Chapter 10
They arrived at the mall. Angel, Quatre, and Trowa pulled Joey into the party store, and Heero and Duo went to the liquor store, while Wufei went to be alone.
Angel, Quatre, and Trowa all grabbed a bunch of things for the party. Joey just stood there waiting for her opportunity to leave the group (who kept their eyes on Joey), so she could go buy something that she needed.
She finally had her chance, she quickly walked to the drug store that was across the party store. From there, she made her way right to the mens razors. She grabbed one package, then looked in her wallet to see how much she had. She sighed when she didn't have enough.
"Joey? Joey, where are you?" Joey could hear Angel calling her.
'Oh shit.' Joey said to herself. 'They cant find me here.' She walked over to the shampoo aisle, as she put the package of razors in her pocket, and looked at the shampoo.
"There you are. I was worried about you!" Angel said.
"Sorry. I-I remembered that I needed shampoo for my hair." Joey stammered.
"Next time...let us know ok?" Angel said.
Joey nodded.
"Good...come on now. We got everything that we need." Angel continued as she took Joeys arm and lead her through the store.
As they got to the doors, Joey's stomach was doing flip flops. 'Please don't let the alarms go off.' she kept saying to herself. They walked passed the alarms and they didn't go off. Joey breathed a sigh of relief.
*~*~*~*~*
They arrived at the house all in smiles and Duo being well....Duo. They emptied out the car and put the stuff in the big entertainment room. Then Angel, and Quatre sat down to discuss who would be coming to the party. Duo started putting up some of the decorations and saying who should come, and Heero put the alcohol away.
'Perfect time for me to 'disappear' to my room' Joey thought to herself. She ran upstairs into her room, and shut the door. She took the package out of her pocket, opened it, and looked at the shinning blades.
She grabbed one. All of a sudden, she had the need to cut herself. She walked into the bathroom, sat at the toilet, found an empty spot on her arm, and she ran the blade, piercing the skin and watching the blood form on her arm.
*~*~*~*~*
A WEEK LATER....
"Hey Joey. Its me Angel. Let me in for a sec. It's the party today and maybe I could help you with what to wear." Angel yelled through the door.
Joey rolled over in bed. She was dreading the party. People she had to see when all she wanted was to be left alone...in her room.
"Come on Joey." Angel was getting impatient.
"Fine, fine!" Joey grumbled as she got out of bed and opened the door for Angel.
"Oh my!" Angel said looking at Joey. "Go have a shower and then I'll give you a make-over. Sounds great?"
"Yeah...ok" Joey grumbled and left for her shower.
20 minutes later, Joey returned wearing her bathrobe. She noticed that Angel picked out a black short skirt and a black spaghetti strapped belly top.
"Angel...I can't wear that shirt." Joey said pointing at it.
"What do you mean? It's a perfect shirt!"
"I'm not wearing it!" Joey said as she marched over to the bed, picked the shirt up, tossed it, looked in the closet and found one that she liked.
"You can't wear that. You gotta show skin...be sexy!"
"I don't want to be sexy...don't want to show skin...I'm not pretty and I'll never be sexy." Joey yelled and collapsed on the bed.
Angel came over and rubbed Joey on the back. "It's ok hun. I'm sorry. Wear what you want but you better have fun at the party ok?"
Joey nodded, and Angel added "Get dressed and call me when your ready and I'll do your make-up." and she left.
Joey took her robe off and got dressed. She wore a black knee length skirt, black tights, and a black turtle neck sweater. For the sake of it, she threw a silver chained necklace around her neck. Afterwards, she brushed her hair and put it up in a braid. By the time she was done with her hair Angel was back at her door.
"I'm coming in...hope your dressed!" Angel said and came in.
Angel looked gorgeous. Her blond hair was piled atop her head, tight curls falling gently to her shoulders. She wore a light blue mini skirt that came down to just above her mid thigh, showing off her long, tanned legs. Her shirt was a tight, tan, leather tank top that laced up the back. As far as jewellery went, two large, silver hoop earrings adorned her ear lobes, matching the silver bangles on her wrists. Around her neck, a silver friendship locket Joey had given her two years ago. Her right ring finger held a silver ring Duo had given her for her birthday the year before. On her feet she wore a brand new pair of blue wedge heels that she had gotten on their last shopping spree, and was waiting for an excuse to wear them.
"Well...I'm all ready. Now lets get your make-up done. You're going to stun Heero you know." Angel said with a smile.
