run baby run, don't ever look back [open]

[lil]

Lilith was not disobedient by nature, and she certainly hadn't proved herself to be disobedient at Ashford. Sure, she liked to bend a few rules, but genuinely, her biggest problem had been that she didn't know the rules yet. Not definitively Now she couldn't say that as she strode from the school, decked out in a tight fitting black t-shirt, dark black jeans, and black socks- no shoes. Beneath the shirt and pants happened to be a two piece swimming suit, though she had no intention of taking off any article of clothing she'd brought. The black was chosen because she didn't want to be noticed this time by anyone. Not yet.

Things with Seth were just weird. So far, Lilith had no idea where she stood with him, and even less of an idea about whether he was capable of getting mad at her or not. So, she was going to chance it, knowing she might not run into him at all, all in hopes of meeting a girl she had only spoken to online. She didn't even know her name yet, and there was no proof she was female, either, for that matter. Lilith trudged on, through the sand, to the designated meeting spot. The water seemed to only add to the coolness of the air, leaving Lilith to vainly wish she'd brought something warmer. She dug her hands into her pants pockets for now, her blue eyes scanning the darkness for any sign of movement.

After several moments of not seeing anything, Lilith removed a green iPod nano with the built in camera. The screen lit up the moment she drew her finger along the white circle, illuminating the time for her. It appeared she was three minutes ahead of the arranged time. Maybe that was why Amy wasn't here yet.

[amelia]

Finally it was morning time, it was the day that Amelia would meet Lilith. Not in the day time though, she was supposed to meet the girl there at night. She wrote a note down, giving a time for her to meet this xwatermelondust person. She didn't know the other girl's name, she believed her to be a girl anyway. The note was written like this; xwatermelondust meet me at the beach at 10:00PM. ~smartassgirl. She wrote xwatermelondust on the front of the letter and went in search for the other girl. After a few hours or searching she finally found the dorm that she believed was the girl that she was meeting up with. She slid the letter under the door and left, making sure that nobody saw her. The day went by really fast, she was in the dorm reading one of her favorite books, waiting for time to fly by. It was new to her that her roommate wasn't around in the room, in face she hadn't seen her in a while it was as if her roommate was gone for life or Amelia just kept missing her.

She pulled out her cell phone to check the time. 9:55PM. Oh dear, I'm going to be late. She placed the book on the bed and went into her closet for her black shoes. It matched her black dress that she was planning to wear out. I will not join the perfects if I can help it. She went over to the door to hear some foot steps outside of her room. Oh great, Seth kept his word about having me watched at all times. She sighed and moved away from the door, just thinking to herself. Her eyes went towards the window and her eyes went wide. She had never gone out the window before. She looked down at her shoes, there was no way she was going to sneak out of the room with her high heels on. She put her black high heels back in the closet and shut it behind her. Slowly she opened the window and looked down. She swallowed hard before seeing a tree branch near the next dorm ledge. Slowly she went out of the window, hanging to the side slowly moving to the other dorm to the left.

She took in a deep breath, refusing to look down. She moved more to the left slowly, taking her steps carefully as to not trip. As she got closer and closer to the tree branch she started moving just a tad bit faster. She lost her balance and grabbed onto the wall for her dear life. Clinging to the wall she continued moving to the other dorm window till she could reach the tree. She tried reaching her hand out to it, not able to reach it with the tips of her fingers. She sighed again and took a few more steps to the left, and reached out for the tree branch again. Grabbing the branch went one hand, she turned and caught on it. Hanging onto the branch, she kicked her feet up and wrapped her legs around it. Her black dress falling over her body, showing skin. She pulled herself onto the branch and slowly started climbing down the branch to the tree trunk. She turned herself so that her butt sat on the branch and slowly climbed down.

Finally she made it to the ground, leaves were all over her clothes. She fixed her black dress, brushing the leaves off and tried brushing the leaves out of her white hair. Pulling out her cell phone again she looked at the time. 10:05PM. Oh great I'm late. She started running towards the beach, hoping that the other girl would see her there. As she got closer, she couldn't see anybody there. It wasn't till she was a few feet away she seen a figure. She couldn't tell the gender however. Coming in close she finally spoke up, "Is that you xwatermelondust?" She asked calling out to the other girl.

