Ch 2
Shrek woke up the next morning at noon. He was still depressed about last night. Leah was drinking coffee and eating sandwiches in the kitchen. She smiled as he walked in. He was wearing only a pair of boxers. "How're you feeling?" she asked gently.
"Depressed. I was in memories when I was asleep. Remembering him makes me more upset. Inside I want to feel better but I don't know how." He answered her tiredly. Carley then came through the front door of the flat. "What're you doing home early?" Leah asked as her friend sat down at the table. "Class was cancelled today, that's all." She answered. She saw the tears in her ogre friend's brown eyes.
"How's he been?" she asked Leah whispering into her ear. "Still down. I'm worried, okay? You should talk to him." She told her as she put a plate of sushi and squid in front of her. "Thanks man." She said to Leah. Sushi and squid were some of her favourite foreign foods along with Chinese and Spanish food. Shrek then noticed the sushi. "You want some?" Carley asked him. "I'm not so sure." He said.
"You'd like it. It's raw fish." She replied as she ate a piece and he took a piece and popped it into his mouth. "Mmm… that's good! Can I ask you something?" he told her. "Sure what is it?" she replied. "I don't know how to deal with the darkness in my heart especially the depression." He said. "I know what might help. If you were a Goth, it might make things a little better." Carley told him smiling.
"I don't know what this Goth thing is but hearing about it might help. Isn't it those guys who walk around in black and do very bad things? Maybe this isn't a good idea." He thought as he looked at his skinny teen friend. "Not all Goths are evil freaks. Some are pretty nice people." she replied to him. "How did you hear my thoughts?" he asked her surprised. "We're connected remember? So we can read each other's thoughts. Some Goths are bad and do sick things like hurt people and join cults but some are nice. The nice ones just like the style and wearing black clothes and into role playing as well as other things that drone society don't approve of." she explained gently. "How do you know this?" Shrek asked her curious.
"I know because I am a Goth but one of the nice ones. I was in another college for a year and there these two Goth girls in my class but they were nice ones. They got me into it and I loved it. Plus I've always been one all along but I never realised it until last year." Carley answered him. She then got an idea as she grabbed her hand bag that had her purse and credit card in it. "We're going shopping!" she said to him as she took off her glasses.
"What're you doing?" Shrek asked nervously. "You'll see." she replied as her eyes went red and became eye slits. Suddenly a fiery aura surrounded her as she began to change. She could turn herself into a Chinese dragon whenever she felt like. She loved taking flights when she was sad or just for fun. He watched as her body was now slender and had black and green scales. She also had long purple whiskers. "Climb on. It's okay." shr told him in a melodic voice. "Have you ever done this before?" Shrek asked her. "Yes Leah flies on me sometimes when the buses are too slow. I won't let you fall and become road kill. You're my friend." she answered softly as she took off like a shooting star into the afternoon sky. Shrek was holding on for dear life but calmed down after getting used to it. "Wow now I see why you like being a dragon. You like the feeling of flying, don't you?" he said to her.
"Yep I do. It makes me feel free." she answered as they landed near a store. It was Fresh Garbage her favourite Goth store in the city centre. Shrek watched as her eyes turned back to normal blue and she transformed back into her normal form. She then put on her glasses and brought out her symbol cane. "Why do you need it for? Don't you have awesome sight now you're half human and dragon?" Shrek asked her softly. "No amigo I'm still night blind, can't see sides and still going blind." she said as they walked into the store. The female clerk with vibrant pink hair smiled as she walked in. "Hey long time no see!" she said. "The same to you. I'm just browsing. My friend is thinkig about being one of us." Carley replied to her as Shrek was examining the stuff. Carley then got herself a leather strap with a guitar on it while buying Shrek lots of clothes and jewellery. "Thanks man. Come back soon!" the clerk said as they left the store.
"That... was cool." Shrek said. They were up in the air again as she was in her dragon form. She then hovered over the City Hall. There were lots of kids hanging out. "Look Goths! Don't you wanna hang with them?" he said. But he saw sadness in her eye slits. "No it's okay. They wouldn't like me. Once they saw past my dragon form, they'd see the real, disabled me and not want to be friends with me. It's okay. It's just part of being disabled. I'm not meant to have a normal life like other kids. It's been that way since I was fifteen. Let's go home, okay?" she answered him as they took off... Leah then saw Carley asleep in her room. Being her dragon form tired her out. Shrek was in the living room with Leah.
