Chapter IIII
Remember Me?
They made it inside the school building. Students were strolling around and chatting about the fight that just happened a few minutes ago. All the prefects walked around the halls, as they waited for the first bell to ring. So they can find a ditcher after words to tackle. But sadly it's been very uneventful for prefects after the academy riot. It was hard for all of them. Max MacTavish tried busting Pedro for pulling the fire alarm during lunch. But the punishment didn't go far when Crabblesnitch informed Max that Pedro spends most of his time in the office phoning his mother during lunch. Max was almost fired that day. No prefect ever tried anything like that after that day. Leaving them to take non active patrols around the school. Praying that someone will make some trouble.
"They're already talking about me?" Ashly asked. Astonished that talk already made it inside the building in just seconds.
"Congrats your popular." he responded. "Keep your head down and let me lead the way." he ordered harshly, squeezing her wrist a bit.
She did as she was told and looked down at her shoes. They weren't so brand new as they were a week ago. Thanks to her nerves getting the best of her outside. And now when her step parents find out what happened outside, they're nerves will get the best of them. Probably tell her she can't come home for christmas or her birthday. But she didn't care she never wanted to go back home, ever. She looked a bit ahead of her path and saw they were heading toward some stairs. She looked back down at her shoes to see a thick red liquid was hitting them and the floor.
"Hey, uhh kid." she whispered loudly.
"Keep quite and keep your head down." he whispered back harshly.
"But -"
"Quite."
"Kid seriously th-"
"Shh, don't draw attention to yourself." he whispered. Gary was getting really annoyed, he loved walking quietly past students and listening to what they were saying. Sucking in the information like a vacuum. Everything he heard was useful information on everybody in school. And the best part is no one even knew he was there. If anything hardly anyone knew who he was, but after last year everyone knew who Gary Smith was. He could work around that fact, but not if someone was nagging next to him.
"Well genius I don't think anyone has noticed the blood trail leading to us!" she quickly yelled out looking up at him.
He quickly ran up the right side of stairs with her before anyone inside could find the source of the yelling. All the students looked at the stair case leading to the second floor. They found no screaming women but did find a trail of blood. Ladies and gentlemen the crowd goes "Eeeeewwwww"
Gary stopped in the middle of the hallway and looked back at the staircase. Listening to the crowd yell on how disgusting the small trail of liquid is. He turned around and grabbed Ashly by her arm. Walking forward quickly into the dark hallway. Ashly tipped her head back and wiped her nose with her free hand. They stopped in front of the entrance of the girls bathroom.
Ashly tilting her head forward again saw it and ran muttering a "thanks" before going in. Gary chuckled and followed the girl in.
"Amy, Amy! I'm sorry please come out. Look, after we get settled in. I'll take you out and get you something ice-cream, cloths, food you name it." she spoke out as she checked the stalls. She found nothing but an empty bathroom." Amy?"
"Oh, I'd love to get new cloths. I really need a new teal color sweater vest." Gary said leaning next to the door frame smirking.
"What is this."
Gary checks his surroundings studying it, as if it was his first time in a restroom." Isn't it obvious what this is."
She eyed him angrily, clenching her hands to fists. Her nails dug into the inside of her hands. Ashly wasn't in the mood. She just had a fight with her mom, yelling at her during the drive to Bullworth. About how she had it coming being moved there for her behavior. Both leaving with hateful thoughts about each other, as she was dropped off at the front gate. Only to be stuck outside in the hot sun for half an hour. Then when being finally let inside, not three minutes later she got into a fight. While Amy ran off in this huge school to god knows where, lost and scared. And she's in a bathroom with a guy playing jokes on her.
"It looks like it's a restroom don't you think," he said chuckling.
She stepped toward him ready to punch him, but stopped when she felt more blood come out through her nose.
"And by the looks of it you needed one anyway." he finished. Motioning her to the sink he was heading toward to. Ashly decided she couldn't walk around as bloody Mary all day went along with him. Gary turned on the faucet and waited for it to turn cold. Then moved to the side for her to wash her face.
Gary pulled out a few tissues out his back pack. She reached for one, but he pulled them away from her reach. She looked up at him with annoyance.
"These are mine." he said while turning his back on her. Then preceding to blow his nose.
He discarded them to a random direction and turned back to her. She cupped her hands in water and washed off any dry blood on her nose or mouth. Gary eyed her every move as he sat on the sink next to hers. She looked over to him and met his eyes. They both stayed like that for a minute.
"What are you doing here?" she finally spoke out.
"Hm?"
"This is the girls bathroom." she stated.
"You think a sign is going to stop me." he responded folding his arms.
She returned to washing her face and nose. When a thought just hit her. People act a certain reason because of something. Something they want to hide from others. When it comes to guys, most of the time it's the same thing.
"Are you gay?" she asked. Turning off the faucet and standing up straight.
"No." he replied, extremely too fast.
"Are you sure, because I saw you talking to the kid behind us. And it looked like he was blushing or something."
"Who, femme boy? I was just having some fun with the little guy." he chuckled.
"Fun as in flirting or fun as in telling jokes?"
"Fun as in, hey let's manipulate him in front of other people and get the reaction on his face that looks as if we destroyed his soul." he replied with a grin on his face." Anything else?"
"Yeah, where did you learn to make good cover ups like that?" she said leaning on the sink mimicking his pose. He knew what she was doing and decided to show her who he really was.
"I got my sources." he replied smirking. She chuckled at his response." I knew it." she finished smiling. For the first time in such a long time.
"Alright, now that I answered your questions. You owe me some and a favor." he said sternly.
"Yeah right, I'm not telling you anything." she replied harshly.
"Then how will you find Amy. Wait, you didn't forget about her did you?" he said looking forward.
