The Girl I Met at the Beauty Salon
[PART 11: Three Cheers For Five Years]
Prologue:
This is a story of girl meet's boy. But, with so many distractions in life, is love even worth trying for?
Now, this might be a love story, but not every story has a happy ending.
You have been warned.
It's another Friday in this god awful town of Glenview Illinois, at stupid Glenbrook South Highschool. For starters, why would you name the high school after something that sounds so similar to the town name, but isn't the town name, and why would you make the mascot a rip off of Zeus? Yeah, if you can't tell, I'm super pissed off.
A/N: That's a real town and the real high school of it. I don't live there but I wanted it to seem more realistic.
"So then" Gwen says during lunch, telling me, Geoff, LeShawana, and DJ some random story "just as I was about to jump off the side of the cliff into the water..."
I kind of zone out after that. I have a meeting with the principal later today, about my locker. The car is something I have to find out about on my own, since they can't do anything about it since there are no cameras in the school parking lot.
"Right, Duncan?" Geoff asks me, as I'm brought back into the conversation.
"Oh, sorry, I wasn't paying attention." I say, shaking my head. "What were you saying?"
"Remember that one time we tag teamed that Anne Maria chick from the grade below?"
"That was like 8th grade for us, I can't believe you remember that." I say, laughing.
"You white boys and your gang banging." LeShawna says, rolling her eyes.
"Why did you bring her up?" I ask.
"Well, Gwen was telling us that Mike apparently cheated on her friend Zoey with Anne Maria, but doesn't remember it at all." DJ says.
"Shit, that sucks. I'm surprised Dawn didn't tell me." I say, leaning back in my chair.
"Well, there whole friend group is kind of in disarray right now, so she probably just wants to keep it on the down low." Gwen tells me.
"It's cool, I understand." I say nodding.
"Sorry about your car and locker, by the way." DJ says.
"Wait, how do you know?"
"Everyone knows." Geoff says, joining in on the conversation.
"Things spread like wildfire in this stupid school." LeShawna says.
"Anyway, what about that Sierra chick DJ?"
"Well, I got some action out of it..." DJ says, thinking. "It was weird afterwards, she just kept asking if I was friends with Cody and if I could meet him."
"Seem's like that chick Izzy and her obsession with Justin."
"True that." Geoff says.
We continue to talk about stupid shit, until-
"YOU STUPID JERK!" Someone screams, from half away across the cafeteria.
I thought the bell was about to ring, but the sound of Heather yelling almost makes me fall out of my chair. All eyes go onto Heather and Alejandro, and no one says a word. The teachers and staff just stand there, waiting to see what happens.
"Come on chica, just relax, we can talk this over in private..." Alejandro says, trying to grab Heather's arm.
"You've been getting me to do all these threesome hook ups with you, and that's not good enough for you?" Heather screams at the top of her voice.
"It was an accident, I wasn't in my right mind." Aleajandro says calmy.
"Yeah, you must not have been, if you were trying to fuck Eva and Noah at the same time!"
A huge gasp arises from the crowd watching on.
"That's ridiculous!" Alejandro says. "For one, I'm not even interested in men like that, and two, Eva... isn't she a lesbian with her friend Jo? It's just a rumor, I swear!"
"Shut up Al, just shut the fuck up!" Heather says, getting into Alejandro's face. "I know what I saw with my own fucking eyes, so don't try to twist this around and make it seem like your the victim and I'm just making this up. You're a liar, and a loser. WE, ARE, OVER!" Heather screams, before walking away like the movie "Mean Girls".
No one says a word. Then, the bell rings, and everyone's on there way.
"You okay dude?" DJ says, as we walk over to Alejandro.
"Of course! She is just losing it or something, you know girls with there PMSing." Alejandro says, smiling. "Besides, there are plenty of fish in the sea. I'm fine with losing Heather, it just gives me more chances to meet new people."
And with that, I go to my next class.