She knew that Carley had been less happy but she knew what was wrong. Snowgre, Shrek's cousin was Carley's boyfriend had gone to Worchester Academy for the new term. Leah knew Carley was sad because her boy friend was depressed.
"Is she always depressed like that?" he asked her softly. "No she's not really that depressed but I know why. Remember Snowgre went to Worchester last week? That's why. She misses him." Leah answered. He understood as he walked into Carley's room. She was beginning to wake up. She had the framed photo of her and Snowgre in her arms. "Hey buddy. You miss him, don't you?" he said to her. "Yeah I do. His parents are so strict." Carley told him rubbing the sleep from her eyes. "Yeah I know. They think he gets into trouble but he's a good kid. They just don't see it. Most of the things in Duloc High were Mikaz's fault." he replied to her.
But on his laptop he got an e-mail. It was from Snowgre.
Hey man
Worchester's okay but I miss you guys especially Carley. But I'm coming home for the weekend. I hope she's okay. Maybe we can all hang out as a family when I arrive.
Snowgre.
it read. Shrek smiled at that. "I can't wait to tell her! She's gonna be happy. I'm going to keep it a surprise." he thought as he closed his inbox. Leah saw he was in a good mood. "What's going on?" she asked as she came into the living room. "Snowgre's coming for a visit this weekend." he told her. "That's great! Let's tell Carley." she replied. "No let's keep it a surprise, okay?" he said as they watched Extreme Sports.
Carley then saw Leah with Artie later and felt miserable. "They make me think of Snowgre. She then took off her glasses and her eyes went Dragon as she became her dragon self. She then opened the window. She then flew off into the night sky but was careful. She then flew to a Chinese place. She watched couples together. She roared sadly at that. Leah noticed that her friend was gone. "She must have went for a flight to make herself happy." she thought as she went into the kitchen. It was dawn when Leah came into Carley's room. She found Carley in her room asleep in chinese style pyjamas with the covers over her.
"Hey Leah what's up?" Snowgre said as he walked into the kitchen. "You okay? How's life at Worchester?" Shrek asked him. "It's okay. Let's not talk about school, okay? Where's Carley?" he replied to him. "She's asleep in her room. She misses you when you go to Worchester." Leah told him. He then walked into Carley's room. He smiled as he watched her sleep. To him, she was lovely. He then climbed into bed beside her. "Hey babe. I'm sorry I've left you here. It must hurt seeing Leah with Artie and not being with me and doing stuff together." he said softly as she turned around and hugged him. "Yeah I do. I hate that your parents made you go to Worchester in the first place. So much has happened since you left." she replied as they kissed.
Shrek smiled at that. He knew that what she and Snowgre had was True Love. He wished he could talk to Snowgre's parents but they wouldn't listen to him. They were snooty and wanted their son to be groomed and fancy pants like them but Snowgre didn't want to be like him. He wanted to be a rock star because he was awesome with an electric guitar and could sing like Jack Black but his parents hated that and belittled his dreams. Because they didn't want their son to be a rocker, they had sent him to Worchester to calm his rebellious behaviour but he was having a hard time fitting in with other kids there like Artie. Lance was always stuffing him in lockers and used him as the new jousting dummy. The cheer leaders hated him when he tried talking to them. His only friends were the Spell Spinners. They were misunderstood like him. He always ate lunch with Artie's cousin Morgan. She understood he was different. She had a crush on him but he couldn't let her know that he was in love with Carley.
Later that night Snowgre and Carley went to the Red Panda resturant for Chinese. He smiled as they shared noodles with hoisin duck. She laughed as he had trouble using chop sticks. They then took a photo of each other there. "That way when I go back to Worchester, you can always remember tonight." he said belching. Carley laughed out loud as they paid and left.
Leah smiled as she heard them laugh as they came through the front door. "Good time?" she asked. "Yes we did. Tomorrow we're going skate boarding together." Snowgre replied as Carley kissed him. Artie smiled as they joined him and Leah in the living room. "Hey I heard you're at Worchester. It's pretty brutal. I hope you survive." he told him. "Yeah thanks for that." he replied as they drank herbal tea...