CHAPTER ONE
Joe, Rodriguez, Tino, and Kyle K. walked in the garage with evil smiles on their face and they were out of breath.
"So, what you do this time?" I asked while instant messaging Siva.
"Oh nothing." Kyle said.
"Who'd ya ding dong ditch?" I asked as though these were daily, which it was, but normally I was part of this. "Quincy and Anthony?" I asked referring to the two brothers who we all hated.
"No, not this time." Tino said.
"It was more like Bethany." Rodriguez said laughing.
"I'll never hear the end of this from her, idiots!" I said actually turning around to look at them.
Bethany was the popular girl in school. She and I hated each other. If someone ding dong ditched her, she would assume it was my friends or me. I could already imagine it in my head.
"I'm going to get you Lea! I'll have Raven or Salina on you right away, when you least expect it."
Raven and Salina were Bethany's bodyguards if I had a baseball or a bat I could take them out. But I was never good at throwing punches because Joe always hurt me when I did.
"Don't worry, Bethany likes me so I can get her to do whatever I want!" Laughed Kyle.
I imagined that too, it made this more humorous.
"Lea, I will get-" Bethany would start.
"Hey Lea! Where were you this weekend?" Kyle would say. "Did you hear? I'm on your brother's team!"
"Yeah!" I'd laugh, "You guys are sure to win this year!"
"What-! Huh?" Bethany would stutter. "Hi Kyle! When did you get here? I… was just telling Lea how I'd get her… a lovely gift for her birthday!" Bethany would then blush and turn around to walk away.
This would really work well because Kyle and Tino were in seventh grade with Bethany and me. It was really nice because they also got along with Siva who I met last year.
"That'd be hilarious!" I said when I came back from my mind.
"See! We'd be entertained and she wouldn't mess with you!" Tino explained.
"Yeah, she wouldn't but her bodyguards…" I muttered loud enough for them to hear. Then big brother hero steps in.
"They hurt you they'll be feeling a whole lot of more hurt!" Joe pronounced
"Yeah!" Jesse said, I guess sense I known him so long he could be like a big brother.
"Me too!" Tino said.
"That's pointless! Guys! Neither she nor her bodyguards are going to hurt her. Remember she likes me!" Kyle pointed out. I had an objection but I didn't know how to word it.
Well DUH! She likes you. But her body guards don't and god! They'll hurt me when I least expect it! As in when I don't have anyone to help me!
That was what I wanted to say but I didn't out of past experiences. Besides, Kyle with his thick skull wouldn't listen.
Jesse, Kyle, and Tino sat on the couch while Joe got some sodas for them. I turned around on the computer chair and went back to talking to Siva.
GothGalaxy: Oooooo they're bad boys!
TomBoy: You and I do it too!
GothGalaxy: Yeah but we aren't the idiots who ding-dong her!
TomBoy: True, too true!
"Hey guys!" I said. "Siva says you guys are idiots for ding dong ditching Bethany!"
"Yeah but she does it too!" Kyle said.
"Yeah but not the puppy!" I said referring to Bethany's sappy 'habit' of following whichever boy she likes. Ten times this week I had to yell at her for following Kyle when we were talking.
"Don't call her that!" Tino said after taking a sip of his Mountain Dew.
"Whoa!" Kyle and I said together. I got up and knocked on Tino's brown-black mop of a head.
"Are you okay Tino? This is new." I said after knocking three times. Tino swatted at my hands.
"Stop it! I'm fine!"
"Yeah right!" I said sarcastically to Tino, who was now trying to comb out the hair, which I messed up, with his fingers.
I bet you think that that that's weird. My hair, which was a short as Pink's, was shorter than Kyle's blonde 4 inch long hair hair, and was as long as Tino and Rodriguez's brown-black hair.
I went back to the computer to talk to Siva.
TomBoy: Ha ha guess what!
GothGalaxy: I hate guessing games!
TomBoy: Well besides that! Tino!
GothGalaxy: What Lea! What!
TomBoy: He got mad when I caller her 'the puppy'…
GothGalaxy: Whoa!
TomBoy: I know! That's what Kyle and I said too!
GothGalaxy: LoL!
TomBoy: Stop laughing!
GothGalaxy: But this is funny!
TomBoy: It's hard enough when she likes my friend and worse when my friend likes her!
GothGalaxy: Why is it so bad anyways!
TomBoy: When you hate her truly like I do, you'll understand.
TomBoy: I got to go. Sorry!
GothGalaxy: Bye!
TomBoy has signed off
I signed off and turned off my music.
"Here Joe!" I said as I got off the computer chair.
I got a soda and sat on the chair looking at the three boys sitting on the couch. It was awkward, really awkward.
After about three minutes it stopped.
"Well that was a nice awkward moment!" I said sarcastically, "I can't wait until the next one!" I took sip of my soda and realized they were still quiet.
"Hello?" I said, "I wasn't serious!" I looked down because sometimes I has grease or a stain on my pants and they noticed and cared.
Nope! No stain…so what are they staring at? I thought. I checked my tank to see what was wrong. Nope! Gees I wish they would stop. It wasn't until I waved my hand in their faces and they still never stopped, I turned around and saw Bethany and her best friend Kelsey walking past the garage window.
"Not them!" I said. "I know you hate Bethany but do you have to like her stupid cousin?" I said.
Kelsey was her older cousin who was Rodriguez's (for short we call Rodriguez Rez) age. This meant she was 15 like Rez and Joe.
Ok, Rez, Joe, and Kyle liked her. They're common guys who like a tall, blonde, smooth haired, big bust, and preppie girl. I wish they didn't talk about it with me because it gets annoying to hear, "She's hot!" and "She's an angel!" If you've ever heard a friend talk about your worst enemies like that, you'd understand. But most likely your best friend is the same gender and your enemy is too so that doesn't happen much.
"Ok, don't get droll on the couch, I kind of like to sit there," I said.
"She's so hot!" Kyle started.
"Oh God! Please help them shut up!" I said looking at the ceiling.
"You're just jealous!" Joe said.
"Of what?" I asked, "Because I'm not a super slut?"
They shut up for a minute to think.
"Try it, maybe some one will like you then," Rez joked
"Over my dead body!" I barked. "Would you really want to see me dress like her?"
"It's worth a shot…" Tino said. I wasn't winning here; they were supposed to realize that it wouldn't work.
"Fine!" I replied. I started heading for the door to our house. Oh come on Joe! I thought, aren't you going to protect your sister? Joe didn't say anything as I closed the door. Some brother you are!
I crossed through the house to my room in the back. I open my door, got in my room, and shut the door all within three seconds. I don't know why. I stood there, my back on the door, wondering what I was going to do. I couldn't seriously pull this off. I could've gone back to the garage, but instead I formed a plan.
Meanwhile:
"You think she'll do it?" Kyle asked Tino.
From the computer Joe responded, "Not if she's the Lea I know..."
"But she never loses a dare," Rodriguez said.
"So Joe, if she does, what are you going to do?" Kyle asked.
Joe turned in his chair to look at Kyle, "I'm not looking, sisters are not meant to be looked at like that by brothers..." He explained, and turned to look at the computer screen.
A few minutes passed.
"What's taking her so long?" Kyle asked.
"Seriously..." Tino agreed.
I rummaged through my drawers to find what I was looking for. I found everything and put it on.