Over the weekend I stayed in bed and mourned, never taking Nathan's jumper off. My parents didn't make an appearance so I was all alone, I did think about going to Kelly's for a bit but then I remembered the time when Nathan and I went to her's for chicken nuggets. By the time Monday came about I could stand up without bursting into tears, I made my way to the community center thinking about all the good times so I wouldn't cry. I saw Kelly smoking outside and I smiled at her without stopping. I went into the locker room and opened Nathan's locker seeing his jumpsuit with the community blowback on the back, I smiled remembering when he first did that. The prick.
I went outside just in time to see Kelly get hit with a paper aeroplane in the eye.
"You fucker!" She shouted. "My eye."
"Kelly? Are you alright?" I ran over and looked at her eye which was tearing up and red. "It's not cut." I reassured her, bending down to pick up the paper. I unfolded it and read aloud "Go to his grave... Nathans grave?" I looked to see Kelly looking around as if someone was watching us, quickly I caught on that someone must be. She stubbed out her cigarette and pulled me inside where we met the others who were walking outside.
I handed the paper aeroplane to Simon who pondered it for a moment. "It could be a trap." I lent against the railing where we were at the start of our community service and tried not to think that last time Nathan was with us.
"Always the pessimist." I snorted, making Simon look abashed.
"Right we're here for five minutes and already someone's setting a trap for us." Alisha deadpanned.
"Sounds about right." I murmured.
"It's too early for this bullshit." She continued.
"It's a windup." Curtis theorised. "Who uses a paper aeroplane?"
"They're going to get a slap." Kelly declared.
"I don't think you should slap them." I cut Simon off.
"Yeah you should, these people are bastards bringing Nathan back into this." I nodded at Kelly "You'll put them straight"
"Yeah, to her that's saying hello." I glared at Curtis.
"Are you trying to say something, yeah?" Curtis rolled his eyes.
"No." The door opened and out walked a skinny, white man who looked like he wanted to be anywhere but here. I was confused, who was this man and where was Sally? Bitch should be fired.
"Who are you?" Alisha demanded, sneering at the man.
"I'm your new probation worker." He drawled.
"Well, what happened to the other one?"
"Apparently she's missing or something." He rolled his eyes like he didn't give a shit "Now I know this is where I'm supposed to give some big speech about you paying your debt to society and making a difference." He rolled his eyes again "But seriously, we've all got something else we'd rather be doing. Going to see your mates?" he looked at me so I sneered at him. "A little recreational drug use?" Kelly glared at him "Making love to your beautiful Italian girlfriend, yeah?" He smirked at Curtis who raised an eyebrow "I'm talking about me. Now let's get through it and get out of here, all right?"
We watched as he walked away from us. "That's different." Curtis observed.
"He's a wanker." I said as we followed after him, as we got to the center I saw there was loads of painting canvases and what looked like disabled people painting. I sighed, this would not be fun at all. The probation worker stole an apple off the table before walking up to us.
"Who are they?" Curtis asked.
"It's an art therapy class." Probation worker leant down to say in my ear, I jerked away from him into Kelly. He straightened up and walked behind us.
"Er, you mean their mentals?" Alisha deadpanned. He bent down near her, but not touching her.
"D'you wanna say that a bit louder? I don't think the weird-looking one in the back heard you." I looked to see an older woman with crazy eyes and hair talking to herself. I quickly looked away. "Look, just try to treat them with some sensitivity and respect... even that one." He pointed to an overweight blonde woman holding her aisle thing upside down. "Think you can manage?"
"So what'd you want us to do?" Curtis asked, the probation worker looked around and spotted the painting on the wall of children and sneered at it.
"Well for starters, you can paint over that piece of shit." Simon and Curtis went off to get us some paint while I got the paintbrushes. We actually managed to paint over half of it before the art class packed up.
"We're going to Nathan's grave after this." My head snapped up to see everyone looking at me. I took a shaky breath.
"Yeah, alright."
At the graveyard I looked down at Nathan's grave, as the others looked around as if waiting for someone.
"Well this is a complete waste of time." Alisha commented. I brushed my hand over the gravestone as Alisha walked away, Curtis followed her.
"Tasha?" I looked up at Simon and removed my hand from the gravestone and nodded. I started walking away until Kelly grabbed my hand.
