Chapter 8 :: This kind of benefit
A/N: Color me surprised, I have gained a follower O_o Now, I would say something in response to this, but this person hasn't written a review quite yet. Also, if anyone writes a review or follows me, I might just entitle them to a "still". A "still", to me, is a still-life image of one scene. This "still" will be drawn by me by request of a reviewer or follower and posted on tumblr. It sounds odd, I know, but I thought it might be nice to draw the scenes you guys wanted to see played out from the story. Yes, I did say from the story. This story to be exact! It'll be done whenever I can do it and will be done in whatever artistic vision I have of it because I don't know how to draw based off descriptions. So, in order to request a still, type a review or PM me which chapter and what scene. It's optional to include a quote so I can find it better.
Summary: Johnny is currently feeling indecisive about who he truly cares about. Gary is creating his own mind games and requires Leo's presence in order to make it all stop. Bif and Derby get a little too competitive with Leo in bed. Sven has seen Hyotei and works for the real Geos. So now…
Leo's POV
I shouldn't be doing this. Why did I let Pete convince me into seeing Gary? I kept thinking so many thoughts as I walked towards the boys' dorm; I was so distracted by these concerns that I didn't even notice Johnny calling out to me.
"Hey, Leo, can I talk to you for a sec?" Johnny hollered from the parking lot.
I ignored him because I was trapped in my own agenda. He noticed that I was preoccupied so he ran up to me and grabbed my sleeve. "Hey, I was trying to get your attention!"
I broke out of my anxiety, "Oh, sorry Johnny, I didn't see you there. I'm kinda busy."
"It'll only take a second." He said as he put his hands on both my arms. "Can I ask you a question?"
"Sure?" I said a bit hesitant.
"Did you feel anything from the kiss yesterday?" He looked serious.
I averted my eyes, "Yes."
He cleared his throat, "Do you like me?"
"That's two questions!" I said smiling at him. "Anyway, you're barking at the wrong tree. No time to explain though."
I hurriedly walk away from him to the boys' dorm and I can just barely hear him tell me to meet him at the pool hall later. In order to show him I heard, I spun around and smiled back at him waving. Now, on to see Mr. Sociopath.
As I stride into the boys' dorm carefully avoiding any prefects, I notice someone on the couch, Jimmy.
"Hey, Gary told me to tell you to wait here. I'll go get him." Jimmy says turning away from the tele. A few moments pass and I see Gary making his way into the living area.
"So, you came?" He said sounding rather surprised.
"As you requested, but can we ditch the pleasantries and get right to it?" I say as nonchalantly as possible.
"Listen, about the other day, things got out of hand." He says with his hands in his pockets, shrugging.
"I know, I was there." I respond with a bit of venom in my words.
He reaches into his back pocket and pulls something out, it looks like a medicine bottle.
"I'm no junkie", I said wincing at the bottle.
"Relax, friend, you'll need this." He makes a snide remark.
I take the bottle into my hands and roll it around my palm so I can read the label. Birth control pills?
"What the hell Gary?" I say looking at him in disgust and raising my voice. "We didn't even get that far!"
"Keep your voice down", he says holding my shoulders, "As if I forgot, loser. I mean, I need to ask you for a favor."
"What kind of favor?" I say as I watch him walk around me.
He gets down on one knee, "Please, think this over. Will you, Leo, be my girlfriend?"
I roll my eyes and raise my middle finger to him. "Screw you Gary! If you think that asking me out so you can have sex with me is okay, you're in for a world of trouble!"
"It's not exactly like that." He says getting off the ground and dusting himself off.
"Oh, then what is it? My life doesn't revolve around screwing guys, you know!" I sneered.
He grabs my wrists and pulls me in for an embrace. "I need you."
I was caught off guard by this. He seemed sincere, but I don't believe him a hundred percent. However, I did stay in his arms thinking about whether or not I'd regret this. Little did I know, he had some bigger plans…
Johnny's POV
Where is she? She said she'd be here by now… I lay against the wall under the bridge leading to New Coventry waiting for Leo. It was a little past 5:00 PM. Right as I figured she wouldn't be showin' up, I see her walkin' towards me. She looks upset.
"What's wrong?" I ask tryin' to get a good look at her face which was lookin' away.
"Gary asked me out." She said soundin' defeated.
I tilt my head a bit and loosen my jaw, "…So, ya say 'yes' to him?"
"No…" I breathed a sigh of relief at hearing that word, "not yet…"
I reacted too soon, "Not yet?"
"It's complicated, I don't know what to do." She says as she looks like she's about to burst into tears.
