After a moments pause from the room, Bender decided that his quest for annoyance wasn't over just yet. "So..." he paused to see if they would react. They didn't. "So..." he tried again "are you guys like Boyfriend-Girlfriend?" Nothing. "Steady dates?" still nothing. "Lo-vers?" He drawled that word out, making Roxy blush, she'd always been squeamish talking about... that subject. "C'mon homeboy, level with me. You slip her the hot. Beef. Injection." he drawled out all his words as the two popular kids turned around yelling "GO TO HELL!" and "ENOUGH!" Roxy covered her ears, yelling gave her a headache. "Hey! What's goin' on in there?" That yell came from Mr. Vernon's office, everyone had almost forgotten he was there, to caught up in their own argument to care about how loud they were being. "Scumbag." Andrew muttered as he turned back around.
Bender walked over to the railes, hopping up and sitting on it as he said "Whadya say we close that door? We can't have any kind of party with Vernon checking us out every ten seconds." 'Well, y'know the door's suppose to stay open." Brian interjected, puttng in his two cents. 'So?" Bender drawled again. Two of his favorite thing: mocking and drawling out his words. "So why don't you shut up? There's five other people in here, you know." Andrew started up again. Ugh, will they ever quit? thought Roxy as she began to chew the end of her pen in between her teeth. "God, you can count. See, I knew you had to be smart to be a... a wrestler." Bender mocked. "Who are you to judge anyone anyway?" "Really." The two scoffed. Roxy may not like the Criminal sitting on the rail, but the snaky, I'm-better-than-you attitude of those two were getting on her nerves. She tore off a bit of her paper, twisting it into a little white paper rose to keep herself quiet.
"You know what Bender, you don't even count. You could dissapear forever and it wouldn't make any difference. You might as well not even exist at this school." Andrew mocked. "That's a bit harsh, don't you think?" As soon as the words left her mouth, she instantly regretted it, as all eyes turned to her, staring. Or in Andrew's case, glaring. "Sorry, what?" he asked with mock-curiousness. "W-well, I was just saying, what you said was a bit much. You may hate eachother, but saying all that stuff about him not existing and stuff was a bit to far. I mean, he didn't kill you're family and burn your house down, he just got on your nerves and said some rude things, which you replied to equally as rude. Don't you think?" She stated tenetively, wringing her hands in her lap. "Uh, no, he deserved everything I said to him, what's it to-ya? You got a crush on him or something?" Andrew accused. "N-no! Not on him-" "Then on someone else, who is it?" the Princess decided to join in. "N-n-noone! No one here I like!" I quickly supplied, accidently having my gaze shift over to Brian, who was staring at the whole scene with curiousity. Princess followed my gaze, smirking. "Oh... so you like Brian then? Geek love!" she exclaimed. Roxy stared at a now blushing Brian, who's gaze shifted to his blank paper. "Uh... u-umm. I-I-I..." "Aww, she's blushing, how cute! Brian and Roxy sittin' in a tree, K-I-S-S-" Bender starts, but Roxy quickly snaps. "Shut up! That's enough! I hate all of you! Just leave me alone and get back to you're petty argument about god knows what! I tried to stop you, to tell you you're being stupid five-year-olds and save you from the embarrassment, but now I can see that all of you are not worth saving. So go ahead, make fools of youselves, just keep me out of it." She got steadily quieter her my rant progressed, and with a final huff, she wheeled her chair back and scooted off to a back corner of the library to cool off.
As she sat, massaging her temples to rid her brain of it's masisve stress-headache, she heard footsteps coming towreds her. She stowly opened her eyes, expecting to see Mr. Vernon or maybe Bender over to tease her some more, but what she saw suprised her. There, in all his dorky glory, was Brian, shifting from foot to foot, loooking a bit uncomfortable. Her heart instantly gave a tug, not just my his adorable cuteness, but by the fact that he now probably hated her. "Hey." he said quietly. "Hey." she replied. "You ok?" he asked, sitting, more crouching, down beside her. "Yea, just a bit frazzled, y'know?" Roxy replied, wiping her hands over her eyes. "Yea. Sorry about earlier, I should have said something." "No, it's not your fault those people like to stick their nose in other people's buisness. Sorry I didn't reply very coherently, you probably hate me now." she mumbled more to herself at the end. "I don't hate you, just a bit worried. It was the first time for me, for anyone really, that we've seen you yell at anyone. Just seein' how you'd handle it." he stated, beginning to get up. "I'm doin' fine, thanks for asking." and with that, she began to wheel herself away, but he stopped her with a gentle tug on her shirt. "Uh, l-let me help you with that." he stated a bit nervously, grasping the bars behind her and giving a small grunt as he began pushing her over to the group once more. She reached up tenetively, placing her hand on his, blushing while she did. "Err... thank you for that." she quietly said as he wheeled her to her former seat, where the group had forgotten them as the began arguing again.
"Well, I'll just run right out and join the wrestling team," at the preppy girls snort he continued "maybe the prep club to. Student councel" "Nah, they wouldn't take you." Andrew snarky reply's set Roxy's back rigid. "I'm hurt." Bender mocked. "You know why guys like you knock everything..." "Oh this should be stunning." sadly, Roxy had to agree with him on that one. "It's 'cause you're afraid." "Oh, you richies are so right that's exactly why I'm not heavy in activities." he mock-partonized. "You're a big coward." she stated again. "I'm in the math club." Brian interjected like he'd been there the whole time.
And on that note, Roxy let her head fall diagonally on the table, sighing at it's inviting chill as she closed her eyes, focusing on the banter to keep away from her headache. Fortunatly for her, they kept her out of it. She peeked a glance at Alice beside her, watching the other table-dweller watch the scene with mild curiosity. Hmm, maybe we have more in common than I thought.
There's chapter 3! Hope you enjoyed... thos is my first fic with more than 2 chapters! YAAAAAAAY!CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES C'MON! DA NANANA NU NA NU NU C'MON!... Anyway R&R, thank you, and goodnight for now.
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