"He's alive."
"What?"
"I can hear him thinking." Curtis and Simon ran to get some shovels and we all dug as quickly as we could. Poor Nathan being in a coffin for four days, how awful. We finally uncovered the coffin and we all heaved it onto the ground. I stared as it was opened, and could feel more tears coming when Nathan's dead body was uncovered.
"He's dead." Curtis pointed out.
"Thanks for sharing that information." I snapped as I bent down so I could see Nathan's face better. Kelly shook her head.
"I heard him. I think he was knocking one out." I snorted.
"That does sound like him." Simon agreed.
"Maybe you just wanted to hear him." Alisha suggested. "He's gone." I sighed as I reached forward to touch him, but before I could he jumped up. I scrambled backwards falling over as Nathan laughed hysterically at us screaming. I felt a big grin come onto my face and couldn't help but launch myself at him.
"What the fuck!" Nathan caught me still laughing, he started standing up me still hanging on him.
"You should see the look on your faces. Classic. Hey guess what? I'm immortal." He pulled me back so he could see me properly, brushing the hair out of my eyes. "Hiya love." I smiled at him.
"Can you believe this shit?" I shook my head still grinning at him. "I told you I had a power." He stretched his back. "Looks like they saved the best for last, huh? Immortality, that's off the A-list. I got you beat." He told me.
"You're such a prick, we find out your alive and all you care about is beating us." I hit him on the shoulder.
"Hey! Don't hit me, I just came back to life. Well I've been alive again for a long time, it sure took you a long time to come get me." He shook his head like he was disappointed in us.
"How were we supposed to know?" He rolled his eyes at me but didn't answer because I realised he smelt really bad. "Why do you stink so bad?"
"I appear to have shat myself" I pushed myself away from him, gagging slightly.
"Were you having a wank in there?" Alisha demanded to know, Nathan span around to answer her.
"So what if I was? A man can't enjoy a quick shuffle in his own coffin? It's not like I was expecting visitors" He sneered before turning to Simon. "And you, you little freak!" He stalked closer "What was that on the roof of the community center?" His hands were flying everywhere.
"I was trying to save you." Simon replied in a small voice.
"Well you failed spectacularly didn't you?" Simon looked at the ground. "I need to eat." Nathan rubbed his stomach as it growled fiercely. "Has anyone got a kebab?"
"D'you want some chewing gum?" Simon asked as I pulled some food out of my bag, I knew if Nathan was alive he would be hungry.
"Tooty fruity." I rolled my eyes and knocked the gum out of his hand, giving him the sandwich and crisps I brought earlier. "I knew I liked you the most." Nathan declared, grinning before diving into the food.
"I should bloody well hope so."
"Man, that was a bad scene in there." Nathan commented through a mouthful of crisps. "I thought I was going to starve to death."
Curtis sighed "Your immortal, you can't starve to death."
"Your an expert are you?"
"So what are you gonna do now?" Kelly asked, watching in morbid fascination as Nathan stuffed the entire sandwich in his mouth, struggling to chew.
"I should probably tell my mum that I'm immortal."
"Probably would be a good idea." I handed him another sandwich.
"Catch you later?" He started walking off, readjusting his trousers we all heard a loud squelching noise that made me not want to follow him. I think i'll wait until he's had a shower.
I could hear him squelch as he walked away. Definitely not following him. I looked at the others with a big smile on my face.
"Same old Nathan"
"Prick" Curtis tsked.
"So my mum opens the door and she's like 'Argh'." Nathan told us as we were finishing getting changed the next day "I was like 'I'm immortal!'." He opened his arms and then deadpanned "Then she fainted. Faceplants on the radiator." I winced. "There's blood and teeth everywhere."
"Is she alright?" Kelly asked, Nathan waved a hand unconcerned.
"Yeah she's fine, she's fine. Apart from the whole... face. Kinda put a downer on the whole thing."
"I can imagine, nothing ruins getting your dead son back from the grave except faceplanting on the radiator." I mused, Nathan grinned and hugged me to his side.
"Glad you understand my pain."
"How'd you explain it to your dad?" Kelly asked.
"I told him I faked my own death as part of an elaborate life insurance scam." I rolled my eyes and slid out from his side to reapply my lip gloss. "He was not a happy man." I opened my locker to get my mirror and this was when the probation worker, who Simon kindly told us his name was Seth, walked in.
