Making the motions as if to clear her throat, she starts talking in a soft, pretty deep tone "Hmm ok, first things first. No talking on your side, it's hard for me to talk like this for very long, it would be super hard to actually hold a conversation like this. Two, no wandering eyes, keep your eyes on me, preferable on my eyes, but I don't you'd manage that." She sticks out her tongue. Oh, it's on, I'll show her. "Three, just enjoy the experience, don't try to make fun of me and if it doesn't work you'll have enough time to do it after we're done. Ok, I think that's about it, let's start." As she says that, she takes out a red piece of fabric. It looks rather nice, with the way the light was reflected by it. She started playing around with it in her fingers... not that I was looking at them, I was totally looking at her eyes the whole time.
"Hypnotism is all about being relaxed and comfortable. Being able to relax can be hard sometimes, especially if you know that you'll be hypnotized, but there are ways around that. Like making the volunteer really comfortable by giving him or her a warm environment and giving him or her a comfortable way to sit or lie down." She's still using that soft voice, it's really nice to listen to. Didn't think she could speak like that, she actually had a pretty high voice normally. Not really getting sleepy or anything, but it's still kinda nice. I smile as I continue to look into her brown eyes.
"Ahh, you're enjoying it? That's good, you seem to be comfortable and warm. The thing about hypnotism is that it's not like the movies make it out to be. It's not like you have absolute control over someone that's hypnotized, being hypnotized is like being in a lucid dream. That's one of those dreams where you're kinda awake and know that it's a dream, so you can control it. Just that what you're doing is actually real. It's like going along with the flow." She continues to ramble on, typical Taylor. It's a little warm under my blanket, but no moving and all that. I hope she starts with the hypnotism soon, or her time will be up with all that rambling.
Sometimes my eyes go down to the blue silk she's playing with between her fingers. Wait... wasn't it red? Oh, there it is, she has two pieces of silk, blue and red. She's pretty fast with her fingers. Oh, I wanted to look into Taylor's eyes, not the silk, but it's pretty attention grabbing. I'll tell her after she's done.
"Sometimes you get asked to imagine something calming, like a nice smooth rock or something." Hmm, yeah, I'm imagining a smooth rock, will she try to hypnotize me now? "But I think that's just boring, you know? A smooth rock, if I want one, I'll just go to the bay and get one from one of the tourist traps." Damnit Taylor, I nearly chuckle as she continues to ramble on. This is kind of fun and relaxing. Just letting her ramble on, I guess hypnotizing will have to wait for another day.
"I think it would be a much better idea to think of a mountain or something, but that's just a big rock. But being on top of a mountain could be pretty relaxing, you know? If the sun shines bright, it'll be warm on top of it and if you could lie down on the soft grass you'd be pretty relaxed, especially after you made the long trek to get to the top." Yeah, that does actually sound pretty relaxing. Being on top of a mountain, so close to the sun that you can nearly grab it. I imagine the picture.
Lying on top of a mountain, just letting the nice smell of fresh grass accompany me. The sun being so near that I can't open my eyes, my skin becoming more tan by the second. Wonderful fresh air mixing in with the scent fresh grass and the little blades of grass tickling my face.
The red and blue swirls in the sun... My eyes were wandering again, I needed to look into Tay's eyes, I would show her that I could keep my eyes on hers.
Her eyes are a little lighter, because of the sun shining. The light shade of brown in her eyes looked a little like the earth beneath the grass that I would lie on top of.
I was humming a little, I shouldn't do that. Taylor told me not to speak, I'm pretty sure she meant not to make noise though. I tried to stop it, but it just felt right with the sun shining on us, me being so warm and comfortable.
Oh never mind, it was Tay humming, I guess she wants to relax her voice a little. She was rambling for some time, maybe she'll try to hypnotize me with the blue and red silk after she's done? I continue to listen to her humming.
Her eyes seem to soften even more, the earth was really relaxing to lie on. Or would be, the big palms that were on all sides, were a little nice to lean against. Oh, she was talking again, better listen. "I really like palm trees myself, but they don't normally grown on mountains. They grow on tropical beaches, with coconuts and all those nice things. I bet they could help with being relaxing, since they're so warm and their stems so comfortable, like cushions. Are cushions made out of palm trees? I wonder. That would sound relaxing." Yeah, they do feel kind of the same, I guess. The sun was very warm and the voice was very soothing.
