*okay, I have finally finished all exams and I'm finished revising! TIME TO UPDATE!*
It had been a couple of days or so since 2D had last seen Cris. They had been texting non stop for the past two weeks. They had gone to the park, they had gone shopping, they went to a gig that her friends band were playing at (he now had an EP of a band called Bound To Burn on his iPod that he had started listening to more.) The two were slowly becoming inseparable and it was clear to see.
Everyone was sitting at the table eating breakfast, Russel eating a BLT, Noodle eating some artificially coloured cereal, 2D eating a slice of overly burnt toast and Murdoc drinking Jack.
Noodle and Russel were having a heated debate about Noodle's sugar consumption:
"Noods, listen.. That cereal already has enough sugar. You don't need to put more on."
"Nooo, it doesn't taste nice without it!"
"You will rot your teeth with that!"
"They haven't rot yet!"
The two carried on this discussion whilst Murdoc stared at 2D texting. The dullard looking as blissfully happy as ever.
This needed to change.
He took another sip of jack before 2D's stupid grin took over his whole face.
"'ere, guys. What you all doing tonight?" he said, looking through his blue hair hanging over his dark eyes.
Everyone looked at each other and shrugged, no body was ever really busy if you don't include Murdoc's scheduled shagging sessions.
2D looked pleased at this,
"D'you guys want to go to Cris' art show tonight? She's really excited and wants me to bring as many people as I can." 2D smiled, waiting on everyone's answers.
"Is this 'Cris' chick the one you've been talking to?" Russel asked raising his eyebrows. 2D blushed and nodded, knowing what Russel was implying but chose to ignore it.
Noodle piped up "Is she pretty?"
Murdoc shot a look at 2D, who started getting anxious.
He finally nodded before saying
"Yeah, she is. Real pretty."
Murdoc scoffed "well, I'm in then. Can't be letting a pretty girl go unsatisfied."
2D stared at Murdoc, unsure of his intentions. Was he doing this to get at 2D? It wouldn't be the first time..
2D came out of his suspicious thought as his phone buzzed once again.
"oh, we've to dress smart!"
The gallery was just a half hour drive from Kong, but it was still not something Murdoc was up for. Everyone was crammed into his shitty Vauxhall Astra, this journey was going to be long.
He had a mix tape in that was now playing 'Paint it Black' and 2D began singing along beside him in the front seat. He couldn't help but sink into his leather bucket seat whilst he listened to 2D's angelic voice. He glanced over, looking at the boy's outfit. He was wearing a black sharp, pin stripe shirt with a white tie with dark skinny jeans. This was smart for the dullard, this bird meant something. It made him worried.
Murdoc himself was dressed to impress, his purple shirt unbuttoned to show chest hair. His black suit and shiny black Cuban heels. He was definitely the most fancy of the group tonight. Noodle had a light blue baby doll dress that came to just above her knees and Russel was wearing a suit jacket on top of a tshirt and baggy jeans.
When they finally pulled up to the gallery they were shocked at how fancy the venue was. 2D had never seen any of Cris' art work so he wasn't sure what to expect. They parked the car and walked round to the entrance, bombarded with people who knew them- but charged on regardless.
Once they got inside they noticed the place was even fancier; there were big buffet tables, wine coolers, marble statues, a small cocktail fountain and other bits and pieces that added to the overall presence of the room.
There were dozens of people there with their paintings and sculptures and whatnots. Every gallery was different from the next, and trying to decipher what they all meant was difficult.
2D looked around a little before hearing a familiar voice.
Cris ran up to 2D for a massive hug, thanking him over and over for coming. 2D blinked a few times to make sure it was the same girl.
Her hair wasn't messy and choppy like usual, it was very shaped and lady like (for a boy short haircut.)
She had no glasses and very dramatic, vampy make up.
And her dress.
She was wearing a long, strapless evening gown that split up one leg. Her massive high heels making her nearly the same heights as the blue haired boy infront of her. Her body shape was absolutely gorgeous, the dress exaggerated every curve 2D never knew she had. He was so used to seeing her in boy-ish clothes that this was a shock.
Once the rest of the group caught up they all introduced themselves. Murdoc being extremely shocked that this beautiful girl was talking to the gimp in the first place.
