Notes: I'm going to let you in on a little secret. I came up with this idea one day last summer when I was at my grandma's house. I was taking a shower and BAM! I got this idea. It's a very cute chapter, if I do say so myself. Ignore the errors.
Warning: Language and Violence.
Summary: They were her boys. She was their girl. They were all best friends. Together forever. After the Ray Brower adventure, then what? What happens after? Find out here.
Disclaimer: See Chapter One
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Seems like just yesterday
You were a part of me
I used to stand so tall
I used to be so strong
Your arms around me tight
Everything, it felt so right
Unbreakable
Like nothin' could go wrong
Now I can't breathe
No, I can't sleep
I'm barely hanging on
-Behind These Hazel Eyes, Kelly Clarkson
"Do you think that Sabrina Parker will ever go out with Teddy?" I asked Gordie and Chris as we walked to school one morning a few weeks later.
They both laughed. "No way." Gordie said.
I know I skip days a lot. But who would want to read about how boring someone's life is. I will say these things though. Gordie and Molly still aren't dating. And obviously neither are Teddy and Sabrina Parker…or me and Chris for that matter.
Don't even get me started on that. It depresses me to much.
We walked into the school. We were only in the front hall when Teddy and Vern joined us. And we were still in the front hallway when Vicky Alter (Shannon Alters' little sister. Eyeball's girlfriend…blah, blah, blah) bumped into me as hard as she could. The book I was holding fell.
"Watch it!" I snapped.
"You watch it." She snapped back.
I waved my hands in fake fear as Chris bent down to pick my book up for me. "I'm terrified." I took my book from Chris.
"Aw, look at your little lackey." Her idiot friends laughed.
"That was pretty good. Come up with that yourself or did you have to pay someone for it?"
"If he doesn't do want you want, will you send Chambers to his death too?"
I turned around to face her. "I'm sorry, I just hallucinated, what did you say?
She sneered. "You heard me. Since you already killed your sister. At least, that's what Johnny told me."
Johnny Fidel was her boyfriend, but that wasn't the point.
Gordie put his hand on my shoulder. "Come on Bailey, let's just go."
I turned to leave when Vicky laughed "So it must be true then. You killed your own sister."
By this time, a lot of kids were around us. They must have heard us talking and wanted to know what was going on.
I turned around slowly to face her again. My face must have looked really scary because her grin faltered a little. "I'm going to rip your head off." I told her sweetly. "And shit down your neck." Then I lunged for her.
She cried out. I was about five inches from her face when I felt someone grab me from behind.
I saw Vern on one side of me and Teddy on the other. I fought to break away from them, but then Gordie grabbed me too.
Them holding me back made me even madder.
"Let me go!" I told them. "I'm going to kill her!" I fought even harder.
One of Vicky's little friends dragged her away. She looked like she was going to cry.
I was still trying to go after her when I felt someone wrap their arms around my waist and hold me back. I immediately stopped and my arms went numb. I turned my head about an inch and I knew it was Chris holding me back. My breath stopped for a minute, then came back.
Vern, Gordie and Teddy all let go of me. Chris was still holding me. I could feel my hands shaking as I put them on top of his. I turned to look at him again.
"You can let go of me." Why was I whispering? "I'm not going after her."
Chris looked down and over at me. For a second I hated being short, but then the butterflies took over again. He slowly backed off. I stood in front of them all, my back to them. We only had two minutes before homeroom started. I sighed and closed my eyes.
"Bailey, I'm sorry." I turned around to face Chris, to face them all.
"For what?" I questioned, feeling lightly confused.
"I told the guys about Valerie a week after you told me. I shouldn't have. Fidel must have overheard me and told Vicky. I'm sorry." Chris said again.
I gave them a fake smile. "It's fine, really. It's not your fault that Alter is a bitch." I looked at the clock. "Come on, we should get to homeroom before we're late."
I turned and started walking to homeroom. The guys had to jog a little to catch up with me. They all gave me the same kind of sympathetic look. We turned the corner and stopped dead. Vern ran into me. Standing in front of me was Vicky. She saw me and her eyes got real wide. The people around us looked back and forth between the two of us. We looked at each other for a few seconds. I started to get mad again and she started to look scared again.
Chris must have felt how I was feeling because he put his hand on the back of my neck and led me away from her. It sent a ridiculous amount of shivers through me.
He kept his hand there until we entered homeroom. Then he quickly dropped it. Molly waved me over to where she was sitting. I looked behind me. No one was there. She motioned for me to sit down next to her.
"What?" I asked after I sat down.
"Are you and Chris finally dating?" She asked.
"Are you and Gordie finally dating?" I asked back.
"…no."
"Exactly." I told her.
She nodded slowly. Then she said. "That's not even what I wanted to ask. What happened between you and Vicky Alter?"
I shrugged. "She said some pretty vicious things about my sister's death and I kind of snapped."
Molly laughed, and then stopped quickly. "I didn't mean to laugh. But I could see you beating her up. I wish you could have."
"So do I." I told her before saying goodbye and sitting with the guys.
That day, that week, Chris walked me to class. He must have been really worried that if I saw Vicky, I would jump her or something. Secretly, I probably would have. But every time we saw her, he'd put his hand on the back of my neck and steer me away from her.
The butterflies multiplied by hundred every time he touched me. The butterflies would make me almost sick, but I loved them all the same.
