{"id":825,"date":"2016-04-08T16:58:43","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T16:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/?p=825"},"modified":"2016-04-08T16:58:43","modified_gmt":"2016-04-08T16:58:43","slug":"timeless-chapter-10-by-sritha-vemuri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waylandmiddleschool.org\/orange_black\/timeless-chapter-10-by-sritha-vemuri\/","title":{"rendered":"Timeless Chapter 10 by Sritha Vemuri"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My body is rigid on the cold ice below me. <\/span>Ice? How did I get here? <\/span><\/i>I think. I watch the blue connected beads float under me. <\/span>They\u2019re working on something but who knows what. \u00a0<\/span><\/i>I think again. They drift off into the air once they have made a spiral of loops. New blue spheres form like babies being hatched and they disappear again like a fly\u2019s life span. You only live once after all. What I am looking at is something thinking. Something amazing like a actual living organism. I can see what it\u2019s thinking. I can almost feel it as well. A bright orange flashes at my closed eyelids and the rays of light fall upon me as I pry my eyes open. I feel soft hands touch my forehead as they remove something once connected to the machine besides me, just like the machine I am still lying in. I look to the side to see a white Grongula happily sleeping. The only white Grongula at the future base. It\u2019s Camilla. Her thoughts don\u2019t seem violent at all. More peaceful in fact. If those were her thoughts in the first place. I sit straight as a hand clasps my shoulder.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWell done.\u201d I hear a voice but I don\u2019t see anyone. I don\u2019t see anything at all. Except blackness.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou followed the procedure and figured out what was going on inside.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWho are you.\u201d I ask as my eyes start to adjust. The woman before me has long hair. Dark brown and has piercing emerald eyes.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI am Khloe. Cathy\u2019s daughter. I will be escorting you to your new room.\u201d The woman says. \u201cWalk with me.\u201d I do as she says and follow her to my new room.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhy do I need a new room?\u201d I ask her. Khloe stares at me and smiles. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAren\u2019t you a curious one.\u201d She says. \u201cWell the real reason we are moving you to this room is so you have more attention when you need it. Also for you to get your mind off things.\u201d I was confused how will a room help you get your mind off things?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat?\u201d I ask her.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWell the room was once a spa so it\u2019s presence just calms you down. And to add on to that you\u2019ll get jasmine herbal tea to drink as soon as we arrive so you can sit back and relax.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s the catch.\u201d I ask. \u201cThere\u2019s always a catch.\u201d Khloe\u2019s emerald eyes gleam in the bright hallway light.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNot today there is.\u201d She says. \u201cJust you and me at the spa all day drinking smoothies. Don\u2019t drink too much though or you\u2019ll have no space for lunch.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLunch?\u201d I ask. \u201cWe\u2019re gonna have lunch?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYep! But that\u2019s a surprise so don\u2019t mention it or I\u2019ll spill.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

We continue to walk down the hallway until we reach a door labeled;<\/span><\/p>\n

BREE SUVIL {SPA RESERVATIONS ONLY} in a brass finish.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHere\u2019s our stop.\u201d Khloe says gleefully. \u201cWanna get mani pedis?\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSure.\u201d I say. \u201cWhat\u2019s a mani pedi?\u201d Khloe gasps horrified. I continue to release her of shock. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy sister\u2019s had one and so has my Mom but I never have.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWell todays your lucky day sister, cause your about to get one.\u201d Khloe rushes in the room. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGals call the nail police cause this girl never had a mani pedi!\u201d Chairs swivel revealing girls with loads of makeup and nail polish applied. Their lips are purse as if holding back. A redhead with lots of pink blush applied and blue nails walks up to me. She fans her face breathing heavily as the other girls surround her.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHow did you survive!?\u201d She screams and the half of the girls faint. \u201cSeriously. How did you?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s so important about a mani pedi?\u201d I ask and the remaining girls faint.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA mani pedi is something that shows off your personality like our clothes but something girly so girls could just strut that thang.\u201d The redhead says in a sassy tone.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWatch it Celia!\u201d Khloe snaps. \u201cDon\u2019t want to make a bad impression on our VIP.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSorry.\u201d The redhead, who\u2019s supposedly Celia mutters.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s get this thing started!\u201d Khloe yells joyfully. Khloe and Celia guide me to a table where they plop me down on a leather black chair.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat happened to your hair gurl?\u201d Celia asks, .<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCelia… \u201c Khloe glares at her.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSorry.\u201d Celia mutters again.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNo it\u2019s fine.\u201d I say. \u201cI cut it with Cathy\u2019s permission. For my sister.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWho\u2019s your sister.\u201d Celia asks.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShut up and work Celes!\u201d Khloe screams. \u201cThat answer is confidential.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSorry.\u201d She mutters again. For some reason when Khloe yells at Celia I just want to punch her in the face. I just want to tell her that I can take care of myself but all she does is treat me like a useless piece of trash.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWell my sister is-\u201d I start.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNONNA YOUR BUSINESS!\u201d Khloe snaps again and drags me out of the room. \u201cSorry Bree, but everything about you currently is confidential and if you tell another soul, especially that spa worker, Celia, everything will fall out of place and do you really want that?\u201d I shake my head in her favor to avoid another lecture.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGood.\u201d Khloe continues. \u201cBecause if you don\u2019t we can always go a level higher.\u201d I am confused by the statement Khloe just mentioned. But if she\u2019s Cathy\u2019s daughter I know something\u2019s coming my way. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFollow me.\u201d Khloe\u2019s voice is high-pitch in a tone of joy, her emerald eyes grow soft and round and her chest rises. I do as told and am leaded to another room with my name on it but a different label; <\/span><\/p>\n

BREE SUVIL {VIP+}<\/span><\/p>\n

~Uranium Fill~<\/span><\/p>\n

What\u2019s that label supposed to mean? I mean \u2018VIP+\u2019 ok\u2026 but \u2018Uranium Fill\u2019… what in the world does that mean? I pat my face to feel it scrunched up. My thinking face. I quickly hide it from Khloe considering thinking hardly wouldn\u2019t be what Khloe expects from me. She expects that I am dumb and don\u2019t know what anything is so I stare dumbfounded at the label. Khloe rolls her eyes at my stare.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI expected more from you Bree Suvil.\u201d She shakes her head. \u201cWell \u2018VIP+\u2019 means that-\u201d I cut her off. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI know what \u2018VIP+\u2019 means <\/span>Khloe<\/span><\/i>. What I don\u2019t understand is what the \u2018Uranium Filling\u2019 means. Does it mean that they are ranking me by metals? Are they stating the room\u2019s filling?\u201d Khloe\u2019s jaw drops.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBoth.\u201d she says. \u201cThey are stating both.\u201d Khloe takes out a tube of light peach lipstick and applies it on. She pats her face.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI guess you\u2019re just lucky for a beginner.\u201d She smirks. She twists around leaving my jaw hanging.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEnjoy your stay.\u201d She yells, not looking back. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOf course I will.\u201d I mutter. \u201cSavage.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I walk inside the room and just like I stated the room is filled with Uranium. I guess that showed Khloe. Was it bad for me to be smart? Would it make Cathy angry? I push away the thoughts and admire the small, lively room. Roses were in bloom growing from vines on the wall\u2019s corners and rhododendrons sprouted from a mini sanctuary to my left. My Mom\u2019s favorites. A mini table with greek engravings bring me back to my Father\u2019s greek roots. It\u2019s like they knew everything about me. Did they?<\/span><\/p>\n

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