I know I probably should be more concerned about whether or not my pal Al is okay, but I don't trust him. I'm actually starting to think he's the one who messed with the car, because I don't think Harold would have the balls. I could care less if he is bi or not, but what I am worried about is if Courtney gets caught up in the drama. She was in one of those threesomes, and if someone found out about it, she would probably be considered a slut. Right now, Alejandro is considered a legend by the guys, and Heather is somewhere between a bitch and irrelevant. You've gotta love how gender based opinions...
By the way, the whole time I was thinking that thought, I was taking a leak. You will never be able to get that image out of your head now...
"Well, Duncan, it's a pleasure to have you and not be in trouble." Mr. Hodges says from across his desk. Well actually, he's sitting at Mrs. Jayne's desk. She's the principal, he's the vice principal.
"Where's Ms. Jayne?" I ask.
"It's Mrs., first of all Duncan, and second, we both know I like you a lot more then she does. Since you got in trouble so much last year when you were a sophomore, she's trying to convince me and others that you pranked yourself for attention." Mr. Hodges says firmly.
"Well, that makes tons of sense." I say, rolling my eyes. "So you think you know who broke into my locker and broke my trophy?"
"Yes, we have surveillance for that hall way, and we believe it was two students named Ezekiel and Harold. Do you know either of them?"
"I think I've heard of Ezekiel, he's that transfer kid who was that homeschooled freak, right?"
Mr. Hodges rasies his eyebrow.
"Well, I know how Harold is, and when I find those two I'm going-" I start to say.
"Duncan, the school will handle punishment for this incident." Mr. Hodges says to me. "They are both first time offenders, so they'll probably just get a day suspension and be on probation."
"But they ruined my locker!" I say, complaining.
"Nothing I can do Duncan, just be lucky we caught the colprotes who did it at all."
"Can I watch the footage?" I ask.
"Sure, like I care." Mr. Hodges says, taking out a laptop and replaying the footage.
"Damn, that girl got blasted in that face!" I say, watching the paint go flying.
"That girl is in the hospital because the paint gave her an allergic reaction."
"Oh, I'm sorry... well, they did a good job putting the stuff in. They were in and out only minutes before I came back... I have to hand it to them."
"Probably the best prank I've seen since I've worked here!" Mr. Hodges says. "I mean, they shouldn't have done it."
I leave the office, ready to pumble both of the nerds. But, instead, I realize there is a way to get into the hospital. I'm just hoping Katie is there for Geoff's sake, because otherwise, this plan might not only blow up in my face, and get me and Geoff in trouble, but put Alejandro in a even bigger shit hole then he's in already.
"Are you sure this is going to work?" Geoff asks over the phone.
"Yeah, I promise. I already talked to Alejandro and he said he'd help us." I say, sitting in Lindsay's room while she does her hair.
"Alright, when is this going down?" He asks.
"Tomorrow morning at like noon, I'll give you a ride."
"Thanks man." Geoff says. "It means a lot that you'd go this hard to help me see my girlfriend."
"No problem, dude." I say hanging up the phone.
"You really think your dumbass plan is going to work?"
"Well, we're dumb enough to try." I say smiling. Lindsay just frowns, and puts on her bandana.
"You on your period, or something? You seem pretty pissed off." I say.
"That's not funny Duncan, I don't make fun of when you get boners out of nowhere."
I look down at my crotch, and blush a little.
"And no, it's my parents."
"What about them?" I ask, like an idiot. "Are they fighting?"
"Yeah, like a lot." she says.
"I never noticed..." I say, confused. "Sorry, my parents fight too."
"Duncan, my dad left the fucking house this morning. My moms thinking about filing a divorce." Lindsay says, putting on her boots.
"I'm really sorry Linds, I've been ignorant."
"No, you haven't. Everyone in this stupid town is like this, even me." Lindsay says, trying to relax. "People are just too selfish to care about others. Now, come on, let's go to the movies and have some fun. Just you and me, like old times!"
"Amen to that!" I say, high fiving with her.
Lindsay and I then proceed to get to the movie theater, buy tickets to "The Vow", and sneak into Project X. All in all, it was an okay night. But tomorrow, the real challenge will begin.
A/N: Another shorter chapter, but I've been super busy lately and I'm lucky I got this chapter in at all. Please review.