Channel Surfing

[Madison Andrews]

Maddy was bored. She was supposed to be relaxing between classes and training, but she needed something to distract her from the big bunch of nothing she had do do on a Saturday night. Bored. Bored. Bored. 

If only there was someone she could bother. By behaving the way she usually did. That would be exciting and fun and new in a weird way. Because bothering people was always a different experience. People always reacted in such different ways when Maddy was in one of her moods and today the mood was stretching as far as it could go.

She sat on the couch like a limp doll, her hands relaxed on either side of her, her head laying back against the back of the couch. In one hand she held the remote to the television set in front of her while she flipped from one channel to the nest looking for something to entertain her somehow. Maybe she should've requested to go out tonight... before curfew. Then she could at least have memories of what she'd done that afternoon, but she thought she'd wanted to stay in and relax, maybe go for another swim in the pool, but that had been all for naught. 

So now Maddy was bored, bored, bored. Flipping through a sports channel or five, then there were the drama channels and the kiddie channels, and so on and so forth... Flip, flip, flip...

[Harmony Muller-Barton]

Harmony was also bored. Harmony being bored was usually a bad omen for the general public because it meant she had time to plot another prank or a way to drive her roommates crazy.

Speaking of her roommates, Harmony didn't think she could deal with them just now, so she'd decided to go hang in the lounge for a while. There was usually someone to annoy in there.

Walking into the lounge Harmony saw another girl sitting on the couch and flipping through the channels. She was sure she'd seen the girl around before but couldn't recall her name at the moment. Not that her lack of knowledge meant anything, Harmony didn't really care about most of the student population enough to learn all their names.

She flopped down on one of the other couches, letting out a long, loud sigh of annoyance. "Sheesh," she said, rolling her eyes. "Will you make up your freakin mind?"

[Madison Andrews]

Inwardly, Maddy grinned wickedly. Outwardly, Maddy pasted an innocent smile on her face and looked at the new girl with surprise, letting her hand slip on the remote to "accidentally" turn the volume up a little. Making a show to turn back to the TV to correct the volume she looked from the TV to this new girl with her eyes wide and her mouth open like a goldfish.

She didn't know this girl. She'd seen this girl around, but she mostly dismissed her as the usual insipid crowd. Could this be the cure for her boredom?

Only one way to see.

"You're you!" she exclaimed brightly, "The cure!"

[Harmony Muller-Barton]

Harmony glared as the other girl raised the volume. Really? Did this school have to be filled with complete idiotic freaks? Harmony was definitely one of those people who could dish it out but not take it. She picked on people. She pranked people. But the moment someone was even slightly mean to her she wanted to jump on them and shake them. Especially when they didn't look like they were upset. When they looked like they didn't even realize how annoying they were being.

"What the heck are you talking about?" Harmony asked, raising her voice so that it was well above the volume of the TV.

"Will you lower that, idiot. Jeesh, you're gonna make me deaf." Harmony continued. Ignoring the irony of telling someone to turn down the volume when she was usually the one annoying her roommates with the volume of her music.

[Madison Andrews]

Maddy corrected the volume still keeping her eyes wide and on the girl, smiling benignly. Inside she was cackling. Someone who was used to the tough girl act. Fantastic! She hadn't had to deal with one of those for quite some time.

"You're the cure to my boredom," Maddy said, being completely honest, "Who are you? Have I spoken to you before? My name's Maddy. People say it's a fitting name, but I have no idea why they say that."

All of that was said in nearly one breathe while Maddy turned back to the TV and settle on Animal Planet which was showing some show called "Too Cute!" about baby animals. Today it was fluffy puppies. Maddy liked fluffy puppies. Whether or not it would irritate the girl was completely unrelated to her enjoyment. Though it would be a bonus. 

Down, down, down went the volume until it was barely heard above a whisper. Why not go from one extreme to another? See how she likes that.

[Harmony Muller-Barton]

Harmony rolled her eyes as the other girl started talking. This was why she hated people so much in the school. Stupid talkative people who just sat around waiting for someone else to entertain them. Or course Harmony didn't include herself in this category, even though she was often bored and looking for entertainment too.

"Maybe it's cuz you're mad as a loon," Harmony said, under her breath. It was a phrase she'd heard her mom say before.

Harmony was all set to just ignore the girl, maybe even walk out and find something else to do when Maddy started messing with the volume. Now leaving would seem like loosing.

"Seriously, what the heck is wrong with you? You retarded or something?" Yeah, she knew she wasn't answering the girl's stupid questions. But she didn't feel like being all 'nice to meet you' and friendly just now.

[Madison Andrews]

Maddy cocked her head at the question. Was she retarded or something?

"I thought you wanted the volume turned down," she said blandly, "You should've said when it was down far enough."

Be that as it may, she left the volume where it was and turned her head to watch the fluffy puppies, acting as though she was interested, but keeping an ear open for the irritated girl. This was too easy. She needed someone who was less feisty and more receptive. The girl obviously didn't have the intelligence to realize Maddy was having her on which was really sad.

After all, it meant Maddy would have no problems at all with the girl. Seriously, if the game was too easy then there wouldn't be any fun in it for Maddy and this girl was making it to easy. This nameless girl who Maddy was now going to mentally call Sillyhead. Sillyhead just didn't seem to get a single thing.

[Harmony Muller-Barton]

Harmony growled, actually growled, in frustration. Really? She wondered if she could teleport quick enough to smack the girl before she could even see what was coming. Needless to say Harmony was definitely one who could dish it out, but not take it. So while if the tables had been turned she would be grinning like an idiot, right now she was barely keeping her anger in check.


Harmony got that the girl was messing with her. At least she hoped that someone couldn't seriously be that retarded. But that only made it more infuriating. "Seriously, do we have to watch this crappy crap at a crappy whisper?"

Harmony might like dogs. Even fluffy puppies. But she wasn't going to admit it. Especially to this idiot.

"There has to be something better on," she complained, stomping over to try and take the remote from the girl.