Not So Perfect.
"Come on, it'll be fun!" cried Pandora as she tried to persuade me to go to this camping weekend.
"I'm not so sure. I ain't like the reast of you. They'll think I'm weird," I answered uncomfortably.
"If you're with me it won't matter...what do you say?" she asked. She gave me the puppy do look. I hated it when she did that.
"O...alright," I eventually answered.
"Great, see you tonight!," she exclaimed as she began to skip down the corridor.
I had moved to Roundview College last month. It was weird changing colleges. I was different to the rest of the students in Roundview. Most of them cared about what they looked like. Always checking themselves out in the mirror. Like that red hair girl who's dating that tall, tinted skinned boy in my year. I was a girl that didn't care much for fashion or what I looked like. I'd usually just wear jeans, top and the odd hoodie. The only thing I really cared about was my grades, my family and my Vans and Converse. How I loved those shoes.
But anyway, I had moved to Roundview and I had bumped into Panda the first day there. She seemed nice and wanted to show me around. She'd sit with me at dinner. But when she did a girl with dark brown hair would look over and give me the evils. Panda would just smile at her. 'She must know Pan' I'd say to myself. We got along, me and Pan. We were childish in our fun ways, but most nights I wouldn't see her, just in school.
So, going back to today. She has invited me to a camping trip this weekend with her friends. I didn't want to go. They wouldn't accept me. But she managed to persuade me. Yes...I am easily persuaded...
Friday soon came about and I was soon stood outside her house talking to her mother.
"You must be Pan's new friend," she said cheerfully. I nodded and smiled, "you don't drink, smoke or sleep around do you?" her answer startled me. Was I being accused of something?
"N-no of course not. I'm a virgin...on all three of them," I answered quickly and twitching my head slightly. Her mouth turned to a grin "well then, I best get Panda to hurry up...Panda!!"
Pandora stumbled down the stairs. Her hair in crimped ponytails that flapped at either side of her head, "ready?" she asked. I nodded, clutching my small bag pack that was on my shoulder. We walked down the street and waved goodbye to her mother. The night began...
When I met her friends, I recognised them all. I remember when I first noticed them in school . Most of them didn't even want to acknowledge me but the girl [I mentioned before] looked at me, as if she was trying to work me out and how I ticked. Another one, a guy, also noticed me. He seemed the leader of the guys, or liked to think it. His friend, who born curly locks looked at me too. All three of them seemed like they were trying to find out who I was by just looking at me. As if they were physic.
But there I stood, in front of all 7 of them. The girl from before was the first to make a move. She stood right up to me.
"I'm Effy," she said.
"H...hi," I answered nervously. She introduced the rest of them; Freddie, Cook, JJ, Emily, Katie and Naomi. Then we set off in her silver car, towards the woods.
It was 8 before we eventually got to the woods and even then it took half an hour to get all the tents up and the fire lit. Then [and I will quote cook] "the party can get started". The throw spliffs around like there was no tomorrow. I tried abit. It's gas shot to the back of the throat and straggled me. I couldn't take it. I managed to get half a bottle of vodka down me though, I could stand it. I only did it so they didn't think I was weird. When it all started to get rowdy [meaning Cook was getting loud], I slipped off further into the woods. I had seen JJ and Naomi slip off earlier. But no together mind you.
Barefooted, I watched my step [or at least as well as I could] in pitch blackness. The snapping of twigs under my feet after every step I take. I movement was made in some bushes nearby. 'Just the wind,' I thought. But it happened again.
"Who's there," I said quietly, but I had to speak up, "who's there?"
I step towards the bushes that were moving. I peered over it. My breath becoming deeper. Blonde poked out of it.
"What the f-" The figure popped up. It was JJ, "I'm sorry!"
I jumped back in shock, "no no no it's alright. You just startled me that's all."
"Startled? That's a posh word," He said quickly. I laughed slightly, "I come from a place people would call 'stuck up'. Hence where I get my words from."
He giggled, "...hence"
We laughed loudly. I fell down from the loss of balance and dragged JJ down with me. He landed on top of me. I didn't notice for a while for I was rolling in laughter. We slowed down our laughing and it soon came to a complete stop. He looked down at me and I stroked his hair.
"You're pretty cute," I said. Must have been the alcohol talking as I had no control over it. I clung to his shirt and pulled him in. Pressing hard against his lips, his hands swirled to find the ground. A moment of silence hit the air again. Then another giggle from me.
"O gosh...I am sooo sorry. It must be the drink..Even tho I didn't have alot," I answered in a posh voice.
"O well..I liked it," he replied. I bit my lip and grinned. My hands moved down his chest and over his brown leather belt.
"Are you two alright?" a voice came from near by. We sat up quickly. It was Naomi. She grinned in the fact she had seen us like this.
"And all this time I thought you were too frigid to believe,"
"O fudge off, it's the –"
"-Drink? You've hardly had any. It's called being normal," she replied angrily.
"I guess I better leave you two to argue," said JJ quietly. He brushed the dirt off his jeans and walked away.
"...Aww, not going after him?" asked Naomi smirking.
"Depends...do you want me to?" I asked slowly walking towards her.
"t won't work,"
"What won't?"
"You...trying to flirt your way onto me. You've just been all over JJ...You're worse than people think,"
"And what do people think of me?"
"They see you as a posh, stuck up, straight A student. No bad bone is in you. Looks like they were all wrong,"
"Looks like they were. There are many things people don't know about me."
"Well that's obvious..." A pause of silence..."What do you want to know?" I asked.
"Hmm...tough choice...are you a virgin?"
"Yes..."
"Every drank before?"
"Nope."
"Drugs?"
"Nope."
"See goodie two shoes –"
"Not when it comes to relationships..."
"...what? I just asked if you were a virgin –"
"Yeh but it doesn't mean I'm not a bitch when it comes to them..."
I leaned in close to her and kissed the corner of her pink lips, "anything else?" I asked her quietly.