Livi - The First Morning

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More Addergoole.
 

Livi lay still for a few moments, giving herself time to work out where she was. As she looked at the ceiling she remembered the journey to Addergoole and how tired she had been when they had arrived. She had walked with Ursula, and Luke, through corridors that made Livi think of a manor rather than a school. From the way Urusula had been gripping Livi's hand she knew that her sister was... well, it was Ursula and she liked to have everything planned out. Ending up underground in a place that seemed nothing like a school would have been freaking her out.

A wave of pity swept over Livi. She felt sorry for Ursula, knowing that she was right about there being something strange about their new school. Brushing her hair out of her face Livi sat up. Strange didn't bother her the way it did Ursula, but then Livi didn't always have to be in control of everything. It was actually kind of nice to be somewhere new, somewhere unexpected, because it was something that never would have happened under normal circumstances. There were times when she appreciated Ursula, and her need to plan everything out to the smallest detail, but then there were times when Livi wanted to let fate take her where it wanted her to go.

Fate, of course, was not always good to people. Livi knew that. It was obvious to her, because she had always been different, but she had learnt not to show it to anyone, so her time at school had been easier than Ursula's. Ursula had always seen the bad in people, which had made her avoid almost everyone they had gone to school with, while Livi had seen the good. Everyone had some good in them, somewhere, and she knew that Ursula worried, as she had this mistaken belief that Livi hadn't realised that some people had their goodness so deeply hidden that they didn't even know it existed. She was an optimist, not stupid.

Sighing, remembering Ursula's many lectures about the nature of people, Livi slipped out from under the covers. The bed was nice, much nicer than hers had been at home, but that didn't mean she could stay in it all day, no matter how much she wanted to. Addergoole needed exploring and she wanted to begin meeting the people she was going to be spending the rest of the year with. She glanced at the wall. It wouldn't be long until Ursula walked in, to talk about her worries, so it would be some time before Livi could go anywhere, and she knew, without any doubt, that Ursula would stay with her, as protection from all the bad people.

After a quick look around the room Livi found her overnight bag and took out her hairbrush. She yanked it through her hair, trying not to feel angry. Ursula was the older of the two of them, by a whole three minutes, which meant she was supposed to be annoying and over-protective. It was just hard to accept it. Livi was capable of looking after herself, she understood people better than Ursula ever could, and Livi hoped that being at Addergoole would give her some freedom.

 

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