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Leave Your Mark

[[You Won't Make a Dent]]

A gentle caress,

encouraging lies.

pulling you up,

until you fly.

A land of perfect,

all want to achieve,

but flashes of lightning,

a storm on its leave.

Taking not leaving,

forget others best,

talents a virtue,

not many possess.

The art many knew,

creations passed by,

cast down from the land,

where you felt you could fly.

Thrown away and forgotten,

your time is through,

they pull others up,

no longer with you.

If you're searching,

to leave your mark,

it may happen,

no matter your spark.

Because once the wings of a

bird height once lent,

not many leave marks.

You won't make a dent.

Sapphire and Ruby
Six
Dance Partners

   "Grab your dance partners and begin your warm ups," Ms. Day commanded. The class began shuffling around the room to the people they normally paired up with. It was an equal amount of kids, so everyone one had a partner of the opposite gender. Fabulous. Sapphire was about to go up to Ms. Day to announce she didn't have one (of any gender) when the door opened, and in walked the boy from the hall.
   Sapphire's breath caught in your throat, refusing to be released. She felt like her heart was up in her throat, and she couldn't convince it to go back in place. The boy went up to Ms. Day, whispered something to her and smiled sheepishly. She nodded in response to whatever he said and turned to Sapphire, "Miss Star, come here please."
   Takintg a deep, calming breathe, Sapphire walked over to the teacher with her head held high, trying to show (perhaps unsuccessfully) that she wasn't afraid to meet this boys startling gaze. "Miss Star, meet Alexander. He's usually the student aid for the class, but seeing as we don't have any one else for you to pair up with, he'll be your partner. That alright with you?"
   Sapphire blinked and gulped again. She couldn't think of a nice way to say no, so she just mutedly nodded her head, darting a side way look at him. And blushed. He was looking at her as well. He led her over to the corner of the mirrored room, taking her hand in one of his and placing the other on her waist. Her left hand went on his forearm and her right in his.
   And then they began to dance. She wasn't sure who was leading who, just that they went perfectly together. It flowed smoothing, never tripping over each others feet like most people, or loosing focus and messing up. They twirled around the room with rhythm of the song, Without You by Hinder. He picked her up and lifted her over his head, her back arching, with her legs bent together in the shape of a four.
   She was vaguely aware of the rest of the class coming to a halt to watch, but she filed them into the back of her mind as 'unimportant'. Her feet touched the ground once more and they were off again, going through the same routine they'd just done.
   Finally, they came to a stop at the end of the song, breathing hard, but not yet panting. She smiled up at him, her ocean blue-grey eyes sparkling up as his emerald green shine down. She could feel warm heat flowing to her cheeks, but she didn't look away. She simply didn't want to. She finally calmed her heart down enough, and the sound in the room suddenly hit her ears. The class was clapping with Ms. Day trying to talk over them.
   "Enough!" she chuckled. "That was an excellent performence, Sapphire, Alexander. For homework, I want you all to practice your dancing. You'll be graded on it tomorrow." As if on cue, the bell rang and everyone filed out of the room, talking excitedly about one thing or another.
   Sapphire left the room in a flurry, meeting up at Ruby at the front of the school. She was grinning from ear to ear. "Sapphire! i just heard! Did you seriously dance with THE Alexander Faye?" she squeals. Sapphire blinked, at a lose for words at her friends unexpected excitement.
   "Uhm, yes?" her voice was a question.
   "Wow, I mean, just- Wow." she said, rather breathlessly. Sapphire sighed. She was going to be talk of the school now. More then she already was. Fabulous. 

Sapphire and Ruby
Three
Down To The Waterfall

   Sapphire woke up early on a Saturday morning, wondering what fantastic adventures Ruby had in store for them. She jumped out of bed and raced down the stairs and into the kitchen, popping in a few slices of bread into the toaster and pouring herself a glass of orange juice. The toaster popped up, signaling that her bread was done. Walking over to the toaster with the butter dish in one hand and a plate in the other, she put the crispy bread on the plate, buttered it, and took a bite. 
   She raced back upstairs and got dressed in her usual colors, black, black, and more black. The phone rang while she was in the shower. She got out and wrapped herself in a fluffy white towel and walked over to the phone. "Hello?" Even in her most tired voice, she sounded like a musical.
   "Hey! Are you ready to go yet?" Ruby asked, sounding as if she was a hundred miles away when she was just across the street. Sapphire brushed her hair as fast as she could, putting her black and blue bow in her hair. "Yep, I’m all good." She ran down the flight of stairs, past her mother and out the door.
   The girls met each other half way in the street, hugging each other as they laughed and danced together. Still hugging each other, Ruby looked at her best friend and smiled, "C’mon! I have something magical to show you!" And with that, they ran down the street holding hands, towards the forest.

