The four friends had taken a cruise around the block to fill up the spare time they had before they went to the country club to play doubles tennis. Clara wasn't all that interested in sports other than cheerleading, but she wanted to go to save Stef the awkwardness of having to watch Troy and Andie eat each others faces.
The group stopped off at a convenience store, wanting to grab some gum and drinks to keep them hydrated and such. Clara jumped out first, followed closely by Stef who guided her into the store by her shoulders. As the lovebirds entered last, Troy handed Andie and Stef quarters to play on the video games in the corner. Clara was intrigued as to why Mouth and his friends were there, as Brand was usually accompanying them because of Mikey's asthma.
"Jerk!" Mouth punched Troy in the back after the older boy had stolen his magazine.
"Clara, look." Stef caught her attention. "I'm beating my highscore."
Clara was now distracted which meant Troy could go in and terrorize the Goonies that were dotted around the store. He started with Data, knocking magazines off the counter so the boy would be obliged to pick them up. Then came Chunk, who he humiliated by pushing the lid of the freezer down on the child's torso, trapping him halfway in the machine.
Chunk's cries caught the attention of the rest of the people in the store, Stef's distraction now failing as Clara's face turned angry, watching Troy haul Mikey around by the scruff of his neck.
"Do I hear a Goonie telling me what to do?" Troy antagonized, taking a rolled up piece of paper from the younger boy.
"Hey, give that back!" Mikey snapped. "That's art you're messing with."
"No." Troy chuckled.
"Cut it out!" Mikey exclaimed brokenly, being jerked around by Troy.
"They just don't make rolling papers like this anymore." Troy laughed, holding up his lighter and setting the ends of the paper on fire.
"What's going on?" Mouth cut in, watching Troy inhale jokingly. "Hey, the way you're puffin' on that cigarette, it kinda reminds me of something."
"Oh yeah?" Troy mocked. "And what's that?"
"The time I kissed your momma!" Mouth growled, trying to irritate Troy.
Troy immediately released Mikey and grabbed onto Mouth's coat, wrestling the smaller boy to the floor. Clara snarled, not liking how the douchebag was treating her little brother. She rushed over, trying to pull the jock off Mouth, but to no avail. She was shoved backwards into the freezer, hitting her back on the metal contraption. She groaned loudly, not wanting to move from the pain.
Mikey tried to take over the role of defensive 'sibling' as he jumped on Troy's back, trying to also get him off Mouth. But Troy was too big for him, and he rose up, gripping Mikey's collar like he did before and aimed his fist, ready to punch.
"You little Goonie." Troy sneered, throwing his fist forwards.
But the blow never came to Mikey, as Troy was grappled and shoved against a shelf of glass bottles by none other than Brand. Clara sighed in relief as she eyed her crush, helping out his brother, her brother, and the rest of the Goonies gang. She felt someone grab onto her arm and haul her off the floor. She could tell by the hairstyle that it was Stef who was edging her towards the door.
"Nobody hits my brother except me." Brand said in a low, threatening tone.
That was the last thing Clara had heard before she was ushered out of the store by Stef.
Troy, the asshole that he was, had decided to take the long route to the country club, knowing it would piss off Clara. She sat in the passenger seat, seething to herself. She didn't want to stay in his company after what he had tried to do to Mikey and how he had wrestled Mouth to the floor. Her back was also aching from the force in which she had been slammed into the freezer.
"Why so grumpy, Clara?" Troy pouted, his bottom lip jutting out.
"You know full well why, Troy." Clara sneered.
"Enlighten me." Troy shrugged, an amused grin on his face.
"Maybe it's the fact that you assaulted my brother and his best friends, huh?" Clara turned to the male, her eyes blazing. "Do you really expect me to treat you with any respect after that?"
"They're just Goonies, Clara." Troy rolled his eyes. "Utter trash."
"Fuck you, Perkins!" Clara exclaimed. "I'm a Goonie too, asshole. Runs in the blood."
"Whatever." Troy waved her off, a smirk coming to his face once he noticed something up ahead.
Brand was sat on a little pink bicycle, trying to pedal himself to where the Goonies had biked off to. His mode of transportation wasn't perfect, but it was the only one he had. He turned his head to see Troy's red car slowly approach his position, a frustrated sigh passing through his lips.
