Chapter One

Girls. The Good, the Bad, and Then There's Lucy.

Evan

After the living hell my life was when I first started school at Dan Quale Junior High School, I finally have more than I thought I would. Sure, the popluar kids didn't come to my party, they turned out to be jerks anyway, but I had my true friends to come. And after that, Patrice and I became as you would say, and 'item'. But today was going to be possibly the best day I've spent in this town of Appleton, Indiana. The last day of school.

I make sure to get to school early, to spend some more time with my friends. I find Patrice hasn't come yet, so I look for Archie, and then realize that he's on the special needs bus. So I wonder the halls when I suddenly find Charlotte alone in the hall. I'm not sure if I should talk to her, or even if she'll talk to me, but I figure it's worth it. "Hey Charlotte."

"Evan!" she says, not seeing me creep up behind her, "What do you want?"

"I thought I should say hi because it's the last day of school. And put aside our diffrences for a second."

"Nice of you to do that, but if someone sees me with you, I'm dead."

"I know, but you're the only one here."

"But they could show up, and you know that they hate you."

I knew that she has a point, but I need someone to wait me over until Patrice comes. "I know, I know, but..." I was trying to think about something jucy going on around school, "what's up with Brett and Lucy?"

She was shocked I metioned that, but she couldn't fight back the urge to spill the latest gossip. "Um... they had a fight and..."

"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU!" said a voice from the other end of the hall.

"Go." Charlotte said and pushed me past the trohpy display so they wouldn't see me.

I stayed put and snooped on their conversation behind the lockers behind the display. It sounded pretty bad.

"You're the one who said we should call it off!" Brett said and was followed by a big gasp from Lucy.

"I was mad at you! You're the one who started talking about Kendra!"

"Kendra's our friend! I don't have to talk about you 24/7!"

I could tell Lucy was getting pissed. "Yeah, but you started talking about how much more relaxed than me, who you think only cares about herself!"

"That's all you care about! You! Yourself! Lucy Dunn!"

Lucy was speechless for a few seconds, but then all hell came out of her mouth. "You know what? We're done! You can go back to Kendra! You're nothing but a greedy son of a bitch!"

I head the click and clack of her heels fade away as Brett spoke. "You can't walk away after you call me greedy and a female dog!"

I shoke my head and I'm glad I failed at being cool. It's most likely worse than the hell I went through. I started to walk away, but Brett stopped me by his pull of my shirt. "Goldman."

"Yes Brett?"

"I know you're a loser and all, but you're good at solving problems. So, I need you to make sure Lucy stays away from Kendra."

I didn't wan to take this offer, but I had no choice. Well, I did, but who wants to get the crap kicked out of them? "Okay."

"If you screw this up, I'll kick your ass harder than I should of at the Bloodmaster! Got it?"

"Yeah, can you put me down?" I say, and he drops me to the floor and leaves

But when I think I'm alone, Partice shows up. "Hey Evan, why are you on the... never mind."

And now I knew my summer was going to be hell. Again.