~~***~~

   The girls came to a stop in the middle of the forest, Sapphire looking around at the wonders of the magnificent view she now had. A pond lay in the center of the forest, glistening water shinning from the sun’s warm rays of light. She took a step towards the pond and looked down, Japanese moon fish swimming in circles around inside. She let out a giggle at what she saw, a new safe glow surrounding her skin.
   Birds chirped around her, tigers and lions and panthers slowly showing themselves to Ruby and Sapphire. Sapphire slowly stood up, not taking her eyes off the wild animals for fear that’d they’d either disappear, or attack her at her companion at any moment. She turned her head and looked at Ruby for guidance. Her friend gave her a small smile and gestured for Sapphire to go towards one of them.
   She let out a soft gulp, taking a step towards the closest tiger, her eyes turning a deeper blue as she extends her hand and lightly touches the tigers head. The tiger tilted its head into the flat of her palm, letting out a calm gentle purr. Sapphire giggles an kneels own onto her knee’s in front of the tiger, laying her cheek on top of its head and petting it softly.
   "He’s so sweet." She looks at Ruby, her friend lying against a blue, black panther, lion cubs playing around her as she nods and smiles. A lion cub jumps on to each of their shoulders, licking them both on the cheek. "I wish we could take them home with us. They’re just so cute!" They stand up and kiss the wild animals on the head, hugging and petting each and every one of them.
   "Can we come back tomorrow?" She looked questioningly at Ruby, her eyes big and pleading. Her friend giggles and nods, "Sure, we can come back. We’ll even bring something to eat for them!" And with that, they raced each other home, laughing and having a grand old time as they do. 

   Ruby Rose was running to her locker, afraid that she’d miss the bell if she didn’t hurry. She wasn’t paying attention to the people around her and had accidently pushed a girl with long strawberry blonde hair and sparkling blue ocean water eyes on the ground. She silently cursed to herself and kneeled over to help the girl up. "Jeez! I’m so sorry! I didn’t even see you there. Are you ok?" Ruby looked at the girl closely. She was wearing a black shirt that must have been difficult to breath in, a pair of black skinny jeans, black shoes that a skater kid might have worn, and a small, thin black jacket with blue sapphires along the rims of the pockets.
   She looked the beautiful, bizarre girl up and down. She was very thin, but she was able to tell the girl worked out a lot by the build of her body. Her hair went down to the small of her back, and her cheeks were a rosy pink. Aw, she’s blushing! I must have scared her quite a bit… Ruby extended her hand and introduced herself. "Hey, I’m Ruby Rose. You must be the new girl every ones been talking about." She smiled warmly at her, glad she had caught herself from saying what she was about to.
   The girl took her hand and gave it a gentle shake. "Yeah, that’s me… I’m Sapphire Star." She returned her smile, her eyes giving off a vibrant ray of emotion. Sapphire kneeled over and picked up her back pack, sighing as she dusted it off. Ruby smiles appologeticly. "Sorry, I wasn’t paying attention to where I was going." Instead of Sapphire yelling at her for her mistake, she just shrugged. "Hey, no biggy. I’m kind of use to being pushed around. What with my having six older brothers and all."
   Ruby let out a chuckle. "I guess you would be then. So where are you going now?" Sapphire handed over her classes and Ruby smiled. "You have the rest of the day with me so it seems. "Come on, I’ll show you around."

~~***~~

   Ruby and Sapphire had hit it off wonderfully. It appeared that they actually had a lot on common. Thy both liked the same kind of music [rock and hip hop], they both loved taking pictures [of themselves an animals], they both loved dancing [cultural and ballroom], and they both had a very huge secret, one they never thought they’d have to share with anyone.
   It had been two weeks since the first day of school for Sapphire. Since then, the girls had spent all their time together. Whither they went to the mall, the movies, swimming, or if they had just gone to one of their houses, they were always together. Ruby had never known what it felt like to have a close friend, one that she could trust with her secret. It feels good to actually tell someone, she thought one night as she had lied wide awake in bed. She could feel Sapphire felt the same way. It’s the start of a grand new friendship! Was her last thought before she fell asleep that night, cuddling her pillow and dreaming of the adventures they were to soon discover.
   Little did they know their biggest adventure wouldn’t just be thrilling, it could also be deadly. 