"What's wrong, he blackmailin' ya? If he is…I'll – I'll beat him up for you if you want." I say trying to comfort her.
She smiles and sighs, "No, I wish it were that simple. I pity him."
"Why? What could you like in that freak?" I say sounding despondent.
"We both feel physically attracted to each other, but that's all." She says as she shakes her head.
Leo, I'm attracted to you. I wanted to say it, but it wasn't the right time. Right now, she was trustin' me with her problems. "So, what now?"
"I don't know, I need an answer, I just don't know what to say. I told him I'd need some time to think it over." She said shrugging her shoulders.
I cracked my knuckles. As if I had enough problems already. First Lola and Gordo go around behind my back, and now Leo and Gary are tryin' to hook up. Man, this is why I need to have a queen, to avoid these issues. I give Leo a hug. This is the only comfort I can give her right now.
Leo's POV
I basically poured my soul out to Johnny earlier. I ended up even falling asleep on his lap in the pool hall. It was more of a nap than anything though. I still can't believe Gary said that…'I need you.'
About 7:00 PM, I leave New Coventry and head to the girls' dorm, I have someone I need to see. Last week when I started classes here at Bullworth, I neglected someone who didn't deserve it, Beatrice. She really seemed nice as she looked at me from the bleachers hoping I'd come join her, but I knew that I'd freak out playing dodge ball. I was never good at it. For some reason, I get really scared when objects are hurled towards me.
I enter the doors to the dorm and hear the hall monitor, or Mrs. Peabody in the upstairs hall asking if everything is alright in a girls' room. I take a right from the main entrance and run right into Beatrice. She has a cast on her leg.
"Oh, sorry." She says looking at me as we both collided into each other head first and landed on carpet.
"Oh, no, I'm the one who should be sorry!" I say apologetically as I get up first and reach my hand out to her.
She grabs my hand, "Thanks. Hey, aren't you that new girl? You're friends with the head cheerleader aren't you?"
"Friends? I guess, but I'm not here to see Mandy, I'm here to apologize to you." I look at her with sincere determination.
"Apologize? For what?" She asked, confused.
"I'm not great at sports, so I left you by yourself before in gym. I'm really sorry…" I bowed my head to her.
"Oh, that. That was no problem, I bet I would have done the same." She smiled at me as if signifying she understood.
We hear someone heading our way and they knock Beatrice over, "Move it, ugly!" I watch as Mandy shoves her way past Beatrice and I go over to help her back up.
"That wasn't very nice, Mandy." I say as I look at Beatrice who seems rather timid from being in pain.
"Are you defending that cretin?" She says pointing at Beatrice.
"Mandy, just knock it off." I say as I help Beatrice over to a couch. She scoffs and walks away.
"Thanks." Beatrice says as she looks at me gratefully.
"No, I owed you one. We would both have been in casts if you didn't take one for the team." I say trying to lighten the mood.
"I'd just wish that I could be part of your circle of friends, you know, the people that get all the attention." She says as she huffs in defeat.
I look at her. She has so much potential that she doesn't know about. Why doesn't she believe in herself? I remove her glasses from her face.
"Hey, I can't see without those." She says as she flails her arms out in front of me.
"Whoa." I say in surprise. "Beatrice, have you ever thought about wearing contacts?"
"I have a pair upstairs, but it's always such a hassle to put them in every morning I just gave up." She tells me as I hand her back her glasses.
"I have an idea, meet me at this address", I hand her a note with my home address on it, "meet me there before the fall dance."
"Fall dance? That's not for another two months. Besides, I have no one to go with." She says with a soft smile.
"Neither do I, trust me, we'll have an awesome girl's night out!" I say filled with enthusiasm as I leave Beatrice in confusion.
"Okay…"
Tad's POV
So, after the strange morning I had with my friends at my estate, I decide to return to Harrington House and pay Bif and Derby a visit. Regarding the scenario of breakfast, I wanted to ask them what went on considering no one had a clue and they left us in the dark after coming down to eat. I open the doors to the house and I step in. In front of me, I see Gord and Chad.
"Where's Bif and Derby?" I ask looking around hearing nothing but the flames roaring in the fireplace.
"They're at Glass Jaw." Chad says with his face extremely flushed.
"Did you manage to find out what they did in my estate?" I say looking over to both Chad and Gord.
Chad looked away and adjusted the wraps on his hand, "Um, I think it would be better if you heard from them yourself. I gotta go anyway, Tad."
I sigh from exasperation and I call my driver to come around to the front of the school once again. I hate not knowing what goes on around here. I wait for my driver to pull up and get seated in the limo.