"Who are you?" He asked Nathan who looked Seth up and down.
"I could ask you the same thing." He replied looking at us.
"I'm the probation worker." Nathan lost his smirk, while I starting smiling slightly.
"Oh. Nathan. Nathan Young." He held out his hand for a handshake, but Seth completely ignored it.
"They told me you were dead." I snorted, but hid my face in the locker.
"Really?" Nathan faked a surprised look and pretended to take his own pulse. "Apparently not. Could a dead man do this?" He started doing some awful dancing and when he tried to moonwalk he hit his head on my open locker. "Oh! Jesus!" He rubbed his head.
"Well, I'll put you back in the system." Seth said turning to walk away.
"Hold on. What? Are you saying I was out of the system? I was a free man?" I was laughing at this point ignoring Nathan's offended look. "If I didn't show up here no one would have come looking for me?"
Seth shrugged "We thought you were dead." Nathan looked really angry with himself and I patted him on the back.
"You prick." Curtis told him.
"So close." I mocked, and ran out before he could reply.
We were painting over the crappy children painting still, it was now a nice purple blue colour. I helped Curtis lay out a dust sheet and when I looked up I saw Simon talking to one of the mental people. I sat on top of Alisha on the comfy chair.
"Oomph."
"You trying to say something?" I grinned at her.
"Get off!" She laughed, Nathan pulled me up as Simon walked towards us.
"Do you know her or something?" Kelly asked him.
"She your girlfriend?" I teased.
"No." He glared "I don't know her."
"Are you trying to shag her?" Alisha bluntly asked, I snorted looking down at her as she grinned at me.
"She's not that mentally ill." Nathan taunted. "Or maybe she is." I looked over at the girl who glanced at us.
"Don't! She heard that." Kelly hissed. Nathan simply turned to the other girl.
"Hey, no offence. A lot of people say that I'm mentally ill. But obviously I'm not cause I'm over here, and your over there with the other crazies." He laughed.
"Nathan!" I hissed. "Don't!" I pulled him down to sit with me.
"What?" I rolled my eyes at his ignorance, putting a bit of paint on his face. He looked shocked but quickly lunged for a paintbrush.
"Oi, you lot!" The probation worker came over, making Nathan put his paintbrush away and saving me from what was certain to be a paint related attack.
"Yeah?" Nathan asked innocently. Seth glared at him and motioned for Nathan to help the overweight woman from earlier with something. I giggled at his face and avoided looking at the woman in fear of not being able to hold in my laughter. Nathan reluctantly went over and for the rest of the day we laughed at his misfortune, he ended up getting loads of paint over him as she couldn't control her arms and splashed him multiple times.
Nathan and I climbed up to his mattress later, and he sat smoking as we sat across the railing.
"So, did you cry at my funeral?" He asked.
"Of course I did." I nudged him "You're my boyfriend, I do actually like you."
He grinned, pleased with himself. "I missed you." I smiled and lent into his chest as he put his arm around my shoulders, kissing my head.
"I missed you too." I lent in to kiss him, and he pushed me back onto the mattress. His arms slid around my waist as we kissed, and it got steadily more and more heated as his tongue slid into my mouth. I moaned against him as he undid my trousers, I could tell there was going to be no stopping this time and all I knew was that I was ready for this, it was a blur of feelings and pleasure and we managed to climax together.
I can honestly say that it was the best sex of my life, as we lay panting together he held me in his arms.
"Finally." He whispered. "Do you know how long I've been waiting for us to have sex?" I shook my head. "The first time I saw you, I knew I had to have you."
"Well don't I feel flattered." I teased.
"You should, it's not everyday I get all mushy with a girl." I kissed him and we went for round two.
An hour later saw me walking into the bathrooms to Nathan coming out.
"Hey! I'll have you know I've never had any complaints, you certainly didn't." I raised my eyebrows at him.
"What are you talking about?" I asked.
"In there?" He pointed into the bathroom.
"I don't know what you're on but I've been outside for the past hour with Alisha, God Nathan you're so annoying sometimes, stop making things up." I muttered walking off, leaving Nathan with a very confused look on his face.
"I have feelings." He shouted after me "And so does my cock!"
