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"Longest week of my life" I said plopping down lifelessly in the chair next to Constance at breakfast. The only good thing that came out of this week was the weekend, and the only thing good about the weekend was…Josh. After waiting an entire week to find out what we were doing, the day finally came. Today was Friday. But I wasn't as energetic as I was supposed to be; after all, I still had another 7 hours to go before I could actually see him.
"Yeah, I know what you mean" Constance said turning to me. Her hair was pulled back away from her face and in a messy bun with chopsticks coming out of it, she actually looked studious. She had spent the entire week hazing the girls with Kiki, she was the official vice hazer; and she loved her position.
"I never seen this side of you Constance" I said forcing a smile in her direction. My mind said smile, but my muscles had a different idea.
"Do you need something?" Constance asked loud, and one of the girls in the other table sprung into action, and rushed over to us.
"Can I get you anything Reed?" one of the girls asked. I looked up at her and her green eyes stared back at me. She looked like she hadn't slept in days, she smelt like it too.
"Its okay" I said smiling. She nodded in courtesy and turned to Constance.
"Can I get you anything Constance" she asked. Constance shook her head, and she nodded in courtesy to Constance and went back to her table.
"We should do something special for them" I told Constance. She looked at me.
"Like what, a party?" she asked.
I shrugged. I felt bad for these girls. I know everyone has to be hazed, but I just want to do something for them to get there spirits up or something. Like a spa, or a party. Just something to get them excited for what their about to enter.
"I think I'm going to plan a getaway" I said looking at the girls at the 'Junior' table. They all looked the same. Sad, annoyed, and tired.
"So where does Ms. President plan on taking us?" Amberly asked, resting her tray down on the table across from me.
"The word us never came out of my mouth" I snapped.
"You said your planning a getaway" Amberly asked confused, "I heard you"
"Maybe you were listening to hard" I said getting up, "and by us I didn't mean the current Billings girls. By us I meant the new Billings girls"
I picked up my tray and headed towards the 'Junior' table, and placed my tray between Tess and Tori's. All the girls looked up at me with surprised expressions. Some of the girls even started to get up, but I gestured them back to their chairs.
"Are you guys tired?" I asked in a loud voice so they all could hear me. They all looked to each other in confused expressions, and whispered to each other. I'm sure they were whispering 'This is a task, I bet' or 'Are we supposed to answer that?'.
"Well are you?" I asked again. They all motioned for Tori to speak, it was because she was my roommate I bet.
"Kinda" Tori said in a small voice.
I looked around the table and they all were nodding in agreement.
"What would you guys like to do?" I asked. The confused looks returned. Tori, the one with the most courage looked at me in a mystified expression.
"What are you getting at Reed?" she asked. I looked at her, and then to the girls sitting at the table.
"I was thinking that we could go for a little getaway" I said. Their faces immediately perked up.
"Really?" Tess asked standing up on the other side of me, "you want to take us on a trip"
"Well… yeah" I said, "you guys have been working so hard. I was thinking a little vacation is exactly what you needed"
"So where are we going?" the girl who just came to the 'Senior' table asked.
"That's up to you" I said. She had a smile that was ear to ear.
"When?" the Amy girl asked.
"Next week I guess" I said.
"Why not this week"
"Because next week marks the end of hazing week" I said coolly. Tori looked at me with a smirk on her face, but I didn't give her my attention.
"So anywhere?" Tess asked.
"In New York, yeah"
"So are we going to cut class?" a girl asked from the far end of the table. Her voice was so low, that if I hadn't been looking at her I might have missed it. She was wearing stylish Dior glasses, and had her nose shoved up a book.
Just like Ariana. I thought to myself.
"Were not going to cut class" I said reassuring her, "we'll go right after class"
"Can you afford all of us" the Kathleen girl asked. The way she said it didn't sound like she was trying to be snobbish, she probably just wanted to know if she needed to bring money. And besides, I couldn't afford them; but the alumni could.
"I'll have it all taking care of" I said nonchalantly, "all you have to do is tell me where you want to go on Monday"
"Why cant we tell you later on today?" Madison asked, earning me another smirk from not just Tori, but Tess and Tori.
"I wont be here later on today" I said.
"But-" another girl was about to say.
"Just tell me on Monday" I said cutting her off, "any questions will be answered then"
I picked up my tray and headed out to the quad before they could think of anymore questions.
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"Come on Josh" I mumbled to my phone. Josh hadn't called me or texted me all day, and I was beginning to wonder if he forgot about Friday.
"Talking to your phone doesn't help with anything" Constance whispered next to me.
"Uh!" I said in a agonizing tone, and jammed my phone into my schoolbag. Obviously Josh wasn't going to be calling anytime soon, and this was the last class of the day.
"Is there something you would like to share Ms. Brennan?" Mr. Senrmon called to me at the front of the class. All eyes in the class were on me.
"No" I said looking down at the sheet of paper that was placed on my desk.
"Well how about you pick up where we left off" he said. I looked up to him to see if he was serious, he was.
"Here" Constance whispered to me, and pointed to a number on my paper.