Angel got to work and ten minuets later Joey was also ready for the party.
*~*~*~*~*
Two hours later people were starting to show up. Joey sat in an arm chair looking bored. Duo was looking at the CDs, wondering which one to play, Angel was greeting people at the door with Quatre, Heero was in the kitchen with Trowa, and Wufei was at the bar.
Zechs and Noin walked hand in hand into the room. Heero just nodded at them. The next person to walk in was Sally Po, then Dorothy and Relena. Dorothy gave Quatre a kiss on the cheek, and Relena ran up to Heero and wrapped her arms around him. Joey looked away.
She knew that Heero and Relena were a couple....long ago and Heero ended it. So what was she so worried about? She walked up to the bar and grabbed herself a shot glass and took a shot of Tequila. She was feeling good by the fifth one.
The last guest to arrive was Hilde. When she walked up to the door, Angel shut the door in her face, and walked to the party where the music was blasting. Hilde came into the party and right up to Angel.
"Why did you do that bitch?" Hilde asked.
"I didn't invite you and no one likes you so you might as well leave." Angel said in disgust.
"No! Duo invited me...didn't you Duo." Hilde said, throwing Duo a sweet smile.
"You WHAT?" Angel screeched as she rounded on Duo, glaring daggers at him.
"Come on Angel. She's a good friend of mine." Duo said defensibly.
Angel stood there glaring at him, her face turning red as she shook with anger. "Fuck you." she spat as she turned on her heel and stormed away.
"What's her problem?" Hilde said with obvious amusement. "Come on Duo, lets go have a dance."
Duo sighed and shook his head before turning to follow Angel. "Come on Angel..." he said when he reached her and grabbed her arm.
"I said fuck off." Angel growled as she pulled her arm away from him.
"No...you said fuck you." Duo said with a smirk. "Which I know is something you'd love to do."
Angel intensified her glare at him.
"Or not." Duo added. "Come on Angel..."
"No, I'm not going to come on Duo." Angel hissed. "I told you...I fucking told you. Don't invite her. You know I've had problems with her from the start."
Duo sighed and shook his head. "Angel...Hilde and I have been friends since we were fifteen..."
"I don't give a flying fuck." Angel screeched. "She's treated me like dirt from the very beginning. From the moment she met me. And I want her the fuck out of here NOW!!!"
"Angel, I can't just throw her out..."
"Then I'll do it." Angel said vehemently.
Duo gently placed his hands on her shoulders. "Angel...please...calm down baby."
To Duo's utter surprise tears sprang into Angel's eyes. "How can I calm down when that...THING is here? What possessed you to invite her when you KNEW I'd get pissed off?"
Duo groaned slightly. "I had no choice Angel. She came up to me yesterday and said that she'd heard from Sally that we were having a party and wanted to know why I'd hadn't told her. What was I supposed to say Angel?"
"That she wasn't wanted." Angel nearly screamed. "And she knew that she wasn't wanted. The only reason she came was to make me miserable. Like she always does."
Duo sighed. "Then just ignore her...pretend she isn't here."
"It's kind of hard to ignore her, and pretend she isn't here when her soul purpose of coming here is most likely to fuck my boyfriend."
"She doesn't even know we're going out..."
"That's not the point." Angel said, trying to keep her voice even. "You know that's not going to stop her from coming on to you."
"And what do you want me to do Angel?" Duo said wearily.
"Stay the fuck away from her, that's what." Angel said as she crossed her arms over her chest.
"You know I can't do that Angel...she's my friend." Duo said.
Angel just stared at him a moment. A muck of emotions ran through her eyes. Anger, sadness, betrayal. "So...so you're saying...you'd choose her over me..." she said quietly.
Duo shook his head. "No...Angel..."
"Don't Duo...just don't. It's obvious who really holds your heart here. And it sure isn't me." Angel went to turn away when Duo grabbed her arm.
"Angel that's not true and you know it." Duo said. His heart tore in two at the look of sadness in her eyes. He pulled her to him and hugged her tightly. "You know that's not true baby. Never in a million years could anyone ever take your place. Never." He whispered to her.
Angel smiled slightly as she felt him gently rub her back. He knew exactly what to do to make her feel better. She bit her lip as his fingers lightly trailed down her bareback, making her shiver. She shivered again when he whispered in her ear.
"Let's say we go upstairs and forget this all happened. Hmm?" He smiled as his lips gently grazed her cheek.
