It was October throughout the world, and in the Swiss mountains, the hills weren't alive – they were frozen solid, from what Jada could see. The weather broadcast she'd seen on the plane had put the two days she would be staying in Switzerland in the mid forties, Fahrenheit. Blonde curls and her mother's green eyes were all that Jada was able to really see of Kayley before the other girl flung herself into Jada's arms. “Jay!” Kayley's voice was thick with something similar to relief.
“Hey Kayley.” Her thirteen year old sister smelled of the Edelweiss soap that Szelem had brought them one year for Christmas. Jada had been twelve, perhaps. The soap had been stamped with a little indentation of the flower, wrapped in a box. Hotel soap, the box reading off the meaning of the Edelweiss flower. With it, she had given them each a little music box. Jada had hated that particular gift too. That all aside, Kayley smelled clean and young, lacking the heavy stink of perfume and makeup that the Senshi of the Kraken had been expecting from her little sister. “I brought you some Thanksgiving gifts from everyone.” she slung an arm around the shoulders of the teenager, nearly as tall as Jada herself and five years younger to boot! The beam was innocent and sweet as it should be, and Jada and Kayley slid into the backseat of the rental car, their quiet companions sliding into the front.
It was a short enough drive to the boarding school where Jada had gotten permission to stay the night in the dormitory with her sister, as her trip was to be shorter than expected and over the weekend to boot. The area was quaint and quiet, and the school bore a fantastic reputation. Perfect for Kayley, who was nothing like her twin except in a love for video games; It would have been a prison for Zora or Jada, who were both freer birds than the blonde girl.
Some of the students already seemed to know Kayley, a few of the girls giving her small, polite waves. Some of the girls stuck up their nose, and Kayley's hackles went up. The normal fighting for the Queen Bee position, it seemed, and Kayley wasn't on top just yet. If Kayley was anything like her mother, and Jada knew she was, she wouldn't stop until that had changed!
“You came on Friday,” Kayley said anxiously as she dropped off Jada at the administrator's office, shuffling from one foot to the other in a single swift motion. Most would attribute the motion to what it seemed to be, a body in motion. “I have a class later that I must attend, but I was excused from most of them. Do you mind fending for yourself briefly? Someone will see you to the library or my room and I can meet you there, I am sure.”
“I'll be fine. Get to class. I've been to a boarding school before.”
“That was only Crystal.” Now that was Szelem-style snobbery to a 'T', yet what in her mother was infuriating, was amusing in her sister. For now.
“I'll be fine.” the younger girl was assured. And Jada was, quite! The library was lovely, the gardens were peaceful, and when Kayley was able, they went and relaxed in her room. Kayley tore into her gifts with an abandon that spoke in volumes. Saturday morning they got up early and went for a jog. Rather, Jada jogged and Kayley panted. One benefit to being a senshi, it seemed. Jada was in better shape than ever after her relaxation, where before, she would have been panting as much as Kayley herself, not jogging in place and encouraging her sister on. They showered, spent some time in one of the music rooms, and later went down to the town for lunch. (Swiss chocolates were bought by the pound at one of the local chocolatiers.) The second night, the two gained back all the calories they had exercised away by gorging on popcorn and being sedentary, watching some ridiculous 'chick flick.'
And on Sunday Kayley was crying softly into a handkerchief as Jada was forced to turn around and move forward, and onto the plane that would take her back to Destiny City, to face her own decisions.
“Hey Kayley.” Her thirteen year old sister smelled of the Edelweiss soap that Szelem had brought them one year for Christmas. Jada had been twelve, perhaps. The soap had been stamped with a little indentation of the flower, wrapped in a box. Hotel soap, the box reading off the meaning of the Edelweiss flower. With it, she had given them each a little music box. Jada had hated that particular gift too. That all aside, Kayley smelled clean and young, lacking the heavy stink of perfume and makeup that the Senshi of the Kraken had been expecting from her little sister. “I brought you some Thanksgiving gifts from everyone.” she slung an arm around the shoulders of the teenager, nearly as tall as Jada herself and five years younger to boot! The beam was innocent and sweet as it should be, and Jada and Kayley slid into the backseat of the rental car, their quiet companions sliding into the front.
It was a short enough drive to the boarding school where Jada had gotten permission to stay the night in the dormitory with her sister, as her trip was to be shorter than expected and over the weekend to boot. The area was quaint and quiet, and the school bore a fantastic reputation. Perfect for Kayley, who was nothing like her twin except in a love for video games; It would have been a prison for Zora or Jada, who were both freer birds than the blonde girl.
Some of the students already seemed to know Kayley, a few of the girls giving her small, polite waves. Some of the girls stuck up their nose, and Kayley's hackles went up. The normal fighting for the Queen Bee position, it seemed, and Kayley wasn't on top just yet. If Kayley was anything like her mother, and Jada knew she was, she wouldn't stop until that had changed!
“You came on Friday,” Kayley said anxiously as she dropped off Jada at the administrator's office, shuffling from one foot to the other in a single swift motion. Most would attribute the motion to what it seemed to be, a body in motion. “I have a class later that I must attend, but I was excused from most of them. Do you mind fending for yourself briefly? Someone will see you to the library or my room and I can meet you there, I am sure.”
“I'll be fine. Get to class. I've been to a boarding school before.”
“That was only Crystal.” Now that was Szelem-style snobbery to a 'T', yet what in her mother was infuriating, was amusing in her sister. For now.
“I'll be fine.” the younger girl was assured. And Jada was, quite! The library was lovely, the gardens were peaceful, and when Kayley was able, they went and relaxed in her room. Kayley tore into her gifts with an abandon that spoke in volumes. Saturday morning they got up early and went for a jog. Rather, Jada jogged and Kayley panted. One benefit to being a senshi, it seemed. Jada was in better shape than ever after her relaxation, where before, she would have been panting as much as Kayley herself, not jogging in place and encouraging her sister on. They showered, spent some time in one of the music rooms, and later went down to the town for lunch. (Swiss chocolates were bought by the pound at one of the local chocolatiers.) The second night, the two gained back all the calories they had exercised away by gorging on popcorn and being sedentary, watching some ridiculous 'chick flick.'
And on Sunday Kayley was crying softly into a handkerchief as Jada was forced to turn around and move forward, and onto the plane that would take her back to Destiny City, to face her own decisions.
