Chapter 2: Setting the Stage

"Two bottles of beer on the wall, two bottles of beer, you take one down, pass it around, one bottle of beer on the wall. One bottle of beer on the wall, one bottle of beer, you take it down, pass it around, no more beer for the drunks on the wall." It felt like she had been singing the damn song for hours. Chloe had managed to get kicked out of her room. Again. It was the fifth time that week, and it was only Tuesday.

So there Chloe was. Instead of in her warm, cozy bed she was sitting outside of the school singing ninety-nine bottles of beer in her pajamas. It happened to be a regular occurrence since coupling of Tunney and Parry. And now she had to go through it again since she was rooming with Super Slut Snider.

"Midnight already. Damn," muttered Chloe. She gathered herself up from the ground and hoped that Snider and Abbott were done screwing like rabbits yet. Or whoever it was that was in there with her.

Chloe had lost count of the different faces walking out of the room. Majority of them were now just a big blur. They only one she really recognized now-a-days was Aaron Abbott, but only because he had just walked out of the room after doing Snider and immediately starting hitting on her.

It had been disgusting to say the least, but it at least had given Chloe the beginnings of a plan. The only problem had to be that she might actually have to include Abbott and Snider. Which meant more than just revenge on Kate Tunney; they'd want to get the sons of Ipswich as well.

If there was anything Chloe knew to be facts, it was that the sons had a hero-complex for damsels in distress and if Aaron Abbott was involved there was sure to be a fight.

Her plan was perfect in its' simplicity, but that's what made it so complicated. Have the sons 'save' her from Abbott and get them to acknowledge her existence at the very least. That would be the first step. Everything after… Well, that had yet to be decided.

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"So you're telling me, that you, want to bring down Kate Tunney? Wasn't she, like, your best friend or something? Wait. Never mind. She ditched you for Parry. Man that's path-et-ic," Kira howled with laughter. "But bringing the bitch down from her high horse? You could never pull it off no matter how hard you tried."

"You think I don't know that? I'm not an idiot. Of course it's going to be hard. But I know all her little insecurities. And that makes it much more satisfying. What about you Abbott, you in?" Chloe asked.

"Tell me Wilson, what's in it for me?"

"Besides the satisfaction of seeing someone who rejected you ripped to shreds?"

"If I help you, you have to take down a fag of Ipsbitch as well. That or no deal."

'What the hell am I getting myself into?' Chloe thought, but out loud answered, "Deal Abbott. What do you say Snider, play or watch from the sidelines? Unless of course you think you couldn't do it. Then I'd understand."

"I'm in. Who knew underneath such-" Kira took a moment to look Chloe up and down, "plainness you were such a conniving little--"

"Whatever. Just shut up unless you have something useful to say Kira. " Chloe sighed and then launched into her plan, "Okay, so this is what I was thinking…"

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If anyone was able to see into the room while Chloe had explained her plans, they would have seen the smirks spreading across Aaron and Kira's faces as she went on, and then seen the contented smile of Chloe when they added suggestions and changes to make it the plan even better. The smile soon changed into a smirk, 'Just you wait Kate, I'll get you and your precious Pogue too.'

And so, the plan was starting to come together with all its' players figuring out how to get their pawns where they wanted. It was going to take immense cooperation between all three of them for it to even have the smallest chance to work.

The stage was nearly set. The day set to put the plan in motion was fast approaching. Just a few well-orchestrated scenes for the right viewers and everyone would be right where they wanted.


AN: So: good/bad? Feedback is always appreciated. Sometimes the story will be in first person like chapter 1 or in third like this chapter. Depends on how I want the plot to progress.

I'm kind of excited that I'm on two alert lists and one favorite story list already. Woo. :D I'll try to keep updates consistent and around the same length. It just depends on when the plot bunny bites.

R&R, please and thanks.