Enjoy the first chapter of "A Criminal and a Misfit"! I hope you all love it! I apologize, I bet there are a couple little typos and errors in there. I will write chapter 2 soon! Don't forget to review :)
Saturday March 24, 1984
7:06 AM
The Criminal dragged his boots through the hallway of Shermer High School, on his way to yet another detention. School had started three months ago, and going to detention had turned into a weekly routine for him. It wasn't his fault causing chaos every school day was a habit.
John made his way to the library, which was at the moment, empty. He pushed various items off of the receptionist's desk, and pocketing a pack of sticky notes. He walked over to the second row, and slumped down into the middle chair. He gave a rasping groan, he had just walked in and he was already bored out of his mind. The principal wasn't even there yet. Then again, he was seven minutes early. He put his legs onto the desk, making himself comfortable. He took off his trench coat, revealing his worn-out jean jacket and red flannel, followed by another layer underneath, a white shirt. He took his black sunglasses off, placing them onto the desk. He looked around the room when something caught his eye.
A girl walked into the library, about 5'10", from what he could tell. What he really noticed was the long legs sprouting out from the black shorts she was wearing. She looked around the room, as if she was expecting something new to unveil itself. But nothing happened, the library remained silent, and John Bender was staring at her. She walked to the front row, flashing him a small smile before quietly sitting down. She sat in front of him, and didn't seem to be bothered by his presence, or shaken, unlike most of the girls that walked into detention. John's eyes looked around the room, occasionally stopping at the back of the girl's head.
Nattasia couldn't believe she was sitting here. At least she had company, but she didn't know who he was at all. Not even his name. Her friends had told her about him though, but they had assumed she had known his name, so they never actually said it. Her friends told her of the chaos he caused, his friends, and of course hitting on girls. But she wasn't going to judge, she wasn't like that. Maybe he was actually nice, but misunderstood. From what she saw, he was actually pretty attractive. She sighed inaudibly, and took the bright yellow sunglasses off of head. She then put the sunglasses onto the desk more forcefully then she had intended, causing a loud slap. She jumped a bit at the sound, then turned around and mouthed, "Sorry" to the unnamed boy behind her, and flashed him another quick smile before turning back around again. Before he could open his mouth to reply, Vernon walked in.
Vernon gave his usual detention spiel. Bender sighed and rolled his eyes throughout the whole thing, watching the girl in front of him. Just then he saw Vernon come up to him and give him a piece of lined paper. What was this for? He noticed he also gave one to the girl. All he managed to catch was, "...than a thousand words. Is that clear Mr. Bender?"
John now snapped back to reality and said, "Crystal." Vernon nodded at him before walking out of the room.
John took the silence that followed as an opportunity to examine the girl. She had brunette curly hair that ran just past her shoulders, that was back in a red bandanna she used as a headband. His eyes ran down her body, she had bright yellow sunglasses that now rested on the table, second piercings on each ear, a grey sweater that loosely hung off of one shoulder, black short shorts, and finally some brown combat boots. With no makeup, and John thought she didn't need any. She looked quite alluring in John's opinion. It was quite an outfit. It was obvious she wasn't into fashion. John smirked a bit when the loose sweater that hung off of her shoulder revealed a black bra strap. He had seen her walking in the hallways at school. He hadn't noticed her until now. And because they were spending nine hours together, his natural curiosity took over. Why was she here? What was her name? He wasn't one to ask questions though. Bender crumpled up his piece of paper and threw it past her, and waited for her reaction.
Nattasia looked at the paper that had barely missed her. Her teacher had already assigned her a detention for next Saturday also, so so had nothing to lose. She decided to respond right back to him. She smiled a bit to herself as she also crumpled her piece of paper, and threw it over her shoulder. She then picked up her pencil and drummed it against the desk, she was already getting bored. Not even ten minutes had passed yet. She leaned over the desk, to see if Vernon was in his office, and what he was doing. She sighed, nothing interesting. She slumped back into her seat, and heard the boy behind her moving around. Before she knew it, he hopped over his own table and was sitting next to her.
"Hey, sweets." He said.