forum Country Juvenile.

Started July 06, 2018 by @Fantasy-Illy!

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Nova followed Lily and headed to bed. "G'night" (I actually do have to go to bed, so g'night!)

Nova rolled around in bed, unable to sleep. Normally, she would read a book before bed, but she hadn't been able to tonight. She pulled off the covers and jumped out of bed. The other girls were sleeping, so she silently headed down the stairs to the lost and found. She grabbed her book and glasses and was about to go upstairs before she realized what she was missing. She searched through the house for a while until she found what she was looking for: a flashlight. She brought these items upstairs and read underneath her blanket. She eventually fell asleep, though she couldn't remember when.

Lily got up and snuck out as soon as she knew everyone was asleep. She grabbed a flashlight from the barn and Tucker's reins. Tucker neighed at the sight of Lily. "Tucker, hush." She pets his neck to calm him and puts his reins on. She knew she had to be careful due to wild animals coming out at night, but if something was coming, Tucker would warn her and she'd get the hell out of there. She sat by the lake listening to the wildlife around her watching the water move gently. SHe knew she would have to go back soon and get some sleep because waking up at 5 am was never fun.

Nova suddenly woke up, her face on her book. She hadn't remembered going to sleep. She slid the book and flashlight into her pillowcase and looked around the room. The other girls were still- wait, where was Lily?

Lily skipped rocks across the lake to calm herself. Today has been a lot to handle especially with Ashton around. Her eyes teared up, no one has been that mean to her for a while and it was going to get worse once school started up again. "Damn!" She whispered shouts.

Nova got up and looked out the window. She looked for Lily and eventually saw her by the lake with a horse, skipping rocks.

Lily's mom was going to be pissed at her for taking the spare gun from the barn with her. She rather be safe than sorry though. "Tucker if anything comes, warn me okay?" She talks to her horse as if he could understand her. "Let's just hope no one comes out here. I forgot to tell them how dangerous it can be," She says as she continued to skip rocks.

Nova, being as stupid as she was curious, decided to leave the house to see what Lily was up to. She snuck downstairs and out the door.

Lily heard something coming from behind and turned her hand light off and turned her light on the gun on and faced it to behind her. Lily had practiced since she was young to shoot a gun, so she was extremely good at it. Tucker jumped at the sudden sound. Lily kept her eye on behind her and saw a shadow.

Nova saw Lily turn around and she waved. "Hey Lily!"

"Nova?" Lily let out a breath she had been holding to keep her steady if she needed to shoot. "I could've shot you," She puts the gun back on safety. "Why are you out here?" Lily asks. She turns the hand flashlight on and the one on the gun off. Now she had to protect two people if something came.

Nova shrugged and sat down next to her. "I saw you were awake. I wanted to see what you- were you crying?" Nova's face went from a look of tiredness to one of concern.

"Eh," Lily had forgotten about that. "No of course not." Nova should be worried about her own safety, Lily had almost shot her. "There are many scary things out here so just keep your voice down and run if anything comes, even if something happens to me don't look back." She said changing the subject. She put the gun back on safety before laying it on the ground next to her.

"Yeah, I know." Nova stuck her feet in the water. "I used to live on a farm pretty similar to this one."

Lily looked at her in surprise "Really? I didn't take you for the farm type." She laughed. Lily was happy Nova was opening up to her a bit.

Nova shrugged. "It's been a while. Two years ago, my mom decided to leave the farm and move closer to Atlanta. It was a big change."

"I don't think I could ever move to the city. Too many people." Lily looked over to Tucker making sure he was okay. "So what do you think of everyone here so far?"

"It's not so bad once you live there for a while. The only real problem is the bullies."

((What'd I miss?))

(basically Lily snuck out to go to the lake and Nova followed her and almost got shot. Now they are just talking)

"I'm used to that, most the kids in my school bully me for being a Hillbilly." And having Ashton here was not helping Lily at all. He really needed to grow up or everyone was going to hate him.

"Yeah everyone would tease me for being such a dork. For being totally okay with having no friends. For my big glasses and my books and-" Nova suddenly started crying.

"Don't cry," Lily didn't know if she should hug her or not "I like your glasses and I also read books, so your not the only one."

Nova wiped her eyes. "I know… It's just, despite the bullies, I miss it all so much. I miss being able to read, and I love being dorky, but now I can't do that. I won't make the same mistake that got me here twice."

"Well, I think you should be yourself as cheesy as that sounds." Lily smiled "it will only make things worse if you don't"