It's Complicated (Alexis)

[Elisia Lark]

Worrying about a friend, a friend who was more like a sister, was one of the most horrible things to deal with. It was always in the back of your mind, it was always brought to your attention when you heard their name and it constantly had you freaking out. It was especially bad when the friend was so far gone that you didn't even recognize them. Elisia could honestly say she had never seen Adrianna this lost and this dark. The older girl had always been so full of life and fun to be around, now she was always locked up in her room listening to sad music that broke Ellie's heart and caused her literal pain due to her power and the emotions behind the music she heard.

The worst thing she knew was that Adrian wasn't dancing anymore. She'd lost the spark that had always driven her to dance. Dance was the outlet of all her pain and now that she wasn't doing it, the pain was being outlet in a different and more harmful way. Adrian hadn't told Elisia, but she'd figured it out on her own and she didn't have anyone to tell. It wasn't like she could just go up to one of her random friends and tell them she was worried about her roommate's safety. She'd been tempted to go to Dr. Neville, but she was afraid it would only create more problems for the mimic.

Ellie was trying not to worry about it now though, not when she was at practice with all of the other girls who knew Adrian. She already knew that some of them were getting suspicious. Stories and gossip flew around way too much in schools and Elisia didn't really like talking about people behind their back. Even if she wasn't saying anything mean. The psychometric stayed close to the back of the room as she stretched, her mind far away.

[Alexis Amaros]

Alexis was running late for rehearsal. She hated being late, but had simply lost track of time. It happened to her a lot, which was weird for a ballet dancer. Alexis had always been told that you had to be very disciplined to dance, but the opposite seemed true for her. She had tried scheduling her life and structure and all that, but she felt like everything suffered when she attempted to stick to a strict routine. She was always so busy thinking about what needed to be done that she had trouble concentrating on what she was doing. So even though she was 5 minutes late to rehearsal and was bound to miss stretching she needed, it could have been worse. The dance club wasn't a classical ballet structure so no one was going to care that much anyway. There were all types of dancers there and everyone worked at their own pace and in their way.

When she got to the room she quickly threw off her sundress to reveal her black leotard underneath and dug through her bag looking for her pointe shoes. She slipped them on quickly and laced up the ribbons.

A quick survey of the room let her know she wasn't the last one there. Adrian was missing...again. Was she late like Alexis or not going to show up again? Alexis moved over to where Adrian's roommate was stretching in the back of the room and plopped down beside her.

"Hey Ellie! Adrian coming today?" She inquired. "She's missed the last couple practices hasn't she? I feel like I haven't seen her in forever!"

As usual the words tumbled out of Alexis' mouth in a haphazard way, too quickly and too perky. Alexis hated when she sounded squeaky like that and clamped her mouth shut, but then realized it was kind of rude to only ask about Adrian when Elisia was the one sitting right in front of her. She felt she had to say more so she opened her mouth back up and let more words tumble out.

"Have you gotten into anything fun lately? I've been busy avoiding homework. We should hang out after practice! I mean, if you're not doing anything."

Sometimes the way Alexis talked it was like a puppy with ADD, she bounced from one thing to another so quickly and could often throw a million questions at you at once.

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[Elisia Lark]

Elisia hadn't been paying much attention to anyone else around her so she missed that Alexis had come in late. It wasn't until the girl was talking in her peppy, overly excited voice that Ellie even realized she was there. And once she had, she attempted a smile to the girl and waved slightly before going back to stretching. Then the question passed through the other girl's mouth and she froze in mid-stretch.

It was obvious that Alexis didn't know anything about Adrian's current state of mind, and Ellie wasn't sure she wanted to tell the girl the full story. Least of all right now. "Uhm, no she's not coming. She's been pretty sick and trying to sort things out with her mother's medical situation." That seemed like a good amount to say. It wasn't a lie, Adrianna had been making herself sick by worrying so much. Ellie had found the girl asleep on the bathroom floor several times in the past few months. And she was always on the phone talking to the nurse, getting irritated with them for not doing more.

It didn't take long for Alexis to continue on though which was good for Elisia. She couldn't get through talking about Adrian for much longer without giving too much away. She smiled again, this time a little easier and shrugged, "Same. I found myself a new dance partner, he's really cute." Talking about Guy was the easiest thing to do. Girls typically latched onto the subject of boy talk. She just hoped that Alexis would as well. "And I agree, we definitely need to hang out." But could she leave Adrian alone for longer?

Ellie just hoped Lani had cleared the place of all sharp objects and was keeping a close watch on her.