The Crow & The Butterfly [Sean]
Jan 10, 2011 18:23:24 GMT -5
Post by L.C. Milliner on Jan 10, 2011 18:23:24 GMT -5
How long had she been here?
L.C. fell on her bed and thought about it, staring at the ceiling in silence. It was only supposed to be a few days. She was supposed to stay with Sean until a dorm arrangement had been made. But no one wanted her in their dorms- in fact, her one attempt to move in had been met with a locked door and a considerable amount of property damage. But she should’ve been out by now. The days had stretched into weeks, and then months, and now it was obvious: she was living with her psychologist.
...In the media, that would be considered dramatic. Promiscuous, even. People wrote romance novels about that crap. But to L.C. it wasn’t anything like that- it was just irksome on occasion. She never had anyone cook for her before, she never had a bedtime, and she never even had to do her homework if she didn’t want. But now, she went to bed at ten on school nights, was required to get up when she was told, and she did her homework when she was told. The biggest act of rebellion from her had been when she had dyed her hair in his sink and stained it, and she ended up scrubbing it out with bleach. Besides that, she was fine- obedient, even. She stayed out of Sean’s way and made little bits of conversation, but otherwise she kept to herself. Was this what most teenagers were like with their parents?
When Sean’s friend had moved in, she had even stayed away from him as well. In her mind, she figured the injured man did not need to be near the girl who could grow spikes. She had left him alone and never asked why he was there. She merely looked upon it, speculated, and went on with her life. Sometimes Sean would give her pocket money to go to town with. On those occasions, she’d keep it and go somewhere, usually to church. She sat in cathedrals a lot. She went to see Ginny on weekends. She hung out in a café or two. She wandered. It was better than staying home in silence.
L.C. realized she was dozing off and stood up. She couldn’t sleep without her medication. She went to the adjoining bathroom and bypassed the mounting pile of dirty clothes in the corner, reaching out grab her pill bottle. It was the orange kind with a white childproof cap and it had her name on it. Fancy stuff, if she said so herself. There was one capsule left over. She would remind Sean when she woke up tomorrow that she needed to stop by the pharmacy again.
Yeah, some girls her age took birth control pills. L.C. took tranquilizers.
She snorted at her thought and opened the bottle, tipping it so the pill would slide into her hand. It did, but it bounced off, much to her surprise, and fell into the sink. She yelped and dropped the bottle, grabbing for the tablet, but as she reached, it fell into the drain.
“FUCK!” She yelled, looking down into the drain before smacking her palm on the sink. “FUCK, FUCK, FUCK! GODDAMMIT!” She looked down the sink again, moving out of the light, but she didn’t see the pill. She looked to the bottle, laying on the counter. Only three things were on her mind.
One: she had dropped her last sleeping pill down the drain.
Two: the pharmacy was not open 24 hours.
Three: It was ten-o-clock.
The girl stood and stared into the sink, mouth agape. She forgot to breathe for a moment, then started to gulp air like a fish. She sunk to her knees and began to hit her head lightly on the edge of the counter, a hollow ‘thunk’ resounding with each collision. She couldn’t sleep without them, but she had to sleep. Maybe she wouldn’t have nightmares. Maybe they’d all be gone since she hadn’t been having them for so long.
Yeah, and maybe she was secretly a fairy freaking princess.
L.C. sighed and stood, looking down into the sink. She scratched the back of her neck. “Shit.”