Chapter 10 of Love and Hate Collide

Roderick Heffley

I glared at Tony as he swung his arm carelessly around Renesmee's shoulders as they walked towards first period. It was obvious; I was jealous. The way Tony was just so... smug with her, I just knew they'd kissed. Something about his over cocky grin told me my guess was correct.

Deciding to ditch my first class, I headed towards Seth's car. I pulled out the spare keys from my back pocket and opened the door to the driver's side. I locked the door and turned the heat on high. I turned the radio station on, searching randomly through stations. I stopped on just for the heck of it. Music filled the car, calming me down somewhat.

I leaned back in the seat, my eyes closed as I let the dull sensation of the lyrics calm me over. My eyelids felt slightly droopy, and I was soon overtaken by sleep.

...

My dreams were full of red haired, brown eyed, freckled faced girl. I woke up and groaned. I stretched my back, stiff from sleep. The radio was still on, the songs blaring away. I laughed bitterly as the lyrics filled the silent car. It Only You by Yellowcard, one I vaguely recognized. Jenna was a huge fan of them -I was too- and she played her iPod home system as loud as possible.

Made my mistakes, let you down
And I can't, I can't hold on for too long
Ran my whole life in the ground
And I can't, I can't get up when you're gone

And something's breaking up (breaking up)
I feel like giving up (like giving up)
I won't walk out until you know

Here I go, scream my lungs out and try to get to you
You are my only one
I let go, but there's just no one that gets me like you
You are my only my only one

I know, I know, it's a chick song. But I actually could relate too it... just a little.

I listened to the rest of the song, interpreting how it related to me. A bang on the window made me jump. I looked up to see Seth's annoyed face. I hastily opened the door and jumped out. "You missed third period." Seth hissed. Whoa. I'd been sleeping for a long time.

I muttered something incoherent and walked towards the school. The bell rang and I began jogging towards fifth period, Biology. With a mumbled apology, I took a seat at the back of the room. Renesmee stared at me questioningly as I passed her table, and I tried my best to ignore her.

Throughout the lesson, my eyes would focus on the teacher, but then trail back and linger on the back of Nessie's head. My fist was propped under my chin, to help me from not dozing off again. The bell rang and the class scrambled out. I stood at my desk, putting my books into my bag, one by one. A small finger poked my arm and I spun around.

"What?" I barked. Renesmee looked offended and but stood her ground.

"What's wrong with you?"

I gave her a glare, slung my backpack over my shoulder, and walked quickly out the door.

RPOV

He had no reason to act like that! I was just being nice, and he turns into this... emotional teenager! I took quick strides down the long hallway towards my locker. "Hey Ness," I stopped abruptly, almost falling. A hand grabbed my arm, keeping me from impact. "Thanks Seth," I said, leaning against a row of lockers.

"No problemo." Seth grinned. "So what's up?"

"Typical teenage drama," I shrugged, giving him a weak smile.

Seth stared at me. "Let me guess." Seth smile disappeared into a straight line. "Luke?"

I nodded slowly. "Yeah,"

"He's being a..." Seth trailed off, looking for the right word. "Luke's being a, well, an ass. He's ignoring everyone and is acting all depressed. Again."

"Again?" This happened before?

"Woops, mistake. Typo." Seth was a horrible liar.

Well, at least he wasn't just ignoring me.

"Anyway, I'm going out with Ashley tonight and we wanted to double date." Seth tried his best to change the subject. "Wanna come?"

Rolling my eyes as he strayed away from the topic at hand, I nodded anyway. "Sure. I'm sure Tony'll love too." I tried to smile again.

"You look like a walrus when you do that," Seth said, laughing a little.

"Oh, thanks Seth." I playfully slapping his arm.

"No prob," Seth grinned again.

"Hey! You can't slap him!" Ashley popped up out of nowhere.

I mimicked her false tone and put my hands on my hips. "And why not?"

"Because!" Ashley said, trying her best not to smile. "It's illegal in Canada."

"Well, that's just horrible!" I exclaimed, throwing my hands up.

"I know." Ashley nodded, her smile exposing her white teeth.

I felt arms wrap around my waist and I wildly thought of Luke. "Hey," Tony whispered in my ear. I sighed in disapointment and Tony instantly stepped away.

"We're doing a double date tonight," I announced.

Tony grinned and nodded. "Sounds like fun." He winked disecretly at me and Ashley raised an eyebrow.

...

"Okay, we're taking how many cars?" Ashley asked, leaning against Seth's car. Ashley, Seth, Tony and I were standing around in Seth's garage, debating how many cars to take.

"Two." I answered. It'd be a lot easier. Two couples equals two cars. Pretty simple.

"So, obviously, we," Ashley gestured to her and Seth, "Are riding in there." She pointed towards the car. "And you," Gesturing towards Tony and I, "Are riding in there." Pointing towards Tony's car.

"Yes, thank you for clarifying that." Tony said, rolling his eyes. "Four people, two in each car."

Ashley opened her mouth to reply, but was interrupted by a quiet Seth. "Make it five." Seth groaned. "Luke's coming. Apparently he's right outside."