[lil]

Lilith looked up, shoving her iPod back into her pocket as she did. Fortunately for her, there stood a female. A rather hard to miss female... Lilith was by no means judgmental, but white hair and red eyes were not exactly inconspicuous by any stretch. And here Lilith was, dressed in black as a cautionary measure. Ah well. Lilith smiled anyway, truly happy she wasn't ditched by the mysterious chatter. Who else could it be? Only after she smiled and stood their boldly for Amy's approach did she realize it could be a prefect.

Lilith paused for the slightest moment, fear appearing for a second before she heard the question and the use of her screen name. Relaxation set in, with the obvious 'of course it was her' reassurance now that the ordeal had passed.

"Yeah- no need to call me that. I'm Lilith. Lilith Malixi.

[/color]" Lilith introduced politely, figuring a real name would do her more good than a screen name now that they were face to face. She didn't bother to extend her hand because the gesture felt too formal.

"I don't know what that other kid on the chat was talking about. It doesn't seem that dangerous out here. Just... Sort of cold.[/color]" Lilith mused, glancing back toward the water for a moment. She was at the source of the monster rumors, but she honestly felt no fear, no sense of danger. There was so much room to run, to escape, to hide, unlike in the confinement of the school building. She looked back to Amelia again.

"So, what's the plan now that we're out here?[/color]" Lilith prompted curiously, her tone laced with amusement. Before she'd left to walk toward the beach, she'd tried to convince herself this was going to be fun, one way or another.[/blockquote][/blockquote][/size]

[amelia]

Amelia smiled at the other girl. It was good to know the other girl's name finally. I'm Amelia Ramos." Since Lilith hadn't done it Amelia didn't extend her hand out either. "I think he just got spooked because of the rumor and finding out about me almost drowning. I think he was a perfect, but I can't be sure. Maybe he was just a normal student." She grinned it was always cold at night, or most nights anyway. "Yes, yes it is." She agreed, watching Lilith look at the water. I wonder if I'll run into that student tonight. I know it was just a prank and not some monster down there. I think I'll kill them once I find out who it is. She stared out at the water for a long moment in her own thoughts. Almost drowning and yet she had no nightmares. All the guys at the beach seemed to believe it and somehow all the perfects found out, she was guessing either Seth or Darrian. She believed it was the type of thing Seth would do.

She just couldn't figure out what his problem was. She had been here for five years already and yet she was treated like any other student. So far Seth had caught her twice at the beach by herself, at night. Once was when she was almost drowned and the other night she was found by Darrian, then Nash and Seth had come shortly after that. If Seth thought she was going to join the perfects he had another thing coming. She wasn't joining them willingly. She was pulled out of her thoughts to hear Lilith speak up to her. What had we been talking about again? Oh right we are at the beach and so far haven't been caught. I won't be caught tonight I refuse. "Not to get caught." She grinned at the other girl. She followed Lilith towards the water, it didn't matter if she almost drowned, nothing not even Seth was going to keep her from it. For goodness sake she had climbed out the window just to get here. She walked into the water slowly, boy was the water cold.

[lil]

"It's nice to meet you, Amelia.

[/color]" Lilith smiled warmly in her direction. "So you nearly drowned in this water, here?[/color]" The idea was more than a little frightening, especially for the girl who still considered the possibility of monsters being real.

So. Confirmation. They were here solely to break rules. It would have been a more valiant endeavor if Amelia could have said she had a power that required frequent trips to the beach or something. With the mention of the drowning and the idea that a prefect might already know they were visiting the beach soon, Lilith geniunely considered leaving. This was a bad idea, made no better by the fact that she was freezing.

To Lilith's surprise, Amelia walked into the water clothed. Her own mind offered that taking off her own clothes meant she'd be warmer walking inside. It was just the two of them, after all. Ultimately, she stuck with her plan to keep the shirt and pants on, only removing her socks. She placed both socks together with her green iPod on top, then silently crept through the sand bare foot. A sharp inhalation from the shallowest point of water as her feet made contact with the cold water surely signaled her position.

"You've d-done this before, right? B-because this seems like a r-recipe for h-hypothermia.[/color]" Lilith murmured, somewhat grumpily. She wasn't prepared for the night to go this way, for the water to be this cold, which stood as another indication that she really hadn't given this as much thought as she should have. A shiver ran up her spine so she crossed her arms across her chest. Instead of backing out and sitting on the beach, she took several more steps into the water.

