((OH BOY! TWO CHAPTERS IN ONE DAY!? That's right my lovelies! I'm happy to say I was able to post chapters nine and ten in the same day, so you can have that delicious content. Originally, both chapters were supposed to be one big chapter. but it was becoming too long. So I had to split it up. Lately I've been debating whether or not I should split this story up into two parts, but that will be decided later on. And I hope you all like the picture I have for this story. I drew it myself! Just to give an idea of How Hilly's supposed to look and all. Anyway, enjoy this chapter and have a great day! XOXO KimmyKimSpicer))
The next morning, Hilly woke up replaying last night's date in her mind. She couldn't help but smile at everything that had transpired at the carnival. Hanging out with him, receiving the teddy bear, even kissing him.
She closed her eyes and touched her lips, the moment playing in her mind. The feeling of his hand against her cheek, mixed with the surprising softness of his lips against hers was a very pleasurable feeling. Her mind drifted and she wondered where else on her body would his lips feel good. Her neck? Her stomach? Maybe even lower down her body, towards more sensitive regions?
Her eyes shot open at these thoughts. Jesus Christ they only went on one date, and already she was fantasizing about him. She needed to get a grip and stop acting like a love-sick puppy right now. There'd be time to act like that later on.
Once she showered and got dressed, she headed over to the boy's dorm, where she found Petey and Jimmy hanging out in the living room. Jimmy was trying to beat Petey's high score in that arcade game the boys had in there. She walked up to them and got their attention.
"Hey guys! What's going on?" she asked.
"Trying to beat Pete's high score in this game. I don't know how you do it man, this is hard!"
"Well, I have had a lot of free time man. Besides tv this is all there is to do in this dump"
Hilly walked over to the soda machines to buy them all a drink. She walked back and handed them both their sodas, receiving a thank you from each of them. Looking at her, Petey instantly remembered something.
"Hilly, were you with Gary yesterday by any chance?"
"Yeah I was, why? Is everything alright?"
"Yes...well...no, not really. I didn't hear him come in the room last night, and he wasn't there when I woke up this morning. Neither of us have seen him, and I'm just worried because I dunno if he took his meds or not" he explained to her.
"He never came back last night? Strange. He dropped me off last night at my dorm after our da-"
Then, she cut herself off. Biting her lip, she looked a the both of them, and their expressions. They looked at each other, then at her.
"Were you just about to say "a date"? Because that's what it just sounded like" Jimmy cut in.
Hilly started to blush. She didn't want to admit it just yet to her friends, but it was a date in a way. Just her and him at the carnival, with the end result kissing each other once they got home.
"Well...I guess it was a date...And it was actually very nice"
Both guys looked bewildered. It was obvious by the way he acted that Gary had a thing for Hilly. But Hilly having a thing for Gary, and giving him a chance? They didn't see that coming. Especially since it seemed that Bif Taylor had his eye on her, and she did go to that party after all. Seeing their confused faces, she needed to explain.
"What happened was, he found Halloween night after the party, and we were arguing. To calm him down, I said I'd hang out with him yesterday, just the two of us, if he forgave me. We got some food, went to the carnival, and it was a lot of fun. We rode the rides, saw the freak show, and he even won me a stuffed bear" she slightly gushed with a smile. The sounds of the video game went off as Jimmy continued to play and listen at the same time.
"Yeah...I'm really really sorry about that. When he asked me, I messed up the excuse you told me to give him because I got scared, and then he was about to hurt me and it just scared me more. I just kinda blurted it out that you were at the party" Petey explained, rubbing the back of his neck.
"Don't worry about it. I'm not mad or anything. Actually, I guess it was a blessing in disguise that he found out. He was a total sweetheart last night. Well...as much of a sweetheart that he could bring himself to be. He's still Gary after all"
"Did you guys kiss?" Jimmy cut in again. Hilly felt her face turn red, and she cleared her throat. But Jimmy took the hint from that.
"I'll take that as a yes. Well...are you guys...dating? Is he your boyfriend?"
"Oh god no. No, we just went out once. It's not that serious. Besides, if he wanted me to be his girlfriend, he would have asked me. He didn't ask, so I'm assuming we're not a couple right now"
What did this make them? I mean, normal guys asked the girls they liked to be their girlfriends. Maybe Gary is planning on asking her. He's just finding the right time.
Then again, that would only happen if you put him in the normal category. And Gary was very far off from normal.
