un-named//Trae

[aliciamusa]

I walked around hoping to find any sign of Trae. Me and her are sorta Different. But you know what they say Opposites attract. I think that's why I am friends with the 20 year old. Sometime I wish she was my age. Maybe it is a good thing she is older than me. Maybe she can do something about my mom. Maybe I want her to but than again I don't want her too. I decide to sit on the bench and wait. Well If she even comes to say hi.

[night]

Trae's strides were fast and long, bordering on those of a slow jog. She was taking the long way home so as to avoid her twin, Taiya. The pair had gotten in a bit of a fight earlier in the day, and though she was attempting to avoid her sister, she also wanted to try and beat her home -- which, she figured, she could if she walked quickly, for her sister was sickly and walked pretty slow. But someone caught her eye, Nightshade, "Hey!" Trae greeted, waving her hand high from across the crowded pathway. She began to push her way through the crowd. "Hey, how are you? I haven't seen you in ages! What's been going on?" She said, excitedly. Trae had always been one of those people, always up for socializing.

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[aliciamusa]

I turned around with a smile on my face. It was because I heard her voice well I heard Trae's voice. "I know I have missed talking to you, And I have been well meh. How have you been?" I looked at her. She is nothing like her sister who looks sickly. I hated the sight of seeing her sister during that time which nowadays was everyday. I keep my smile on my face as I waited for her to say something.

[night]

Trae frowned. Meh. She felt Meh. Trae wasn't completely sure of what that meant, "What does that mean? Anything I can do?" She asked, figuring maybe she could take her younger friend out for a small meal -- no, she couldn't afford that, Ma wanted the money for a new medicine for Taiya. She could simply share one of the stolen apples in her bag with Nightshade. That's all she could afford. Maybe half of one, at that! "I've been well," Trae murmured, waving to another of her friends across the street and grinning before they went on their way, "My sister's been a little sick lately, but she came to work today. So that's good. But those Peacekeepers! They won't let me catch a break these days." She smiled, shook her head and laughed. They'd been watching her ever since she was small, and proved to be a large troublemaker.

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[aliciamusa]

Her sister went to work that's fantastic. Her sister didn't even leave the house let alone go to work. I was happy for her. I gave her a warming smile before I explained what "Meh" meant. "Meh is just eh with a m in front of it. It's just like saying eh. Oh and I'm happy for you and your sister. Well for her getting out of the house. She needs that." I gave her a big happy smile.

[night]

Trae grinned, sitting down next to her friend and swinging her legs out in front of her when she did, as happy and childlike as always. "Well, I figured that. I mean, why is everything so meh?" She asked, and then shrugged at her friend's comment about Taiya -- in truth, her twin shouldn't have been out today at all. She was still a little too weak. "Yeah, I guess. We almost got in trouble, though. You're probably not old enough to remember but I had one of those big public whippings when I was seventeen." Trae had always been very open, and it was only just a plus that she got attention in turn. "So I was a little worried, you know?"

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[aliciamusa]

I was only 4 years younger than her but the day that she got beaten I was probably in my house having my own beating time. I look at her and try to smile. "Yea I might not have seen it because I might have been home getting beaten myself. So yea" I keep trying to smile but I know I can't. Thinking about my mom beating me just makes me sad.

[night]

Trae's dark brows pulled together in concern, her lips pulling down into a frown. "Are you talking about your mother?" She asked quietly. On most occasions, Trae preferred to ignore all problems until they simply went away, but it seemed that now she wouldn't be able to avoid this particular problem. She almost, rather selfishly, wished that she hadn't mentioned the initial public whipping in the first place. "You don't have to tell me, but if you ever need anything, feel free to find me."

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[aliciamusa]

I was talking about my mom. She was mean and she thought I was the reason my dad died. No I wasn't even near him when he died. I wanted to hurt my mom for thinking that. She was the worst mom ever and she knew it. I just wanted to strangel her. "Yea I was talking about my mom."

"You don't have to tell me, but if you ever need anything, feel free to find me." I did need something. A place to stay so I was away from my mom forever. She hated me and if she did I never wanted to see her again. Most people who had parents that hated them they went into the games to get away. Well after my dream I keep thinking I was going to go in. I smiled at Trea and just simply said, "I'll keep that in mind."