"Buurrrr,[/color]" Lilith voiced, closing her eyes tightly as she steeled herself against the assault of cold water against her skin. Her toes particularly seemed like they'd never be warm again, as if it were possible for them to become ice.[/blockquote][/blockquote][/size]

[amelia]

Amelia smiled at Lilith and replied, "It's nice to meet you too." She nodded her head up and down. "Yeah." She replied back, thinking nothing of it. She looked over at Lilith who hadn't followed after her. She shrugged her shoulders and continued in, till the water reached her neck. She dove under the water, letting her white hair get wet. When she came up she seen Lilith in the water. It seemed the other girl was cold. "To cold?" She asked finally with a sad look on her face. "Yes, I have done this for a long time. I've never gotten sick." It seemed that the only one that liked being out here at night was her. She sighed moving over to Lilith. "Did you want to go?" If the other girl wanted to go, that would be fine with her. "Here, lets just go." Slowly she made her way to the shore, her black dress stuck to her body. She didn't think about it, nobody should be staring at her anyway. "Ready to go?" She asked finally, it may have been for the best, they didn't want to run into another perfect anyway. If she had to choose a perfect, she'd rather it be McCoy.

[lil]

Lilith was certainly cold. But she was also determined, perhaps foolishly so. She wanted to prove she could stand the cold if Amelia could since she'd come all the way out here. Hadn't she promised something about making sure nothing went wrong? What if Amelia took her inside and came right back out?

"Wait... I can do th-this... No n-need to g-get out on my behalf. It's not t-too cold.

[/color]" Lilith urged, feeling her own sense of guilt over making Amy feel like she had to leave. "I'm s-sure it'll feel warm in a s-second.[/color]" As if to illustrate her desire to stay, Lilith took another step forward, only to silently regret the action as more of her body- it was a little bit past her knees now- felt the sting of the cold. She decided it was easier to talk to distract herself. Or to listen to someone else speak.

"Amelia, do y-you r-really think that kid online could be someone n-named McCoy? And... do you think he could r-reallly find us here?[/color]" Lilith prompted, her gaze fixed on the dark water. She was terrified of slipping, which only made her want to get deeper in, so that if she did fall, she wouldn't get swept away. ... Maybe her logic needed work. It compelled her to take several large steps forward, which made the water raise up over the bottom hem of her shirt.[/blockquote][/blockquote][/size]

[Deleted]

Seth had been reading from the few books he had checked out earlier that day on thermal chemistry when his phone started ringing it's usual tune. He gritted his teeth and let out a slow hiss as he pulled out his phone, before flipping it open and placing it to his ear.

"Gone you say....Yeah, I figured as much....Ha, the window, how'd she get down....I see, she's getting rather desperate. Do you know which way she went.....chat log, huh.....Nah, I'll go deal with it myself."

He flipped the phone closed, and let out another sigh before standing up from his desk, slammed the book shut, and then stalked out the room, his mood deteriorating with ever step closer he took towards the beach. It would be amusing to watch for the invisible spectator to notice that in his rage he forgot to remove his black bath robes and was stalking to the beach in only that and the black pants he usually wore to bed. It looked like a fluffy cape as his stride was fast enough to cause the robe to flutter around him as he walked.

Upon reaching the beach, Seth saw the two figures near the waters. He let out a small sigh and pulled off a large handful of his flash bang caps, and ripping them from his belt, he threw them into the side of a tree. There was an impressively loud bang seconds later, followed by a crash as the tree actually toppled onto it's side from the force of the explosion. But the bright light from the explosions illuminated the area bringing their attention to him, if the noise already hadn't. Plus, in addition, due to the extreme heat of so many explosions going off, the tree actually managed to catch fire, burning a gentle orange, and flickering shadows across the shore.

Seth walked closer to the sea, and glared at Amelia, easily identifiable by her bright hair, before turning towards the other girl. "I see you're dragging others into your stupidity now, Amelia."

He paused slightly, realizing that it was Lilith standing in the water, and couldn't help but blinked in surprise when he realized that he recognized this person. "Lilith?"

