Loneliness (Karter/Alethia)

[Karter Orcabi]

Karter awoke from his slumber in the first half of the night. He really couldn't sleep. He had one of those dreams where your falling and you wake up right before you hit the ground, causing you to jump practically out of your bed. It was not a good feeling and now he had to suffer the aftermath...being wide awake. He couldn't go back to sleep with his heart racing and and his adrenaline up. He pulled the covers over his head and tried to get back to sleep, but no cigar. He couldn't do it. He looked over and saw his roommates in their deep sleep. Off in dreamland. Counting sheep must've worked for them, but it wasn't working for Karter right now. There was no use. He wasn't going back to sleep.

He got out of bed and felt around for his key. He found it and put it in his pajama pocket. He was wearing a white undershirt and checkered grey pajama pants. He used his cell phone as a source of light and tried to find his way to the door. He finally found it and on the way, grabbed an unfinished crossword puzzle from his night table. He pulled open the door and closed it shut behind him. He was out in the dorm hallway now, which was a good place for him to be. He could now roam around thinking of, or trying to find, a place to go for a bit. But the question was, where could he go?

He wanted to finish his crossword puzzle and it was dark. That narrowed down his choices. He didn't really want to go outside to any sort of place since he didn't want to be alone outside, in the dark, with shape shifting people that he didn't know. He decided to stay inside. He couldn't go to the cafeteria because it was closed (and he wasn't hungry) and he didn't want to travel to the other island. The concert hall was an option but it was kind of a far walk for his liking, and it was usually booked out with loud actors and musicians. This left the lounge. He was ok with this decision. He had never been to the lounge and he was willing to give it a shot. He was hoping that no one was there so that he could finish his crossword puzzle in peace. He nodded in agreement with himself, and started his trek.

He started looking at the crossword puzzle. "7 letter word for tasty crustacean..." he thought. That was easy, "Lobster!" he said. He wrote it in and felt proud. He loved crossword puzzles almost TOO much. They were the things he went to to challenge himself in mental ways when there was no school. Though he liked school better, crossword puzzles were really fun and neat and he could finish them in an hour or two. Maybe after this one he'd be tired. Then the long walk back would get him more tired and by the time he got back into bed, he would be ready to sleep. Good plan. He hoped that it would work because he hated not getting enough sleep.

He finally reached his location. He opened the door to the lounge and, to his shock, he found someone already inside. He was a bit disappointed with it, but he decided to take a seat on a couch that was against the wall on the other side of the room. He walked past her, smiled, and sat down when he got to his destination. She looked hard at work on something and wondered what it could be with school out. He was kind of intrigued by it. He also noticed a guitar in the room. NOW it made sense. She was a musician, probably writing a song to cure her boredum. Oh how he wished he could do that. That would be the perfect challenge for him on a rainy (or sunny for that matter) day. He decided to stop staring and look down at his crossword.

He couldn't. He was too intrigued by what she was doing, how she was doing it, and her beauty. He had never seen her before in the school and he was very interested in finding out more about her. This was a little weird for Karter as he normally didn't feel this way about people. Normally, they would start the conversation and he would just go along with it. But he wanted to start it this time. Nah, he thought. Maybe he should just wait a bit and see who else this night would bring. Maybe there would be more people coming? He wasn't sure. He decided to just put his head into his crossword, and start thinking of that 3 letter word for ripple producer...

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tags:Jessi/Alethia
noted:Decided for Karter to wait for everyone showed up before talking to Jessi just because he didn't want Alethia to get the "Am I interrupting something?" vibe.
credited:KBIRD of caution 2.0

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Allie tossed about in her bed uncomfortably. This was a strange feeling for her because usually she was out the moment her head touched the pillow; she was a very sound sleeper. Allie tired out quickly, so by the end of the day she was usually exhausted. But today she'd slept for a couple hours and then woken up to a chilling nightmare that she no longer remembered. She'd spent a good hour or so tossing and turning, analyzing the cracks in the ceiling, even trying to count sheep. Nothing worked. Finally she gave up completely and rolled out of bed. Unfortunately, she quite literally rolled, and hit the floor rather unceremoniously and with a loud thump.

Disoriented, Allie scrambled to her feet to make sure her room mates hadn't woken up; neither had, so she fumbled in the dark for her keys. Once she'd found them, she stuffed them into the pocket of her sweatpants. She was wearing an old T-shirt and a pair of sweatpants that needed to be rolled up several times due to her shortness. She slipped on a pair of slippers and grabbed a book, Anthem by Ayn Rand, and was out the door, trying to be silent but pretty much failing at that.

She cracked open her book, trying to walk and read at the same time. She wasn't really aware of where she was going, just shuffling along, already immersed in her book. She proceeded quite well in that manner, and went a good five minutes like that without bumping into anything or anyone. This was due to pure luck on her part, but unfortunately just as she entered the lounge, she stumbled over a small end table and fell to the ground with a slight squeak.

Though the fall itself was not noisy and she had been relatively unhurt by it, she sent several papers and books in different directions. Allie, who had so far assumed that she was alone in her inability to sleep, was both surprised and mortified at the sight of two other students quietly sitting in the lounge. "Oh, I-I-um-- hi. I'm sorry to disturb you guys... I didn't mean to do that... I'm sorry..." Stuttered Allie in embarrassment, desperately trying to pick up the papers and books she had scattered everywhere. She was frantically stacking everything back on the end table, wanting to put everything up and get the heck out of there as quickly as possible.

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^{STARRING : Allie & Jessi & Karter
WORDS : 411
STATUS : finished
NOTES : Oh, Allie. She can always be counted upon to make things awkward. Sorry about this post though, my muse isn't cooperating D:
LYRICS USED : USE SOMEBODY - KINGS OF LEON
LISTENING TO : Iron Man - Black Sabbath xD
BANNER CREDIT : TANA
TAGGED : TANA}