Angel smiled and shook her head. "Duo...you are one horny bastard." she said with a laugh as she pushed him away.
"Awe...come on. Please." he begged with a mock sad face. He sighed when Angel shook her head. "Ok...then how about AFTER the party?"
"Ok ok...after the party." Angel said with an exasperated sigh.
Duo grinned like a little kid a Christmas. "Goody. Till then...how about a dance? A nice, slow, calming dance. With lots of groping."
Angel burst out laughing as she lightly punched him in the stomach. "Maybe if you're a good boy and stay away from Hilde." she said.
"Ok." Duo said happily before grabbing her hand and leading her out to the dance floor.
*~*~*~*~*
Joey had just finished her god knows how many-ith shot of tequila, and now was working on a rye and Pepsi. Heero walked over and sat next to hey.
"Heey Heeero." Joey slurred.
"I think that you had more then enough to drink Joe."
"No...I'm not finished drinking...and you can't tell me when to stop. You're not my father." Joey screamed. Heero jumped up and grabbed the drink from Joey.
"Hey...fuck you Heero. Give me my fuckin' drink and give it to me NOW!" yelled Joey.
When Heero didn't give her the drink, she slapped him and went behind the bar to make another one, but Heero was right on her heels. When she grabbed the glass, Heero grabbed it out of her hand and poured it down the sink. She went to slap Heero again, but he grabbed her wrist.
By now everyone was watching Heero struggling with Joey. Angel rushed over to Heero's side.
"What's wrong with her?" Angel asked.
"She had way to much to drink." Heero said still holding on to the struggling Joey.
Heero let go of Joey and Joey went to reach for the alcohol bottle and it slipped from her grasp and shattered on the floor.
"Look what you made me do idiot." yelled Joey as she was reaching for another one but she didn't feel so well and vomited all over the floor. Duo was at her side now.
"Come on Joey. I think its bed time for you." he said grabbing her wrist and pulling her out of the room.
"Ow, ow, ow. I said OW! Fuck Duo. Fucking let go. Your hurting me." Joey screamed. Her wrists were stinging and she knew they were bleeding but she didnt care since she was wearing a black shirt.
She felt her sickness come up again and she fainted.
*~*~*~*~*
They arrived at the mall. Angel, Quatre, and Trowa pulled Joey into the party store, and Heero and Duo went to the liquor store, while Wufei went to be alone.
Angel, Quatre, and Trowa all grabbed a bunch of things for the party. Joey just stood there waiting for her opportunity to leave the group (who kept their eyes on Joey), so she could go buy something that she needed.
She finally had her chance, she quickly walked to the drug store that was across the party store. From there, she made her way right to the mens razors. She grabbed one package, then looked in her wallet to see how much she had. She sighed when she didn't have enough.
"Joey? Joey, where are you?" Joey could hear Angel calling her.
'Oh shit.' Joey said to herself. 'They cant find me here.' She walked over to the shampoo aisle, as she put the package of razors in her pocket, and looked at the shampoo.
"There you are. I was worried about you!" Angel said.
"Sorry. I-I remembered that I needed shampoo for my hair." Joey stammered.
"Next time...let us know ok?" Angel said.
Joey nodded.
"Good...come on now. We got everything that we need." Angel continued as she took Joeys arm and lead her through the store.
As they got to the doors, Joey's stomach was doing flip flops. 'Please don't let the alarms go off.' she kept saying to herself. They walked passed the alarms and they didn't go off. Joey breathed a sigh of relief.
*~*~*~*~*
They arrived at the house all in smiles and Duo being well....Duo. They emptied out the car and put the stuff in the big entertainment room. Then Angel, and Quatre sat down to discuss who would be coming to the party. Duo started putting up some of the decorations and saying who should come, and Heero put the alcohol away.
'Perfect time for me to 'disappear' to my room' Joey thought to herself. She ran upstairs into her room, and shut the door. She took the package out of her pocket, opened it, and looked at the shinning blades.
She grabbed one. All of a sudden, she had the need to cut herself. She walked into the bathroom, sat at the toilet, found an empty spot on her arm, and she ran the blade, piercing the skin and watching the blood form on her arm.
*~*~*~*~*
A WEEK LATER....
"Hey Joey. Its me Angel. Let me in for a sec. It's the party today and maybe I could help you with what to wear." Angel yelled through the door.
Joey rolled over in bed. She was dreading the party. People she had to see when all she wanted was to be left alone...in her room.