"Can't believe I love him." I whispered to myself, not noticing the creepy mental girl running down another corridor. I walked over to the vending machine and got some crisps before walking down the corridor where I found Nathan, Simon and Curtis. Curtis had Simon pinned against the wall and obviously had just hit him.
"I never hurt her." I heard Simon say.
"Don't lie." Curtis slammed him against the wall again as Kelly and Alisha walked around the corner.
"This is going to be interesting." Nathan mused, sitting on whatever was in the wheelbarrow that was randomly there. "I want to get comfortable for this."
"Hey! Hey! Let's all calm down." I said, going to pull Curtis away but all he did was shrug my hand off. "What did you do?" I asked Simon as Kelly managed to get Curtis off him.
"What're you doing!" She shoved him away and he turned to Alisha.
"What happened to all the blood?" He asked her.
"What?" Kelly carefully inspected Simon's face before rounding on Curtis.
"Did you hit him?" She demanded.
"He attacked Alisha!" Curtis defended himself.
"Are you being serious?" I looked to Simon. "I don't think he could attack anyone... no offence."
"Er no he didn't" Alisha said, Curtis looked at her.
"In the locker room. Your face was all messed up, you said he attacked you."
"What are you talking about?"
"You hit him again and I will kick your balls back into your stomach mate" Kelly threatened but instead of being intimidated Curtis tssked at her.
"I think he's been wanking over me." Alisha theorised.
"That would make more sense." I piped in.
"What?" Curtis turned to Simon.
"I haven't."
"Well that's not very convincing." Nathan taunted, I shushed him.
"She gave you a blow job?" Kelly asked Simon.
"Whoa! Where did this come from?" I demanded.
"I read his mind, he says you sucked him off." Kelly told Alisha who was looking more and more disgusted.
"What the fuck is going on?" Curtis asked us.
"Er, if I was going to suck someone's cock, trust me it wouldn't be his." She bluntly said, Simon's face crumpled a bit as he doubted what happened.
"Plus she can't touch anyone." I reminded them.
"That's true." Curtis nodded. "So what the fuck?" He demanded of Simon.
"Aw, are you gonna cry now?" Nathan taunted Simon.
"What is wrong with you?" I turned to him "Shut up!"
"Just be straight with us yeah, did she give you a nosh?" Kelly asked Simon, who slowly nodded his head.
Alisha was getting really wound up "Whoever that was who was sucking your cock, it wasn't me!"
"Something wierds going on." Curtis sighed.
"When is it not?" I snorted.
"Whatever it is I'm guessing it's your fault!" Nathan left his perch and quickly looked down to see he had been sitting on an arm. "Jesus!" Simon covered his face and looked away from us, which made Nathan curious as to what was in the bag. He slowly reached down and uncovered the dead face of Sally the other probation worker, and it looked like she had been frozen going by the ice that covered her head. I gagged a little at the corpse and the weird smell that came with a dead body.
"At least we know where she is now." I gagged.
"Is that the probation worker." Kelly asked. I nodded as I backed away to lean on the wall.
"You killed her." Curtis asked Simon, clearly freaking out. Simon finally turned around and looked at our horrified faces.
"She was after us!" He defended himself "She was engaged to the Tony, the first probation worker. She found out about us killing him."
"What, so you kill her!" Alisha frantically asked. "That's brilliant, problem solved."
"She was going to the police." Simon continued "I didn't mean to kill her, it was an accident."
"Your a weird little psycho." Nathan said in a weird voice "and now everyone knows it." He turned to walk away.
"Hey! Where are you going?" I shouted after him, but he ignored me and carried on walking. "We really need to stop killing our probation workers." I told the rest of us.
"I thought we were thought with this shit." A toilet flushed from behind Simon and Nathan came out with a magazine.
"I don't know what is going on with my guts." He told us with a grin "It's all hot cross buns and Easter Eggs when Jesus get resurrected."
"That wasn't Nathan?" I looked down the corridor where the imposter went.
"I don't know who it was, but they know that we killed our probation workers." I slammed my hand on the wall.
"Did someone kill our probation worker?" Nathan asked oblivious, I pointed to the body bag.
"We're so screwed." I lent my head against the wall and looked at the body, Sally's face lifelessly stared up at us. I got up and covered her back up, it was creepy.