Cliché Motivation [open]

[Kamy Shindana]

.x. Fade in, start the scene; enter beautiful girl
But things are not what they seem as we stand
At the edge of the world .x.

.x. Excuse me sir, but I've got plans to die tonight... Walking up the cobblestone steps, Kami wondered to herself if she'd ever sleep through the night. Lately, she'd go to bed at nine or ten and wake up at midnight or one in the morning. Now, it was three A.M. She'd sat up in her dormitory bored out of her mind, and finally decided this was a better place to do so.

.x. You make it sound so easy to be alive... The endless stairs were frustrating to the Mihael's tired legs as she trudged to the very top, moving to the right side of the observatory. What was she to observe? Nothing really. The girl's sleepless eyes glanced out the window, viewing the silent and dark grounds. So peaceful, serene; something rather amazing in a school with hundreds of noisy students.

.x. We all flirt with the tiniest notion of
Self-conclusion in one simplified motion
You see the trick is that you're never supposed to act on it
No matter how unbearable this misery gets .x.

.x. Are you crazy? You don't even know me... Running a hand along the window sill her eyes gazed from, she breathed inaudibly, trying to keep her thoughts from recent events. It wasn't worth her getting even more depressed over. Nope, he wasn't worth her getting depressed over. No one was. Kami's happiness wasn't supposed to be spoiled by some guy who didn't even care about her. So why was it?

.x. You're never supposed to act on it... Her legs grew tired, so she sat; leaning against the cold stone wall. A chill ran down her spine before she stared at the darkness across from her, as if searching for a hint, a clue; any sign of life. When her eyes came up with nothing, she shifted her gaze to the ground, or more specifically; her feet.

.x. I would be lying if I said things would never get rough
And all this cliché motivation, it could never be enough
I could stand here all night trying to convince you...
But what could would that do? .x.

[sexyconor]

I can hear the sounds of the city, sunrise and set are the same to me
A hesitating pulse is good company; and my reflection offers no apology

Conor made his way up the steps, anxious to see if someone familiar was there. It was odd... Kami and he always had a strange way of meeting up with each other when either she or he needed it. Apparently, lately, she needed someone there more than he did. It seemed to take hours for the Mihael to get to the observatory, though it was more along twenty minutes.

When he got there, his tired eyes spotted his friend immediately, walking over to her. The moon shone brightly into the room, making him easy to see. Though he wore a black tee and jeans, he was easily spotted. Sitting down next to Kami, he offered her a small smile. They were both obviously exhausted, considering it was three in the morning.

"Hey..."

[Kamy Shindana]

.x. Footsteps from the staircase sparked Kami's interest and curiosity as a familiar face arrived, Conor. Good, she was tempted to send him an owl earlier and request him to join her, but apparently he could read her mind.

.x. He sat down next to her and she returned the smile, leaning her head on his shoulder. Kami's eyes closed for a moment and she sighed. "Hey..." Deciding not to totally rant right away, she wanted to know how Conor's life was going. How the new girlfriend was and all.

.x. "How's everything?" Tilting her head up a bit to look at him, her eyes were tinted with curiosity.

[sexyconor]

When he felt Kami leaning on his shoulder he smiled a bit wider, though he still felt bad for her. She had way too much stress for a normal girl, but Conor was hoping to relieve some of it at least. "Pretty good, actually..."

Eyes meeting up with hers, he leaned his head against hers, staring across the observatory at the darkness. It was way too quiet up here, with just their voices. "I've been busy with classes and whatnot... excited to be a third year?" The random promotions were pretty interesting, now he was one step closer to promotion.

[Kamy Shindana]

.x. Glad Conor's life was going well, it was good to hear some positive news. Lately it'd all been negative. With Brayden and her finally talking, and Benji being kinda out of it... there was just way too much going on. "I'm pretty excited... Just means I'll be out of here faster."

.x. Wondering what he was going to when he graduated, Kami figured he had big plans or something. Go off, get an amazing job, or something... All the girl wanted to do right now was graduate. And after that, maybe go live in Tokyo or somewhere far away like that. It was all dependent on who she was with and all.

.x. "How's... um... Astrid's her name, right?" Feeling rather stupid she couldn't remember her friends' girlfriend's name, Kami sighed inaudibly. Kami's gaze was on the darkness, and it turned back up to Conor.