I wonder what hypnot-hmmmm, huh. Was I humming again? Never mind, I wonder what hypnotishmm would be like. The humming was nice as well though. I guess hmmnotism would be relaxing as well, but listening to the voice rambling was nice. Maybe it would be blue and red? Like swirling waves that... that just are. Going left, becoming blue and red suddenly being on the right? Yeah, that sounds like hypnoshmm, ahh, I really like the humming.
"Hypnotism is quite interesting, but sometimes it's just nice to think about nothing and just relax. Relaxing is easier if you're warm and comfortable. Relaxing like the sun on your skin or the palm tree that you can lean against." Oh, I shouldn't... do something?
The earth was crinkling a little, the sky was getting wider, probably because the red and blue waves were pushing it and the sun was pretty, the earth inside it crinkling.
"Sometimes if you relax, you just fall asleep and dream. That's what happens when you relax." A voice that makes sense.
The sun is still there, the waves pushing it up.
Sleep makes me dream, dreams are nice.
The wind blows, back and forth, back and in. Out and in.
The humming goes along with the wind.
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"... nearly up." Huh, what?
Taylor sits in front of me, her smile is illuminated by the sun. "Hey, Mom is here, come down and say bye?"
Ahh, figures she spent the whole time rambling. Well, it was nice, I was pretty relaxed, maybe she could cut down on the rambling time and use that for trying to hypnotize me? As I stand up, I take care not to step on the blanket that's lying on the floor "Yeah, of course I'll say bye to Aunt Anette. Then we'll both suffer from boredom." The smile on my face feels right. It's sad that Tay couldn't stay longer.
I follow her down the stairs and see Mr Hebert talking with Dad about the sports game running on the TV. Mom and Aunt Anette are talking about the restaurant that they'll be going to. It's called Le Иveil, sounds pretty exclusive.
The conversation between the two stops as we get off the stairs, Tay of course sprinting towards Aunt Anette and hugging her. She's such a momma's girl. The smile never left my face.
"Hey, my little owl, are you ready to go?" Aunt Anette has a smooth voice, it sounds like the... Taylor's voice when she tried to hypnotize me. I need to yawn, it's pretty dark out already, the sun has pretty much set already.
As Taylor puts on her shoes and flattens out her clothes with help from Anette, I greet Mr Hebert.
The smile on his lips reminds me of the sun, a nice contrast to the black blazer he's wearing. "I'm doing just fine, thank you Emma. I hope you and Taylor had fun?" He stands up and gives Dad a `manly' hug and says his good byes to Mom as well.
"Yeah, it was nice. Tay tried to hypnotize me, but she mostly just rambled on about how hypnotism works, but it was relaxing." He smiles at me and then at Taylor, chuckling.
"Huh, need to work on that some more then, don't you kiddo." Taylor just smirks at me and says that nobody can be perfect at the first time. "That's correct, don't let one failure bother you. It's easier to learn from a failure, than from a success after all. You'll become my little hypnotist yet." Of course Aunt Anette would say that, she always tells us to try out new stuff and not be dis... sad about not getting it on the first try. Typical teacher.
I hug Tay before they leave. "We can try it again next time, if you want. You can ramble as much as you want." She just hums in agreement. I yawn again and scratch my nose, guess I'll go to sleep early today.
"See you Emma, bye Aunt Zoe, Uncle Alan!" Are Taylor's words of choice as she starts closing the door. Before the door fully closes she opens it a bit again and her head pokes through the creek. "Oh, that video you showed me on your phone was pretty cool, Ems! Thanks for letting me see it." With the she closes the door fully.
Huh, what video?
Guess, I'll go to bed now, I am pretty tired. "Tay's not a hypnotist yet, but she sure can make you sleepy when she rambles on. I'm going to bed a little early, goodnight Mom, Dad." Mom's hug is nice. She smells of her favorite perfume.
