Outside the hedge maze...at 2 am

by **Haley Crusek** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 11:47 am

Haley shivered in her light jacket, wiping the tears from her face as she walked around the gardens, her arms hugging her chest. She woke up screaming again, another terrible nightmare, and her roommate stalked out of the room while she sat in bed crying.

Bitch...thinks she's so perfect...her gorgeous hair, and ridiculous body, and her perfect at everything...ness....

She'd wanted nothing more than to just get out of her room where nothing but nightmares waited for her, so she popped open her window and floated herself down to the ground so she could take a walk and not be bothered by anyone...or bother anyone else apparently. She finally stopped her walk outside the entrance to the hedge maze, a small grove of trees surrounding a brick patio with several benches. The moon was somewhat bright, so it had an eerie beauty to it as she took a seat and let herself finish sniffling the tears away, pulling her knees up to her chest and resting her chin on them.

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by **Narrator** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 11:51 am

There's a faint buzzing in the air coming from inside the maze, slowly growing louder.

by **Haley Crusek** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 11:55 am

....the hell?

Haley froze, a much different kind of shiver running down her spine, her eyes glued on the entrance to the hedge maze.

Shit...shit...shit...why didn't I just stay in my room...

by **Teri Napliotis** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 12:00 pm

"Somebody there. Wonder what the hedges taste like. Should be asleep. The air tastes salty. Who cares. See what's wrong. Hide in the maze. Moon's pretty tonight.

The buzzing carried with it the whispering of voices. At least it seemed that way, echoing in Haley's head. And then suddenly a stream of locust rushes from the maze and swirls around and around over the grass.

by **Haley Crusek** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 12:43 pm

Haley watched the bugs with more fascination than terror as they swarmed out of the maze.

What the hell...can I hear bugs now?

by **Teri Napliotis** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 12:47 pm

The swarm keeps dancing for a while, slowly collapsing into a more and more dense cloud until they all kind of blur together into a short black-haired woman in a light summer-dress.

"Hi. Hope we didn't scare you too much..." she smiles faintly.

The whispering voices are still faintly audible if Haley listens though they seem a little more muted now.

by **Haley Crusek** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 12:51 pm

Haley breathed a gigantic sigh of relief. Just a fellow mutant.

"It's okay...had kind of a rough night so I'm scaring easily," she said shyly. "Are you one of the university students?"

by **Teri Napliotis** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 12:55 pm

"We are." she nods. "We heard you crying. Are you okay?" she goes on, walking over to Haley.

by **Haley Crusek** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 12:59 pm

We...oh...all the bugs?...

"Yeah...my roommate is a heinous bitch, and this new school gives me really bad nightmares. I dunno what it is. Old houses or something..."

by **Teri Napliotis** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 1:04 pm

"That sucks... We miss our home too, but it's much better here. Why don't you get along with your roommate?"

by **Haley Crusek** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 2:02 pm

"We both like the same guy. She got him so I don't know why she needs to be a bitch about it too. I mean, she head butted me in the cafeteria over him! Now we're here, and by some cruel fucking joke we're rooming together."

by **Teri Napliotis** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 2:06 pm

"That's not very nice of her... Maybe they wanted you two to make up and get along?"

by **Haley Crusek** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 2:20 pm

"Maybe..." she said. "Not working though. I wake up from having a nightmare and she just yells at me."

by **Teri Napliotis** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 2:27 pm

"That's horrible." she frowns. "That kinda explains fleeing the room in the middle of the night."

by **Haley Crusek** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 5:53 pm

"She left too...but I didn't want to be there when she got back," she frowned.

"I don't know why she hates me so much. I mean if not for the guy thing we'd probably get along okay, but she's just so mean to me all the time now..." she sniffled.

by **Teri Napliotis** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 6:01 pm

"Maybe she thinks you're still after him?"

by **Haley Crusek** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 6:05 pm

"Who knows..." she sighed. "She can have him. He's cute but I'd rather not touch anything else she's touched."

by **Teri Napliotis** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 6:11 pm

Teri nods. "Good on you for being the better person."

by **Haley Crusek** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 6:26 pm

"I guess..."

Haley sighed wiping her face again. "So what's your name? I don't think we even got that far. I'm Haley."

by **Teri Napliotis** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 6:28 pm

"Oh! We're so sorry! We're Teri."

by **Haley Crusek** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 7:58 pm

"Nice to meet you, Teri," she smiled. "So do you fly around the hedge maze in the middle of the night often?"

by **Teri Napliotis** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 8:04 pm

"Sometimes. It's nice to just drift around and people don't like it, usually, so we do it out here."

by **Haley Crusek** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 8:34 pm

"So like....what's more.... I guess comfortable...to be like this or like...all swarmy and stuff?"

by **Teri Napliotis** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 8:37 pm

"Sometimes it's hard to make up our mind and being like that helps."

by **Haley Crusek** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 9:12 pm

"Sorta...let the majority decide?" she asked.

by **Teri Napliotis** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 9:16 pm

"Yes. No."

"Sort of. We're not sure. Maybe?"

by **Haley Crusek** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 9:18 pm

"I...can see how that would be hard sometimes. Lot of opinions."

by **Teri Napliotis** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 9:22 pm

"Sometimes we get distracted." she nods. "But swarming helps."

by **Haley Crusek** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 9:51 pm

"Well at least you've got something that helps. My TK gives me headaches and acts up a bunch.

by **Teri Napliotis** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 11:24 pm

"Wish we'd have advice, but I'm sure you'll figure it out." she nods.

by **Haley Crusek** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 12:09 am

"I hope so. Stress in my room probably doesn't help things."

by **Teri Napliotis** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 12:14 am

"Have you tried getting along with her?"

by **Haley Crusek** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 12:16 am

"I try to be nice...maybe I should be really like...really really nice?"

by **Teri Napliotis** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 12:17 am

"It wouldn't hurt, right? Turn the other cheek." she smiles.

by **Haley Crusek** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 12:23 am

"I will...maybe I'll leave her a nice note and like...ask her to dinner to like...clear the air..."

by **Teri Napliotis** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 12:25 am

"See, that's a great idea!"

by **Haley Crusek** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 12:27 am

"So can you talk to like...other insects too?" she asked changing the subject.

by **Teri Napliotis** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 12:29 am

"Oh, yes, we can! Though they're not quite as smart as us."

by **Haley Crusek** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 12:35 am

"All kinds?"

by **Teri Napliotis** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 12:41 am

"Yeah. But we like ants and bees the most."

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