[amelia]

Amelia just sighed as she watched Lilith try and stay in the water. "It's not going to warm up tonight Lilith. Most of the time it's cold." It was to late though Lilith had moved farther in the water. "I don't know Lilith, I'm sure it was either Darrian, McCoy or Seth. I know they are a perfect.... I just have that feeling in my gut." She shut up and turned to see Seth coming straight for them. "It looks like it was your Seth friend Lilith." She said before glaring at Seth. "I didn't drag her along, she wanted to come on her own." She answered him back. She had nothing to say to this male. He was going to make her a perfect and rule over her. Right this second the only thing she wanted to do was kick him in the balls and lock herself in her room before having to hear anymore of his words. She was glad when he had started talking to the other girl. It seemed as if they had known each other after all. This was her chance to get out and get away while he was distracted with the other girl. I wonder where McCoy is at. I wish he was here right now.

Her feet laid in the dirt, watching Seth closely thinking against leaving after all. Last time she was smart with him, he had put her in the dirt. Though seeing his clothing she couldn't help but smirk and giggle, covering her mouth with her hand as she did so. She never thought that she'd see the day that Seth would be walking around with a robe on. She looked away from him, eyes staring at the water as if to ignore the male. Each and every time she had come out here he had showed up, it was starting to become old.

[lil]

"Oh... Well...

[/color]" Lilith faltered. She glanced down at the water, uncertain about what to say next. It didn't seem like Amy felt much like talking. Perhaps she shouldn't have brought up the fact she was cold- Lilith regretted it completely.

At the answer about it being one of the prefects, she gave a slight nod, turning around to face Amy. Lilith's gaze rose, her arms going across her chest to conserve some warmth. The sudden noise was noticed by her first. She lifted her hands, pressing them against her ears just in case there was another loud bang.

Seeing the explosion, then watching the fire seemed to assure her that there wasn't going to be another loud noise. She took a step back, her eyes wide as she heard Seth's voice. Dragged into her stupidity? It didn't seem stupid... Lilith dropped her hands back into the water, smiling as she took in the sight of him in his robe.

"Hey, Seth! The water's freezing- want to come in and swim with me?[/color]" Lilith's tone was excited, as if nothing would make her happier than swimming in freezing water with Seth tonight. She would have brought up the cavern, but she didn't want to share that secret with Amy.[/blockquote][/blockquote][/size]

[Deleted]

Sure Seth's actions had stalled slightly when he saw Lilith, but Amelia had still broken curfew and Prefect orders, and the decree from the Student Council that made the Beach off limits for the moment. He turned back to Amelia, ready to shout and yell, and just vent a little as he dragged her back to the dorms.

Of course that never happened, thanks to Lilith. Her kind demeanor, and generally just how cute she was kind of bleed off his head of steam, and now Seth just felt tired. He didn't want to deal with this, he remembered saying before, and yet here he was again. Seth just shook his head, as he looked over to Lilith. "Actually, we shouldn't. The student council passed a decree a few nights ago, that forbid access to the beach for an undetermined amount of time."

Looking back over to Amelia, he tried glaring, but couldn't manage up the anger again. This entire situation just made him wish for another hot shower, and to go back to his books. "Amelia, of course, new this, but apparently she decided that she was above the rules, above everything, and decided to come again, but you've had your fun, it's time to go now."

[amelia]

Amelia glared at Seth's comment, of course she was above it. She was the one that almost drowned, not anybody else and yet she was the one out here. Lilith wanted to come with her, but now she was starting to regret it. She didn't want to start up this drama in front of Lilith though, she'd rant at Seth later when Lilith wasn't around. "Seth thinks he is going to make me a perfect, his personal slave." She laughed, wanting Lilith to laugh with her, but at the same time she wanted to annoy Seth. She sighed before looking over at the dorms again. "I'm going back in, you didn't want me out here anyway Seth." She mumbled before asking, "Which ever perfect was stalking outside my dorm, can you send her over to take me back...?" She was annoyed, trying to be nice to Seth in front of Lilith. Man it seemed like Lilith was the person to keep her nice to Seth. Note to self, if I want to annoy Seth make sure Lilith isn't around. Also Lilith is very sweet to be around so if you are with her make sure that if Seth finds you out late at night that you are with Lilith.

