A/N - I don't hate Shane, truly I don't I just need him down a couple pegs. The original attempt at this was supposed to be Cooperfeld, but it took its own path and became our dear Shrimp Girl and her DJ. This story is actually likely to know everyone off there high horse.
"Oh good you found one thank you." My step sister said grabbing the pill
"No wait Lauren." I said trying to wrestle it from her, "That's not a painkiller."
"It would likely do that too Amy." Shane said dismissively.
"So now you try and drug me." She snaps
"It was for Amy." And she gave him a death glare.
Then she started "Where the hell do you get off, you date my best friend despite the fact we both knew you were no good for him, then you break up with him because he is trying to give you advice in a way you had thought was cute."
"It had gotten old." He tries to defend.
"Your best friends has nearly ruined Amy and Karma's life, and you blame that stupid girl for it, despite the fact your Casanova want-to-be ass hole is just giving her the attention you let her have by outing them in public, despite the fact that only Amy rolls that way, and if I know her half as well as I think I do, she only found out she was because you couldn't stay the fuck out of her business. Drugs are just the next in your line of proving you have no clue what's best for ANYONE."
"Lauren, that's,"
"Oh my god Amy; just don't, either go up and be with that girl you have been staring at all night or let's go home. You so called friend is nothing but another patriarchal sleaze who hides behind his sexuality to perpetuate stereotypes to manipulate you, Karma and even Hottie Doucheface." Shane response was to imitate a fish trying to come back with a response.
"Do you think she'd go for me, I am kind of," I trailed off not even looking at Shane
"Awkward, tall, a bit butch, rebounding from your best friend having no romantic interests in you what so ever" she listed off easily.
"Um all of them" I replied.
"Honestly I expect you to crash and burn but people do weirder things. I have no clue what any of the woman at our school see in Liam he looks like a reject from Twilight." I laughed at that, even if it was a bit bitter. "It's a party she is just some aesthetically appeasing girl, you literally have no risk. Worse she can do is laugh and then we can go marathon bad TV on Netflix's. Like I wanted to before some other jerk started ignoring my texts. God my head hurts."
"Can I have your Number I think we should go out?" I said, go big or go home right.
"What was that?" She asked glancing at me.
"I think we should go on a," she started to smile as I asked again "you heard me before."
"Yeah, I just like messing with you Shrimp Girl"
"I sometimes go by Amy."
"Reagan" She replied with a pantie damping smirk. I felt my phone buzz with a call from Karma and I put it on mute, I cannot deal with Liam drama anymore.
"Anybody good"
"Just bill collectors" I replied easily.
"At this time of night is it something I should be worried about before I said yes?"
"But you haven't said yes."
"That was a yes Shrimp Girl."
"Just fair warning I am only 16"
"How did you get – never mind like they would pay that much attention here."
"And hey it worked out right."
"It sure did Shrimps, you kind of blew me off at the party the other day."
"And I am sorry about that,
"What about your friends, they don't mind that I stole you?" I thought about Karma for a moment before I replied with a smile.
"It's just something they are going to have to deal with."
Lauren's PoV
"I am sorry." Shane said, "I really am trying to help her be confident with who she is, I can't, I don't always pay attention to what I am do along the way."
"Pay fucking attention from now on. I know you have some need that every needs to be out and proud by world is a cruel place that will rip anyone to shreds with little provocation and you don't need to be shoving that shit down her throat.
"Her and Karma are" cocked eyebrow half head tilt and he shut up. "They are so fucked."
"And you're her almost just as sorry replacement goldfish."
"That is just fucked up."
"Yes it is, so stop being such a blind fuckup and realize your best friend is a douchbag just as much as Karma is a stupid blind child."
"Is this about Theo."
"Fuck Theo."
"Is this about the other thing?"
"As much as anything else I suppose."
"You wanna talk about it?"
"Not with you." I replied, the pounding in my head was getting worse. Why the fuck did I go out tonight anyway.
"It is okay."
"Maybe to you, and maybe even to our school, but not to everyone Harvey" I replied "I am going home you watch make sure that DJ doesn't do anything creepy."
Amy's PoV
2 hours and 6 missed calls from Karma later. I had found out Regan was not attending college between Cater-waitering and DJ-ing. Hadn't really had really had to many former relationship, how the hell does that happen when she looks like that, and a number of adorable other small things.
My phone started vibrating again. "You are going to have to answer that sooner or later. They seem to really want to collect their money, do you have mob connections."
"I may know someone who sells pot brownies but I think that's the extent of it."
"You don't do pot right?"
"God no, though a certain someone here offered me ecstasy today" I left out the fact that it was my so called GBF.
"Well I am glad you didn't take it."
"And how do you know I didn't" I asked trying to be flirty.
"If you had you be down there hanging out with anyone, or freaking out in like a closet or something." I gave her a questioning look "I DJ as much as I can Shrimp Girl."
My phone buzzed again. "Serious who is calling you?"
"Apparently, my Step-sister, I need to take this."
"It's cool."
"So Karma has officially called me to ask where the fuck you are, I am so proud of you. I blocked her number, and told her you were sleeping, is it still going well with the DJ?"
"It's going great. Thank you coming tonight."
"Thanks for not letting Shane drug me."
"So you went home?"
"Yes, and Amy, don't do anything incredibly moronic. I only can give so much sympathy before it makes me sick."
I laughed, "Thanks Lauren," I hung up and walked back to the incredibly sexy DJ waiting for me.
"So a sister?" she asked
"Step-sister, apparently, well my best friend has been calling me all night to tell me about her date with some asshole.
"And that's who you're ignoring; you could take it I would understand."
"I really don't want to hear about it right now, she'll be talking about it all week no matter if I hear about it now or not."
"If you're sure," She didn't look convinced. Then again I am not sure I did either.
"My friends are high school kids full of crippling drama I don't want to deal with and I sure as hell don't want to scare you away with.
"It can't be that."
"I not even sure sit coms are as awkward as my life has become."