After a while, they all got tired of hanging around the dorm. So, all three of them went out, got lunch, and went to the movies. Nothing good was really playing, so they ended up seeing "Sequel: The Movie" and could not follow the plot to save their lives. But they had a great time. One thing that was lurking in the back of her mind was where Gary was though. It wasn't like him to miss out on hanging out with them, and especially if Hilly was there. He was always there, and him not being with them was kinda weird. She hoped he was okay, and on campus at least.
After an eventful walk home; eventful being that Jimmy had to fight Trent and Wade, being that on the way back to school they both saw Hilly, thought she was hot, and started to harrass her, the trio decided to look for Gary. They searched all over campus, but no one had seen him, and there wasn't any sign of him. Jimmy and Pete weren't as worried as Hilly was. They figured he'd turn up eventually. But Hilly couldn't help but be worried. He was her friend after all.
Once back in her dorm, Hilly was welcomed by a surprise in her room. Next to the vase of flowers that sat atop her nightstand, there was a note. This was really strange. Her door was locked. Due to Mandy's constant thieving, both Hilly and Beatrice had taken to locking their room when they weren't home, so Mandy would stop stealing their stuff. Only Beatrice, Hilly, and the prefect had the key. So, how did someone get in here?
She picked up the note and read it. And right away, she recognized the handwriting.
Hey Princess,
I have a feeling you're wondering how these got in your room. You should really tell Beatrice to keep an eye on everything she brings with her around campus. Because if you're like me, and see her leave her keys behind in the library by mistake, you're bound to take them. Anyway, I'm sorry for not being around today. I know how much hanging out with me means to you, and you best believe I will be making up for that time missed. But I had some things to take care of that I couldn't put off. I'm thinking a lot more clearly since Halloween night, and trust me, come Monday, things aren't going to be the same. Don't say a word about this note to anyone, and I'll see you as soon as I can.
- Gary
What in the world was he talking about? Things to take care of? Thinking more clearly? Hilly couldn't wrap her head around what he was talking about. But, it did make her feel a little better knowing he was alright. Even if it was in a note and not in person. But, he was in a lot of trouble now for stealing Beatrice's keys. She wrote herself a note to remind her to get those back before settling down to do some homework.
Monday rolled around and Gary was back. He didn't say a word to Petey, or Jimmy when he strolled into the dorm Monday morning. He just watched them as they left for class, glaring a bit at Jimmy as he went by, leaving him by himself in the dorm. Jimmy had started to get noticed around school and some of the students were asking him to do favors for them, and help them in their time of need. Gary noticed this as well. And he didn't like it. The more popular with people he became, the chances of him becoming king of the school grew. Even though Jimmy didn't want to really rule the school. But Gary didn't care. All alone, he made his way to his room. He still had more work to do before the afternoon hit.
After class had let out, all Gary had to do was wait. Jimmy would come strolling through the door, and he could move his plan into action. He just hoped that Jimmy was alone. He couldn't work out his plan with Hilly and Petey following behind. Not yet anyway.
Gary was on edge as he waited. His hands and legs were constantly moving, and small sounds could be heard coming from him. It had been three days since he got rid of his meds, and his mind was going into overdrive. Soon, he heard the sounds of footsteps behind him, and once he turned around, he saw Jimmy walking towards him. He quickly got up and ran for the door.
"There you are! Come on I found something incredible!" he said excitedly. But Jimmy stopped him.
"Hold on, relax man. I can't keep getting in trouble. I can't get expelled again"
Gary didn't like his answer. Getting in his face, he raised his voice to him, pointing at him.
"It's always about me with you! ME ME ME! I'm thinking BIGGER PICTURE! And you're worrying about getting into trouble!? You know what!? You really are SOMETHING!"
"What bigger picture?"
"I'm-uh...WE are gonna take over this school!" Gary stressed, trying to reel him in. Jimmy just shook his head. To be honest, he didn't want to take over the school. All he wanted was for the bullies to stop harrassing him and his friends, and to not get expelled.
"WE are not taking over anything right now" he tried stressing himself, hoping that Gary would give it a rest. But that wasn't part of Gary's plan. Oh no. One way or another, he was going to reel Jimmy in and take part in what he had in store for him.
"TIME, and TIDE wait for no man, my friend. But it seems they do wait for a wannabe tough guy who's nothing but a little girl" he taunted, poking at Jimmy's arm.
"You're full of it" Jimmy replied. He made his way to the door to leave, but Gary was blocking his path. He was really getting persistant at this point.
