out of his skin.

"Now didn't your mama ever teach you that its impolite to sneak up on people?" Rafael replied.

"No, she taught me that if you ever sneak up on somebody, you better scare the living snot out of them," I answered, "Ready to go?" I asked as I put back on my watch.

"Yeah let's go, do you know how to get there?" He asked.

"Nope, just let me pull up the map real quick," I responded, "It says we need to go down to the end of the hall, take a right, then go down a third of the way and take another right, and then we should be there," and off we went. We walked in a comfortable silence all the way to the cafeteria.