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Is it possible for somebody to experience the worst day ever and the best day ever simultaneously?
Or is it just phrased wrong ?
Would really bad day but with a lot of good things in it or a really good day with a lot of bad things in it ?
Hell if Jesse knew.
The day started off really good as she sat in the dark auditorium watching her brother perform one of his greatest items. The most recent scope of school drama lead to her brother obtaining probably one of the coolest and most eye-catching beyblades she’s ever seen. He spent all week talking about it and now that he finally has it he can finally show it off to the entire school. The crowd of kids cheered as Yumyulack spun the thing around the small stool chair. She couldn’t help but cheer with joy as well.
As soon as he disappeared behind the curtains she jumped up from her seat and ran over towards one of the entrances to the backstage. She felt so proud of him. She could barely contain her excitement as she pulled out her lovely Lakitu cloud. The fluffy thing floated right above her brother. Her mind raced to the many things they could do to celebrate his success.
We could go to the movies or get ice cream or egg some randos house and float away before he could do anything or we could dress shopping or-
“Yknow that uglier alien I hang out with, Jesse ?”
Huh ?
“She’s a loser who’s obsessed with other peoples lives. I tricked her into giving me intel. Smart, right ?”
Yumyulack sounded happy. Proud even. Proud to have used his sister in such a way.
Tears welled up in her eyes as realization hits for her.
Yumyulack never wanted to hang out with her. He only hung out with her for his gain. He only said those nice things to get more information on school drama. He just wanted to hang out with her to get his stupid Beyblade.
The sadness in Jesse’s heart filled with another emotion.
Rage.
And by the time Yumyulack finally notices her it’s already too late.
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So, not the best way to start off your day actually.
After running away (or floating away) she decided to just skip school and pay the consequences later. She cried the entire way back to her house. Her sobs only grew louder when she finally collapsed on the ship floor. At least she wasn’t alone. At least she had Aisha.
“Yumyulack is a piece of shit. We all hate his ass so much.”
At the time, Jesse was too caught up in her emotions to properly respond to that statement but her insides were screaming. She was angry. Angry at Yumyulack, angry she allowed herself to get manipulated like this, angry that all she did was run away and not teach Yum a lesson.
But most of all
She was angry at herself for still not hating Yumyulack.
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Jesse told herself that even though she still didn’t hate her brother that doesn’t mean she’ll forgive him with whatever fake ass apology he’ll eventually give her. She won’t fall for one of those again. She’s gonna stick to her guns no matter what.
She doesn’t even flinch when Yumyulack busts through the door yelling for her. She turns away when he starts the excuses. And she openly rejects his begs for help and forgiveness.
She’s officially done with him.
“…I really did want to fly around in that Lakitu cloud with you…and now I never will…”
Damnit.
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She forgave him.
At least for right now. She was still so very angry but something in her told her to help him for just a moment. She cursed herself but felt a warmth in her heart. A warmth she missed.
They spent the rest of the day watching all the classic 80’s movies. Yumyulack takes notes and really focuses in on all the small cracks and details of these poorly made movies. Jesse can help but laugh and smile at the jokes and gags. She felt that warmth return to her once she realizes he was laughing with her.
They can’t help but smile and dance at the songs and action packed scenes. For hours they just watched movie after movie until night came. At night, Jesse packed all her things for school along with some extra stuff. Just a notepad with their plan, a duffle bag soon to be filled with money, and the teenwolf ray ready to go.
Yumyulack and her reiterated the plan to each other and went to sleep.
Despite the peaceful air and the previous fun movie night, Jesse couldn’t sleep. A pit in her stomach grew larger and larger as she tried to cry.
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The game went better than she thought.
Everything was going according to plan and all they had to do to secure the money was watch the teenwolf do his thing.
However, due to an unknown turn of events, another teenwolf joined the game. The 2nd teenwolf defeated their teenwolf with ease. Jesse looked down to a miss frizzle look alike and two Waldos make their way towards them. Without thinking she grabbed her brother by his vest and ran out of the gym.
They ran as fast as they could. Yumyulack tried to plan while Jesse's mind went racing.
Despite their efforts of escaping, they found them.
The two weirdly buff Waldos grabbed ahold of Yumyulack and pushed Jesse aside. Jesse tried to run around the two in an attempt to grab her brother but was proven futile by how buff the Waldo was.
Before she knew it, a knife was already embedded into Yumyulacks chest and he fell to the ground.
“NO”
The miss Frizzle look alike snapped her fingers and in an instant Jesse was wrapped around the Waldo’s buff arms. She struggled and kicked but it did nothing.
“No no no yumyulack !!” She screamed for her brother. All he could do was grasp the knife handle and groan.
Tears ran down Jesse’s face. It might’ve seemed selfish at the moment but she couldn’t help but shut her eyes tightly. She refuses to look at her dying brother. She can’t watch as he dies right in front of his face once again. She can’t keep doing this.
When all hope seemed lost, a savior appeared.
“Pupa’s in the house !”
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It was quiet in their room again. It's peaceful and yet Jesse can’t sleep.
She rolled over to meet her brother's sleeping figure. She watched as his now bandaged up chest goes up and down with every breath. It’s going to take some time for him to fully heal up but Korvo said he will be alright.
He’s going to be fine.
Overall, the past two days have probably been the worst. But after those two days, she really does believe they bonded more. Still, can’t help the feeling of dread and hopelessness. She should feel happy Yumyulack survived this. She is happy but...
She sits up and bed and hops off.
Going downstairs she takes note to not wake or bother anybody in the house on the creaky stairs. Especially the Pupa.
She stood in the middle of the living room for a while, searching. Finally, she finds it. The white and gold Beyblade.
Jesse almost feels sick looking at it. But she swallows up her dread and scoops it off the ground. Making her way to the kitchen she couldn’t help but squeeze the damn thing. This thing was no longer a symbol of cool sibling bonding time. Not anymore.
She grabbed a little high chair from the corner of the kitchen and carried it over to one of the cupboards. She grabbed a key out of her small pajama pocket and clicked it inside the huge lock on the handle.
She stood on her tippy toes as she carefully and cautiously removed the poison darts from the small space and placed them on the counter below her. She shoved the Beyblade in right besides one of the house's worst items, the Harry Potter whistle . The poison darts are placed back in and the cupboards are now closed and locked.
She hops off and places everything back as they were.
She still feels sad but calmer. Not safe but secure.
Not a bad day, not a good day.