Post by khorne on Jun 7, 2011 11:24:20 GMT -5
Gwendolyn Taylor stood in Forks town center, she was near a small water feature in the shadows. She could feel the eyes of the others on this school geography tour of the town, it was a bit of a pointless trip. They were just out here now eating food and some of the jocks were drinking vodka, idiots.
She was still making notes in her new note book. She knew she would never finish her book now. Ever. She looked around to see Mr Mc'aber approaching her, She had had to tell him and he was sworn to keep her secret but now he was trying to convince her to take the treatment and break her families hopes by taking away their money. Now she wasn't going to listen to him and he recognized her expression and decided to leave her alone.
When she looked up again she frowned before she realized what she was looking at was a paintball gun with a laser sight pointed at her head and the teachers were all already down from the weight of fire. Ten jocks armed with high power paintball guns. Six shots hit her and she fell into the fountain, all of her notes were once more ruined as she hit the water, it was really deep she realized as she scrabbled to get purchase on the smooth side to pull herself out
It was 6PM when they arrived back at the school and Gwen was still sopping wet, only an hour previous had she ended up in the lake of Forks' park. She hated the jocks then, and the goths who had pushed her in the second time by accident but still. She shivered as she began to look through her stuff sat on the side walk and she realized that her second copy of her book manuscript was still intact in the front pocket and she felt her heart soar. She would try and get it published she decided.
In the morning she was going to ask her sister, Megan, if she would skip school with her and take Gwen to the publishers in Port Angeles or to Jenks books in Seattle. There she would apply to have her novel published and hopefully it would be so she could leave a standing reminder to her family and let them know everything. She shook her head, she knew she didn't have the talent for it to be published but she had to hope, in that moment she had no hope of living but she did of getting her book to hit the press, even if it was out of sympathy for her dying.
She thought about her father and brother, how only one of them would see her again before she was dead, her brother. he was a good man and a skilled pilot so getting to see him again was rare as even on leave he generally had to work with search and rescue on the coast of La Push and the surrounding area, it meant she missed him even more even though she had never been close to her brother. The same could not be said about her father, they were almost as close as she was with Megan. They were not all that different though, her father had been bullied but now he was a big shot in the army, he was headed towards Lieutenant because of his skills as a bomb disposal expert and a general soldier.
Gwen had very few things she could viable do that she wanted to do before she died and one of the few viable things was happening next month, she was getting to meet Corey Taylor and the rest of Stone sour, a band she adored. She was getting that thanks to her father and step mother who had worked together to get her that privilege as Carla had recognized something was up. It was her and Meg going to see him and the band and get a private gig. It was only going to be an hour of music but still, then they were getting 2 hours with the band, getting to eat with them and stuff. It was a dream come true for Gwen. She had always wanted to meet Corey as long as she could remember.
She was still making notes in her new note book. She knew she would never finish her book now. Ever. She looked around to see Mr Mc'aber approaching her, She had had to tell him and he was sworn to keep her secret but now he was trying to convince her to take the treatment and break her families hopes by taking away their money. Now she wasn't going to listen to him and he recognized her expression and decided to leave her alone.
When she looked up again she frowned before she realized what she was looking at was a paintball gun with a laser sight pointed at her head and the teachers were all already down from the weight of fire. Ten jocks armed with high power paintball guns. Six shots hit her and she fell into the fountain, all of her notes were once more ruined as she hit the water, it was really deep she realized as she scrabbled to get purchase on the smooth side to pull herself out
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It was 6PM when they arrived back at the school and Gwen was still sopping wet, only an hour previous had she ended up in the lake of Forks' park. She hated the jocks then, and the goths who had pushed her in the second time by accident but still. She shivered as she began to look through her stuff sat on the side walk and she realized that her second copy of her book manuscript was still intact in the front pocket and she felt her heart soar. She would try and get it published she decided.
In the morning she was going to ask her sister, Megan, if she would skip school with her and take Gwen to the publishers in Port Angeles or to Jenks books in Seattle. There she would apply to have her novel published and hopefully it would be so she could leave a standing reminder to her family and let them know everything. She shook her head, she knew she didn't have the talent for it to be published but she had to hope, in that moment she had no hope of living but she did of getting her book to hit the press, even if it was out of sympathy for her dying.
She thought about her father and brother, how only one of them would see her again before she was dead, her brother. he was a good man and a skilled pilot so getting to see him again was rare as even on leave he generally had to work with search and rescue on the coast of La Push and the surrounding area, it meant she missed him even more even though she had never been close to her brother. The same could not be said about her father, they were almost as close as she was with Megan. They were not all that different though, her father had been bullied but now he was a big shot in the army, he was headed towards Lieutenant because of his skills as a bomb disposal expert and a general soldier.
Gwen had very few things she could viable do that she wanted to do before she died and one of the few viable things was happening next month, she was getting to meet Corey Taylor and the rest of Stone sour, a band she adored. She was getting that thanks to her father and step mother who had worked together to get her that privilege as Carla had recognized something was up. It was her and Meg going to see him and the band and get a private gig. It was only going to be an hour of music but still, then they were getting 2 hours with the band, getting to eat with them and stuff. It was a dream come true for Gwen. She had always wanted to meet Corey as long as she could remember.