Ok ok, it's here.
Once again, same disclaimer, but add Elorrabelle to the list. She may not be tinkerbell, but she's still Elorrabelle!
-grins-
Here we go..
Chapter Five
Switching on the radio in time for the four o’clock news, Hayzie flopped backwards onto her bed, staring up at the ceiling. There were only two hours to go, and as much as she didn’t want to go, an equal amount of her did. After all, how much harm could it do? They were her
friends. It was hardly as though she was wondering into the Forbidden Forest back at school and not knowing what she would be facing, was it?
Though, on that thought, how many times had she faced that situation? This should be a piece of cake. Brushing her hair back into a scruffy ponytail, the blonde could hear the sound of the shower running next door in the bathroom. For a moment, she considered sneaking in and surprising him, but decided against it when her eyes spied the shopping bags she had abandoned on the bedroom floor. Dragging them up onto the bed, as though they weighed as much as the crates of beer Jason generally bought from the supermarket.
Opening the first carrier, from one of the High Street shops, Hayzie’s eyes began to twinkle again. She had to go… after all, it would be a crime to not wear the pair of low slung jeans she had found… and the belt that went with it… and the pink top with glittery straps. Finding another bag, the black stiletto sandals that came out confirmed it. It would be a crime not to wear the outfit for the purpose it had been bought for.
He’s never going to let me loose with his credit card again, Hayzie grinned to herself, standing up and running over to the bathroom.
“C’mon! How long do you take?” the blonde called through teasingly. What she hadn’t expected was Jason to come out of the door and start flicking her with water and bubbles. “No fair!!!” she cried, running for refuge in the bathroom and shutting the door behind her, locking it before Jason could come back in and renew his attack.
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Six o’ clock had struck long before Hayzie and Jason left, walking hand in hand towards the Phoenix Bar. It had such an appropriate name for the meeting that would be happening in its walls that evening, after all, hadn’t Talon owned a Phoenix back at school? Pushing open the door, their hearing was instantly muffled by the sound of loud music and excited chatter. True, it was still early, but the Phoenix was well known for starting nights earlier rather than later. It was the stop for everyone on their way out for the night. Whether Adhara and ‘the gang’ – whoever she had managed to drag along with her – were planning on going further into London after this was beyond her. It would be Hayzie’s first time ever if they were planning on it. Maybe she should call Kim…
However as she reached for her phone, Jason took it off her. “Not calling Kim for a way out already, are you?” he smiled, putting it in his pocket. Rolling her eyes, but smiling sheepishly, Hayzie shook her head.
“’Course not!” she replied, knowing that Jason had caught her red handed. “D’you think they’re here yet?” the blonde asked, looking around the bar for any sign of her old friends. Sure enough, it didn’t take long to spot a head of curly brown hair, the owner of which was looking at a Muggle mobile phone and shaking her head, talking to one of the girls next to her.
Was that… that couldn’t be Amy? Could it? With bright pink hair? A small smile came to Hayzie’s lips. It could
only be Amy, unless Laura had changed a whole lot over the years. As Adhara moved out of the way, the blonde changed her mind quickly. The girl she had been Prefect with for so many years hadn’t changed at all. Her hair was still brown, her eyes a colour between Hayzie’s and Adhara’s, and she was the only one who would wear a baggy sports top to a trendy London bar. Shaking her head and trying to bite back a giggle, the next person who came into sight was a tall blonde headed boy who looked slightly uncomfortable. “For once,” Hayz whispered to herself as she noticed this, watching him take a seat between Amy and Adhara, who had put away the phone and was now sipping on a Blue Lagoon.
Unconsciously, she grasped Jason’s hand a little tighter, to which he squeezed supportively. If he wasn’t there… there was no way she would have done this. She would have carried on with her night, gone round to Kim’s, watched a DVD… not come to the Phoenix bar. Jason lowered his head to her ear, and kissed it gently. “Ready?” he asked in a whisper, to which she nodded. “I’ll wait over here until you tell me otherwise.”
“No!” Hayzie answered quickly, jerkily turning her head to look up at him. “I thought you said you were going to come with me?”
“I’m here, aren’t I?” he asked, letting go of her hand and placing his fingers on her back, gently directing her forwards. “I’ll go get a drink, and be over in a bit, k?” And with that, he walked off, only to feel the glare that was burning a hole into his back.
Shaking her head once more, Hayzie glanced back over to the group who had been joined by yet another girl. Another brunette by the name of Elorra. Though… where were her wings? Taking a deep breath, and knowing it would have to be done, Hayzie began walking over, tripping on her stilettos only once as she neared them, and not once backing away in the slightest.
Putting a smile on her face, and leaning against the bar, Hayz simply smiled. “Hey. Bet ‘cha didn’t expect to see me here, hey?”
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Was the wait worth it? -rereads-
'Til next time!
~Hayley x