Sapphire and Ruby
One
The New Girl

   It was a rainy day in New York City, New York on Sapphire Star’s first day of school. The rain poured down on her as she walked to her new school, drenching her strawberry blonde hair, her black shirt that as skin tight, and her jacket that made the rain water slip right off it. She loved the feel of the rain wash over her bare skin, through her hair, onto her scalp. It reminded her of Winlock, Washington. She walked onto school campus, over taken by excitement when she saw the vibrant mansion stand before her.
   She walked to the front doors, looking around at everyone she passed. She could hear everyone whispering and talking excitedly around her, pointing and looking at her as if she was the new fun toy they got to play with. She looked at her new classes, wondering where the classrooms were at. As she scanned over her schedual, she whispered, "Biology, room seven eighty-three. I wonder where that is.." She trailed off. Sapphire looked up from the sheet of paper she held in her hands and walked down to the main office.
   "Uh excuse me?" She said to the lady behind the desk. "I’m Sapphire Star. Today’s my first day… But I don’t know where the class rooms are. Can you help me?" The lady behind the desk looked up from her computer and smiled at her, her lips a rose red from year old lipstick. "Yes, of course, child. I’m Mrs. Cutsworth. Let me see your schedual and I’ll send you on your way." Mrs. Cutsworth stuck out her hand as Sapphire handed her the piece of paper. The old woman looked at the paper and pulled out a yellow highlighter and another sheet of paper, highlighting something on it.
   Mrs. Cutsworth handed both sheets of paper back to Sapphire and showed her how to get to her classes. On the other sheet that was given to her was a school map. The things highlighted were the classes she was suppose to be in and an X was over the main office. Looking through the paper, she headed to her Biology class. Just as she walks into the class room, she bumps into the teacher, causing him to drop the pile of papers he was holding.
   Flustered, she quikly drops down and helps him pick everything up, all the while repeating, "I’m so sorry!" She stood up and handed the pile of papers to the teacher, blushing mildly at her stupidity. She down casted her gaze, looking at the floor and investigating her shoes. The teacher coughed and she looked up slightly. "You must be the new student. Sapphire Star. I’m Mr. Bates. There’s an open seat in the back right corner." As he points to the spot where he has assigned her, she looks at the spot, then at the rest of the class. She mumbles a "Thank you," and stumbles to her seat, blushing madly.
   She pulls out her notebook and begins scribbling everything down for the next hour, gazing out at the window beside her and sighing. She was the last one up and out of class when the bell rang. She walked aimlessly to her next class, gazing around at everyone. There were people still laughing and pointing at her. It mad her depressed to be the only one there without someone to talk to… At least until she ran into Ruby Rose.  

Why I love You.

I love the way you look at me,
Your eyes so bright and blue.
I love the way you kiss me,
Your lips so soft and smooth.

I love the way you make me so happy,
And the ways you show you care.
I love the way you say, "I Love You,"
And the way you're always there.

I love the way you touch me,
Always sending chills down my spine.
I love that you are with me,
And glad that you are mine.

Like Fire

Burning pain, burning desire.
A caged bird, burning like fire.

Watching the moon, shine down cold.
I wait in pain, until my wings unfold.

No longer naive, you opened my eyes.
I cry in pain, in memory of your lies.

To be happy once again, is my burning desire.
With the scars you left, burn like fire.
 

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You and me, hand in hand
walking on the beach
Looking at the stretch of sand
and the life we cannot reach.

You and me, stop to touch
and let our arms entwine
To feel passion’s burning touch
and your heartbeat next to mine.

You and me, slowly kiss
and caress the soft skin
Caught in a world of bliss
that we entered in.

You and me lie in the sand
under the starlit sky
Feel the touch of each other’s hand
as the night passes by.

You and me close together
as we look into our eyes
Passion burns for each other
the flame will never die.

You and me stop to smile
and look into our hearts
Young love burns all the while
for we will never part.

You and me wake to find
in each other’s arms
Life and love intertwined
isn’t always calm.

You and me, such young love
find we disagree
All the things I dreamed of
were not yet meant to be.

You and me, too confused
to see eye to eye
Love or hurt, cannot choose
for us is this goodbye?

Now you and me sit apart
on the sand by the sea
Passion’s flame in our hearts
still burns for you and me.