"Come on Joey." Angel was getting impatient.
"Fine, fine!" Joey grumbled as she got out of bed and opened the door for Angel.
"Oh my!" Angel said looking at Joey. "Go have a shower and then I'll give you a make-over. Sounds great?"
"Yeah...ok" Joey grumbled and left for her shower.
20 minutes later, Joey returned wearing her bathrobe. She noticed that Angel picked out a black short skirt and a black spaghetti strapped belly top.
"Angel...I can't wear that shirt." Joey said pointing at it.
"What do you mean? It's a perfect shirt!"
"I'm not wearing it!" Joey said as she marched over to the bed, picked the shirt up, tossed it, looked in the closet and found one that she liked.
"You can't wear that. You gotta show skin...be sexy!"
"I don't want to be sexy...don't want to show skin...I'm not pretty and I'll never be sexy." Joey yelled and collapsed on the bed.
Angel came over and rubbed Joey on the back. "It's ok hun. I'm sorry. Wear what you want but you better have fun at the party ok?"
Joey nodded, and Angel added "Get dressed and call me when your ready and I'll do your make-up." and she left.
Joey took her robe off and got dressed. She wore a black knee length skirt, black tights, and a black turtle neck sweater. For the sake of it, she threw a silver chained necklace around her neck. Afterwards, she brushed her hair and put it up in a braid. By the time she was done with her hair Angel was back at her door.
"I'm coming in...hope your dressed!" Angel said and came in.
Angel looked gorgeous. Her blond hair was piled atop her head, tight curls falling gently to her shoulders. She wore a light blue mini skirt that came down to just above her mid thigh, showing off her long, tanned legs. Her shirt was a tight, tan, leather tank top that laced up the back. As far as jewellery went, two large, silver hoop earrings adorned her ear lobes, matching the silver bangles on her wrists. Around her neck, a silver friendship locket Joey had given her two years ago. Her right ring finger held a silver ring Duo had given her for her birthday the year before. On her feet she wore a brand new pair of blue wedge heels that she had gotten on their last shopping spree, and was waiting for an excuse to wear them.
"Well...I'm all ready. Now lets get your make-up done. You're going to stun Heero you know." Angel said with a smile.
Angel got to work and ten minuets later Joey was also ready for the party.
*~*~*~*~*
Two hours later people were starting to show up. Joey sat in an arm chair looking bored. Duo was looking at the CDs, wondering which one to play, Angel was greeting people at the door with Quatre, Heero was in the kitchen with Trowa, and Wufei was at the bar.
Zechs and Noin walked hand in hand into the room. Heero just nodded at them. The next person to walk in was Sally Po, then Dorothy and Relena. Dorothy gave Quatre a kiss on the cheek, and Relena ran up to Heero and wrapped her arms around him. Joey looked away.
She knew that Heero and Relena were a couple....long ago and Heero ended it. So what was she so worried about? She walked up to the bar and grabbed herself a shot glass and took a shot of Tequila. She was feeling good by the fifth one.
The last guest to arrive was Hilde. When she walked up to the door, Angel shut the door in her face, and walked to the party where the music was blasting. Hilde came into the party and right up to Angel.
"Why did you do that bitch?" Hilde asked.
"I didn't invite you and no one likes you so you might as well leave." Angel said in disgust.
"No! Duo invited me...didn't you Duo." Hilde said, throwing Duo a sweet smile.
"You WHAT?" Angel screeched as she rounded on Duo, glaring daggers at him.
"Come on Angel. She's a good friend of mine." Duo said defensibly.
Angel stood there glaring at him, her face turning red as she shook with anger. "Fuck you." she spat as she turned on her heel and stormed away.
"What's her problem?" Hilde said with obvious amusement. "Come on Duo, lets go have a dance."
Duo sighed and shook his head before turning to follow Angel. "Come on Angel..." he said when he reached her and grabbed her arm.
"I said fuck off." Angel growled as she pulled her arm away from him.
"No...you said fuck you." Duo said with a smirk. "Which I know is something you'd love to do."
Angel intensified her glare at him.
"Or not." Duo added. "Come on Angel..."
"No, I'm not going to come on Duo." Angel hissed. "I told you...I fucking told you. Don't invite her. You know I've had problems with her from the start."
Duo sighed and shook his head. "Angel...Hilde and I have been friends since we were fifteen..."
