Chapter 2

Chapter 2

The next morning I woke up around noon and poured a massive bowl of cereal then opened the fridge and looked around. "You're joking…" I mumbled to myself, "Mum!" I shouted through the house, "We're out of milk!" I looked on the counter and picked up the note that was sitting there

Went to the grocery store

"Of course…" I mumbled. Now I was stuck with a bowl of dry cereal and no milk. I shook my head and grabbed a can of Pepsi and sat down on the couch flipping through the TV channels. There was nothing on. There was never anything on. I just left it at Top Gear, leaned back and put my feet up on the coffee table. Nearly two hours and three cans of pop later I decided to go for a walk until I could think of something to do. I left a note on the kitchen counter then headed out the door. I walked for about twenty minutes and ended up on 10th Street. "Danny!" I heard someone call. I looked up at the house I was in front of and saw my best friend Colleen with her head out the window. I waved and she disappeared then seconds later opened her front door. I walked up to her front porch.

"Hey! How are you?" she asked smiling.

"I'm good. Can I use your bathroom?" I asked. "I just walked six blocks after drinking three cans of Pepsi. Not exactly a good idea."

"Sure," she laughed letting me in, "It's exactly where it was the last time you were here."

Colleen and I were best friends, but I haven't gotten to see her in a while since I had been on vacation for a week and a half. I just got back, but I've been so busy. Finally everything is starting to slow down a bit.

"I miss you," she said through the door as I was washing my hands. "I miss you too." I said opening to door. Colleen tackled me into a hug. "Your hands are wet from the water you just washed them with…right?" she laughed.

"What are you talking about? I never wash my hands," I joked, wiping my wet hands on her face. She laughed, "Danny Jones, you are disgusting."

"Yeah, but you love me." I said. We walked up to her room ad I flopped down onto her bed. "I just made that!" she told me.

"Woops, my bad," I laughed still not moving. She sat down at her desk and started putting on her make-up. "What do you need to put on make-up for?" I asked her walking to her desk.

"Because I'm going to the movies tonight with a few people," she explained, "And the guy I like is going to be there."

"Well you don't need to put on make-up. You look good without it." I told her.

"Aw, well thank you." she smiled, "You can come if you want. It's just kind of an open invite." She offered.

I shrugged, "Sure, maybe I'll come. So who's this guy you like, huh?"

"James." She told me, "He sat behind me in science this year. You might not know him."

"James…James…" I said to myself, trying to put the name with a face, "Oh is he the goofy looking kid who ran for president?" I asked her.

"He isn't goofy looking!" she laughed, hitting me. "Ouch…okay, okay fine. He's extremely fit and I'd love to hook up with him sometime."

"Now you're just creeping me out," she told me, "So are you coming or not?"

"Yeah, I'll come. What time?" I asked opening her tube of lip gloss.

"7:30. what are you doing?" she asked me laughing.

"Nothin," I said, "Why do girls use this? I mean really, why do girls insist on putting make-up on?"

"Because." she told me, "I mean you can use it if you really want but I can't promise I will want to be seen in public with you if you do."

"Can I really?" I asked laughing, "I think I'd look pretty good in it."

"Oh yeah, you would be an extremely hott woman," she laughed.

"I'd go out with me if I was a girl." I said laughing. There was a knock on the door, "Come in!" Colleen called. Her friend Kate walked in, "Hi Colleen."

"Hey," Colleen said plugging her hair straightener in. "Hi Danny," Kate said sitting on the bed next to me. "Hi," I waved. Kate and I weren't amazing friends but we hung out a lot since her and Colleen are good friends.

"What would happen if you straightened my hair?" I asked running my hands through my incredibly curly hair. Kate laughed, "It'd get straight. Can we do it?"

"No!" I said, "You aren't touching my head with that."

"Please!" Kate and Colleen begged. I shook my head, "No way!"

"Come on Danny," Colleen said, "Please. It'll be funny. If you don't like it then you can just get your hair wet and wait for it to dry curly again."

