The Story of Us
Chapter 13: Another Act of Stupid Dwayne
By: WoopWoop10
A/N: Okay, things get a little more serious in this chapter only because I hate Dwayne and I don't care if he does anything stupid so I'll make everyone hate him. Sorry to all Dwayne enthusiasts once again…I could do one of those Kevin Smith Dogma type of disclaimers because I do think Dwayne is as stupid or maybe stupider then the duck billed platypus.
It was getting close to the end of senior year, Guy and Connie were still broken up and it seemed like for good this time around. Luis Mendoza was having a party at his house that night for most of the senior class. Most of the ducks wound up showing up and stopped to talk in the corner. "Hey guys only 1 month of high school to go and then we are out of this place," Averman said a little cheery.
"Yeah, but we may wind up never seeing each other again," Connie added.
"Don't worry with Charlie on our team we'll be having reunions every weekend," Julie teased.
"I'm not that bad," Charlie insisted.
"This from the guy who had his jersey framed," Jesse joked. "Where's Guy?" He asked looking around the room.
Connie looked away; she didn't want to think about Guy or whoever he was with right now. Sure they broke up, they had to move on but she missed him and she wished that he missed her. They had been through so much together, through things you didn't experience until you were older and now she was sitting there thinking if she would ever be friends with him again.
"I'm not sure," Charlie said shaking his head in Guy's direction. Guy was dancing with Nikki the girl who posed so many problems in Guy and Connie's relationship.
"What are you talking 'bout Charlie," Dwayne said in his squeaky Texas drawl, "Guy's right there." He pointed him out.
"Shut up cow boy," Jesse said.
Connie looked up towards him seeing him with her she looked away. She could feel the tears welling up in her eyes as she ran over to the bathroom. "Do you wanna field this one Julie?" Charlie asked as his eyes followed Connie out of the room.
"I'm on it," Julie said following her.
"What'd I do?" Dwayne asked.
On the other side of the room Guy danced with Nikki to a rather slow song. He hadn't seen Connie cry or leave he was just in the moment of the music. "Do you wanna get out of here?" Nikki asked resting her head on Guy's shoulder.
"Why not? It's getting kind of boring here," Guy replied.
"I'll go get my coat and we can go back to my place," she smiled as she walked away.
Guy walked over to Charlie and Jesse who had managed to get rid of Dwayne when he discovered how good the punch was. "What's up?" Charlie asked.
"I'm gonna take off," Guy said taking his coat which was on the couch by them.
"Where are you going?" Jesse asked.
"To Nikki's, where is everybody?"
"Luis is over there entertaining guests, Dwayne's by the punch bowl, Fulton and Dean are dancing, I don't know where Kenny is, and Julie and Connie are in the bathroom," Charlie said looking around the room.
"I guess it's a girl thing," Guy shrugged as he walked away.
"C'mon let's go get Dwayne away from the punch," Charlie said as he and Jesse walked over to the table.
"Hey guys," Dwayne said a little stumbly, "you should try the punch, this stuff is better then a fresh glass of pigs in a blanket!"
"What?" Charlie and Jesse questioned, sure Dwayne never made sense but this was less sense then usual. They took a bit of the punch.
"Oh my God, this is totally spiked," Charlie said after his first sip.
Dwayne looked into the bowl, "don't be silly boys; there aren't any spikes in here!"
Jesse and Charlie rolled their eyes as they dragged Dwayne from the punch and back to where they were originally standing. Just then Julie and Connie came back from the bathroom. "Hey, I'm gonna take off," Connie said still wiping her eyes a bit.
"Feel better Connie," Charlie said giving her a hug good bye.
Connie walked out of the house and onto her way home. It was dark and quiet the street lamps fairly dim making it hard to see. She was a little scarred having to walk through part of the city in the middle of the night but she was managing thus far. But as she walked through the dark alley way she could feel her heart beating through her chest. "Connie?" she heard behind her she jumped as she turned around, "Connie it's me," Dwayne said.
"Oh my God Dwayne you scared me," She said out of breath.
"Connie I wanted to talk to you," he began.
"Dwayne are you drunk?" she asked as he stumbled over to her.
"Connie I want to be with you cuz I love you and you never seemed to care but now, you see this is my chance cuz Guy's with that girl and you don't need him any more."
"Dwayne please, don't do this to yourself."
"Connie what's wrong?" Dwayne asked getting closer and closer.
"Dwayne leave me alone," she said backing away. He grabbed her arm, "Dwayne don't touch me." She warned.
"Don't worry Connie I'm not going to hurt you, I just want you to be with me," he pulled her towards him as he began to kiss her.
