November 13, 2007
2:23 p.m.
I thought, maybe, if I puffed out my cheeks far enough, my face would explode. I made a rather unintelligent bet with a friend that I could manage it before he could finish his Mountain Dew Slushy. I passed out and he got severe brain freeze. We both ended up in the nurses office with only a foggy recollection of how we got there in the first place.
"Soph?" Percy strolled into the white, peroxide smelling room and stared at me. I sat on the edge of the cot with an ice pack to my forehead and my bottom lip sticking out.
"Ello, Percy." I imitated an English accent. He smiled and sat next to me.
"The office called me down so I could drive you home."
"Finally after all these years they've realized we are attached at the hip."
"Meh, they knew it all along." Percy moved my hand from the ice pack and held it himself, "They've just stopped trying to separate us."
I struggled against my smile, trying to look as pathetic as possible.
"So how did you hit your head?" Percy asked, removing the ice pack to examine my bump.
"I was trying to prove to Alex that I could blow my own face off." I explained, my eyes on my black and purple Converse.
"You really should leave that to the professionals."
"I am as close to a professional as they come."
"How many times have I told you, if the guys on Jackass can't do it, no one can."
"So you're saying, until Steve-O shoves an entire emu up his nose I shouldn't try?"
"Precisely." Percy smiled and kissed my forehead then he replaced the ice pack. "How's Alex?"
"Catatonic." I bit my lip and glanced over my shoulder at our friend. He was kind of twitching.
"Huh." Percy looked at him; "Are you resisting the urge to poke him, too?"
"I'd rather stick gummy bears up his nose."
"Do you have some nose fetish I have yet to learn about?" Percy asked me.
"Now that you mention it." I leaned forward and attempted to stick my finger in Percy's nose. He swatted my hand away.
"Got any other weird secrets I need to know before we get married?" He stood up. I thought for a second.
"Well I guess I should tell you that I'm madly in love with you."
Percy grinned and yanked me up by the arm. He wrapped me in a tight hug then started to the door. Just as we reached it, he turned around and ran over to Alex. Percy undid Alex's belt and slid Alex's hand inside. Then he rejoined me and we skipped out to the parking lot.
