Sophie looked exactly as Jaime had pictured. Cliché, he thought,
we're all a bunch of clichés. "Well," Sophie said, " I'd like to
introduce you all to Jaime Lanza. So, run the newbie drill."
Everyone in the room took a turn to say their name and why they were there. Jaime made a mental list, along with a running commentary- Daisy- tried to kill her step-dad?! (That's major PMS! Stay away- far far away) Scott- drugs (probably steroids. Someone really wanted that varsity letter and that head cheerleader) Shelby- prostitution and running away (awwww. I feel so..not..sorry. Bet she's a bitch) Ezra- drugs (I'm sensing a pattern. But still, no comment) Jules- eating disorder (that's a given. Bet she had demanding parents too) cutting (bet she'd never use a knife. May ruin that peaches and crème skin. Bet cutting for her was scratching a scab with a safety pin) Kat- shoplifting (wow. That must be a serious crime in these here parts. What say you, Redneck Joe and Hillbilly Bob?) Rowan- (what does he man most recently?) grand theft auto Auggie-tagging (like gang tagging? Cattle tagging, aka branding? Cattle stampeding? Cattle screwing? Promoting cattle incest?! )
Jaime gulped. "So, my turn? Um, well the short of it is I got caught. The long of it is I don't want to tell you more." He paused, waiting for the Spanish Inquisition, but Peter seemed used to people not wanting to explain, or talk about their pasts. Jaime began to jiggle his knees as Peter started the next question.
"We're going to go around the room and each ask Jaime two questions, then you'll answer your own questions." The questions were pretty monotone and run of the mill with the exception of Daisy's 'What type of music do you listen to?' (The Used, Nirvana, The Clash, The Doors, Manson, Eminem, and Guster) that sparked a debate between Rowan, Daisy, Auggie and himself on who had the better act: Manson or Eminem. But then Rowan asked, "What are your drugs of choice and what cultural icon do you affiliate yourself with?"
Peter started to protest but then Jaime blurted out, "Smack, speed, and prescription pills. You?"
"Everything. But pills, smack, cigarettes, inhalants and if I'm really drugged, Molotov's cocktails." Daisy laughed. "OK, nay to the Russian but everything else still stands."
"Alright. But what do you mean by the cultural icon thing?" asked Jaime.
"I think of everyone can be affiliated with a dead cultural figure. Like I see myself as James Dean, the original rebel without a cause."
"Really?" asked Peter.
"Yeah, and I see you as Stalin." The Group started to laugh and Peter attempted to restore by threatening Rowan with some thing called shuns (What' that, were you get to be social outcast for the day?).
"Very funny," said Sophie.
"Ok, so take. Daisy. I see her as Frances Farmer. And Sc-"
"Hey!"
"Take it as a compliment! She's cool. So as I was saying before I was oh so rudely interrupted, Scott is more of a Sid Vicious."
"Why am I Sid?" (Wait, Jock boy gets to be the sneering face of punk? That's just wrong. Like pirate radio with a corporate sponsor wrong.)
"Because you have your own Nancy." (Who's his Nancy? Some ex girlfriend who stalked him?)
"Oh." (Think Jock boy, think)
"But back to the question that sparked the controversy- Jaime, who do you see yourself as?"
(Am I answering wrong?) "Jim Morrison."
"Ah, the Lizard King. I think we're off to a good start." (Are we?)
Everyone in the room took a turn to say their name and why they were there. Jaime made a mental list, along with a running commentary- Daisy- tried to kill her step-dad?! (That's major PMS! Stay away- far far away) Scott- drugs (probably steroids. Someone really wanted that varsity letter and that head cheerleader) Shelby- prostitution and running away (awwww. I feel so..not..sorry. Bet she's a bitch) Ezra- drugs (I'm sensing a pattern. But still, no comment) Jules- eating disorder (that's a given. Bet she had demanding parents too) cutting (bet she'd never use a knife. May ruin that peaches and crème skin. Bet cutting for her was scratching a scab with a safety pin) Kat- shoplifting (wow. That must be a serious crime in these here parts. What say you, Redneck Joe and Hillbilly Bob?) Rowan- (what does he man most recently?) grand theft auto Auggie-tagging (like gang tagging? Cattle tagging, aka branding? Cattle stampeding? Cattle screwing? Promoting cattle incest?! )
Jaime gulped. "So, my turn? Um, well the short of it is I got caught. The long of it is I don't want to tell you more." He paused, waiting for the Spanish Inquisition, but Peter seemed used to people not wanting to explain, or talk about their pasts. Jaime began to jiggle his knees as Peter started the next question.
"We're going to go around the room and each ask Jaime two questions, then you'll answer your own questions." The questions were pretty monotone and run of the mill with the exception of Daisy's 'What type of music do you listen to?' (The Used, Nirvana, The Clash, The Doors, Manson, Eminem, and Guster) that sparked a debate between Rowan, Daisy, Auggie and himself on who had the better act: Manson or Eminem. But then Rowan asked, "What are your drugs of choice and what cultural icon do you affiliate yourself with?"
Peter started to protest but then Jaime blurted out, "Smack, speed, and prescription pills. You?"
"Everything. But pills, smack, cigarettes, inhalants and if I'm really drugged, Molotov's cocktails." Daisy laughed. "OK, nay to the Russian but everything else still stands."
"Alright. But what do you mean by the cultural icon thing?" asked Jaime.
"I think of everyone can be affiliated with a dead cultural figure. Like I see myself as James Dean, the original rebel without a cause."
"Really?" asked Peter.
"Yeah, and I see you as Stalin." The Group started to laugh and Peter attempted to restore by threatening Rowan with some thing called shuns (What' that, were you get to be social outcast for the day?).
"Very funny," said Sophie.
"Ok, so take. Daisy. I see her as Frances Farmer. And Sc-"
"Hey!"
"Take it as a compliment! She's cool. So as I was saying before I was oh so rudely interrupted, Scott is more of a Sid Vicious."
"Why am I Sid?" (Wait, Jock boy gets to be the sneering face of punk? That's just wrong. Like pirate radio with a corporate sponsor wrong.)
"Because you have your own Nancy." (Who's his Nancy? Some ex girlfriend who stalked him?)
"Oh." (Think Jock boy, think)
"But back to the question that sparked the controversy- Jaime, who do you see yourself as?"
(Am I answering wrong?) "Jim Morrison."
"Ah, the Lizard King. I think we're off to a good start." (Are we?)