Hit That High Note ((Caiest/Anyone))

[JordanCortes]

I am the mask you wear, it's me they hear... Jordan stared at the blank canvas in front of her, her mind blank. The only thing that was running through her mind was Tuck and Katie. Tuck and Katie. TUCK AND KATIE! She kicked the bucket of paint that was beside her easel, the blue pain splattering on the floor. Curse he rmother, curse her father, curse Spain, curse Ireland, curse Tuck, curse Katie; Curse everyone who thought she was a delicate doll! She wasn't delicate! She didn't break down at the problems she had been through, she didn't scream out of sadness, she didn't flaunt her depression...she was just, herself. Tuck and Katie thought differently, she wasn't generally happy, so she couldn't be happy at all. Jordan wasn't completely self-centered, she knew that others had problems as well, and there were few she cared about; but, she didn't like to show her life story and problems to everyone. That was on a very rare occasion. Her close friends knew of her past and her thoughts, and then her friends knew only of her side that let others see that she was "genuinly happy." So few saw the real Jordan these days, so few wanted to look beyond the mask that was plastered onto Jordan's frail face. Ivy was there for her, Ivy controlled Jordan's anger through management. Amelia didn't listen all the time, she was just there for Jordan to talk to, Jordan didn't need to talk. Liam still didn't know about what happened. Kiyla, Jordan hadn't seen her in awhile. Dillion was oblivious to anything and everything outside his happy world, and everyone else didn't understand. Pity comes to late, turn around and face your fate... Jordan shut her eyes, counted to ten and started to clean up the mess she had made. When she was finished, she slipped her jacket on and made her way out of the room.

His eyes will find us there, those eyes that burn if he has to kill a thousand men, the Phantom of the Opera will kill and kill again... The lyrics were stuck in her mind, wanting to get out but, failing in doing so. Every other moment was a different song from POTO, something she was starting to get sick of rather fast. It was the only thing she could relate to at the moment, bieng hidden from the world. When people asked her why she was so angry, so harmful, why she didn't show any compassion, she simply answered, 'the world showed no compassion to me.' Besides the fact that it was really the only thing she could relate to, one of the songs from the musical was her skating song for the Talent Theatre. She had been so helplessly drawn to the Theatre, she had agreed to do it; for Vanessa. But, as she looked back on her routine now, she wasn't so sure she wanted to. She was just getting annoyed by everything lately, by everything; everybody; everywhere. Her attitude was sour lately, and she wanted to spend her time painting or skating; just not to 'All I Ask Of You.' Dang, triple axels, sit spins, spread eagles, walley jumps, loops, salchows, flips, lutzes, layback attitudes, and the ina bauer... Jordan thought as she pushed at the door that lead to the Grounds. It opened steadily, and let the cold air in. She shuddered slightly but, cast it off as she continued to make her way to the Forbidden Forest. Her birthday had been stupid, she hadn't seen her father in over 10 years, and up out of no where he shows up. Expects her to forgive him, and wants to take her out for a birthday dinner. Jordan had, had a lot of time to think about the day Eduardo wanted to be part of her life; and when he showed up at the door, she simply told him she wasn't the Jordan he knew back then and that she didn't want to speak to him ever again. Eduardo had pushed her and entered the Ireland house, disrupting the dinner. It wasn't a pretty party.