"So you keep telling me! Look, now come on. I promise you, after this, things are never gonna be the same again! Oh, I'm so excited! I should have stopped taking those pills ages ago"
"Yeah right. Whatever you say Gary" Jimmy said in response. He gave in and followed Gary to where he wanted to go. And that seemed to be the basement of the school. They had to get through a couple of obsticles first, mainly a lot of locked doors. But soon, Gary had led him into what looked like a big, caged in sewage pit. He jumped down and waited for Jimmy. Jimmy on the other hand was very confused. Is this what Gary found that was so incredible? Seemed pretty lame to him. Once he jumped down to join Gary, he looked around. Other kids started filing in, and it seemed like every clique leader was there as well. Derby Harrington from the Preps, Johnny Vincent from the Greasers, Earnest Jones from the Nerds. Ted Thompson from the Jocks, and worst of all, Russell Northorp fron the bullies. His first day at Bullworth he almost got the shit beaten out of him by Russell, and he tried his best to avoid him at all cost. He looked back to Gary.
"Well Jimmy boy, here we are! The Hole! The place where this separates the men, from the boys! The wheat from the chaff and all that nonsense!" he shouted, pointing at Jimmy.
"What's that got to do with standing up to people? Keeping them in line?" he asked, still confused as to what was going on.
"This is where I stand up to you, my friend!"
"What are you talking about?"
Gary pointed right at Jimmy again.
"I know you hate me Jimmy boy. I know you said all that stuff about me behind my back!" he told him.
"What are you talking about?!"
"Dont play innocent with me! YOU wanna run this school, I wanna run this school! Only one of us is gonna make it!"
He headed for the ladder, about to climb it.
"AND IT'S GONNA BE ME!"
Jimmy watched as Gary climbed the ladder. What the hell was he talking about? Jimmy had no intention of running the school. He kept telling him that, but Gary wasn't listening. He was acting crazy for no reason.
Once at the top, Gary raised his voice and started to address everyone else who was watching.
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! BOYS AND MORONS! I GIVE YOUUUUU RUSSELL!" he announced, grinning as everyone clapped. Russell made his was down the ladder and raised his arms in the air.
"ME RUSSELL!" he exclaimed.
"Gary NOW I hate you!" he stated, pointing at him. Gary was beyond pleased with himself. His plan worked and now he was about to watch Russell and Jimmy fight. He was on cloud nine right now.
"I know. Russell, go beat that little jerk who said that nasty stuff to me about your mom, and those barn yard animals!"
"WHAT!? C'mere! Russell wants vengence!" he exclaimed, slowly walking towards Jimmy. Jimmy watched this all happen, and he processed everything that had just happened.
"This asshole just fucking betrayed me" he thought to himself, pulling out his slingshot, ready to fight.
Meanwhile, walking back from the library, Petey and Hilly were talking about what would be on tv later on. They couldn't wait to just kick back and relax with the rest of the guys and just hang out with each other, now that Gary was back and they didn't have to worry about it. That is, until they heard Trent talking to Wade by the dorm.
"Ah man, you think Russell is gonna kick the shit out of that pipsqueak Hopkins?"
"Probably. Man, it's really fucked up what he said about Russell's mom though. Thank god that weirdo Smith told him. Now he can give Hopkins what he deserves. Where are they fighting anyway?"
"In the basement in The Hole probably. Russell wanted to beat him where he knew prefects wouldn't break it up"
Petey and Hilly looked at each other. What the hell was going on? Russell was going to fight Jimmy? They had to do something. Quickly, without missing a beat, they turned around and ran for the basement entrance by the school, unlocking all the doors, not stopping for anything. Hopefully, Russell wasn't hurting Jimmy.
Thankfully, when they got there, they saw that Jimmy had won. Russell was lying on his back in the hole, and everyone was watching as Jimmy caught his breath and looked up. Hilly looked at who the ringleader of this little event was, and when she saw, her heart dropped.
Gary...
"You happy now, jerk!?"
"Exstatic! I love to watch two morons beat the crap out of each other!"
"Why'd you do it Gary!? I thought we were friends!?"
Gary looked around, laughing mockingly. He could see that now, Pete and Hilly had joined them all. He looked briefly at Hilly's face. She looked as if he had betrayed her too. Her eyes narrowed at him; filled with hurt and anger. For a split second, he felt bad, even a little guilty maybe. But this wasn't about her right now. He'd deal with her and her anger later. Right now, this was about Jimmy.
"Friends? You and me? I've taken dumps that had more brains than you, friend. No. I'm taking over this school. And you're just a liability! See you around, moron!"
