Used Up

Chapter 4:

Terrible beginnings often lead to wonderful endings.

After his and Courtney's coffee "date", Duncan ran back to his apartment as fast as possible. Every few seconds he would glance in his hand to make sure the napkin with Courtney's number on it was still there. If he lost her number then all would be lost. The plan would be ruined.

Courtney, on the other hand, drove home with a serious case of road rage. Duncan had infuriated her, and now she had to take her anger out on all the people driving alongside her. As you could guess, the drive wasn't pleasant.

When Courtney finally arrived at the apartment that she, Bridgette, and Gwen shared, she screamed at the top of her lungs "BRIDGETTE! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!!!"

Bridgette and Gwen, who were used to Courtney's temper tantrums, simply looked up from the books they were reading and chuckled at Courtney's beet red face.

"I'm guessing the coffee didn't go very well." Bridgette said calmly as she got off the couch.

Courtney's face got even redder. "No it didn't go very well! How could you leave me with that jerk!?!" she screeched.

Gwen sensed the start of a fight and quickly stepped between the two girls. "Come on Court how bad could it have been?" Gwen asked while running her hand through her short teal hair.

"Very bad Gwen! Very, very bad!" Courtney snapped and Gwen took a step back, not wanting to get caught in her path of destruction.

Bridgette sighed. She didn't mean for Courtney to have a terrible coffee date with a stranger! Bridgette just firmly believed there were no coincidences and thought he might be "the one" for Courtney. Just because Courtney didn't think there was anyone she was meant to be with didn't mean Bridgette thought that. She just wanted her to be happy.

"Courtney, just calm down and tell us what happened." Bridgette said firmly.

Courtney took a deep breath and sat down on the couch. "Well, first of all we met because he spilled coffee on me. Then he insisted on buying me a coffee which I didn't want. He insulted the book I'm reading. He nicknamed me 'Princess'. He asked for my number and then when I said I wouldn't give it to him he grabbed me and wouldn't put me down until I gave it to him. And if it couldn't get any worse, he was staring at my boobs the entire time!"

Gwen put her pale hand over her mouth to suppress laughter and Bridgette tried to look for a brightside to Courtney's "date from hell".

"Courtney come on! The coffee spill was an accident and he was trying to be a gentleman by buying you a coffee! He probably insulted your book because he doesn't understand the deep meaning of Lord of the Flies like you do. The 'Princess' thing was a term of endearment and you should be flattered that he was so interested in getting your number. And your boobs were coffee stained. Maybe he's a neat freak." Bridgette tried.

Courtney forgot her anger for a second and chuckled to herself. "I'll take your explanations but Bridgette, you saw the guy. Does he look like the type of person to be a neat freak?"

Bridgette laughed too, and smiled happily knowing that Courtney wasn't angry at her anymore.

"Well I guess your right about that." Bridgette said, "But he was cute wasn't he?"

"Umm… I guess so." Courtney said sheepishly, and subconsciously touched her waist where he grabbed her. It was still tingling but she again ignored the feeling.

"Are you positive that it went so terrible? Because it seems like you kinda like him." Gwen said and then immediately regretted it. She knew what crushes had done to Courtney in the past.

Fortunately for Gwen, Courtney didn't take offence.

"Gwen that's nonsense! Duncan is a stupid, annoying, rude, horrible, perverted, neanderthal and I hope he never calls me. Better yet, I hope he loses my number and moves far away. I never want to see or hear him ever again." Courtney said firmly and headed towards her room to take a well needed nap.

Once she was in her room and out of earshot Gwen and Bridgette started hysterically laughing.

"She so likes him." Bridgette said in between laughs.

"Definitely." Gwen agreed.

Once Duncan got home he reached for the phone to call Courtney but stopped himself. It was only about 20 minutes after they had met! He didn't want to seem desperate. His plan was going fine and he'd call her and schedule a date in a day or two. So instead he called his friends DJ and Geoff and told them to come over. They both came over as fast as they could even though DJ had plans. He of all people knew that when Duncan said jump, you said how high.

"What's up dude!?!" Geoff shouted as he ran through the door that Duncan always kept open.

Duncan smirked at the hyper blond boy. "Nothing much man, I just have some great news."

"Well what's the news?" DJ asked as he walked in.

"I broke up with Heather." Duncan replied.

"That's heavy man." Geoff said sympathetically.

DJ seemed confused. "Sorry you broke up with Heather but how is that good news?" he asked.

Duncan sighed, obviously frustrated that they didn't let him finish.

"Guys, that's not the good news." Duncan started, "The good news is that I met a chick."

"Sweet," Geoff said smirking "Tell us everything."

Duncan laughed. "Well her name is Courtney; she's mega hot, and completely uptight. We met when I 'accidentally'," He used air quotes around accidentally, "spilled coffee on her. I bought her a coffee to make it up to her, annoyed her, and got her number. Well I had to use some force to get her number but I got it!"

"Cool." DJ said, smiling, "So when is your first date?"

"Not sure, man. Its gotta be soon though if I want to make Heather jealous." Duncan replied.

Suddenly Geoff stopped smiling. "So you're using her?" he asked.

"Well, when you put it that way…" Duncan stammered, feeling guilty for a second. But only for a second.

DJ's brown eye's looked at him with disappointment. "That's not cool, man." The Jamaican boy said, shaking his head.

Duncan scoffed. "Whatever man. I'm just gonna date her. Heather would get jealous anyway!"

"You say that now but what if you get back with Heather? Courtney would be crushed." Geoff said, determined to stop his best friend from being a womanizer.

"Chill dude. I just want to make Heather jealous so I can dump her." Duncan said.

Geoff's frown grew. "Dude you're my best friend and all but that's just heartless!" he yelled.

Duncan was about to argue with Geoff but DJ said something that made them all go silent.

"What if you fall for her? What then?"

Duncan almost told him that falling for her would be impossible. But deep inside of him he knew that would be a lie.

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After his friends had left Duncan sighed and collapsed on his couch.

I'm not heartless, Duncan said to himself I just have a big ego.

Still he had a sinking feeling in his stomach and an angry conscience telling him that what he was about to do was wrong.

AN:

Me: I think this chapter sucked.

Bridgette: No it didn't!

Me: Don't flatter me Bridgette, it sucked.

Izzy: You know what would make it better?

Me: What?

Izzy: ME! Mwahahahahahahahahaha!

Me: R&R if you want Duncan and Courtney to fall in love and Izzy to come in the story!

Tawny: What about me!?!

Me: Oh and my OC too.

Tawny: Laura owns nothing. EXCEPT ME!