"Are you even interested in anyone?"
"Yeah, but its kind of embarrassing."
"If you can't tell me, how can you tell the boy?"
"It's Will." Destiny said with an embarrassed look.
"You've got a crush on the crazy? That's funny, but I'll help you. But first, lets try and get you looking a bit better."
Destiny looked herself over. She was wearing a pair of shorts, a sleeveless flannel shirt and flip flops.
"What's wrong with my look?" She asked.
"You look like that dumb bitch Miley Cyrus."
"I do not! I look like me."
"Fine, you look like you, but still I know Will. He likes the kind of girls who are outgoing and can be crazy."
"I am outgoing."
"You hardly go to parties. You stay at home, reading and you call yourself outgoing?"
"Fine, I'm not outgoing, but I do have a social life."
"You hang out with your brother or me, thats not much of a social life bud."
"Fine, but what can I do to get his attention?"
"Do something no one would expect you to," The minute that came from Sam's mouth, the cogs and gears in Destiny's head started grinding.
"I have an idea. I'm going to get my skateboard and a video camera."
"What do you have planned?" Sam asked with a slight worry.
"Something that will grab Will's attention and probably get me grounded for a couple of weeks. Now go get Will and meet me at my house." The girls ran back to the cul de sac and Sam ran across the way to Will's house. She knocked a couple of times and Izzy answered the door.
"Where's Will, Destiny wants him to see something."
"He's upstairs hold on." She walked up the steps and banged on a door. There was some muttering and Will came down the stairs wearing a black pair of shorts, dark green tank top and combat boots. He followed Sam across the way and to the back of Destiny's house. She was standing on the roof of the shed with her skateboard in hand.
"Will, this is for you." She hopped on the board and as it neared the edge she ollied the end and landed on the wheels but her board came out from under her. She smacked her head off the ground and her board rolled to Will's feet. He and Sam ran over to Destiny and helped her up. She leaned against Will and looked into his concerned eyes.
"Are you OK?" He asked.
"No, my head is throbbing."
"Why would you do something that stupid?"
"I wanted to impress you so that maybe you would go out with me."
"You risked your health just to get a date with me? Well I can say this is weird and pretty innovative."
"So will you go out with me?"
"Sure, if you would do this to get a date with me then I will."
"Good, now let me go get some ibuprofen and some ice so I can get rid of this headache." She hugged Will then detached herself from the two of them and started to limp away from the two but barely got 2 steps away before her legs gave out.
"Yep that hurts like a mother fuck." She said. Sam and Will helped her up and to the house. Courtney was sitting on the couch and looked worried when she saw her daughter being supported by her friend and boyfriend.
"What happened?" She asked her voice full of concern.
"She was skate boarding and she hit her knee on the ground and wanged her head." Courtney helped Destiny to her room and laid her on her bed. She went and got some ibuprofen and a glass of water. She went to the bathroom and got a rag wet with cold water and rung it out. She took the items into Destiny's room and gave her the water and the pills then put the rag on her knee. (to make it clear, the house was a 3 bedroom. 1 is Duncan and Courtney's, 1 was the kids that was converted into Ryan's and 1 was at one time a room for their computer, but was given to Destiny once the kids got their own rooms.) Will and Sam came in as Courtney stepped out and sat on the edge of the bed.
"You know you didn't have to do that." Destiny shot up in the bed and looked at Sam, glaring daggers at her.
"So I did that for nothing?" She said quietly, not wanting her mom to hear.
"Well that impressed me, but all you had to do was ask. I would have went out with you if you had come up to me and said, Will, will you go out with me? It would have been that simple. But at least you showed me you can be different and I like different." He leaned forward and gave her a little kiss on the forehead and she gave him a hug and then he and Sam left. She took her pills and drank her water then laid down and closed her eyes.
"God the things I do for love." she said.
"The things you do for what?" Destiny's eyes shot open and she looked at her doorway and there was her mom. "Is there something you haven't been telling me?" Courtney asked with a stern tone.
"I got on the roof of the garage with my skate board then rode down it and ollied the end to impress Will so that he would go out with me, and that's why I have a sore head and a hurt leg."
"What the hell were you thinking? You don't try and get a boyfriend by risking your damn life. Just wait till your father gets home, hes going to give you such a whipping!" Courtney yelled at her daughter. She walked over to Destiny's computer and took the tower then came back and took her stereo. Destiny collapsed back onto her bed and just laid there. She fell asleep for what seemed like a few minutes when she was being shaken awake. She opened her eyes and there was her dad.
"Wake up you have a lot of explaining to do. Now why the hell would you think its a good idea to pop an ollie off the roof of the shed?"
"I was trying to impress Will so he would agree to go out with me."
"Why couldn't you have just asked him? You decided to risk your health to try and get a boy to like you. Do you have any idea how stupid you are right now? Now me and your mom talked and we've decided on your punishment. She already took your stereo and computer, but we also decided that you are going to lose your cell phone. And we decided on one last thing." He stood up and took his belt off. "Stand up and lean against your bed." Destiny did as she was told. Duncan brought the belt back and then it smacked against Destiny's bottom. She let out a pained cry and tears started to form in her eyes. Duncan's belt smacked her bottom 9 more times before Duncan told her she could stand. Destiny sat on her bed, tears streaming down her face. Duncan placed her belt on then sat on the bed with his daughter.
"Do you know why I had to do that?" He asked her.
"Because I did something I shouldn't have."
"Have you learned not to do something that dumb?" Destiny nodded and Duncan gave his daughter a hug then kissed her on top of the head. He walked out of the room and into the living room with Courtney.
"I heard her cries out here. How hard did you hit her?" She asked.
"Only hard enough to leave her butt red for a couple of hours, but not enough to leave any marks. By the way, where's Ryan?"
"He's staying at Zach's." She said.
THE NEXT DAY
Ryan came home and made an announcement.
"I don't ever want to stay there again."
"Why, was Heather mean to you?" Duncan asked his son.
"No, Zach is gay. And I don't mean that in a mean way, the guy is truly gay. He likes dudes." His parents laughed at his horror. "It's not funny, he tried to kiss me," and this made his parents laugh even harder. He got frustrated and went to his room.
Should we tell Heather? Duncan asked.
No, lets let Zach tell her when the time is right. However it would be 5 years before Zach would be able to work up the courage to tell his mom about his sexuality.
TATTOOED ATTITUDE
AND TO ALL HATERS, I HAVE 2 WORDS FOR YOU: SUCK IT