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Finally! An update! Sorry if this sucks. I'm still recovering from writer's block.
Goodbye – Chapter Ten
My New Friend
"How was school?" Mitchie asked when Ghoul, Maddie and Nate came into the living room. Everyone was there.
"Great. I got hit in the head with a bangle and a soccer ball!" Maddie replied, half-sarcastic and half-sincere. That was a really nice way of meeting people.
"Are you okay?" Jason asked.
"Of course. I met four new friends today because of the bangle and the soccer ball." Maddie said. "Of course, the soccer ball was Ghoul's fault." She added.
"No it's not! It was David's!" He protested.
"If you hadn't kicked it in the first place, he would never kick it to my head!"
"Whatever! If you don't stop blaming me, I will take away my approval!" Ghoul said.
"Approval?" Maddie asked, looking at him like he was crazy.
"I'm a guy, Maddie. I know when a guy likes a girl. And I approve of David. He's cool."
"Who's David?" Shane asked, getting into protective mode.
"This guy who likes Maddie."
"No he does not!" Maddie said, blushing. "Since when do I need your approval?!"
"A boy?! No boys!" Nate said. In protective mode.
"Don't worry, Dad, I approve of him. He's awesome." Ghoul said. Then he turned to Maddie. "You always need my approval. I've been doing it for years. That's why only a few guys ask you out. They go through me. They don't ask you out until I say so."
"No! Not until I say so! Maybe, thirty?" Nate said.
"WHAT?!" Maddie exploded.
"Twenty?"
"No offense, Dad, but I already had my first boyfriend." Maddie informed them.
"WHAT?!" Nate, Shane and Jason yelled in unison. Maddie backed away.
"Okay, so…I wasn't a good idea telling them, was it?" Maddie asked Ella. She shook her head, laughing.
"What's his name?" Nate asked.
"Ryan Gold."
"How old is he?" Shane asked.
"Same as me. Fifteen."
"Where does he live?" Jason asked this time.
"Canada."
"When did you two start going out?" Nate asked.
"Last year."
"Did you break-up with him?"
"No. We broke up with each other."
"What does he look like? Did he do anything to you? Did he kiss you?"
"Ah! Don't ask me any more questions! Ask Ghoul! He has a girlfriend! Audrey Greene! Fifteen years old! Canada! Eight months ago! They're still together! Brown hair, green eyes! I have no idea if they kissed!" she exploded, answering the questions for him. She sat down on the couch beside Mitchie and Ella, who were laughing. The three brothers looked at Ghoul, but without the over-protective look. They were looking at him with pride.
"Awesome!" Nate said, giving Ghoul a high-five.
"What?! This is so unfair! You get mad at me for having a boyfriend but you give Ghoul a high-five when I said that he has a girlfriend!"
"It happens Maddie, it happens. I have an older brother." Ella said, understanding Maddie.
"Boys are unfair." Maddie huffed while the boys continued talking about Audrey.
"Tell me about it." Mitchie agreed.
The sound of a ringing cell phone disturbed their talk and they all turned to Mitchie. She grabbed her phone and put it to her ear.
"Hi!...I missed you too!...Sure!...Friday?...Okay, around seven?...Okay, bye, see you soon." She said to the phone.
"Who was that?" Shane asked.
"Tess. She wants to have dinner at her house on Friday." Mitchie explained.
"Who's Tess? Tess Tyler? The singer?" Maddie asked.
"Yeah. She's a friend of ours." Mitchie explained.
-x-
It was lunch time and Maddie and Ghoul were sitting with Sam, Olivia and Toby. People still stared at them, but they were getting used to it. A bit. Maddie looked around the cafeteria and spotted David. He was sitting with his friends. He waved at her. She waved back. The girl beside him glared at her. She had blonde hair and dark green eyes. Maddie looked away instantly.
"Who's the girl beside David and why is she glaring at me? Don't look! She'll see you!" Maddie said before Toby and Ghoul turned their heads around. Olivia and Sam looked through their peripheral visions.
"That's Tiffany Tyler. She's the daughter of TJ Tyler, sister of Tess Tyler. She's practically in love with David, but he's not interested in her at all. She's a bitch. Threatens anyone who even just looks at David. We know her plan, though. Scare everyone who likes him or he likes so that he'd be forced to date her in the end. Pretty desperate if you ask me." Olivia explained.
"How'd you know about her plan?" Maddie asked.
"Bathroom." Sam explained. School bathrooms are a girl's gossip chamber. A place to share gossip…and get gossip.
Maddie risked looking back at Tiffany. She was still glaring at her. Maddie smirked.
"Are you crazy?!" Olivia whisper-screamed. "Don't provoke her! She's gonna kill you! Or your social life, at least." She said with an eye-roll.
"Psh. Yeah right. Give me all she's got." Maddie said.
"Finally!" Sam said. "Someone who'll stand up to her with me and Olivia!"
"How about Toby and Ghoul?" Maddie asked.
"They're boys. Tiffany won't really do anything to them." Sam said. "Plus, they won't really care much."
"True." Maddie agreed.
"I need to go to the bathroom." Olivia said.
"We'll come with." Sam said and the three girls stood up.
"Where are you going?" Ghoul asked Maddie.
"Bathroom." She said before walking away, towards the double doors out of the cafeteria.
-x-
Someone was waiting for them in front of the doors of the cafeteria when they got back from the bathroom.
Tiffany Tyler.
"Sam. Olivia." She said with a sneer. "Who's your friend?"
"I'm Maddie Gray." Maddie answered, her voice oozing with fake sweetness.
"Really? Nate Gray's daughter? You know, you should be hanging out with us, not the losers." She said.
"No. I like my losers." Maddie said, smiling at Sam and Olivia. Sam and Olivia were hardly what you would call losers. They had plenty of friends, they were pretty, they were smart, they were…popular. They were definitely A-list. The good popular. Not the Tiffany Tyler popular.
Tiffany glared at her.
"You know, I saw you waving at David. Stay away from my boyfriend." She threatened.
Sam and Olivia snickered into their palms.
"What the hell is so funny?" Tiffany asked them.
"Boyfriend? Come on, Tiffany. I know 'living your dream' is good, but, please, stay realistic here." Sam laughed.
Tiffany turned red and stormed inside.
Looks like Maddie has a new friend!
Not.
Okay, tell me what you think. I personally think I'm still affected by the writer's block, but, it'll pass.
So, how do you like Tiffany?
I don't.
Think of her as Tess before she became friends with Mitchie.
But worse.
Don't you just love the new girl being hated on by the most popular girl? And the most popular guy liking her?
I don't know why, but I do. It seems so...realistic. But not realistic at the same time.
It's weird.
Whatever.
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