"Brand, do you want a ride?" Clara asked as the car pulled up next to her crush.
"No." Brand panted. "Thanks anyway."
"Yeah, Walsh." Troy clenched his jaw, slamming his hand down onto Brand's that was on the side. "Let us give you a ride."
Troy slammed on the accelerator, causing the car to speed up down the road. Clara started off the protesting to let Brand go and Stef joined in quickly, the two shoving Troy's arm and back to try and loosen his grip. Brand was shouting at Troy to let him go, his tone filled with fright as they approached a bend in the road.
"Get the fuck off him, Troy!" Clara shrieked, clawing at his clothed arm in desperation.
Troy only ramped up the speed, causing the training wheels of the little bike to be torn off and the tires had smoke billowing off them, the smell of burnt rubber now filling the air.
"Let go!" Brand yelled. "Oh god, just let go!"
Troy shrugged and obeyed his wish, Brand's frightened expression becoming more prominent as he sailed off the edge of the road, yelling all the way down. Troy laughed heartily, continuing on with his journey.
"What the shit, Perkins?" Clara shouted, her fists clenched on her lap.
"What?" Troy chuckled. "The sucker needed a boost."
"Stop the fucking car." Clara demanded.
"What? No!" Troy shook his head.
"Do it now, Troy, or I swear to god, I'll burn off your dick with your tires!" Clara threatened.
Troy slammed on the brakes immediately, throwing the four forward abruptly. Clara didn't waste any time throwing her fist into Troy's nose, satisfied with the cry of pain that came out of his mouth.
"Asshole." Clara spat, jumping out of the car and starting her trek down the road to find her brother.
As the five boys watched the black car drive off from their hiding place, they were all startled by the presence of two females, namely Clara and Stef. Clara grinned widely, grabbing her brother and rubbing her fist against his scalp before he wrestled out of her grip.
"Almost gave me a heart attack!" Chunk complained.
"Hey Mouth." Stef grinned. "You look better from behind."
"You wanna see something really scary?" Mouth raised an eyebrow, producing a mirror and showing it to Stef. "Look at that."
"That is scary." Chunk and Data said in unison, nodding their heads.
"We followed you guys." Clara explained. "Saw Mikey's bright ass coat from a mile away."
"Oh, really?" Brand chuckled. "What about Troy?"
"I punched him in the face after you went off that cliff." Clara grinned, seeing Brand's face light up.
"You punched him?" Brand laughed.
"She sure did." Stef smiled proudly. "Got ourselves a little boxer over here."
"Well, he was being an ass." Clara smirked. "Andie didn't wanna leave him. Figures."
"She's latched onto that douchebag like a leech." Stef rolled her eyes.
"Permanently got his tongue in her throat." Clara laughed.
"I gotta go check on Mikey." Brand sighed.
"We'll come with." Clara suggested. "My brother's an accessory."
Brand shook his head with a smile on his face, grabbing Clara's hand in his and pulling her along to the dilapidated shack that was across from them. Stef gagged jokingly, muttering "lovebirds", before following behind them.
And I've ended it here so I can set up the next chapter quite easily. So, instead of including Andie, I decided to leave her out so Clara can be explored more and I don't really want to include two girls vying for Brand's affection. Love triangles have become so dry and boring so I left Clara as the only one who's going for Brand. Advised by two reviewers, I left in the deleted scene and I hope I did it justice because I actually really like that scene but understood how it couldn't really have been placed into the film because it would have thrown off the balance. The next chapter should be out soon!
shadygrl91: Thank you. And I took your advice and used that so thank you for the idea :)
RHatch89: Thank you :)
Just Look in the Mirror: Ah, a catfight would be so great but kinda out of place with the whole story so I did eventually make the decision to leave her out since Andie seems pretty nice and Clara is kinda cold to people but I just think they're too good friends to fight over a boy. Thank you for the compliment. And instead of the big hair, she's actually got it in the hairstyle that I used for the cover. But she does wear 80s style of clothing. I will try and explain her style in the next chapter when they're in the basement. And she got extremely clippy, as you can tell. She is fiercely protective of the whole Goonies gang since they grew up with her.
Morganbraden: That's great. And here is the update :)