Cris looked over in his direction and held out a hand
"-and you must be Murdoc? I've heard a lot about you. It's a pleasure." she smiled warmly, Murdoc shot 2D a sadistic glance before taking Cris' hand in his.
"Oh, believe me love.. The pleasure is all mine." he said in a seductive tone as he kissed her hand gently.
Cris' cheeks turned a hue of red as she giggled at how polite he was.
2D stared at Murdoc, completely unamused at what he was doing.
Noodle jumped up excitedly
"Cris, you look so pretty! Are you 2D-sans girlfriend?" she asked innocently. Cris giggled and shook her head "no, not quite Noodle."
Russel chuckled "you sure? Our boy here talks pretty highly of you."
Cris continued to giggle as 2D's face turned scarlet. Murdoc could see that this was a joke for the girl, meaning she probably didn't have any feelings for the boy, making him feel a bit better about the whole thing.
Cris rubbed her hands together anxiously, "so, do you guys want to see my pieces?" she said excited to show her new friends her work.
"oh, keep in mind- some are a bit graphic." she warned.
They walked over to her station -which was full of artists and customers browsing- to find tons of paintings.
Mostly women, rather naked women. Some in nicer settings than others- some in Forests and woodland areas, some bathed in blood and demonic, some very 50's and pinup. She had other paintings of hands and some male faces and tattooed bodies.
But there was one rather large canvas still covered up.
Everyone stared in awe at the paintings. How raw and aggressive some were in contrast to how rich and calm the others were.
Everything was a wash out of colour: bright greens to rich reds.
"so, what do you guys think?" she asked nervously. Actually worried about their opinions.
"They are magnificent," Russel said in his booming voice. "-very unique."
Noodle looked at a woman painted as a woodland fairy, "I like this one the most!" not seeming to mind that the woman she was looking at had no clothes on except a Lacey scarf draped around her bum.
2D smiled at her, "They're gorgeous Cris."
Murdoc was definitely impressed. The girl had talent, that was for sure.
"your demon girl is really quite something, I'll give you that. They are very close to detail- love. How much would you be looking for, y'know for the whole lot?" he asked cocking his eyebrow up and grinning, he would make this gorgeous girl an offer she couldn't refuse.
Her mouth dropped "are you serious?" she exclaimed. She didn't think she would have any chance of selling in such advanced art gallery, and here was this man offering to buy the whole lot.
"w-well the smaller ones are £30, the bigger ones are £50-60.. I-I'm sorry. This has never happened to me before."
2D looked angry, She had only just met murdoc and already he was making her this happy, he had to do something. 2D interrupted "well, I want one for meself. Can I chose one first?"
Murdoc was about to interrupt, but Cris' cheeks turned pink.
"w-well.. There was something I wanted to show you. Remember the day we met at the park? Well, I was drawing in my sketch book and really liked it, so I managed to paint it on the biggest canvas I could afford and well.." she stopped talking and pulled back the cover on the big canvas to reveal a picture of 2D in the park, his chin resting on his hand, elbows on his knees as he looked out to the lake.
It looked exactly like him.
She captured everything from that day, you could see the sadness in his eyes as he looked out to nothing.
You could see how tired he looked from the night before.
You could also see a noticeable hickey -that was now faded out on his own neck- with sharp and deep teeth marks around it.
2D was blown away with how much detail was in the picture, and couldn't quite believe that it was just a painting. Cris was delighted with his reaction to it, and was happy that this was the portrait he picked to buy. She gave him it in exchange for him singing a song to her one day, which he was happy about considering he only had £10 on him at the time.
Russel pointed out the hickey on 2D's neck and asked about it. 2D's face dropped, he looked at Murdoc and bit his lip before saying
"It was nothing."
Murdoc looked extremely guilty, he knew 2D thought he had forgotten that night but it felt wrong playing dumb.
He was good at lying, but that was because he was used to having no emotional ties to anything other than 'El Diablo'.. He could feel the guilty look on his face, but tried his best to hide it.
"so," murdoc cleared his throat before continuing "How 'bout you wrap those babies up for me and I give you £700 for the whole lot? How's that sounding babe?"
She stood in shock, Cris couldn't believe it. This stranger that she had heard such negative things about seemed so nice, giving her well more than £200 extra for all the paintings, surely he wasn't all that nasty.
Right?