"Leave him here." Tony shrugged. I never could understand why he hated Luke so much.

"We can't just leave him!" I protested. "That's rude." Even if he is a jerk, I added mentally.

"He's a rude person." Tony replied. I glared at him.

"Not that rude." Seth countered.

"Whatever," Tony rolled his eyes just as Luke walked into the small garage.

"Hey," Luke smiled directly at me.

My stomach fluttered. "Hi." I grinned back, feeling like an idiot. There he was, acting calm as ever, while I was standing there, grinning like a crazy person.

"So, where are we going?" Luke asked, standing next to me. I saw Tony's hands clench into fists and I put a hand on his wrist. His arm relaxed and he held my hand with a forced smile.

"Movies!" Ashley sang. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid."

Luke laughed. "Are you serious?"

Oh God. I swear. He must be on his PMS.

Ten minutes later, we pulled into the movie parking lot. I got out and walked towards Ashley's parking spot. Seth and Luke were bickering about what sounded like cheese.

"American is better than Swiss!" Luke argued as we strided towards the ticket booth. PMS, I swear.

"Never!" Seth countered. I laughed and Luke smiled crookedly at me.

LPOV

Renesmee laughed and I smiled at her. With a smirk at Tony, I ordered her tickets. "Hey!" Nessie exclaimed as I handed her her ticket.

"What?" I asked innocently.

"You know what!"

"I'm sorry miss, but I have no idea what you're talking about."

Renesmee huffed and pushed past me. She quickly ordered a popcorn and a soda. We all followed her example and were soon in the screening room. Seth sat at the far end, Ashley sat next, then me, Nessie, and finally Tony.

The lights dimmed and the movie started. It started out as with a screen shot of the big brother, Roderick. It was soon followed by Greg, the little brother, jumping out of bed and running into the kitchen. The rest of the movie was pretty stupid, but funny at the occasional part.

At one part, Renesmee burst out laughing. It was when they were performing the Wizard of Oz and a girl with pigtails was screaming at Greg. Roderick was pointing at the video camera in his hand, video taping everything, mouthing 'Oh yeah,'

"His face expression." Renesmee explained, still laughing. Someone threw popcorn at us, causing the laughter to cease at once.

When the movie was over, I stood up with a groan. "Lame," I groaned, stretching my arms.

"It wasn't that bad." Nessie said, pushing my arm as we exited the screening room.

"I would have picked a better movie." I said, enjoying her reaction.

"Such as?"

"Kick Ass." I said, earning a nod.

"Hm. Yeah, probably would've been better." Renesmee countered, chewing her lip thoughtfully. "But I still like Roderick."

"Oh hey, I have to get home." Tony apologized from behind me. "I can't drive you home." Jerk. What kind of guy drives to the movies, takes his girlfriend, and practically abandons her? Tony.

"It's okay." Tony leaned down and kissed her on the cheek before running out into the parking lot.

"So, I'm no match for Roderick then?" I pouted, opening the door to Seth's car.

Renesmee smiled and shook her head.

"Not even a match when he's shirtless?" Too bad she couldn't see my six pack. I laughed to myself, feeling slightly jealous.

Renesmee let out a soprano laugh. "Sorry Luke," She put a hand on my shoulder as Seth pulled out of the parking lot. "You just can't beat movie actors when there shirtless."

"Ah." I sighed. "So basically your saying I'm not a match for Roderick Heffley when he's shirtless, has his boxers hanging out, and his jeans low?"

"I'm sorry. Someone had to break the news to you." Renesmee shook her head in fake pity.

"Would you pick him over me?" I was truly curious this time.

Renesmee stared at me. "Probably." Then Seth stopped in front of her house. Nessie left, much to my disappointment, and we headed towards my house.

I couldn't believe it.

Renesmee would pick a movie star over me.

That was pretty sad.

And I was pretty jealous.

I hated this chapter. -Had to get that out there-

I wasn't planning at all for them to go to the movies, but today I went and saw Diary of a Wimpy Kid with my brother. -cue inspirtation- And Roderick was probably my favorite part in the movie. ;) haha, yes a person was my favorite part. -hence chapter name- After the first scene, I let out a tiny squeal everytime I saw him on screen and dropped the popcorn when he was shirtless. LOL. It freaked my brother out. And I corrupted his five year old innocence by saying I'd invite Roderick over to my house when he was dressed like that (without his shirt!!). Then he asked if we would play Twister. I told him yes and laughed for a long time ;) lolol.

Just outta curiosity (and my randomness) if you've seen that movie, what was your favorite part/person?

ANND another question! Who's totally excited for Eclipse! I know I am, I've watched the trailers over and over and over and over. And currently at the moment, I'm watching this amazing behind the scene thing which im totally in love with. http://www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v=gz4d1FqoEp8 take out the (dot) and put '.' but minus the quotations. And the questions are....

1.) If you've seen Diary of a Wimpy Kid, who's ur favorite part/person?

2.) Who's your favorite person in Eclipse?*

*Besides the basic people though: Bella, Edward, Jacob, Alice... I mean like awesome, supporting characters: Paul, Leah, Riley (whos smoking hot in the movie ;)), Felix, Alec, etc.