I looked down.
"Thanks" I murmured.
"What was that Ms. Brennan?" Mr. Senrmon said, "can you-"
Just as he was about to finish his sentence, a tall guy with blonde hair walked into the room. The guy walked up to Mr. Senrmon and whispered something into his ear, and then left.
Mr. Senrmon looked at me with suspicion written all over his face.
"Apparently, you have someone waiting for you in the Main Office, Ms. Brennan" Mr. Senrmon said, "saved by the bell"
Josh!
My heart fluttered at the thought of seeing him again. I quickly stood up and packed up all my belongings and gave Constance a quick hug.
"Bye" she whispered.
I smiled at her and headed towards the door of his classroom.
"Just a second Ms. Brennan" Mr. Senrmon said walking over to me.
"Yeah?" I asked and turned around to face him.
"Tell Joshua I said hi" he said with a knowing smile, "he was one of my best students"
I felt a blush starting to creep up on my neck. Mr. Senrmon winked at me, and held the classroom door open for me.
"Enjoy your weekend" he called as I walked through the door. My first instinct told me to head towards the Main Office to see Josh, but I headed to Billings instead so that all I had to do was grab my things, and leave Easton behind.
I walked up to the door of Billings, and opened it. I heard noise upstairs, and it sounded like it was coming from my room. I followed the noise, and I was right, it was coming from my room. At first I was going to knock on the door, but then I remembered. This is my room, why do I have to knock. The door flung open, and what I saw surprised me. Noelle was in my room. But not just Noelle, Dash. With Noelle on top of him, on my bed. Making out.
They were too busy making out that they didn't even notice when I stepped into the room.
"Eh hem?" I said, with a fake cough.
Noelle's head snapped up from Dash's and she looked at me with a smirk on her face.
"Glass-licker" she said getting up off her boyfriend and walking over to give me a hug.
"Hey" I said patting her lightly on the back, it felt awkward hugging Noelle. One, because she wasn't much of a hugger; and two, the image of her and her boyfriend making out on my bed was still fresh in my mind.
"You ready?" she asked pulling away from me.
"For what?" I asked confused. Dash quickly got up of my bed and straightened out his clothes, then fixed his hair and stood beside Noelle. He didn't look me in the eye, he just looked above me.
"I'm busting you out of this joint" Noelle said.
"I can't" I said maneuvering my self from her and sitting on Tori's bed. Mine was not one I wanted to be touching right now, "Josh is picking me up"
Noelle walked right in front of me, and looked down on me.
"No, I am. Your boyfriend and I made a bet on who gets to pick you up, and I won. So lets go" Noelle said tugging at my arm.
"What?" I asked trying to hold my position on the bed, but Noelle was stronger than me, and she pulled me up. She had lacrosse and soccer on her side, I just had soccer.
"I'll explain to you later" Noelle said, "but right now we have to go"
"But I need a pass" my voice coming out disappointed. I was really looking forward to seeing Josh, not Noelle.
"I have it, now come on, your things are in the car already" Noelle said. This time she pulled my arm all the way out the room, and didn't stop until we reached a black stretch hummer limo, that was parked in the student parking lot. A man that was dressed in a black tuxedo was standing next to it.
He opened the door for us, and Noelle dragged me into that too. I fixed my self on the other side of her, so that she could sit with her boyfriend. Dash got in wearily and sat down next to Noelle, not making eye contact with either of us.
"Crap" Noelle said, just as the man was about to close the door.
"Is something the problem, Ms. Lange?" the man asked in a thick British accent.
"I'll be right back Jeeves" she said, and crossed over Dash and went outside. She bent her head down to look at the both of us.
"I forgot something in Reed's room. I'll be right back" she said and turned to leave. The man shut the door behind us, and stood next to it until Noelle returned.
I looked out my window to avoid contact with Dash, but he scooted over to sit next to me.
"I can explain" was the first things that came out of his mouth.
I didn't say anything, but just kept looking out of my window.
"I was helping Noelle move your things to car. And when we finished, we went back to your room to wait on you. Noelle told me that she wanted to get back together, but before I had anytime to protest; she started kissing me. And I…" his sounded like it was fading away.
I turned around to see why he stopped talking, only to meet him staring at me.
"Its okay" I said positioning my body towards him, "you have Noelle, and I have Josh"
"But I don't want Noelle" he tried.
"That's not what I saw" I murmured under my breath. I didn't think he heard it, but looking into his eyes I knew he did. They were filled with sorrow, remorse, and regret.
"It didn't mean anything to me Reed" he tried again.
"But it meant something to Noelle" I said, "and that means something to me"
"Reed…" he tried again, but I turned my head and looked out the window again.
"I love you" he whispered, and traced his pinkie finger along the pinkie of my finger. I yanked my hand away and placed it in my lap.
Dash laughed.
"You'll see that you love me, too" Dash said in a haughty way, "trust me"
I was about to say something to him, when the door of the limo opened and Noelle stepped in. Instead of sitting next to me, she made Dash scoot over and sat next to him.