"Get off of me," Connie struggled as she tried to push him away.
"Don't fight it Connie."
"Stop it, please, just stop it," she cried, tears streaming down her cheek.
"Dwayne get away from her," she heard somebody say. He pulled Dwayne away as he pushed him to the ground, "go home Dwayne!" He screamed to him as Dwayne ran off. "Oh my God Connie are you okay?" he asked pulling her into a hug.
She sniffled, "No," she cried. "Thank you Charlie thank you so much," she said burying her face into his chest. "I want Guy, where's Guy?"
"I don't know," he lied, "let me take you home."
"What are you doing here Charlie?" she finally asked.
"Dwayne was drunk so I wanted to make sure he got home. Now let me take you home."
"No, I don't want my parents to know, I don't want them to see me like this."
"Alright, I'm gonna take you over to Guy's house, his parents are never home." Charlie said walking her home.
When they finally got to Guy's house Connie was still crying and freaked out. She walked up to Guy's room and changed into some of his clothes as Charlie called Nikki's house downstairs.
"Hello?" Nikki answered.
"Hey, this is Charlie; I need to talk to Guy."
"Okay," she said kind of weirded out as she handed the phone to Guy, "it's Charlie."
"Yeah?" Guy asked into the phone.
"I need you to come back to your house."
"Why?"
"Cuz Dwayne tried to rape Connie and I took her here. She keeps on saying that she wants you."
"I'll be there in a second," Guy said worry coming into his voice. He hung up the phone, "I'm sorry I have to go," he said rushing out of the door and back to his house.
Guy got home rather quickly as he swung open the door. "Where is she?" he asked Charlie.
"Upstairs, in your room," he replied.
"Thanks," Guy said walking to the stairs, "for everything."
"It's okay, Connie's like my sister, I wouldn't let anything happen to her," he said walking towards the door.
Guy walked up the stairs and into his room quietly, he could hear her sniffles under the blanket as she continued to sob. "Connie?" he asked quietly, "Connie don't worry it's me." He said sitting down on the bed rubbing the lump under the covers.
She leaned forward coming out from her hiding place as she wiped her eyes, "oh my God Guy I was so scared," she cried her tears falling more constant.
He pulled her into a hug, "don't worry, everything's fine now I won't let him hurt you."
She cried into his chest his comfort bringing her strength, "I'm so glad you're here."
"I just don't understand why he would do this, I mean I know he was infatuated with you and all, I just never thought in a million years that he would act on it, he seemed like such a nice guy."
"He was drunk; he didn't know what he was doing."
"Cowboy got drunk? What he drink some bad cow milk or something."
"No, the punch it was spiked."
"Well don't worry now, your safe," Guy said running his fingers through her hair.
"I just feel so dirty."
"Well you can go take a shower or something and if you want you can stay here tonight I'll just sleep on the couch or something."
"Can you just stay here with me; I don't want to be alone." Guy sighed as he kicked off his shoes and threw a pillow on the floor. "You can stay up here." She said sliding to the edge of the bed to give him room. He slid into his bed and put his arm around her waist to let her know that he hadn't left.
"Connie?" he whispered, "Why did you ask for me?"
"Cuz, when you told me you loved me you said that you would always be there for me even if we broke up and I trusted you."
"Well you can trust Charlie; he's like your older brother."
She shook her head, "Charlie's different."
Guy shrugged, "good night."
"Thank you," she said as she fell asleep, knowing that she was safe in Guy's arms.
The first rays of light crept through the blinds illuminating the room. Connie opened her eyes looking around forgetting where she was until she saw Guy lying beside her. It hadn't been some horrible nightmare turned good it was reality. Dwayne had tried to rape her and Guy comforted her like he always had taking away her fear and pain. She ruffled her fingers through his hair as he woke up. "What?" he groaned in a don't wake me up tone.
"Will you be my boyfriend again?" She asked rather quietly.
Guy opened his eyes, "Just so we can go through another heart ache in four weeks when we break up again?"
"No so we can be happy again."
"Connie we're leaving for college in like 3 months, and they are in separate parts of the country. A long distance relationship wouldn't work out between me and you."
"But I want to be with you."
"Connie, I love you, I love you so much you wouldn't believe it, but I hate to hurt you, and every time we break up it hurts me more and more to see you upset. Getting back together would just be a mistake." He said getting up and walking out of the room. "You should probably go home, your parents are probably worried about you," he said on his way down the stairs.
She sighed slipping on her shoes as Guy ran back into the room he grabbed her face kissing her intensely as he pulled away he managed to say, "3 months is a long time, I think we can handle it." She smiled kissing him again enjoying the fact that she had her protection and her love again.