Chapter Seven
I stared at the pictures on the wall of the deceased students. One of them was Joren Stonemountain. He had been my worst enemy, back in junior high, before he died of a drug overdose. Then, Cleon came up behind me, toting some girl around on his arm.
"Hey, Kel whatcha doing tonight?" I thought about that for a second.
"Oh, you know, the usual. Yuki, Neal, Dom and I, we're going to smoke a couple joints out behind the school, you know, and then, we're going to head over to the local strip club and then, Yuki's gonna leave and me and Dom and Neal are going to have a wild threesome." Cleon kind of stared.
"Ummm....that's-"
"Just a tad bit worse then Owen paying me to sleep with him every third Saturday? Damn, Cleon, this school's making me out to be a slut." He laughed. The girl hanging off his arm piped up.
"I heard you broke up with me love muffin because it was just too many lovers to keep track of!" Oh, God. I rushed out of their presence before I puked.
The phone was ringing when Dom dropped me off at my house. I picked it up.
"Hello?"
"You're not being paid to sleep with Merric, are you?"
"Oh, good afternoon, Neal, and no, and what's all this new shit about me sleeping around?"
"Apparently more than a few people heard your loud breakup with Cleon, and now the best school gossips are at it again."
"Well, that's just swell, now isn't it!"
"I'm not too sure about that, Kel. I mean, these people are ruining your reputation!"
"What reputation, Neal? I don't have one! Nobody knew who I was before all this! I was just the 'that skater girl', you know! God!"
"Yeah, well, maybe you should just lie low for awhile."
"Whatever, Neal." I hung up. I deicided to go over to Dom's apartment.
The door swung open and I walked inside. It had been some trouble getting out of the house, though, with my mother making me sample different chocolates to see which would be best for the wedding cake. As if I was getting married.
"Kel-*sniff*-how you doing?-*sniff*-" I stopped short and looked him over.
"My God, Dom, you look terrible!" He smiled, and pulled me inside his apartment. He laughed when I told him what I had said to Cleon. Then, I told him that my mother wanted us all to have dinner sometime, just so she could get to know the groom a little better. Maybe that wasn't the best idea.
"She what???-*sniff*-"
"Yep, she thinks we're getting married. And so do a bunch of other people, now that I think about it." Dom looked glum.
"It's ok," I said, resisting the urge to kiss him. I would probably have caught his cold, been out for a week, and then who knows what those school preps would have been up to! They might've thought I'd forgotten to use protection and gotten pregnant or somethign worse, that I'd shot myself. I laughed at that absurd thought.
"Well, it can't be this week, cause I'm as sick as a dog."
"Aww, do you want me to take care of you?"
"No, not really, Mother. I do believe I can-*sniff*- battle this one myself." I laughed again. I was doing too much laughing and crying these days.
The rumors kind of settled down over the next couple of days, except ther was this one that Cleon had moved to Alaska out of grief and anger. Which was just dumbassed, because I saw him and that stuipd girlfriend of his every damn day. Not that I hated Cleon. When we first started going out, he had bought me a new board, complete with flaming wheels and shiny new trucks. The deck was pretty cool too. But anyway, now that I had broken up with him, he was really pissed at me and he wanted my board back. Well, that was just too damn bad, because I had busted it up months ago. My mind seems to be rambling, I thought. Then, the phone rang. I debated answering it, but after the third ring, I did.
"Hey Kel!"
"Oh, hello Cleon. What would you like this time? Confirmation on the 'fact' that I'm oh, what, hooked on ecstasy or something? I'm not a cynical person, Cleon, but if only I had known that our breakup would have led you to the wintry depths of the frozen, untamed North, I might've pressed on, if only for the sake of you not getting hypothermia! But alas, now I see that it is too late, and up there in the wintry, cold harsh land of Alaska, I bid you my farewell! I don't know why you did, Cleon!!!! If only I had-"
"Shut the hell up, Kel!!"
"Oh, sorry, I was getting a bit carried away, there."
"Yeah. Umm, I just wanted to say sorry."
"Sorry for what?"
"Starting all those rumors about you. I guess I was kind of-well, really pissed cause you broke up with me. And that you wanted Dom more than me. You guys actually make a nice couple, I guess. Well, that's all I wanted to say, and I hope you forgive me and that we can still be friends."
"Haven't you seen the movies, Cleon? The girl is supposed to ask to 'just be friends'! How could you take away the woman's sole role in life????" Cleon chuckled. Which is interesting, because he never chuckles. At least, not around me. Maybe around his new girlfriend. Or maybe, only to his-
"Are you listening?" I stopped my rambling thoughts.
"Oh yeah. You want to be friends."
"I said that 5 minutes ago."
"Of course you did!"
"You scare me, Kel. Well, I must be going now."
"Ok, but don't freeze your ass off up there in Alaska! You know how I fell about you freezing up there in the-"
He hung up on me!!