My mind felt like it wanted to explode, but my body stayed perfectly still.
During the entire trip to wherever, I just kept staring out the window, hoping that I would be able to see Josh soon. Dash on the other hand found great enjoyment out of this, and would occasionally cause his pinky to rest on my thigh. Whenever I tried to take it off, he would just cause his hands to skim against my hand. The only way I could try to avoid anymore discomfort was by sleeping, or at least pretending to.
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"Reed, wake up" Noelle said. My eyes slowly fluttered open, I guess I was a better actress than I thought. I lifted my head and looked out my window, there was nothing their but trees.
The door on my side was open, and Noelle was standing right in front of it. She had a big smile on her face, like she was holding a secret and she couldn't keep it bottled up for too long.
"What?" I mumbled looking at her with curiosity written all over my face.
She didn't say anything, she just scooted aside. I got out of the limo to see what her deal was, and when I stepped out, a someone was stepping in front of me.
"Hey beautiful" Josh said with a smile on his face.
"Josh!" the word screeched out of my mouth, I didn't even know it did.
I jumped into his arms, and he caught me. I grasped onto his clothes, and was never planning on letting them go. Josh placed me on the floor to get a better grip of me. When he did, I pressed my face into his t-shirt, and let the ivory aroma intoxicate me. I felt his hands cup my cheek, and he lifted it up. Before I could say anything, he pressed his lips up against mine. His tongue separated my lips and searched inside my mouth. I could feel myself getting weaker each second his lips were touching mine, so eventually, and unwillingly, I pulled away.
Josh looked down at me and smiled.
"I missed you so much" he said wrapping his arms around my waist and pulling me into him.
"I missed you, too" I said, and buried my head back into his torso.
Josh tightened his grip on me, and pressed me closer to him.
"Okay Hollis" a familiar voice said behind me, "my turn"
Before I had any time to protest, someone yanked me out of Josh's arms and into theirs. This person had a feminine touch to their hug. I tried to open my eyes but my this person forced my head into their shoulder. And they had their arms wrapped around my upper torso, and was rocking me like a new born babe.
I tried pushing away, but this person just held me tighter and tighter.
"Okay Kiran" Josh's voice said, "I think she wants to breathe now"
"Kiran!!" I yelled into the persons shoulder. They loosened their grip and I was able to break free. I looked up into the person's eyes, and green ones were staring back at me.
"Ohmigod, Kiran!" I said and ran back to hug her.
"Now you want to hug me" she said with a laugh.
I haven't seen Kiran since last year when she came with us to New York. She didn't look that much different. Same photogenic person, but a lot happier.
"My turn!" someone called.
"No my turn!" a different voice called. Two people walked up to Kiran and pulled me away from her, and wrapped their arms around me.
This time I got to see a glimpse of them.
"Natasha! Taylor!" I said hugging them back.
"Reed!!" they said in unison. I pulled away from them and went back into the arms of Josh. Actually, he had to fight for me back. I looked up at him and looked at everyone around me. We were all gathered in a little circle. It was filled with Billings Girls who had been I'd know from my first year at Easton, even…
"Leanne?" I asked surprised. Natasha intertwined hands with her, and Leanne looked at me and smiled.
It wasn't a evil smile, it was a sweet, sincere smile. I haven't seen Leanne since the legacy when I caught her and Natasha, who turned out to be lesbians, making out. She was kicked out of Billings, just so that I could get in. I thought she would have hated me by now, but her smile was so convincing.
"What… are… you…" the words that came out of my mouth sounded jumbled up. But what was she doing here!?
"She goes to Yale now" Natasha said blushing.
"Of course she does" I said under my breath, "you all do"
Everyone started cracking-up, and I blushed when I realized that I hadn't said it under my breath. Leanne was probably going to Yale to be with Natasha, who transferred to Yale in her sophomore year of college.
"What are you all doing here?" I asked looking at them. It was filled with Billings Girls, but their were a couple of Ketlar too. Like Trey and Gage.
"Reed" Noelle said stepping on the side of me "Welcome to our first annual, Billings Reunion Retreat"
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All smiles: ). I don't really have anything to say. But, I was looking up colleges on the internet and I found the most amazing thing. Its about Harvard. Did you know that they are offering a free tuition to certain people? Like OMG! How cool is that. I think its like a certain criteria or something, but you get to go to the school and they pay for tuition and you don't even need loans. I don't know the specifics, you would have to check it on their website. I found it when I was looking for Yale. But that is still so cool!
Anyway, I don't really have much to say, (Big Shocker!) LOL. But thanks for the reviews that I got so far. I really liked reading them. And I have a little poll for all of you. In one of my reviews, it said that they didn't like Kiki hazing, and I wanted to know how many people felt that way. So if you would prefer Reed to haze, rather than Kiki please tell me. And this time, I will go with majority rules. : ).
So… Thanks for the reviews!!! And if there are anything with that your confused with, or comments, questions, concerns, or corrections. Please tell me.
P.S. I think there might be some correction issues. Not with spelling, but with grammar.
~Pegasus