3. The New Girl In Town
"Look at those babies over by the track!" wolf whistled Auggie as we watched the Blue and the Red Angels at the Storybrook High School track. "No one's got bigger jugs than Ruby. I tell you, that chick's stacked!"
"Yeah, look at her run!" laughed Graham. "It makes me want to get down on my knees and thank God for such a lovely sight."
"Yeah, yeah," I rolled my eyes.
"Hey, what's eatin' you?" asked Leroy as he nudged me. All five of us sat on the bleachers as we watched the girls stretch and do warm up exercises.
"Your ugly mug," retorted Jim Boy, and I laughed, nearly falling off of the bleachers.
"Good one Jim!" I said, clapping him on the back.
"Hey, who's the new broad down there?" asked Graham, who suddenly pointed to the girl in the powder blue poodle skirt and matching powder blue blouse. I squinted, and fell in between the rows of the bleachers.
"Jesus Christ!" cried Auggie as he pulled me up. "What's gotten into you? Look like you've seen a ghost!"
"It's nothing," I said as I got up and tried to maintain my cool. "I'm cool man."
"Maybe Gold over here knows who that girl is," said Leroy, turning towards me. "Ever see her before?"
I trembled a bit as I watched her shyly go up to Mary Margaret and introduce herself. "Must be new," said Auggie as he watched her intently. "Wonder who she is…"
"Belle," I said quietly.
"Oh, I know who that is!" cat called Auggie as he slugged me in the arm. "That's the girl you made scream your name! Ooh, you picked a good one Goldy! I bet she's a little harlot in the sack! All the seemingly innocent ones are!"
The guys clambered down noisily, dragging me down with them, towards the small group where the Blue Angels were talking with Belle. I tried to keep my nerves cool, because I had my reputation to protect, and if I came off like a pussy, I was going to be the laughingstock of town.
" 'Ey, Angels!" called Graham. "This your newest recruit?"
"Yes," smiled Mary Margaret sweetly. "Belle will fit in really nicely with the Blue Angels."
"We got a surprise for the new girl," smirked Auggie as he shoved me towards Belle. I stumbled forward, recovered, and the two of us locked eyes on each other.
"Gold?" Belle asked, her blue eyes widening in surprise.
"Belle," I smiled. "I thought you were moving back to Australia!"
"Dad had a change of plans," said Belle, a smile appearing on her face. "We're staying here permanently!"
"That's gr-" I began, but then looked at my buddies. I couldn't let the other guys see me being weak and in love with this girl, so I began to play it off as something less important that what it really was to me. "Yeah, yeah that's cool baby."
"Gold?" asked Belle.
"You know how it is, honey," I said, acting cool.
"What's the matter with you?" asked Belle, looking back at me strangely. "What happened to that sweet guy I met down at the beach?"
By now, the Red Angels had come over to see what was going on, and it looked like a small crowd was starting to form to watch what was going down. "I don't know, maybe I have a twin, and I'm the evil one baby."
Auggie, Graham and I started laughing, and I immediately began to regret it. Tears welled up in Belle's eyes as she crossed her arms over her chest. "You are a fake and a phony, and I wish I never laid eyes on you!"
"OOOHHHHHHHHHHHH!" said the other guys around me as she turned and left. The other Blue Angels followed her, and shot me dirty looks before walking off to their cars.
"Ooh you really did it this time," said Graham.
"Yeah, no back seat action tonight," laughed Leroy.
"Come on, let's blow this joint," I said as we walked off the track. I looked over at Regina, and saw that she was smirking. Something was up with that harlot, and I wondered what it was.