She was about to yell at him, but stopped when she realized he was right. She muttered a cuss and her mind began racing about Amy. The thoughts running through her mind felt elegiacal, but at the same time logical. It was enough to make her heart pound through her chest out of fear. She needed to know where she was.
"Where is she?" she half shouted worried.
She walked in front of him so he wouldn't leave. The look she gave Gary told him this ment the world to her. She would go through anything he threw at her. She would give him anything for his answer. He had her in the palm of his hand.
"Just answer my three questions and I'll give you what you want. Now first question, why do you care for Amy so much?" he said to the panicking girl.
"Because she's my little sister and she's been gone for almost half an hour!"
"But you two look nothing alike. Was she adopted? And this doesn't count as the second question." he finished grinning.
"That's not fair!" she said frowning." I need to know where she is!" she yelled. Completely worried for her sisters safety. But the look on his face said he wasn't going to have pity
"Fine, I was . . . adopted okay." she whispered. Ashly took two steps back and turned her back on him. She crossed her arms across her chest and looked down. It went silent in the bathroom. The only thing that was heard was they're breathing. Ashly could feel his gaze burning to the back of her head. She knew that he knew there was more to it than that. Ashly decided to look up and finish." I was only a month old when my mom decided to let me go. Amy's parents took me in a week later and it was nice for a while, but all good things come to an end sometime." she whispered. Then turning around to face him." I know all this because my step dad told me after Amy's Fifth birthday. After that I never forgave them for lying. I tried to run away like an idiot, but I couldn't leave Amy. She was everything to me." she finished looking away from his gaze.
She was breaking inside telling a stranger about herself, but she loved her sister enough to do it. The truth was deep inside her. She felt a little better telling someone the truth instead of lying. She never would've thought that this little feeling inside her would happen if she told someone the truth. It felt a bit nice. A bit.
"Second question, what did you do to get in here?" he asked like the last one wasn't even asked.
She looked forward at his eyes then his scars. Feeling her voice going weak she cleared her throat.
"Oh, umm there's a bunch. Well, I cussed at a teacher. I put a stink bomb in a girls bag. Then I guess what got me over here was sneaking into the office to use the intercom. Played my guitar while singing about a school shoot out. All in the same day." she said weakly." It was my first time being in trouble for anything except tardies."
He chuckled, god how she hated he was enjoying this. She hated this kid so much right now. His face, body, cloths, voice all of it. But just one more question and she would get what she wanted.
"Sounds strange if you ask me. How a girl who got a few tardies now and then. Decided to act up one day three times. Wouldn't they have sent you home by the second time you were sent to the office?" he questioned frowning.
"Well yeah, the first time they let me off with a warning. Second time I was kicked out of music class with my guitar and was going to be sent home. And as I was waiting outside the office door for my step parents to pick me up. I, you know, snuck into the principles office when she left." she shrugged like it was nothing. But still speaking in her small, weak, desperate tone.
"Sounds like you really wanted to go to this school. Or your trying to run away from something, or someone." he said the last part lowly while grinning.
"What, no! I don't runaway from anybody." she spoke up getting her voice back.
"Except the person or people looking for you at home right now." he stood up, no longer sitting on the sink. He stepped forward grinning, wanting to know what or who scared her off.
She took a step away from him and shook her head. She really wasn't enjoying herself anymore. The little good feeling inside her was dead and gone. She didn't want to tell him anything else, especially from her old school. She began to consider of just leaving and looking for Amy herself. But the school seemed to take up a large space. It would take hours until she found her. Her heart pounded as she sighed deeply and looked up at him.
"I said I'm not afraid." she seethed through her teeth.
Gary stared down in her eyes. His grin disappeared into a boring expression. He took two steps back and put his hands in his pocket. Tilting his head to the side a bit he responded." We'll work on that later."
She thanked god she was able to skip a question. A small part of her told her there was a possibility that she could skip the third one.
"Third and last question. What are you good at?"
She was relieved it was a small request. She almost smiled at the question.
"Well I can play metal on any electrical guitar and-"
"No no, not that useless shit. I wasn't talking about talents I was talking about breaking the law." he frowned.
"Ummm, I don't think I have any talents in that nature."
"Oh, so what your trying to say is your useless." he responded ready to leave in anger.
"No wait!" she yelled standing in front of him." I can. . . . . ummm."
He tried to pass her as she was thinking. But she stopped him by putting both her hands on his chest.
"I can pick locks! It's been a while and it might be fuzzy, but I give my word I can pick locks." she spoke grasping his shirt.
She did it all. She went through his questions. Barely but answered them. Her head felt clear to relax. She felt good to know it was over and better knowing that she could finally be reunited with her sister. As soon as she found her she would never let her out of her site again.
Gary gave her a board expression but nodded anyway. Then took out a piece of paper with a pen. He wrote on it taking his time. Ashly wanted to yell at him to hurry up, but didn't want to anger him. He finished and handed the paper to her. She snatched it out of his hand and read it.
"What the hell is this?"
"My number, you still owed that favor." her expression darkened. She was about to lose control and pounce on him.
"Your sister said something about going to the nurses and getting help in the middle of the fight." she nodded quickly and turned around running.
"Oh and Ashly."
"What?"
"Thanks for all that. I'll be sure to tell all my friends."
She felt as if she was slapped in the face. Her heart seemed to have been torn out of her chest. Her mind went to mush. She exposed herself to not just him but the whole school. Her life was ruined everyone would already be judging her by tomorrow. And all she could do was frown at him.
"I don't care, you sick fuck." she turned around and ran down the stairs.
A/N: Love it, hate it? Just to tell you all. After this chapter it's going to get a little odd.