It has nothing on the giant bear hug Dad gives me, though. "Night my little star." Ahh yes, little star, he told me that he calls me that, because I'm one of the few bright spots in his life along with Mom, Sis and his friends. The pats on the back as I make my way to the stairs are nice as well.
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With teeth brushed and in my pajamas I sit on my bed. I wonder what video Tay meant. My phone sits there on my night stand, guess I'll take a look.
As I input my new code, I remember that I haven't told Taylor the new combination yet, would be embarrassing if I forgot and didn't have somebody else that knew.
Huh, what's that? A new video, 10 minutes long? When did I download that one? She probably meant this one then.
I press play and watch.
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Another day.
Another horrible grinding day in the life of Taylor Hebert.
And she was tired.
Not a simple kind of tired, no it was instead the bone deep weariness of a person on the edge, her body fine but her mind restless and horrified. She hadn't been sleeping well since it had happened, since her best friend in all the world had turned on her, had begun to user her... their... secrets against her. To think that she'd once pledged to be friends forever with the tyrant who now ruled over her every waking moment with a deep sense of dread simply brought greater hurt to her already walled off heart. Months of this hellish campaign had left her simply and unbearably tired. No others no friendships, nothing seemed to get though the brute screen erected between her and everything else. And every second within the school gave nothing but another potential second of this nightmare.
But at least today was different. Just a little bit.
This morning hadn't been terrible, not really. But that was because she'd been late, willing to take a small punishment from her homeroom teacher in order to avoid the sources of her troubles. She'd woken up same as normal, watching attentively the recent news as she dragged out on eating breakfast and waiting for her father to leave.
Yesterday, she'd managed to even go almost till lunch time without having to face them, only to find herself in another embarrassing confrontation with three again whom she could never seem to win. Along the way she'd been tripped, had her food spilled on the floor after only managing to eat half of it, called names, followed about and made to look like an idiot in front of every teacher possible.
She'd long stopped complaining about the indignities which each day bought.
Today however had been... relatively tame. But even in that she could not help but suffer their taunts their little minor cruelties, the snubbing by her peers, the way people looked at her in withdrawn pity. A full day without their antics and yet every moment was still filled with the echoes of their every act.
She knew, just knew, that she could not continue to this, not the way in which they ground her down every chance they got, not the constant taunts and insults which could not be responded to for fear of escalation, not the way that everyone either joined in or looked away leaving her to fend for herself while being ganged up on. Her tormentors finding every possible way in which they could crush her spirit, kick her while down, and smash every aspect of her life which meant anything at all to her.
The best of friends, she'd learned, made the most poisonous of enemies.
No, this was not an existence which could be tolerated. But it could be endured... until it would not be any more.
"Hebert!"
She couldn't help the cold dread which came with the sound of her own name, its cadence sickly sweet upon familiar lips. Her shoulders slumped but she refused to turn around, even as she continued with every plodding step; an attempt to get away from the source of her misery. The young girl tensed, even as one strong arm snaked its way around her shoulder leaving her gripped in its loose grip. The dark skin of that bare arm rippled beneath the evening light with distinctive musculature.
Of course they couldn't just leave her alone for an entire day, the bitter thought bit her.
She tried hard not to look up at the face which she knew would be to the side of her, the girl whose arm was around her restricting her motions and now guiding her onward.
"You know when someone calls you out you should at least say something, Taylor." The voice to the other side of her cheerfully piped up; a sidelong glance revealing the cute little brunette whom it came from. "Don't be so rude Taytay. It's not like we aren't your best of friends now isn't it."
"She's just a little tired. She never did have much stamina when we were kids together." The voice just behind her came again. Sweet and familiar like poisoned sugar.
Surrounded. Trapped. It took everything inside of her not to simply react by trying to break out into a full on sprint.
Useless... Sophia was faster.
"You know Hebert," The dark girl who trapped her close spoke up. "We've been thinking for a bit, I know, not really your thing but bear with us a sec. We've got a little event going on soon; you weren't exactly on the top of our list to be invited. But we had a little talk between us. A bit of a heart to heart. Emma here wants to forgive you."
A horrible pit in her stomach formed, a cold irrational anger mixed with longing and surprise.
"Forgive... me?" She asked incredulously.
