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Sally Ann
It was 10 pm at Tom Adams' party and Rick Gordon was starting to wonder why he was here. There was not a single interesting person to talk to, L.J. was splashing everyone in the pool and Jedda was talking with a girl about, well, girl stuff. Everyone was acting so silly and it was boring. Rick considered himself a genius. He didn't mind a little fun from time to time but what was the point of acting like that?
Rick suddenly realized that Jedda was in front of him, saying something he couldn't hear because the music was too loud. He shook his head and she started signing. It was lucky that they all had to learned sign language as a part of their training.
"Call a cab", she signed.
"I'll drive you home", he signed back.
"Call a cab now! Emergency!"
She gestured at a girl lying onto a couch with her eyes closed. She was obviously drunk and a boy was already stroking her legs. Jedda sighed, walked straight to the boy and grabbed his hands.
Suddenly Rick felt very uneasy. That boy could have raped that girl in the middle of the party and nobody was reacting! He walked to the stereo and unplugged it. The music stopped immediately and everyone stopped dancing.
"Why did you do that?" a random girl asked Rick.
"You know this girl?" he asked, gesturing at the drunk girl.
"Yeah, of course, it's Sally Ann Sanders."
"Then call a cab now. She needs to go back home."
The girl's eyes went wide. She grabbed her phone and started looking for a cab company's number. Rick walked to Jedda for support. She was already arguing with the boy.
"Leave her alone!" she said.
"Whoa! Whoa! Calm down, little girl! Are you on your period?"
"None of your business. You were trying to sexually assault Sally. I saw you!"
"Uh?" the boy said. "No. she was asking for it. Anyway, aren't we talking about slutty Ann?"
He burst into laughter, quickly imitated by many other boys. Rick walked to Sally. She whimpered and clutched a half-empty glass. He took it from her hand and frowned.
"I'm keeping this for evidence", he said. "You'll end up in jail if you put drugs into her drink."
"Hey, you can't do that!" the boy said. "I'm Timmy Higgins, the base-ball team captain! The school needs me! I'm the mayor's son and I'll never go to Harvard if you send me into jail!"
"I'm Flash Gordon's son and I'm a straight A student", Rick answered very calmly. "And you know what? My dad would ground me forever if I assaulted an innocent girl like you just did, and he would be right!"
"But I'm the base-ball team captain and that girl is a slut! Everyone knows she's a slut! Why should I pay for that girl's sins?"
Everyone started whispering. Some girls who had been drinking looked at their glasses and put them away. One of them started crying. Other teenagers where already phoning their parents or trying to leave the room, stumbling. Then Sally Ann tried to get up.
"I'm gonna puke…" she whispered.
"It's OK", Jedda said, putting her arm around her. "Where do you live?"
"A slut helping a slut!" Timmy said with contempt. "How touching!"
Then a random boy walked directly to Timmy and whispered something into his ear. Timmy's face fell and he stared at Jedda in disbelief.
"So, your father is the Phantom of Bengalla?" he asked slowly.
"Leave my father out of this!" Jedda said.
Timmy went very pale and tried to stutter something. Jedda glared at him one last time and nodded at Rick. Both helped Sally Ann onto her feet and left the room. There was a cab waiting in front of the house.
"I… I'm so sorry…" Sally stuttered.
"You shouldn't be sorry", Jedda said soothingly. "That boy should be sorry."
To be continued...