He turned around and exited. No one tried to stop him. Not Jimmy, not Pete, not even Hilly. Thank god they didn't. Because Gary couldn't be stopped. He couldn't, and he wouldn't be stopped for that matter.
The other kids left, and soon, it was just the four of them left, the fourth being Russell, who was still laying on the ground, possibly in pain. Hilly walked over to the ladder and looked down at Jimmy, who was thoroughly pissed off.
"You okay Jimmy?" she asked, leaning over the edge.
"Yeah, I'm alright" he said, putting his slingshot away.
"Well done Jimmy!" Pete said, cheering him on.
"Yeah, great! What a waste of time"
Jimmy walked over to Russell, who was sitting up holding his head. He extended his hand out to him and Russell took it, getting up. The boy groaned and rubbed his head, obviously in a little bit of pain.
"You alright Russell?"
"Yeah?" he replied, as if he wasn't sure.
"Look I never said anything 'bout your mom, or farm yard animals" he explained to him.
"You didn't?"
"No, but I want you to stop bullying weak kids"
"Why?"
"Ugh! Because there are a bunch of kids 'round this place who need a beating, and you're picking on the few who don't. So I want you to leave me, and them alone" Jimmy told him, motioning to himself, then Petey and Hilly, who waved to Russell. It seemed to get through to him.
"Oh. Okay. Sorry. Bad Russell!"
The both of them climbed back up the ladder, and regrouped. Jimmy filled the two in on what happened, and when she heard this, Hilly's blood began to boil.
"Are you fucking kidding me!? So he did all this because he wants to rule the school!?" she asked, beyond pissed.
"Yeah. He lured me here this afternoon. Said he found something cool he wanted to show me. I didn't think it'd be a one on one death match"
"Well was there any clues he was giving that could have hinted at this? Any weird behavior?"
"No more than usual. He was a bit more hyped than I've seen him, and he mentioned something about getting rid of his meds or something like that..."
Once he said meds, Petey stopped him.
"Woah woah woah, wait a moment. He got rid of his meds!?"
"That's what I'm guessing"
"Oh man that's not good. Gary needs to take those. He's got so many disorders and those medicines keep him in check!"
"So what you're saying is, without those meds, we're dealing with a one hundred percent pure bred psycho here?"
"Well, if you're going to put it that way, then yes, we are"
"Great! Just great! Let's go back to the dorm. I have a need to beat the shit out of him for what he did here today"
Back upstairs, Russell left to join back up with his gang. He didn't seem to have any hard feelings over that fight between him and Jimmy. Which was good, considering he was a big behemoth of a kid who could easily crush all of them if he really wanted to. They made their way to the boys' dorm, with Jimmy on the warpath. He was ready to beat the ever loving shit out of Gary, and no one was going to stop him. Not even Hilly. Just this once, Jimmy was without a doubt justified in what he was about to do.
"Alright you little freak, square up, because I'm about to kick your ass!" he shouted, as he kicked in the door to the room Petey and Gary shared. But, all three of them stopped when they saw the sight.
There was nothing on Gary's side of the room. Everything was gone. His clothes, stuff on his bed, books, posters, everything. Gone without a trace. It was as if he had never lived there. Well, the foul words and crude drawings carved into the headboard of his bed were still there, so it gave everyone some sign that at one point or another two people shared the room. But other than that, his side of the room was bare. All three of them couldn't believe it.
"I don't believe this!? Where is he!?" Jimmy shouted, looking around the room. Petey walked in, and despite the situation, felt a mixture of happiness and relief.
"Oh my god...he's gone. I don't have to share a room with him anymore!" he said excitedly, a big grin on his face. Hilly looked at the bed and the memory of the night she stayed in this room flooded back to her. How warm his body had been. How she could smell his shampoo and cologne on the pillow she rested her head on. Despite being angry with him, she couldn't help but feel sad at the sight. He was still her friend after all. Maybe even more...considering the date they had just gone on. It was hard for her to admit this, but the events that had taken place this afternoon left her...heartbroken. Because now, the three of them had no idea where he moved to. Jimmy wanted to know so he could get revenge. Pete honestly was so happy at the idea that he'd have his own room and not be bothered by him that he really could care less. And Hilly...Hilly didn't know what to feel. Would he still be going to class so she could at least see him? And if she did see him, would he still be the same, despite not being on his meds? Maybe...maybe she'd never see him again, and that idea hurt.
Little did she know she'd be seeing him very soon. He wasn't going to be out of her life. After all, she belonged to him, and only him.