[sexyconor]

Smirking at Kami's reason for excitement, he sighed. Conor used to be the same way, but then he kinda fell for Astrid; making everything do a complete 180 on him. She changed a lot in him. He was nicer now, sweeter; and just all around a better person. All from a few weeks. Crazy, hm?

"Well, don't rush outta here too fast. Y'never know, you might leave some guy broken hearted." A smile spread across his face as he looked down at her, nodding at her question. "Astrid's alright. How's the anti-boys life for you, hon?"

Conor knew about the break-up from both Kami and the fact that someone squeaked to the gossip queens of the school. It didn't matter much to him, she was one of his best friends. No matter what he was gonna be there for her as a friend.

[Kamy Shindana]

.x. Laughing sarcastically at Conor's first comment, she rolled her eyes. Like some guy would fall for her. "Heartbroken? Are you kidding? Who'd fall for me?" Raising an eyebrow slightly, she was glad to hear Astrid was good. as far as her anti-boy life? Ha, that was a long story.

.x. "I like someone. Well, two people. But I shouldn't..." Sighing and scolding herself mentally, she closed her eyes and wondered if this was just life's way of torturing her. Having her get broken up with in public, and then liking two guys who were both simply amazing. Choosing would kill her.

[sexyconor]

Taking a deep breath before responding to her first sarcastic comment, Conor sighed. "I would. Don't be so hard on yourself..." Hearing her say she liked two people caused his eyebrow to raise slightly.

"You have a right to like people, Kam..." Running a hand through her hair, he pushed the bit in her eyes out of the way. She really should cut her bangs, that way more people could see her face. Kami was way too hard on herself too often, Conor needed to find a way to convince her she was pretty freakin' amazing.

[Kamy Shindana]

.x. Kami's breath caught in her throat for a moment as she thought she imagined what Conor said next. I would. What in the hell did he mean by that? He had Astrid, so there wasn't any reason for him to like her. Or maybe he used to... or... something. The confusion showed through Kami's face severely, more evident as he brushed her hair out of her eyes.

.x. "You would? What do you mean you would?" Sitting up a bit, she completely ignored everything he said after that. It wasn't important right now, not when she was confused like this. It wasn't like she didn't have enough problems with this poking its way into her life. Conor liking her? No freaking way!

.x. Kami's eyes shifted to the ground as she pondered everything he could've meant by saying that. With her luck, he was just trying to cheer her up and meant nothing by it, in which case she totally just wasted five minutes of her life thinking of something that meant nothing.

.x. Wonderful.

[sexyconor]

The confusion on Kami's face was something he expected, but wasn't exactly prepared for. Yeah, he'd just admitted he liked her; but there wasn't anything that could be done. She was single, yeah; but Conor couldn't do that to Astrid just after Benji had. No way. So, how was he supposed to explain this to her?

"Um..." Staring at the ground, he ran through the possibilities of explanations in his head. "I just meant... that you're a lot more amazing than you give yourself credit for..." Oh, a horrible save. But a save, nonetheless. Looking up at the ceiling, he sighed gently, trying to think of a way to shift the conversation.

"So, about these two guys... do either of them like you?"

[Kamy Shindana]

.x. Sighing lightly when he explained, she nodded. "Oh, alright." Hm, was that a bit of hope Kami had? Ha, right. Conor had Astrid, and she had her crushes. Speaking of which, he was bringing them up. "I think so... I mean, one of them I'm pretty sure has a crush on somebody else..."

.x. Kami looked back over to Conor finally, and she was actually wondering to herself if Carter liked her now that he'd mentioned it. He acted like it, but a lot of guys had acted like it in the past. Hm, even Brayden had acted like it. "I'm pretty sure at least one of them does, though. We sat and watched a sunset at the lake..."

[sexyconor]

Listening to her explain relieved him a bit, at least she'd let it go. That definitely would've been a severely awkward conversation otherwise. "That sounds cute, really!" Realizing how girly he just sounded, Conor blushed a bit, his gaze falling back down to Kami.

Hmm, if they watched a sunset by the lake, then maybe more happened. Then again, it wasn't his business. "So, if you think he likes, you, go for it!"