10.
Courtney's silver Malibu glided down the snowy road. Although her driving was unimpeded, her mind was moving around in a permanently tangled web.
"Heather was lying," Courtney assured herself, "Duncan likes me, he... he... he has to like me." The control freak ran the stop sign and kept driving towards Lake Shore Prep, "Why would he set up a date with Heather? I mean, comparing the two of us... I'M his princess... right?" She swerved into the parking lot of the LSP off campus houses. Number 3. This was the site of the big reunion. Courtney slammed on her brakes, by this point she was on the verge of tears. "Why would Duncan want me?" This sent her over the edge, she fell down hard on the steering wheel, hitting the horn with her forehead.
"Whoa, did anyone else hear that?" Geoff said, looking around the Bio room for a hidden car horn. DJ looked up from the garbage can and shook his head, Duncan looked over from the Rat he was dissecting and shook his head as well.
"DJ," Mr. Pert said as he walked over, "It's just a rat, and besides, it's dead already."
"But, it was alive once, how would you feel if people desecrated your corpse?" DJ said, wiping flecks of vomit from his lips.
"I'd feel like this," Duncan said gleefully as he flashed the open stomached rat at DJ. This sent the boy back to the garbage can, vacating every last remnant of the "pizza" from his stomach.
Courtney finally pulled herself together and got out of the car. She walked up the little walkway towards Number 3. Her thoughts quickly leapt through all her happy memories with Duncan, then the last image shocked her, Duncan and Heather wildly making out in the fish shack where Duncan really reached out to her. This sent the gray sweatered girl into newfound rage as she swung the door in hard, hearing it smack against the wall.
"Whoa, sister, don't break the house already." Leshawna said from the 70's style couch located on the opposite wall from the door.
"D-d-d-don't wuh-wuh-worry, about me," Courtney cried as she ran upstairs, suit case in hand.
"What was that all about?" Gwen said walking into the room carrying a big bowl of popcorn.
"I dunno," Lindsay said from the couch, "She must be upset about how out of style her sweater is."