OMIGOD, guys, I came back to check my story stats and I literally started crying at the reviews.
Out of happiness, though.
Okay, so I was reading them, and some people might be like, ew. Only three reviews, but I was like THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO PRESS THAT BUTTON THAT ANNOYS ME ON MY IPOD! So, anyways, I was reading them and it just made me cry because I was just so happy at them! Like, they were really nice! And I'm new here so don't judge!
Yeah, you three made my day. I like responding to things, so:
ThereWillComeSoftRains: That is so sweet. Just thank you. Thank you so much. And I promised I'd try with this story, and I've gotten to the second chapter, so I'm thinking it's going good so far.
FAXalltheway: First, I agree with your username. I really like it, actually. :) Thaaaaaaankk yoooouuu! I'm trying here…it's two a.m., so…meh. Still going to write.
lola: Hopefully in about thirty minutes to an hour. :) Aw, thank you! I'm hoping it will be awesome and I'm putting in more effort for this than in my schoolwork this year, which is probably considered bad.
So after all my randomness, I give you the second chapter. *squeals like a little girl* Actually, I still squeal. Let me edit that. *squeals out of joy I've gotten this far which isn't that squeal worthy but who cares, okay it's two a.m. so bear with me on the rambling here now I'm gonna go*
OH ANOTHER THING AND THEN I SWEAR THIS IS IT! If I spell blonde/blond two different ways like I just did, please ignore it. I do that sometimes, spell check never catches it, I never catch it. That goes for grey/gray too. BUT I SWEAR I WILL GET MY TOOS/TOS/TWOS RIGHT. IT ANNOYS ME WHEN PEOPLE DON'T. Plus, my teacher is (I'm gonna say is 'cause she still is, even over summer break. I think.) awesome and taught me how to use each one.
The brown haired girl immediately sat down to Ella and they started talking. Her boyfriend, I'm going to guess, sat down next to her, and the other boy (the dark one) sat down next to me.
From what Ella had told me, (and what Iggy had put in) I was going to guess that Nudge was the girl, Gazzy the blond haired boy, and that left Fang to be the dark one.
"Hey," he said. Oh, great. Time to use my non-existent people skills.
"Hi," I said back, but it came out more like a question.
He nods in response and goes back to his menu. I almost sigh in relief. Iggy I've known a while, so he gets my un-willingness to talk, but you just never know with people.
"Do you know where Clover is?" Ella asks Nudge.
"Oh, yeah, she'll be here in a few minutes, she just had to do something before she came here," Nudge responds, looking back down at the menu. "Do you think I should get the angel hair pasta? Or the ravioli? Because last time I came here they messed up the ravioli, but every other time it's been good. I wonder what qualifies a food as good. I mean, it's taste, smell, look, what? Like people could be considered as a food, and if it went by smell, well, no offense, Gazzy, no one would eat you. And then, for looks, I don't think anyone would eat you, Fang. They'd be too creeped out to. Whereas with Max, they would most certainly eat her. I mean, look at that outfit! Love it. OMG, I just had an idea! You and Fang should get together! You'd be so cute, and I just know you'd work out! I'll start planning-" I never got to find out what Nudge was planning because Gazzy slapped his hand over her mouth.
I just continued staring at her. How anyone could talk that much was beyond me. I mean, for me, ti was a wonder to be able to interact with people easily. It just didn't come to me. But to be able to do all that? Impressive. But a little annoying, probably, after a while.
I could've said a number of things, but I blurted out, "How'd you know my name?"
"Oh," Nudge waved at me. "Ella told us all about you. Like, she spent a whole day. I'm Nudge, by the way, but you probably already knew that. That's Gazzy," she said, pointing to the blond boy next to her, "And Fang," pointing next to me. "And, oh yeah, that's Clover." Looking across the restaurant to someone coming over.
The said someone had four ear piercings in one ear, three in the other, hair streaked with different colors, and the classic: thumbtacked combat boots.
She saw me staring, plopped down in the chair next to Fang and Gazzy, threw an arm around them both, and then looked back at me, dead on. "Oh, hey. You must be Max. I'm Clover. I know, I probably look kinda weird, huh?"
I nodded, and this sent her into full cracking up mode.
See, this is why no friends is easier!
She finished her laughing fit and straightened herself up. "Sorry, it's just I was acting. In a play. And I mean, I just found it funny…" she looked around the table to everyone looking at her, somewhat meanly. "Okay, okay, not funny, whatever. Anyway, I was acting as this rocker chick girl and I decided to go all out. I should probably take these out, these clip-ons are killing me," she remarked, yanking most of her earrings out.
"Oh" was all I managed to say.
"So, yeah, this is Clover," Ella said. "She's…special."
Clover widened her eyes, made a pouting face, and nodded exaggeratingly. Well, she was…interesting.
The waiter came then, and we all ordered. Well, all of us except Clover, who ordered dessert. "Dessert first, meal last" was the answer for the waiter, who was looking very confused.
While we were waiting for our food, Ella properly introduced me to everyone, and I found it was easy to talk to all of them. Except for Fang, who apparently barely ever talked. He was the polar opposite of Nudge, who talked every chance she got. Gazzy and Iggy were basically different aged versions of each other-they were both into science, building bombs, and blowing things up. Ella was the same Ella I had always known, and Clover was, well, Clover.
She was completely one of a kind. When we ate dessert, she ate a full-on meal, one of those ones meant for, like, four people. She also finished before all of us.
When we paid, she insisted on paying for everyone, and therefore did, but also stole all the mints they give, save one. This caused a fight between Iggy and Gazzy over who would get the mint.
Smart.
When we left, she sauntered out and grabbed some of those little business cards they have in the front area. Then outside, she gave them out to people.
Surprisingly, people actually took them.
By the time we were actually out there, it was eight o clock and already getting dark. Ella suggested we got to the mall, and all my protests were lost between Ella and Nudge.
I wonder how Clover would be at the mall.
So, there's chapter two! I know it probably doesn't really measure up to chapter one, but I might redo it. So tell me what you think in a review.
I know most of it was centered around Clover, but I want to develop the characters one at a time, probably a chapter at a time, like Max getting to know them. So, this just happened to be her chapter.
I'm actually kind of sad because this author's not isn't gonna be as long as the others…I really like to talk, don't I?
So, anyways, good morning and hope you enjoyed that!