When you find that once again, you long to take your heart back and be free, if you ever find a moment, spare a thought for me... The lyrics started from her mind, and escaped from her lips. Filling the air, her voice going extremely high. She had heard the soundtrack plenty of times to be able to hit the correct notes and have the preciseness of the lyrics. She knew exactly when to sing opera and when to just sing. She wasn't as skilled in singing as Vanessa or D.J. was, but she knew how to sing and sing well. She simply wasn't good enough to cut a record and get a deal, she sang when her emotions were too much to bear, and she sang when she needed the song to clear her head. Coming to the opera part, Jordan breathed in deeply, "But please promise me that sometimes you will think...ah ah ahah ah ha, ah ah ahah ah ha, hahaha aha ha, aaaahaahhh, aaaaahhhhhhhhhhh of me!" The scale went higher and higher and Jordan thought her lungs were to burst, but they weren't. She held her ground and continued to sing, finally ending. She saw a few birds flutter from the trees, and she couldn't help but, feel accomplished. Then the recent events fluttered back into her mind, and her anger rose again. Her teeth grinding against each other in temper controll, and her brown eyes flashing red. She felt pity for those who tried to approach her, who tried to speak to her. She didn't want to be in their shoes, when she responded.

[Caiest Hamilton S5]

Caiest was bored more bored then usual and that was saying something as she was forever bored. Sitting in the common room helped nothing as all the other Ravenclaws knew each other and didn't want to include her. Not that she'd wanted to be included. Their conversations were all dull and pointless anyway.

Walking outside Caiest noticed a birds egg on the ground. Looking up she saw a nest and figured it had probably fallen out. Pulling her sleeves past her hands so that her scent wouldn't get on the egg Caiest scooped up the egg and climbed the tree where the nest was located.

After setting the birds egg back where it belonged Caiest noticed the parents. She probably would've been okay and they would've left her alone if weren't for a girl. The girl began singing. At first it was okay until the scale climed higher and higher. Finally the scale got so high that the birds got restless and went to fly away. Before they left however the mother pecked Caiest in the arm.

Caiest hopped down from the tree. "Could you not do that again." She said leaning against said tree and rubbing her arm where the bird had pecked her.

[JordanCortes]

Jordan turned on her heel to see a girl, a girl which she had seen before. Talked to before as well. Her anger didn't simmer down. She didn't smile. She glared. Her brown eyes as deadly as ever. How dare she?! What gave this girl the right to speak to her as if she was one of hte people would walk all over someone lower?! Jordan's rage boiled and she couldn't help but, dig her heel deeper into the ground, leaving a deep imprint.

"If you have a problem with it, then leave." Jordan simply told her, her tone a sharp quick kick to the mouth of anger. She tried to control the type of anger that was rising from within, but no help came and Jordan figured she should just let it leave, leak out. Become nothing but, a simple stream of anger into a twist and a world of hate. Jordan didn't move, she just stood there, staring at this qirl who had intruded upon her solitude. She knew how much hitting that high note could be painful, she nearly killed her eardrum by trying to hit it; but eventually she had.

Seeing as the girl did not move a spot Jordan crossed her arms in defense and stared at the girl with even more hate and disrespect, "Well?!" She screamed at her. Nealry ready to strangle the throat in front of her. JOrdan's mind was now thinking like a Slytherin, one that wanted nothing but, to be the best and to be better than everyone else. She didn't want friends who couldn't keep their space around her, she wanted better than that. She wanted to live a wealthy life, in money and in loyalty.

[Caiest Hamilton S5]

Caiest stayed where she was, leaning against the tree a half smile on her face. She could tell the girl was angry probably not at her but at the world in general. She didn't show any emotion as the girl whom she recognized now as Jordan, a girl she'd met once in the library, snapped at her and told her if she didn't like it she could leave.

Caiest stayed. She had just as much right to be here as Jordan did but that wasn't why she stayed. She stayed because she didn't have anything better to do. If she left Jordan would just wallow in anger and self pity. Caiest would just end up reading alone somewhere or doing homework perhaps finding a secluded spot to fight with Sennie. Same boring stuff she always did. If she stayed however a fight would surely break out. It might only be a fight with words but even that was appealing to Caiest who grew tired of fighting night after night with her golem. Caiest was getting to good was all and it took her no time at all to disarm the golem. No she would stay she would alleviete her boredom in a fight with Jordan. Plus it would be good for Jordan it was never good to wallow.

"Well nothing I'm staying right here." She said the half smile still on her face as she crossed her arms as well.