"I don't give a flying fuck." Angel screeched. "She's treated me like dirt from the very beginning. From the moment she met me. And I want her the fuck out of here NOW!!!"
"Angel, I can't just throw her out..."
"Then I'll do it." Angel said vehemently.
Duo gently placed his hands on her shoulders. "Angel...please...calm down baby."
To Duo's utter surprise tears sprang into Angel's eyes. "How can I calm down when that...THING is here? What possessed you to invite her when you KNEW I'd get pissed off?"
Duo groaned slightly. "I had no choice Angel. She came up to me yesterday and said that she'd heard from Sally that we were having a party and wanted to know why I'd hadn't told her. What was I supposed to say Angel?"
"That she wasn't wanted." Angel nearly screamed. "And she knew that she wasn't wanted. The only reason she came was to make me miserable. Like she always does."
Duo sighed. "Then just ignore her...pretend she isn't here."
"It's kind of hard to ignore her, and pretend she isn't here when her soul purpose of coming here is most likely to fuck my boyfriend."
"She doesn't even know we're going out..."
"That's not the point." Angel said, trying to keep her voice even. "You know that's not going to stop her from coming on to you."
"And what do you want me to do Angel?" Duo said wearily.
"Stay the fuck away from her, that's what." Angel said as she crossed her arms over her chest.
"You know I can't do that Angel...she's my friend." Duo said.
Angel just stared at him a moment. A muck of emotions ran through her eyes. Anger, sadness, betrayal. "So...so you're saying...you'd choose her over me..." she said quietly.
Duo shook his head. "No...Angel..."
"Don't Duo...just don't. It's obvious who really holds your heart here. And it sure isn't me." Angel went to turn away when Duo grabbed her arm.
"Angel that's not true and you know it." Duo said. His heart tore in two at the look of sadness in her eyes. He pulled her to him and hugged her tightly. "You know that's not true baby. Never in a million years could anyone ever take your place. Never." He whispered to her.
Angel smiled slightly as she felt him gently rub her back. He knew exactly what to do to make her feel better. She bit her lip as his fingers lightly trailed down her bareback, making her shiver. She shivered again when he whispered in her ear.
"Let's say we go upstairs and forget this all happened. Hmm?" He smiled as his lips gently grazed her cheek.
Angel smiled and shook her head. "Duo...you are one horny bastard." she said with a laugh as she pushed him away.
"Awe...come on. Please." he begged with a mock sad face. He sighed when Angel shook her head. "Ok...then how about AFTER the party?"
"Ok ok...after the party." Angel said with an exasperated sigh.
Duo grinned like a little kid a Christmas. "Goody. Till then...how about a dance? A nice, slow, calming dance. With lots of groping."
Angel burst out laughing as she lightly punched him in the stomach. "Maybe if you're a good boy and stay away from Hilde." she said.
"Ok." Duo said happily before grabbing her hand and leading her out to the dance floor.
*~*~*~*~*
Joey had just finished her god knows how many-ith shot of tequila, and now was working on a rye and Pepsi. Heero walked over and sat next to hey.
"Heey Heeero." Joey slurred.
"I think that you had more then enough to drink Joe."
"No...I'm not finished drinking...and you can't tell me when to stop. You're not my father." Joey screamed. Heero jumped up and grabbed the drink from Joey.
"Hey...fuck you Heero. Give me my fuckin' drink and give it to me NOW!" yelled Joey.
When Heero didn't give her the drink, she slapped him and went behind the bar to make another one, but Heero was right on her heels. When she grabbed the glass, Heero grabbed it out of her hand and poured it down the sink. She went to slap Heero again, but he grabbed her wrist.
By now everyone was watching Heero struggling with Joey. Angel rushed over to Heero's side.
"What's wrong with her?" Angel asked.
"She had way to much to drink." Heero said still holding on to the struggling Joey.
Heero let go of Joey and Joey went to reach for the alcohol bottle and it slipped from her grasp and shattered on the floor.
"Look what you made me do idiot." yelled Joey as she was reaching for another one but she didn't feel so well and vomited all over the floor. Duo was at her side now.
"Come on Joey. I think its bed time for you." he said grabbing her wrist and pulling her out of the room.
"Ow, ow, ow. I said OW! Fuck Duo. Fucking let go. Your hurting me." Joey screamed. Her wrists were stinging and she knew they were bleeding but she didnt care since she was wearing a black shirt.
She felt her sickness come up again and she fainted.
*~*~*~*~*