She was sure that Seth would disagree and have her spend the whole night outside again like he had a few nights before, but wasn't all that sure. All she wanted was to get away from the other male, maybe even run into McCoy back at the dorms. She waited for Seth's reply and finally spoke back to Lilith. "Being outside is not as fun as I remembered. I sure hope I didn't ruin your fun Lilith." She put on a friendly smile before looking away, refusing to look over at Seth. If he sent a perfect to take her in that was fine, if not that would be fine also, but it seemed as if Seth was distracted with Lilith that he might not care if she went back to the dorms before morning this time.

[lil]

"We shouldn't, but we can. We're already out here. We can apologize to the student council later.

[/color]" Lilith promised. She figured she had a chance of convincing him since Seth wasn't looking at her when he said it was time to go, but she could be wrong. She grew quiet as she waited for him to finish speaking to Amelia, then kept her silence as she spoke.

Oh. This was Amelia. Realization appeared on her features, and something close to sadness as she watched the two from her place in the water. This was Amelia, the girl she was supposed to get to make Seth feel better. And she'd just said Seth wanted her as a personal slave... How was she ever going to convince Amelia to support Seth's choice now? She regained her composure finally, forcing a weak smile.

"It's not soo cold after you stand here for a minute.[/color]" Lilith added. With that, she did a full spin in the water, sending the water line a little higher before she stopped, facing him again. "Aside from hypothermia, which I wouldn't worry about with you around, what's there to stop us? We've got a fire,[/color]" Lilith raised her hand, pointing to the burning tree she assumed he hadn't meant to destroy.

"Please don't make her go yet, Seth? Let's just celebrate the night, if we're already in trouble for being here... I could always take Amelia back to her dorm after, too. I owe you cookies anyway, Amelia.[/color]" Lilith offered, her sole motivation being talking to Amelia longer in hopes of getting her to see just how sweet Seth was. He didn't seem sweet, the way he spoke to Amelia, she'd give Amelia that much.[/blockquote][/blockquote][/size]

[Deleted]

Surprisingly, Amelia wasn't all to biting in her comments and back talk either. Seth snorted at that, surprised at the influence that Lilith had on the flow of conversation, in comparison to say McCoy or Darrian. Neither had lent much to defusing the situation between Amelia and Seth, rather through action or inaction fueled their rage.

Looking between the two again, surprisingly Amelia was the one who wanted to leave and Lilith the one desiring to stay, Seth smiled a little bit. It was amusing to see the opposite reaction from Amelia than he expected, expecting her to refuse anything he said. "I don't need a slave....." Seth trailed off here, wondering if he should explain exactly what Amelia was getting by becoming a part of his squad, before deciding against it. She didn't need to be convinced to join, it was already a fact, and the only thing keeping it from happening now was paperwork.

He pulled out a cell phone, and started typing into the keypad, before nodding and putting it away. "I've sent a text to your watcher, Christopher, who'll be along shortly to escort you back to your room."

He gave a wain smile to Lilith, understanding that this would probably be the first time she saw him actually dealing with issues in relation to the Prefects. Letting out a small sigh, he tried smiling again, pulling off a little more warmth. "Cookies huh, you wouldn't happen to be making pudding too?"

[amelia]

Amelia wasn't going to listen to anymore about how she wasn't a slave to him. It sure felt like it to her, first the school and now him. What could be worse then that?. She couldn't help, but wonder why it was taking so long for her to become a perfect. Maybe he changed his mind? She would have loved to believed that, but the thought was just unbelievable and she wasn't going to believe in something that would in the end make her sad. Plus Seth seemed like the type of guy that wouldn't go back on his word. She glanced up to see him pull out his phone and then looked back down again, listening to him speak to her. "Okay." She said quietly, glad that she would be in her room and not staying out all night with him again. Hearing Lilith beg Seth to let her stay surprised her some, but she wasn't about to change her mind. "I really should get back to my room." She paused then added, "I'll stay till Christopher comes, but I'm leaving once I see her." She wasn't going to wait for Seth to give her permission to leave either, she wanted out of there.

She sighed, Lilith really wanted her to stay out longer. She was a sweet heart but Seth was annoying. She had never seen this side of Seth before, but it could end as quickly as that and she didn't want to stick around to see that happen. "Thanks Lilith, but really I'll be going with Christopher." Pausing again before adding, "If you want thought when Christopher comes you can come too? Then we can talk more." She was just offering so that Lilith could talk with her longer. Her mind was already made up, she wasn't going to stay out longer then she needed to.