I stared at the pictures on the wall of the deceased students. One of them was Joren Stonemountain. He had been my worst enemy, back in junior high, before he died of a drug overdose. Then, Cleon came up behind me, toting some girl around on his arm.
"Hey, Kel whatcha doing tonight?" I thought about that for a second.
"Oh, you know, the usual. Yuki, Neal, Dom and I, we're going to smoke a couple joints out behind the school, you know, and then, we're going to head over to the local strip club and then, Yuki's gonna leave and me and Dom and Neal are going to have a wild threesome." Cleon kind of stared.
"Ummm....that's-"
"Just a tad bit worse then Owen paying me to sleep with him every third Saturday? Damn, Cleon, this school's making me out to be a slut." He laughed. The girl hanging off his arm piped up.
"I heard you broke up with me love muffin because it was just too many lovers to keep track of!" Oh, God. I rushed out of their presence before I puked.
The phone was ringing when Dom dropped me off at my house. I picked it up.
"Hello?"
"You're not being paid to sleep with Merric, are you?"
"Oh, good afternoon, Neal, and no, and what's all this new shit about me sleeping around?"
"Apparently more than a few people heard your loud breakup with Cleon, and now the best school gossips are at it again."
"Well, that's just swell, now isn't it!"
"I'm not too sure about that, Kel. I mean, these people are ruining your reputation!"
"What reputation, Neal? I don't have one! Nobody knew who I was before all this! I was just the 'that skater girl', you know! God!"
"Yeah, well, maybe you should just lie low for awhile."
"Whatever, Neal." I hung up. I deicided to go over to Dom's apartment.
The door swung open and I walked inside. It had been some trouble getting out of the house, though, with my mother making me sample different chocolates to see which would be best for the wedding cake. As if I was getting married.
"Kel-*sniff*-how you doing?-*sniff*-" I stopped short and looked him over.
"My God, Dom, you look terrible!" He smiled, and pulled me inside his apartment. He laughed when I told him what I had said to Cleon. Then, I told him that my mother wanted us all to have dinner sometime, just so she could get to know the groom a little better. Maybe that wasn't the best idea.
"She what???-*sniff*-"
"Yep, she thinks we're getting married. And so do a bunch of other people, now that I think about it." Dom looked glum.
"It's ok," I said, resisting the urge to kiss him. I would probably have caught his cold, been out for a week, and then who knows what those school preps would have been up to! They might've thought I'd forgotten to use protection and gotten pregnant or somethign worse, that I'd shot myself. I laughed at that absurd thought.
"Well, it can't be this week, cause I'm as sick as a dog."
"Aww, do you want me to take care of you?"
"No, not really, Mother. I do believe I can-*sniff*- battle this one myself." I laughed again. I was doing too much laughing and crying these days.
The rumors kind of settled down over the next couple of days, except ther was this one that Cleon had moved to Alaska out of grief and anger. Which was just dumbassed, because I saw him and that stuipd girlfriend of his every damn day. Not that I hated Cleon. When we first started going out, he had bought me a new board, complete with flaming wheels and shiny new trucks. The deck was pretty cool too. But anyway, now that I had broken up with him, he was really pissed at me and he wanted my board back. Well, that was just too damn bad, because I had busted it up months ago. My mind seems to be rambling, I thought. Then, the phone rang. I debated answering it, but after the third ring, I did.
"Hey Kel!"
"Oh, hello Cleon. What would you like this time? Confirmation on the 'fact' that I'm oh, what, hooked on ecstasy or something? I'm not a cynical person, Cleon, but if only I had known that our breakup would have led you to the wintry depths of the frozen, untamed North, I might've pressed on, if only for the sake of you not getting hypothermia! But alas, now I see that it is too late, and up there in the wintry, cold harsh land of Alaska, I bid you my farewell! I don't know why you did, Cleon!!!! If only I had-"
"Shut the hell up, Kel!!"
"Oh, sorry, I was getting a bit carried away, there."
"Yeah. Umm, I just wanted to say sorry."
"Sorry for what?"
"Starting all those rumors about you. I guess I was kind of-well, really pissed cause you broke up with me. And that you wanted Dom more than me. You guys actually make a nice couple, I guess. Well, that's all I wanted to say, and I hope you forgive me and that we can still be friends."
"Haven't you seen the movies, Cleon? The girl is supposed to ask to 'just be friends'! How could you take away the woman's sole role in life????" Cleon chuckled. Which is interesting, because he never chuckles. At least, not around me. Maybe around his new girlfriend. Or maybe, only to his-
"Are you listening?" I stopped my rambling thoughts.
"Oh yeah. You want to be friends."
"I said that 5 minutes ago."
"Of course you did!"
"You scare me, Kel. Well, I must be going now."
"Ok, but don't freeze your ass off up there in Alaska! You know how I fell about you freezing up there in the-"
He hung up on me!!