At Glass Jaw Boxing Club
Derby and Bif sit in the bar atop the staircase in the gym. Both holding icepacks to their faces.
"For a lady, she sure hits hard." Derby says removing his ice pack and wrapping it in another cloth.
"You said it." Bif imitates his motion.
"You do realize, this was all your fault, Bif." Derby says motioning his icepack on his face again.
"It's not my fault. You know, I get competitive." Bif responds putting his head down on the bar counter top.
A few minutes later, the door to the bar opens and in comes Tad.
"I want to know what's going on. What did you three do in my house? I deserve answers!" Tad says sounding a bit hurt from being left out.
Derby and Bif look at each other and flush with embarrassment. Bif gestures Tad to come closer as he whispers the details in his ear. Tad drops to his knees, face turning the same color as everyone else who had asked before.
Petey's POV
I felt bad following Gary's plans again, but it was nice to feel like I had friends. Sure Gary was a jerk, but at least he acknowledged me and invited me in his conquests. I had spent the entire summer of last year trying to convince the head master to give him another chance. With Dr. Bambillo's approval, I was able to help him re-register Gary into the system. He wasn't all bad, just a bit odd. I place the picture I had finished painting of Leo up on the wall. Looks like I'm friend-zoned by you too. I can never get a girlfriend. I sigh, distressed. I knew that Leo was into more of the bad-boy type like Johnny or Gary. She may have even liked guys who were into sports like Bif, Derby, Ted, Kirby, and Auel. There was no way, however, that she'd be into someone like me. Like a femme-boy like me would've stood a chance against those guys. I place my hand on her picture hoping that she would say something that would return my feelings.
Luke's POV
I ended up sleeping in the house by myself for the past day or so. I was going to tell Leo that I was going to move in with Pedro, who by now approved of me moving in since I threatened to stuff him into a 'trash can'. What an odd name for a bin. Unfortunately, for me, while Sven, Leo and Auel were being trained physically, I was being trained mentally. I could understand the most complex of formulas, create the most diverse chemical reactors, I could do just about anything. 'Leo, he's gonna die if you keep doing that.' 'Auel, Sven, apprehend her.' If it weren't for Geos calling the shots at the time, I would've been a goner. I begin to write down a letter to Leo and post it on her doorframe. When I have packed up my belongings, I head out leaving the house in darkness…
"You ready, wallaby?" Auel said while waiting for me on his motorbike.
"Don't call me that. I'm not a kangaroo." I always hated that pet name he called me when he dated my sister.
"Sure thing, mate. Sure thing." He says as I hop on the passenger side car and he revs up his engine.
Gary's POV
I know Hopkins wants her too. I can make her mine. Get rid of her. I need her. These notions keep repeating in my mind as I pedal over to Leo's house on my bike. Is she even home yet, genius? I look at the time on my watch. It's half passed nine, she's definitely home. I follow the remaining directions to her house that I got from Pedro. Here it is, Croft Manor. I park my bike alongside the front gates and make my way to her front door. I ring the doorbell twice with my knuckle.
"I'll be there in a second." I hear Leo make her way to the entrance of her house.
"Oh…Hey Gary." She says not sounding too pleased.
"Is this how you talk to your boyfriend?" I grin at her.
"I haven't decided yet, you know." She says moving out of the doorway to allow me in.
"Nice place you got here. Where are the 'rents?" I say looking around at the upholstery.
"My mother and papa passed away already, I live here with my little brother. Well, not anymore. He left me a message earlier saying he's gone to live in the dorms with his friend." She says looking to the floor.
"I'm sorry, truly, I am." I sarcastically respond as I grab her hand and kiss the back of it.
"Whatever." She pulls her arm away from me and rolls her eyes.
"Are we getting off on the wrong foot again? I said I'm sorry for what happened, I'll give you a kiss if that's what you want." I egg her on.
"Shut up, Gary." She says pulling out a cheesecake from the fridge.
She's just like femme-boy, only a girl. Wait, femme-boy is a girl. I chuckle to myself as I put an arm around her waist. "It smells delicious. Can I have some?" I say pointing to my mouth as if I'm asking her to feed me.
"Sure, here." She actually fed me. I can feel my cheeks grow hot.
Leo looks at me and smiles, "If you were truly in love with me and wanted to be my boyfriend; that would be your benefit."
I don't know what it is about her, but she just gives off a soothing feeling every time I see her.
I give her another crooked smile, "I like this kind of benefit."
A/N: Sorry for the odd timing of these chapters, I think I'm gonna start doing one a day during my break. Also, as I mentioned at the beginning, regarding the stills, please be mindful and choose one you actually want to see. Please and thank you :D