"Fine," I sighed giving in. They both laughed and led me to the seat in front of Colleen's desk. "I feel like a girl." I said.

"Good," Colleen said, "Now hold still."

"Ow!" I shouted, "You burnt my ear!" I rubbed the back of my ear, "My bad," Kate laughed. "Move your hand. You want me to burn that too?"

'Sorry," I said. "How much longer?" I whined like a little kid.

"Well I don't know. Jeez, your hair is curly." Colleen told me.

Finally after a few more minutes the two of them stood back and looked at me. "Well?" I asked expecting them to laugh. Kate turned to Colleen, "I think it looks good." She shrugged. Colleen nodded, "It actually does,"

They turned the chair around and I faced the mirror. I ran my hands through my stringy straight hair. It hung down past my eyes, but they were right, it didn't look that bad

"What do ya think?" Kate asked me.

"I don't know. It looks…different," I said staring at myself in the mirror.

"Wear it like that to the movies!" Kate told me.

"I don't know," I said, "People are gonna think it looks stupid."

"You don't look stupid," Colleen told me, "It's cute."

"Yeah?" I asked, "I guess it looks alright. Fine I'll wear it like this to the movies."

I fell back onto her bed and listened to her and Kate talking about James and how hott he was and all that. "I don't mean to interrupt," I said, "But could we possibly talk about something else?"

"Sure," Colleen said, "We can talk about how if we put you in a mini skirt, gave you some make-up and high heels you would make a pretty good woman."

"Oh ha ha, you're funny." I said getting up, "Maybe you should dress me up like a girl I think if you did I could get a date with James before you."

"What are you saying?" Colleen asked laughing.

"I'm saying I would make a hotter girl than you." I told her wrapping my arms around her and tackling her on the bed. "Let go!" she shouted. I held her down and tickled her, "Stop!" she laughed, "Danny let go!"

"Admit it! Admit you think I'd be more fit as a girl than you!" I said still tickling her.

"Okay" she laughed, "Okay I admit it. You would be a very fit girl."

"And admit I'm also extremely fit as a guy!" I said as I stopped tickling her. She looked up at me, "I can't lie about something like that!" she said. I opened my mouth, "Oh, you're asking for it aren't you?" I tickled her again, "Okay, okay!" she begged, "I admit it!"

"Say it!" I added, "Say 'Danny Jones is extremely fit.'"

"Danny Jones is extremely fit," she said, crying from laughing so hard.

"Colleen, I'm stunned," I said getting up, "I had no idea you thought that about me."

"Oh, you're funny," she said getting up. Kate sat back and laughed, "Colleen, why do we hang out with him?"

"'Cause I'm sexy," I told her leaning back on Colleen's now half destroyed bed.

"Could you be any more vain?" Kate asked me. I shrugged, "I dunno. Probably."

"So what are you gonna wear tonight?" Kate asked turning to Colleen. Colleen shrugged, "I'm not sure yet."

"See, there you go again." I said butting in, "First with the make-up, now your outfit. Why do girls care so much? Personally, I think you look fine in what you're wearing now. And any guy who thinks differently doesn't deserve to go out with you."

"Awww," Kate said putting her hand over her mouth, "He is so cute. Now I know why we keep him around."

Colleen laughed, "Well, thanks Danny. But I want to impress him."

"You don't have to impress him with an outfit," I told her, "But if you do let me pick it out!"

"Oh God…" Colleen laughed. I looked through her dresser and found the outfit I wanted her to wear, then threw it on her bed.

"Danny!" she laughed, "I'm not wearing a bikini to the movies!"

"Why not?" I asked, "I think you'd impress him in that."

"See, this is what she has me for," Kate said, "I'll pick something."

"Oh fine," I said pretending to be angry, "Take Kate's opinion and not mine. I see how it is. Anyway I should go. I'll see you guys tonight."

"You need a ride?" Colleen asked, "My dad can probably take you."

"Yeah, that would be great." I said, "Thanks."