It was 3 AM and Zoe was wide awake on her bed.
"...no no no no no...you're not the one for me...yeaaah...woohoo...i said no no no no no...you're not the one for me..." The cheerleader Mindy was her roommate and she'd been playing "Black Horse and The Cherry Tree" nonstop. Though Zoe hated to admit it, the song was quite catchy and it wouldn't stop playing in her head since that afternoon.
Water?
Zoe quickly ran to the bathroom and did her business, washed her hands and walked back to her room. She didn't like the girls' dorm. It was too...formal. There were pink walls everywhere, Eunice was always leaving garbage here and there, and Mindy and Pinky were the most annoying people she'd ever met.
THUMP!
Zoe was about to go back into bed when she heard a noise next door where the stairs to the attic were. She walked slowly into the dark and dreary room only to find a spider crawling through its web. The armoire was slightly open.
"Hell---ooo..." She peeked into the armoire's opening.
"hey..." someone whispered back.
Zoe let out a small squeak and pulled open the door.
"You jerk!" she punched the person inside.
"Hey sis." Jimmy rubbed his arm where Zoe'd punched him.
"What the hell are you doing in here?" She pulled him out.
"I'm...erm...just on a mission..." he muttered.
"Mission? get out of here right now!" Zoe pushed him towards the stairs of the attic.
"Can you help me? You have access to the girls' laundry right?" he asked.
Zoe gave him a disgusted you-gotta-be-kidding-me look, "You're such a perv."
"Not for me!" Jimmy quickly added, "Its for Mr. Burton."
"HE wants OUR dirty laundry?" Zoe crossed her arms in front of her.
"Well...sort of...he wants...you know...underwear..."Jimmy mumbled.
"Oh...okay...wait right here..." Zoe walked out of the room and came back 2 minutes later with a small plastic Thank You bag, "This'll be fun."
Jimmy took the bag from her and opened it.
"HOLY SH--" He closed the bag up again, "What the hell is this?!"
"Shhhh...!!!" Zoe closed the door behind her ,"They're Eunice's."
"What? Mr. Burton's not gonna take these!" Jimmy tried giving the bag back.
"Don't let him open the bag right away. Tell him to do it in his own room or something. That's what he gets for being an old creep."
Jimmy scratched his head and chuckled, "All right thanks Zo. Good night."
"Night." Zoe and Jimmy parted ways.
The next morning...
"Hey ZOE!" Pinky's nasal voice rang through Zoe's ears.
"...wha?" Zoe slowly straightened herself out.
"I heard you talking to a boy last night..." Pinky fiddled with a strand of her hair.
"Congratulations," Zoe rubbed her eyes.
"Mindy told me you and Gary had something going on, I just didn't think it was this serious." Pinky smiled evilly.
"It wasn't Gary." Zoe yawned, "Jimmy wanted to use my camera."
"Yeah...okay..." Pinky stopped playing with her hair, "Thought I'd let you know that Gary and Peter are waiting for you outside." She walked out giggling.
Zoe laid back down and looked up at the ceiling.
"Second day of school and I already hate someone."
She changed into her uniform and boots and walked out to see Gary arguing with Petey again.
"I told you to stay out of it Petey!" Gary scratched his head and paced back and forth in front of the building.
"Fine but I'm telling the nurse to call your mom!" Petey ran to the nurse's office.
"YOU DO THAT! SEE IF I CARE!" Gary screamed after him.
"Um...is this a bad time?" Zoe cautiously walked towards Gary.
"NOW'S AS GOOD A TIME AS ANY!" Gary laughed and scratched his head again.
"Something on your mind?" Zoe asked.
"Every single second of every DAY! Unlike your pathetic brother James." Gary sneered.
"If you're here to insult my brother, I'll just leave you alone." Zoe was about to walk away when Gary grabbed her arm tightly.
"Not so fast Missy," he said in a cynical tone, "there's something I need for you to do."
Zoe shook him off, "What is it?" She rubbed the place where Gary had held her.
"You're rooming with Mandy, true?" Gary nodded before Zoe even answered.
"Yeeeeah...and?"
"I bet you can't stand her pompous ass...if you want to get your revenge then I have a job for you to do."
"Look, Gary, I barely started school yesterday. I don't have anything against anyone..." she was interrupted by Pinky and Mindy giggling and pointing at them as they walked by.
Gary didn't take too kindly to being interrupted. He kicked a soccer ball at them and ended up hitting a prefect on the head. He took Zoe's arm again and ran to the side of the Girl's dorm.
Zoe shook him off again, "All right what is it?"
"I need you to egg her house." Gary said.
"Eggs...?" Zoe glanced at Gary.
"YES EGGS! THEY COME FROM CHICKENS!" Gary shouted.
Zoe snarled and kicked him hard on his left leg, "I know what eggs are jackass!"
Gary was dumbstruck, no one had ever hit him for saying things like that before. Except for Jimmy once.
"I'll see what I can do." Zoe walked away to class leaving Gary behind to think about what had just happened.
